Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site
The County's Potters' Field
Electronic Text prepared by Allan Gilbertson, April 11, 1997
The County's Potters' Field has been in existence since 1831, when 100 acres of land on the flats of the West Branch of the Delaware River at the junction with the Scotch Mountain Road was set aside for the establishment of a Poor House (sometimes referred to as an Alms House) and Farm. The County's paupers and insane were housed and fed there and when they died, if not claimed by relatives or friends, were buried.
No records have been found prior to 1885. For the period 1885 through 1956, Mrs. Helen Utter, when she was Delhi Town Clerk, listed a total of 377 persons, including five World War 1 Veterans, who were buried there according to Town Books. At one time, numbered, wooden markers identified the graves. These are long gone except for a few that are piled near the former caretaking shed. Now only the depressions in the ground mark the burial sites that are scattered throughout the acreage.
In 1963, the acreage was sold to the Faculty/ Student Association of the State University at Delhi. The Poor House was demolished and the Potters' Field was neglected. In 1984, a reporter for the Delaware County Times, Conklin (known as Mick) Mann worked with Mrs Utter to call attention to the site. The list of burials was compiled and published in the September 11th issue of the Delaware County Times, Delhi, NY. Interest was aroused but soon died down.
In May of 1996, Mrs. Marianne Greenfield, of Delhi, took her concern about the Field to the County board of Supervisors. She offered them a gravestone to be used as a marker. The offer was accepted and the marker now stands as a memorial those buried in the County's Potter's Field.
NAME AGE DATE OF DEATH ACKER, James 61 Dec 30, 1918 ACKERLY, Richard 64 Aug 25, 1932 AGNEW, Ellis G. 90 Aug 25, 1942 ALGER, Collis 85 Jun 22, 1936 AMENDOLARE, Thomas 91 Mar 8, 1956 ANDERSON, James 59 Jan 21, 1918 AVERY, Ira 85 Jan 13, 1934 AYERS, Dwight 66 Sep 25, 1935 AYERS, William 58 Apr 29, 1948 BAKER, Ann 91 Dec 13, 1893 BAKER, Samuel A. 78 May 7, 1928 BAKER, William 76 Oct 5, 1945 BALDWIN, Kenneth William 5 days May 12, 1934 BANNARD, Lewis 80 Jul 2, 1891 BARBER, Charles 84 Oct 18, 1933 BARNES, Henry 50 Dec 6, 1934 BARNES, James 87 Oct 10, 1937 BARNUM, Lydia 85 Jan 9, 1887 BARRINGER, Michael 75 Apr 10, 1937 BARSTON, Lyman 81 Nov 4, 1938 BASTO, Eliza 81 Jan 27, 1917 BEAGLE, Ida 58 Nov 10, 1919 BEAR, John 76 Oct 15, 1931 BEATY, James 60 Sep 17, 1901 BENEDICT, Edward 76 Jul 12, 1939 BENJAMIN, Abraham about 69 