Numerical Transcript of the
Pike Cemetery, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
databased 2008 by Robert Goss
verified and corrected 2008 by me.
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The Old Pike Burying Ground was moved from its previous location behind the church in Upper Waterford Village to its new location along the rear of the Upper Waterford section of the new Riverside Cemetery that was created during the summer of 1953. This move was made necessary as the old village of Upper Waterford was about to be inundated by the waters of the Samuel Moore Hydroelectric Dam.
Although the layout of this cemetery was to be maintained in laying out the new Riverside Cemetery, the contents of the eight unmarked graves that were found were reburied together at the back of the new Pike Cemetery area with grass-high granite markers reading UNKNOWN. It is unclear whether or not they were found as a single group, or scattered throughout the burying ground, if some were from each of the Upper Waterford cemeteries.
Some remains were moved to other cemeteries before the Power Co.'s moving of the entire cemetery; these plots have not yet been used, but may be in the future. Post-1953 burials are identified by Lot# vs. Row#.Stone# and are not included in the above statistics.
NOTE: a slash / indicates the end of a line of engraving on the gravestone.
blue Stone #s indicate gs sketched or photographed - click to view.
DOBs followed by an a are calculated from the DOD on the stone minus the AGE on the stone.
italics indicate the info is from other vital or town records; but, not actually on the stone.
| Cem+ StoneNum |
LastName | FirstName | Maiden | DOD | Spouse/Parents | Add'l Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI+33 | Cuthbertson | 3 unmarked graves per cem map; corners of lot marked with C. | |||||
| PI+1.1 | Hurlbutt | Mary P | 1842a | 5/09/1867 | daughter of W.D. & E.W. Hurlbutt | AE. 24 years. A small marble stone about 2 feet high with curved top. | |
| PI+1.2 | Beede | Phidelia A | Buck | 1/20/1830a | 4/27/1860 | Wife of F.D. Beede | AEt. 30 yrs. 3 mos. / 7 days. Mottled gray marble with cap on top 3 high-- design under lettering is a sort of stylized flower (circle with corners added) and has at either side something that might be a bud with five stamens sticking out--but might just as well be a cuttlefish! This is on a lot of stones of this era. |
| PI+1.3 | Buck | Bradley | 8/__/1827a | 7/20/1829 | son of Charles & Hannah Buck | aged 1 year & 11 mo. Stone has an urn design at the top with fan-like sunburst in the upper corners, and a diamond design on the band under it. Soapstone. | |
| PI+1.4 | Hosmer | Jefferson | 1800a | 3/07/1875 | aged 74 y'rs. White marble about 4' tall w/curved top. Name band is incised so letters stand out. Line design at bottom. | ||
| PI+1.5 | Hosmer | Lois | [Pike] | 1807a | 3/18/1893 | Wife of Jefferson Hosmer | aged 85 y'rs. Matches husband's stone. Died is on a slant, with a line design around it. Same design at bottom of the stone. This was Lois Pike who married Jefferson Hosmer. At one time he ran the hotel at Upper Waterford. |
| PI+1.6 | Parks | Althera M | 1827a | 5/03/1862 | Wife of Milo Parks | aged 34. White marble. Top edge is a double curve shape, like an open book; there is an incised oval medallion with a hand pointing to Heaven, and over it the words Gone Home. Name in a band with a tooth design. | |
| PI+1.7 | Parks | Emily Tirzah | 3/__/1852a | 7/03/1853 | daughter of M.K. and A.M. Parks | AE. 1 y'r. 3 mo. Gray marble with cap. Circle with broken rosebud design. | |
| PI+1.8 | Small gray stone, footstone in size, totally illegible; probably there never was an inscription. Light gray with streaks that look like rust. Had a smooth feel like soapstone in 1980; in 2008, it is very rough & crumbling, appears to be soft marble; entire original surface will probably fall off this summer. Prob fs to 1.7 | ||||||
