Hurd Settlement Cemetery

Extracted from Gravestone Inscriptions All Located in Sullivan County, NY Volume 3, Copied and Edited by Gertrude A. Barber 1929 (Typescript, no copyright statement)

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Located about two miles from Bethel on a dirt road leading to Hurd Settlement. This Settlement is one of the oldest sections in the County, but what remains of it today consists of a few houses here and there. The Cemetery is small and poorly cared for.

  • LYON
    • Thomas, 1850 -
    • Jannette Cahrell, his wife, 1850-1909 (one stone)

  • STODDARD, Moses, d. 1 Jan 1887, ae 75 y, 5 m, 29 d

  • BOYD, Martha Neilly, d. 31 Dec 1903, ae 81 yrs

  • LYON
    • E.M., 1846-1901
    • Mattie, his wife, 1845-1922
    • Infant child of Enos M. and Mattie B., LYON (no age given) (these three on one stone)

    • Deborah, d. 10 Jan 1833, ae 80 yrs
    • William D., d 24 Feb 1876, ae 8 months
    • Grace E., d. 29 Jun 1876, ae 5 y, 7 m (these three on one stone)

    • Marie H., dau. of Lee and Phebe LYON, d. 21 Jul 1863, ae 19 y, 5 m, 18 d
    • Phebe M., d. 20 Mar 1877, ae 56 y, 3 d
    • Lee, d. 15 Apr 1901, ae 91 yrs
    • Mary Virginia, 1848-1914
    • Kate, dau. of Lee and P. LYON, 1860-1890
    • Harriet H., wife of D.H. LYON, d. 22 Dec 1843, ae 39 y, 2 m

    • Daniel H., 1800-1885
    • Marintha Stoddard, wife, 1818-1911 (these two on one stone)

    • Thomas, d. 20 Aug 1850, ae 73 y, 20 d
    • Lois, wife of Thomas LYNN (sic), d. 22 Dec 1860, ae 82 yrs
    • Mary Elizabeth, 1850-1917
    • Abner, d. 29 Oct 1858, ae 43 y, 5 m, 5 d
    • Jane Wood, wife, b. 25 Sep 1817, d. 8 Jul 1898
    • William M., b. 20 Aug 1846, d. 16 Nov 1898

  • SEGAR
    • Caroline, wife of Ormalo SEGAR, d. 14 May 1865, ae 27 y, 10 m
    • Carry, dau. of Ormalo and Caroline, d. 15 Feb 1867, ae 1 y, 8 m

  • LYON
    • William, 1842 -
    • Catherine Breakey, wife, 1845-1922 (one stone)

  • HALLAM, Elosie, b. 22 Oct 1876, d. 20 Feb 1905

  • BREAKEY, Elosia Lyon, wife of John BREAKEY, b. Weston, Conn., 5 Feb 1804, d. Binghamton, NY, 27 Aug 1887

  • WADDELL
    • Mary Breakey, 1830-1868
    • James, 1823-1910
    • Eunice Lyon, 1829-1913 (these three on one stone)

  • BREAKEY, John F., d. 4 Aug 1874, ae 67 y, 22 d

  • SEAGER, Eliot, son of Rodman and Delia SEAGER, d. 1 Jun 1863, ae 2 yrs


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