Knox Cemetery

Photo by Thomas Dunne

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History

The Knox Cemetery is a beautiful and sightly burial place, possessing many advantages. The cemetery company controlling it was organized in 1874, and the cemetery was dedicated by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, August 8, that year. The body of Lieutenant Michael P. Barclay, the same person listed in other history notes, under the name of "Michael Henry Barckley," was the first one buried in Knox cemetery.

Burial records were stolen in 1990, as explained in the following articles:

• Burial Records Stolen in Knox - Altamont Enterprise - October 25, 1990
• Our History Makes Us Human - Altamont Enterprise - November 1, 1990

Transcription of stones

• Maria, wife of Jacob Brunk, died September 16, 1849 aged 30 years, 6 months and 20 days
• Nancy Dennison, wife of Daniel Gallup, died September 11, 1834 aged 44 Yrs.

Transcriptions of Grave Stones in the Knox Cemetery by Judge William A. Brinkman

Brinkman apparently listed only two of the hundreds of stones in the cemetery.

Biographies of People Buried in Knox Cemetery

Amato, Andrew A. - World War II Armstrong, Beatrice Marion - World War II Armstrong, Frederick P. Armstrong, Sarah A. Armstrong, Infant Armstrong, Jennie (Bell) Armstrong, Mary Etta (Van Auken) Armstrong, Pearl C. Armstrong, Permelia Armstrong, Tahpenes Armstrong, Theodore Arnold, Edwin W. - World War II Barckley, Michael H. - Civil War Soldier Baxter, Charles - Civil War Soldier Beebe, Blanche R. Beebe, Charles E. Beebe, Edgar P. Bell, Clifford A. - World War I Bell, DeWitt Bell, Norman O. Bell, Norman O. (B. 1915) Bilodeau, Lillian (Amato) Blodget, Abigail Blodget, Miriam Bouck, Hamilton B. - Civil War Soldier Bouck, Peter G. - Civil War Soldier Brittell, Ronald N. D. - Vietnam Era Vet Chesebro, Ellsworth - World War I Cook, Helen (Bell) Coates, Robert Coates, Sally Combs, Edwin R. - Korean Conflict Cortwright, George W. - Civil War Soldier Dexter, Charles E. Dexter, Luther Dexter, Robert Dexter, Shirley A. Dietz, Arthur Donald - World War II Engle, Jay Fox, Frank Edward - Korean Conflict Soldier Gage, Charles - Korean Conflict Era Soldier Gaige, Minnie L. Gibbs, Anna B. Gifford, Austin Gifford, Milton T. Hanes, Amos Gideon - Civil War Soldier Hanes, Elias - Civil War Soldier Hollands, Joan Margaret - World War II British Was Bride Hulse, Percy B. - World War I James, Alice Mary Janssen, Earl J. - Korean Conflict Soldier Keenholts, Ella Ober Kellerhouse, Nellie (Rendo) Ketchum, William H. (Ketcham on stone) - Civil War Soldier Jones, Ethel (Rendo) Kaehler, Doris Ann Lawyer, Robert Sr. - World War II Lendrum, Christina Grant Lendrum, Ina Weidman Lewis, Eleanor C. (Rendo)

*Martin, Robert Coats Mason, Ronald A. - World War II, Korea, Vietnam Veteran McNary,Edwin Mereness, Jacob - Civil War Soldier Miller, Andrew J. (B. 1883) Miller, Harold S. (B. 1918) Miller, Henry Alson Miltner, Charles R. - World War II Mitchell, William - Civil War Soldier Ostrander, Alva E. Pier, George - Civil War Soldier Przysiecki, Roman C. - World War II Quay, Herbert - World War II Quay, Lewis Washington - Civil War Soldier Quay, William A. - World War I Reinhart, Addison - (Rhinehart on stone) - Civil War Soldier Rendo, Andrew J. Rendo, Frank Rendo, Frederick Rendo, Gary D. - Vietnam Veteran Rendo, George - World War I Rendo, Georgianna (Stewart) Rendo, Marshall David Rendo, Rolland A. - World War II Riley, Charlotte A. Riley, Lillian (Stewart) Saddlemire, George Saddlemire, Olin E. - World War I Serson, Austin A. - Korean Conflict Shedina, Stephen - World War II Shufeldt, Sidney - Civil War Soldier Schwenk, Harold A. - World War II Soldier Sieker, Phyllis L. (Phyllis L. Mason) - Korean Conflict Stalker, Gretchen Suzanne Stalker, Stewart Howard Stewart, John C. - World War II Stevens, Blanche Stevens, Victor A. - World War II Stewart, LeRoy Shull, Harvey J. - World War II Taggart, James - Civil War Soldier Taggart, John A. - Civil War Soldier Tibbits, Everett C. - World War I Torey, Louisa (Armstrong) Torrey, Amos - Revolutionary War Rust, Pulaski - Civil War Soldier Van Auken, Jacob I. Van Auken, Louisa (Keenholts) Van Auken, Solomon J. Van Benscoten, Jacob - Civil War Soldier Vanderhoof, Milton Warner, Harold S. - World War II Soldier Warner (Werner), Florence (Rendo) Warner, Leo D. - World War II Soldier Wallace, Reuben G. - Korean Conflict Williams, Benjamin - War of 1812 Soldier Williamson, Rita Young, Treat D. - Civil War Soldier

Transcriptons of stones elsewhere on the Internet

• NYGenWeb Knox Cemetery partial transcrition
• New York Gravestones partial transcription with photos

Altamont Enterprise, 19 Oct. 1934, article on the history of Knox, Margaret E. Burke