May 20, 1936 BENSON, John 67 Nov 11, 1933 BESETH, Andrew 84 Oct 16, 1946 BLISS, Hezekiah 80 Apr 8, 1903 BLISS, Sally 60 Nov 20, 1896 BLIZZARD, Thomas 80 Jan 3, 1955 BOHAN, James 77 Apr 16, 1947 BOURNE, George 83 Oct 5, 1926 BOUTON, Sarah 55 Sep 13, 1892 BOWKER, William 42 Sep 23, 1893 BOYD, Charles 82 Jan 1, 1944 BOYDEN, Alexander 84 Jan 22, 1885 BRAUER, Margaret 84 Apr 8, 1916 BRAYMAN, George -- Oct 28, 1932 BRISACK, Frederick 84 Jan 29, 1885 BROCK, William F. 65 Jun 1, 1949 BROS, Stefan 65 Mar 27, 1939 BROWN, Aaron 66 Feb 5, 1952 BROWN, Arthur 73 Jun 28, 1936 BROWN, George 76 Jul 11, 1948 BROWN, George S. about 60 Ju1 20, 1940 BROWN, Horace M. 68 Sep 22, 1902 BRUNK, John 66 Jul 21, 1915 BRUSH , John 83 Jan 1, 1892 BULLIS, Herman 79 Jul 8, 1916 BURDICK, Miller 41 Mar 13, 1886 BURNS, John 69 Mar 16, 1935 BURNS, Walter 54 Sep 11, 1908 BURROUGHS, Adah 35 Aug 6, 1899 BUTLER, Fred 76 0ct 22, 1925 CABLE, William 57 Jun 1, 1892 CALLAHAN, Fred A. 48 Sep 11, 1919 CAMPBELL, Wanda 4 mos 27 days Nov 27, 1915 CANIFF, Charles M. 81 Aug 16, 1928 CANIFF, Sylvester 79 Mar 25, 1941 CARGON, John 90 Apr 14, 1897 CARPENTER, Mary 86 May 4, 1925 CARROLL, Thomas 72 Sep 4, 1928 CASEY, Charles 62 Jul 11, 1935 CHAMBERS, Dan 77 Mar 23, 1942 CHASE, George 73 Mar 4, 1895 CLARK, Henry 62 Mar 12, 1938 CLEAVER., Ebert 77 Mar 29, 1922 COHRAC, John 68 Sep 23, 1958 COMEDY, James C. 61 Jan 6, 1945 CONKLIN, James L. 77 Dec 12, 1949 CONKLIN, Joseph 79 Ju1 7, 1934 CONKLIN, Lizzie 15 Apr 2, 1905 CONLEY, Leonard 95 May 26, 1907 COOK, Synsn 86 Jun 4, 1897 CORNELL, Harve 75 Jun 8, 1914 COWELL, Henry 55 Aug 30, 1904 CRANDALL, Harrison 67 Dec 19, 1892 CUDDEBACK, Harry (twins) 1 May 10, 1889 CUDDEBACK, Howard (twins) 1 May 10, 1889 CYLE, Otis 59 Nov 20, 1932 DAMS, Peter 70 Nov 3, 1894 DANN, Fred 58 Nov 26, 1911 DAVIS, James 75 May 1, 1919 DEMMING, Thomas 70 Mar 1, 1921 DEVOE, Ira 81 Jun 2, 1937 DODGE, Augusta 67 May 9, 1928 DOWNIE, Mary 76 Apr 16, 1925 DRAKE, Allison 41 Mar 2, 1901 DUFF, Alexander 73 Jan 29, 1887 DUNN, Frank 24 Jun 20, 1897 DURHAM, Margaret 88 Feb 6, 1887 EASLEY, Frank 46 Mar 31, 1923 EATON, Marshall -- Jul 11, 1927 EBLING, Fred 62 Dec 16, 1887 EDWARDS, Jehial 72 Jun 8, 1927 ELLISON, Edward 67 Jan 8, 1938 ELLISON, Warren 85 Apr 20, 1888 ELMER, Annie 67 Dec 10, 1890 ENNIS, Harry 81 Apr 18, 1945 FAGAN, Hugh 45 Sep 3, 1897 FAIRBURN, William 66 Jun 5, 1916 FALLET, Adam 63 Jan 6, 1894 FARRELL, Charles 60 Aug 2, 1926 FARRELL, Patrick 78 Nov 29, 1944 FAULKNER, John 83 Ju1 27, 1950 FINCH, Albert 76 Sep 4, 1911 FINCH, John 27 Jan 11, 1903 FINKLE, (stillborn infant) -- Jan 13, 1935 FITZGERALD, Henry 73 Mar 25, 1933 