| Mary S. Briggs, Historian for the Town of Davenport has given us permission to transcribe the Cemetery Guide edited by The Davenport Historical Society, Davenport Center, NY. The following Town of Davenport cemetery compilations were taken from this guide. Submitted by Collin Haight |
VAN ZANDT FAMILY CEMETERY The Van Zandt cemetery is located near Parks Hill Road. Turn up Parks Hill Road in Fergusonville and take it until it turns to go to Schenevus. Take a left, pass two trailers, and the burying ground is quite far back in the field. There is an old foundation visible there. I am not entirely sure where this cemetery is. NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES DURHAM, J.A. Mrs. 10/27/1890 73y-4m-12d LAVALLIE, Cook 06/20/1839 78y LAVALLIE, Deborah 02/1835 76y Wife of Cook Lavallie MERRIL, Sarah A. 04/17/1841 27y-3m-4d Wife of Levi Merril PALMATIER, Henry H. 11/05/1852 69y-9m-2d VanZANDT, Esther 1782 Wife of Joseph VanZandt, d. after 1850 census VanZANDT, Joseph 06/12/1845 68y WAGAR, Estehr F. 04/05/1854 50y Wife of E.M. Wagar WAGAR, Martha M. 08/17/???? 10y SPERRY HOLLOW CEMETERY Abandoned cemetery in town of Davenport. In the Prosser Hollow- Rathbun Road area. Transcribed in about 1960. This is all the data the sheet I have gives, and it is unclear to me where the actual cemetery is.
Update: Auagust 7, 2000 from Bill Lamphere
Sperry Hollow is in the Town of Maryland, Otsego County, west of corner of Sperry Hollow road and Norton road. After turning onto the road, you go to the first house on the left. Pull in driveway, facing barn. To the left is a path approximately 6 ft. wide that is mowed by the Town. Follow the path back into a small wooded area. The stone of Levi A. Lamphere is very legible. The compilation below lists Levi A. as a Sperry. I was recently at the small grave yard the first week of June 2000. His stone clearly reads Levi A. Lamphere.NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES SPERRY, Ansel 01/04/1831 54y SPERRY, Mary A. 12/24/1877 72y Wife of Hezekiah metcalf SPERRY, Olive 11/10/1854 72y Wife of Ancel Sperry SPERRY, Levi A. 09/30/1840 10y-1m Son of Arnold & Asenath Lamphere SPERRY, Marvin A. 04/19/1852 9y Son of Alanson & Sally VanDeboe SPERRY, Fanny 02/13/1831 7m Daughter of Nathan & Dimmis Sperry SPERRY, Daniel SPERRY, Mary P. Rindel "His wife" (Prindle??) Infant twin daughters of Nathan Sperry and Dimmis Andrews Sperry, either born or died July 22/23, 1831 Aged 20 days and 21 days. Other burials, stones illegible. GRAVESTONE BY THE SIDE OF ROAD, PINDARS CORNERS It lies along the side of the road from Pindars Corners towards the town Meredith, but is still in Davenport. This is all the info given, and other than this I have no idea where the stone is. JOHN S.M., adopted son of A.H. & P. Durham of Athens, who died while on a visit to Town of "Dedenport" on the 10th of February 1825, ages 3 years, 10 months and 7 days.