| PI+1.9 | Hosmer | Madison P | 1/21/1830a | 8/06/1830 | son of Jefferson and Lois Hosmer | aged 6 months / & 16 days. Soapstone with sunburst in upper corners and weeping willow and urn. Verse: Sleep on, sweet babe / And take thy rest. / God called thee home / When he saw it best. | |
| PI+1.10 | Parks | Isabel | 1857 | 1932 | Principal / of / St. Mary's School / 1900-1919. A jet black stone with a very smooth finish--marble?--scratch marks on the bottom look almost like a design, but it was done by the lawn mower. A lot of the stones in this cemetery have this sort of damage. | ||
| PI+1.11 | Higgins | Olive | Hemingway | 9/27/1813a | 1/17/1902 | wife of Wm. J. Higgins | AE. 88 y'rs 3 mo. 21 ds. White marble about 4' high, with willow design around name band. Peculiar style of lettering; letters in DIED look like cross-stitch. |
| PI+1.12 | Higgins | Wm. J | 9/__/1808a | 3/29/1857 | AE 48 y'rs & 6 mo's. Stone matches his wife's. | ||
| PI+33a | Grant | Kristen Lee | 8/07/1986 | 9/27/2002 | |||
| PI+33b | Grant | Mathew Tylor | 1/27/1998 | 1/27/1998 | |||
| PI+32 | Grant | Ken & Sandra Grant's lot per cem map - no stones there in 2008 | |||||
| PI+2.1 | Green | Calvin | 6/30/1829a | 8/01/1895 | AE 66 YS. 1 MO. 2 DS. Co. K. 15th Regt. Vt. Vol. White marble with curved top. | ||
| PI+2.2 | Green | Elisabeth D | Higgins | 5/25/1833a | 8/20/1912 | Wife of Calvin Green | AE 79 YS. 2 MS 26 DS. White marble--matches husband's. |
| PI+2.3 | Pike | Miner | 1805a | 2/14/1845 | AE. 39. Plain white marble with square top, no design at all--about 3' high, 18 wide. | ||
| PI+2.4 | Pike | James M | [2/11]/1816 | 5/12/1828 | son of Mr Nathan / & Mrs Rebecca Pike. | aged 12 years. Gray schist (or soapstone)--round projection at top; weeping willow w/thick leaves and urn at top; below is a portal type design w/circular space for the inscription with palms above and below. A very nice stone. There is a round-toped soapstone footstone with initials JMP. | |
| PI+2.5 | Pike Monument--pillar type--about 6' tall and 1' square with inscriptions on the front and sides--light gray marble. | ||||||
| PI+2.5a.1 | Pike | Nathan | 2/11/1803 | 1/12/1887 | Inscription on front. There is a masonic symbol at the top, a curved line design, & an egg border at the bottom. Square granite base. | ||
| PI+2.5a.2 | Pike | Julia | Joshlin | 10/22/1804 | 2/02/1876 | His wife | Inscription on front. dc says d.Feb 03 1877 |
| PI+2.5b.1 | Pike | William | 02/__/1828a | 5/16/1846 | son of N. & J. Pike | AE 18 y'rs 3 mo. Inscription on right side. A curved line design with a sheaf of wheat in the center. | |
| PI+2.5b.2 | Pike | Julia M | 4/__/1833a | 4/06/1853 | Dau. of N. & J. Pike | AE 20 y'rs. Inscription on right side. | |
| PI+2.5c | Back, No inscription. | ||||||
| PI+2.5d.1 | Pike | 3/30/1841 | 6/06/1864 | Inscription on left side. | |||
| PI+2.5d.2 | Pike | Mary | 1/12/1838 | 5/10/1881 | Inscription on left side. | ||
| PI+2.6 | Pike | Rebecca | 4/__/1773a | 9/28/1865 | AEt. 92 yrs. 5 mos. White marble with light gray marking--stone about 4' high--name on a band. | ||
| PI+2.7 | Pike | Nathan, Esq | 1772a | 8/06/1829 | aged 57 years / He was a Royal Arch Mason & / much respected in the / lodge / He was an early settler of Vermont & has / contributed much toward converting the wil- / derness into a fruitful field. / Rest here, blest shade, thy work is done, / Thy toyles on earth are ore, / Repose in peace, till Christ the son, / Shall wake thy dust once more. Stone--curved with rising sun at top--underneath willow and urn--design of interlocked circles around the inscriptions. Fan-shaped designs with dots--a fancy stone. The edge looks like layers as in slate but it is not slate; a very light gray color, rarely seen in town, weathers very well. The Masonic inscription is unusual in view of the Anti-Masonic activity going on at the time. Round-topped footstone: N.P. | ||