FLINT, Philo 82 Dec 21, 1896 FLOWERS, Osman A. 65 Aug 1, 1912 FOLANSBEE, Catherine 86 Feb 22, 1899 FOSTER, Hiram 73 Apr 12, 1931 FREELAN, John -- May 23, 1940 FROHILL, Michael 30 Aug 3, 1906 FULLER, Catherine 80 Feb 8, 1907 FULLER, Edward R. 61 Feb 3, 1953 FULLER, George 69 Jun 9, 1940 FULLER, Jerome 68 Feb 10, 1926 GANUNG, John B. 74 May 1, 1927 GARDON, Ed 70 Jun 30, 1912 GARRISON, Charles 80 Mar 20, 1922 GETTER, George 84 Jan 18, 1891 GILKAY, James H. 81 Sep 28, 1920 GILL, Patrick 42 May 19, 1923 GILLIGAN, James 40 Feb 2, 1908 GRANES, Catharine 82 May 4, 1894 GRANT, Jackson 75 May 17, 1889 GRAY, Eri 107 0ct 25, 1892 GRAY, Eri 85 Apr 30, 1888 GREEN, Charles 57 July 26, 1918 GREENE, Martha 75 Aug 21, 1901 GREENE, Marvin 79 July 9, 1938 GREGORY, Miranda 71 Sep 6, 1890 GRIFFIN, Henry 54 Oct 19, 1937 HADLEY, Margaret 50 Mar 15, 1888 HADLEY, Willard 77 Dec 29, 1937 HAENNINGS, Harrison D. 84 Jan 11, 1942 HAINES, Eliza 66 Jan 12, 1892 HALL, Albert 50 Nov 6, 1918 HALL, Alonzo 77 Oct 4, 1908 HALSTEAD, Charles 72 Nov 7, 1922 HANCOCK, Albert John 73 Sep 20, 1936 HANKS, Alexander 72 Mar 14, 1896 HANNON, Frank 64 Jun 9, 1922 HARITAN, George 52 Apr 7, 1948 HARRIS, Emma 45 Mar 17, 1899 HASKINS, Ezekel 77 Mar 18, 1912 HAWKINS, Cornelia 84 Sep 1, 1896 HAYDEN, Charles 69 May 13, 1913 HAYER, James 65 0ct 6, 1917 HAYNES, Emma 83 Mar 15, 1942 HAYNES, Joseph 67 Nov 11, 1935 HAYNES, William 69 Jun 8, 1933 HAZEN, Daniel 79 Oct 2, 1934 HEMKY, M. Joseph about 77 May 8, 1953 HENDRICKSON, Fred 55 Mar 14, 1935 HERBERT , Howard 50 Jul 9, 1947 HEWITT, Estella 67 Mar 2, 1919 HICKEY, Patrick 72 Dec 11, 1930 HILL, Lowell 63 Nov 26, 1936 HITCHCOCK, Seth 82 Feb 10, 1895 HITT, Henry 86 0ct 3, 1919 HITT, Samuel 48 Feb 11, 1902 HITT, Washington 70 0ct 25, 1903 HOOD, Charles 39 Jun 29, 1906 HOUSE, William 70 Dec 30, 1896 HOWARD, Harrison 84 Mar 17, 1899 HUGHES, Charles 54 0ct 8, 1917 HUNT, William H 91 May 17, 1913 IODIN, Joseph 58 Jan 4, 1900 IRISH, Herbert Leroy 69 Feb 1, 1949 JEWITT, John Lewis 65 Jan 27, 1936 JONES, John H. 87 Sep 6, 1900 JONES, Lucy Ann -- Feb 16, 1899 JOSLIN, Albert 85 Feb 17, 1936 JOSLIN, Emma Burr 64 Feb 6, 1923 JUSTICK, Antonek 66 Ju1 7, 1953 KANE, John 80 Apr qq, 1915 KAROLY, Michael 78 Apr 24, 1930 KEATOR, Calvin 82 Jun 6, 1921 KELLY, Erastus 87 Aug 25, 1900 KINCH, Baby Girl -- Mar 2, 1938 KINCH, Sylvester 74 Jan 23, 1932 KITTLE, George 82 Aug 4, 1954 KNAPP, Able 77 0ct 4, 1927 KNAPP, Mary 71 0ct 12, 1936 KNOWLES , Robert 78 Feb 27, 1887 LA VALLEY, Helena about 90 0ct 28, 1904 LACEY,William H. 62 Jun 7, 1927 LAKEN, Solous 80 Mar 19, 1886 LAMAGE, Daniel D. 72 Dec 20, 1891 LANE, Stanford 