Knox Cemetery
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Location
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.[1]
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.
Biographies of People Buried in Knox Cemetery
- Barckley, Michael Henry - Civil War Soldier
- Baxter, Charles - Civil War Soldier
- Beebe, Blanche R.
- Beebe, Charles E.
- Beebe, Edgar P.
- Bell, Clifford A. - World War I
- Bouck, Hamilton B. - Civil War Soldier
- Bouck, Peter G. - Civil War Soldier
- Chesebro, Ellsworth - World War I
- Cortwright, George W. - Civil War Soldier
- Dexter, Robert
- Dexter, Luther
- Dietz, Arthur Donald - World War II
- Fox, Frank Edward - Korean Conflict Soldier
- Gage, Charles - Korean Conflict Era Soldier
- Hanes, Amos Gideon - Civil War Soldier
- Hanes, Elias - Civil War Soldier
- Hulse, Percy B. - World War I
- Ketchum, William H. (Ketcham on stone) - Civil War Soldier
- Lawyer, Robert Sr. - World War II
- Lendrum, Ina Weidman
- Janssen, Earl J. - Korean Conflict Soldier
- Mereness, Jacob - Civil War Soldier
- Miltner, Charles R. - World War II
- Mitchell, William - Civil War Soldier
- Pier, George - Civil War Soldier
- Przysiecki, Roman C. - World War II
- Quay, Herbert - World War II
- Quay, Lewis - Civil War Soldier (has GAR flag)
- Quay, Lewis Washington - Civil War Soldier
- Quay, William A. - World War I
- Reinhart, Addison - (Rhinehart on stone) - Civil War Soldier
- Saddlemire, Olin E. - World War I
- Shufeldt, Sidney - Civil War Soldier
- Schwenk, Harold A. - World War II Soldier
- Sieker, Phyllis L. (Phyllis L. Mason) - Korean Conflict
- Stevens, Victor A. - World War II
- Shull, Harvey J. - World War II
- Taggart, James - Civil War Soldier
- Taggart, John A. - Civil War Soldier
- Tibbits, Everett C. - World War I
- Torrey, Amos - Revolutionary War
- Rust, Pulaski - Civil War Soldier
- Van Benscoten, Jacob - Civil War Soldier
- Warner, Harold S. - World War II Soldier
- 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