| PI+2.8 | Furby | Robert | 7/__/1794a | 4/26/1867 | AEt. 72 yrs. 9 mos. Mottled white and gray marble with pointed (low angle) top--there is a footstone with curved top. | ||
| PI+2.9 | Furby | Betsy | [Hemingway] | 1/24/1796a | 11/9/1877 | wife of Robert Furby | AE. 81 ys. 9 ms. 16 d. Same as husband's stone, except that the design under the inscription is simplified. |
| PI+2.10 | Furby | William | 1824a | 7/26/1884 | AE 60 yrs. White marble, low angle top; name band is curved, ivy design around band. | ||
| PI+2.11 | Furby | George W | 9/__/1828a | 7/11/1892 | AE 63 YS. 10 MS. White marble, curved top; vine tracery and ivy leaves at top of stone. | ||
| PI+2.12 | Furby | Sylvanus H | 7/__/1826a | 8/9/1903 | AE. 77 YS. 1 MO. Same design as the George Furby stone. Footstone with curved top. [Betsy Furby was a Hemingway. This person was named for Sylvanus Hemingway, an early town clerk of Waterford]. | ||
| PI+2.13.1 | Rowell | Mary Jane | 1829a | 9/08/1848 | Only dau'rs of Jona & / Cynthia A. Rowell | AE. 19 yrs. White marble with square top--plain classical square design without decoration. Verse at bottom--Farewell, bright souls, a short forewell, / Till we shall meet again above, / In the sweet groves where pleasures dwell, / And trees of life bear fruits of love. | |
| PI+2.13.2 | Rowell | Lucy Maria | 1834a | 4/16/1849 | Only dau'rs of Jona & / Cynthia A. Rowell | AE. 14 yrs. White marble with square top--plain classical square design without decoration. There is a matching footstone for LMR only. | |
| PI+3.0 | Bowen | Hiram | [6/06/1896] | [9/14/1965] | Unmarked pauper's grave per cem map; E.P. said in 1980 that he was in Riverside section, down on the sidehill across the driveway left of Leland Powers Lot | ||
| PI+3.1 | Bailey | Joseph Q | 4/__/1848a | 8/14/1853 | Son of Jonathan L. & Mary / Bailey | AE. 5 y's. 4 mo. Gray marble--small, 14 wide, 20 tall. | |
| PI+3.2 | Bailey | Mary Elizabeth | 5/06/1842a | 4/16/1843 | dau. of Jonathan L. & Mary Bailey. | AE 11 mo. & 19 da. Small 10 wide, 18 tall; soapstone, sunburst in corners of top panel and urn in center w/o willow--underneath band with willow design. | |
| PI+3.3a | Plumley | Gilman D | 8/20/1847a | 4/09/1849 | Son of J. H. & S. M. Plumley | AE 19 m's & 20 ds. White marble with square top, low, about 3'--There are footstones on either side of the headstone with the children's names and dates, which match the headstone. To the left there is a footstone marked JH, and to the right one marked SMP. This suggests that the parents were buried on either side of the children's graves. If so, removal & reinterment permits would have been issued for all four. Need to check. | |
| PI+3.3b | Plumley | Susan A | 7/05/1849a | 9/11/1849 | dau't. of J. H. & S. M. Plumley | AE 2 m's & 6 d's | |
| PI+3.4 | Ford | Gardner | 1819a | 8/23/1858 | aged 39. Plain stone, mottled white and gray marble w/ low angle top; same cuddlefish design under inscription as on PI+1.2; square top footstone. | ||
| PI+3.5a | Walbridge | Almira P | 1821a | 10/31/1848 | wife of H. Walbridge | AE 27. White marble about 4' high; square top & square design--resembles molding in houses of period (Empire); Name in incised area, a parallelogram with the corners curved in--a handsome stone; matching footstone. Possibly these women share a gs because because they were sisters?? Susan Plumley's baby boy (Gilman-PI+3.3a) died in April 1849. Susan M, herself, died in July 1849, following childbirth, which might not have been the cause of her death. Susan A (PI+3.3b) was 2 months old when she died in Sept 1849, so she must have been born early in July. | |
| PI+3.5b | Plumley | Susan M | 7/20/1849 | wife of J.H. Plumley | age below ground line | ||
| PI+3.6 | Hill | Cynthia H | 1795a | 5/13/1829 | wife of Daniel Hill | Aged 33 years. A tall black slate stone with weeping willow and urn at the top which is curved. Top corners have ball design. The inscription is on a circle and the area outside the circle is stippled. There is a fan or sunburst in the corners of the inscription area. Space for verse at the bottom, but no verse. The willow and urn design is different from the other weeping willow designs in this cemetery. | |
| PI+3.7 | Hill | Daniel | 1795a | 12/23/1859 | aged 64. White marble. Stone broken and set into the ground--must be only half its original height--a plain classical design with square top. | ||
| PI+3.8 | Hill | John H | 1823a | 7/26/1846 | AE 23. Marble--also broken and set into the ground, reducing the height--plain classical design--name in a square band. | ||
| PI+3.9a | Cook | Capt. Solomon | 7/15/1783 | 3/23/1839 | AEt. 55 y'rs. Veteran's flag. Gray and white marble--fancy edge on name bands--tilted. | ||
| PI+3.9b | Cook | Sally | Hosmer | 2/11/1784 | 8/13/1863 | his wife [of Capt Cook] | AEt. 79 y'rs. |
| PI+3.10a | Cobb | Julia | 9/__/1846a | 8/31/1851 | Child of C.J. & J.A. Cobb | AE. 4 y's 11 mo. On left panel; twin of Jewett. Stone with double pointed top divided into 2 panels. Design is medallion with hand pointing up. They lost 4 children in less than 5 months. Enfield, N.H. in lower-right corner; stone down - broken off at groundline winter of 2008. | |
| PI+3.10b | Cobb | Jewett | 9/__/1846a | 10/04/1851 | Child of C.J. & J.A. Cobb | AE 5 y'rs. On left panel; twin of Julia. Stone with double pointed top divided into 2 panels. Design is medallion with hand pointing up. They lost 4 children in less than 5 months. Enfield, N.H. in lower-right corner; stone down - broken off at groundline winter of 2008. | |
| PI+3.10c | Cobb | Solon | 1843a | 10/01/1851 | Child of C.J. & J.A. Cobb | AE. 8 y'rs. On right panel. Stone with double pointed top divided into 2 panels. Design is medallion with hand pointing up. They lost 4 children in less than 5 months. Enfield, N.H. in lower-right corner; stone down - broken off at groundline winter of 2008. | |
| PI+3.10d | Cobb | Melville | 5/22/1841a | 2/22/1852 | Child of C.J. & J.A. Cobb | AE 10 y's 9 mo. On right panel. Stone with double pointed top divided into 2 panels. Design is medallion with hand pointing up. They lost 4 children in less than 5 months. Enfield, N.H. in lower-right corner; stone down - broken off at groundline winter of 2008. | |
| PI+3.11a | Richardson | Edward C | 5/__/1849a | 9/23/1851 | Aged 2 yrs 4 mos. Stone is light gray, rather coarse-grained, soft marble, and badly eroded--has a gable cap on it--circular design on top is probably a rose. The lettering was plain, large, and raised and has practically washed away (1980) - no longer readable in 2008. | ||
| PI+3.11b | Richardson | John | 8/__/1843a | 10/03/1851 | Aged 8 yrs 2 mos. | ||
| PI+3.12 | Jennison | Abby | 11/__/1847a | 9/08/1851 | dau'r of Wm and Abby Jennison | AE. 3 y'rs. 10 mo. Small stone, white marble, rose branch design with a bud cut off and lying below. | |
| PI+4.1 | Hammond | Elisha | 1770a | 11/10/1842 | AE 72. Veteran's flag. Militia & War of 1812: Capt Morrill's Co of detached militia in 1812 and Capt Gordon's Co of 11th Regt in 1813 per "Vt Roster of Soldiers in the War of 1812". Gray soapstone, with urn and willow top, blank corners, willow band. Has a square topped soapstone footstone marked E. H. | ||
| PI+4.2 | Stoddard | Almira P | 1812a | 10/06/1857 | wife of Norman Stoddard | aged 45. White marble with angled top--name band with in-curved corners--Cuttlefish design under inscription (like PI+1.2). | |
| PI+4.3 | Pike | Catherine | 1798a | 5/08/1866 | wife of / Hon. Brigham Pike | AE. 67. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. White marble w/low angled top; incised name band. Square topped footstone without letters. | |
| PI+4.4 | Parks | INFANT / Children of / Hiram M. & / Allice H. / Parks. | This is a small white marble stone with angled top. Center pane is shaped like the gable end of a traditional house and has the inscription on it. Nothing on back of this stone. | ||||
| PI+4.5 | Joslin | Louisa J | 1843a | 12/29/1854 | dau't of / Josiah & Louisa / Joslin | Aged 21. Low angled top--has incised medallion with hand pointing upward--Puritan type cuff, and the words Gone Home cut above it--the d in Aged has a fancy curlique and there is some tracery in the name band. | |
| PI+4.6 | Brown | Sarah | 5/04/1810a | 2/04/1848 | wife of O. L. Brown | AE. 37 yrs. 9 mos. Stone broken and pieced and half buried--bottom part undoubtedly gone--White marble with very plain design. In 2008 there is a break running from the ground 1/3 way from the left, up to the right at a 45 degree angle -- what is interesting is that although the main stone has been darkened by fungus, the bottom-right corner is clean, bright white, & the crystals even shine; odd. | |
| PI+4.7 | INFANT | A modern flat gray-granite grass-high marker. | |||||
| PI+4.8 | Caswell | Laura | A modern flat gray-granite grass-high marker. | ||||
| PI+4.9 | Unknown | Small soapstone, footstone in size--no carving even to touch; prob. fs to PI+4.10. | |||||
| PI+4.10 | Stoddard | 3/23/1844a | 4/07/1844 | Son of Norman & Almira Stoddard | AE 15 days. Small soapstone headstone with an urn design at the top.. Child's name is not given. The names of Norman and Almira Stoddard and their son, Azro D. are on the back of a Stoddard monument in Section A, Row 6, #2. No dates on that inscription. | ||
| PI+4.11 | Unknown | Veteran's flag. If they don't know who this is, how do they know he/she was a veteran??? Will check w/AmLegion. | These are modern flat gray-granite grass-high markers provided by the N.E. Power Company when the Pike Cemetery was moved. These graves had no markers and the fact that there had been a body buried there was recognized by a dark streak of organic material in the ground. This soil was removed to the new location. | ||||
| PI+4.12 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 | |||||
| PI+4.13 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 | |||||
| PI+4.14 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 | |||||
| PI+4.15 | Powers | Nelson | 1817a | 8/31/1876 | AE. 59 yrs. Name band has a wavy background pattern. White marble with an angled top. Possibility that this stone might have been shortened through breakage is noted. | ||
| PI+4.16 | Powers | Jesse | 12/09/1847a | 1/07/1854 | son of Nelson & Elisabeth Powers | AE 6 yr's. 29 dys. Verse at bottom: His lovely eyes forever closed, / In peace he slumbers now. / Triumphant death has set his seal / Upon his marble brow. / Ah, cold and senseless now he lies / Low in his narrow bed. / We trust his spirit lives above, / Although his body's dead. White marble. A fancy stone. Semi-circular design at top--a rose tree with 2 large full-blown flowers on it and a bud on the ground underneath. The name JESSE is superimposed on the rose tree. | |
| PI+4.17 | Peabody | Neal | 11/12/1879 | 3/30/1881 | son of E. H. & M. J. Bliss | Low white marble stone with marble base--Conventionized leaf design at top--acanthus?? | |
| PI+5.1 | Unknown | Veteran's flag. If they don't know who this is, how do they know he/she was a veteran??? Will check w/AmLegion. | See #PI+4.11 | ||||
| PI+5.2 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 | |||||
| PI+5.3 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 | |||||
| PI+5.4 | Unknown | See #PI+4.11 |
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