68 Aug 13, 1927 LASHER , Sarah 69 Mar 11, 1919 LASSEN, Honson 68 Dec 28, 1928 LEONARD, Frank 67 May 16, 1940 LEWIS, Egbert 52 Sep 16, 1922 LEWIS, Morgan 61 May 24, 1912 LIKU, William 70 0ct 8, 1913 LIVECCHIA, Gandolfo 72 Aug 28, 1923 LOGAN, John 73 Jan 28, 1892 LONG, William M. 70 Oct 5, 1933 LUCAS, Martin 40 Aug 28, 1890 LUCAS, Tony 57 0ct 24, 1942 LUMMPP, Robert 25 Sep 16, 1891 LYON, Humphrey 70 Oct 31, 1901 MABLE, Brian 76 0ct 20, 1891 MADDEN, Edwin 59 Feb 17, 1938 MAHONEY, Bartley 73 Jul 30, 1940 MANN, Charles 76 Dec 19, 1935 MARKS, Louis 56 Jul 8, 1900 MATTHEWS, Frank 43 Feb --, 1917 MATTHEWS, Sarah 90 Aug 27, 1917 MATTISON, Henry 66 Ju1 8, 1940 MAY, Angelica R. 89 Jan 5, 1935 MC CANN, Abram 78 Jun 18, 1896 MC DONALD, Donald 83 Nov I, 1955 MC DONALD, Helen 76 Nov 6, 1912 MC GETT, William 70 Sep 19, 1906 MC GONEGAL, David 75 Aug 17, 1920 MC GURY, Addie 83 May 23, 1930 MC KINNEY, Martha -- Mar 25, 1933 MC LAURY,Elizabeth 65 Sep 11, 1907 MC NEE, William 68 0ct 2, 1907 MC ORY, James 69 Nov 18, 1896 MILLER, George 58 Sep 27, 1938 MILLER, Mary -- 0ct 18, 1887 MILLER, Michael 87 Nov 12, 1905 MINER, Catherine 87 0ct 17, 1897 MISNER, Polly 77 Apr 24, 1890 MISOKOLIK, John 68 May 1, 1934 MOON, Patrick 54 June 25, 1886 MORGAN, Frank 87 Jan 6, 1934 MORGAN, George W. 91 May 11, 1920 MOSHHIER, Sarah D. 82 Feb 13, 1940 MOSHIER, Abraham 77 Aug 1, 1938 MULLIN, Steven 96 Jun 21, 1920 MULNIX, James 86 Apr 19, 1931 NELLO, Samuel 53 Feb 24, 1938 NICHOLS, E.J. 75 Jun 25, 1912 NORTON, James 78 Jan 8, 1892 O'DELL, Catharine 81 Apr 15, 1892 OLIVER, Wesley K. 66 Jun 18, 1952 ORT, Jacob 82 Aug 18, 1905 OSTEPSKI, John 77 Jun 16, 1948 OSTROM, Martin 63 May 29, 1916 PAINE, Joseph 79 Sep 2, 1945 PALMER, Benjamin 80 Sep 26, 1912 PALMER, Frank 94 Dec 19, 1931 PATTERSON, Sarah 66 Aug 20, 1911 PEASTER, Frederick 81 0ct 2, 1887 PEASTER, Mary 76 Jan 6, 1886 PECK, Lucinda 78 Dec 25, 1918 PEETS, William 64 Aug 29, 1935 PELHAM, Eliza 66 Jan 14, 1892 PETERSON, Charles 70 Aug 26, 1946 PETERSON, Peter 80 Jun 21, 1941 PIERCE, Daniel 88 Jun 29, 1900 PIERCE, John 85 Sep 7, 1942 PILLINGS, William 45 Jun 19, 1907 PLATNER, Jacob 86 Feb 27, 1887 PLOUGH, Albert 4 mos Jul 1, 1904 PLOUGH, Hannah 74 Apr 28, 1891 PLOUGH, Julius 63 May 23, 1918 RATHBONE, Clarissa 80 Mar 16, 1896 RATHBONE, Samuel 84 Mar 7, 1888 RAYNOR, Emma 63 May 30, 1931 RAYNOR, Levi 53 Feb 18, 1931 REDMOND, Arthur M. 70 Jan 15, 1940 REID, Oliver 56 Jan 14, 1893 REIMAN, Thomas 76 Oct 29, 1903 RICE, Charles 73 Feb 22, 1955 RICE, William 73 Dec 11, 1927 RICHARDS, Devillo 80 Jun 27, 1939 RILEY, George 67 0ct 25, 1915 ROBERTS, George 74 Jan 12, 1949 ROBERTS, Lula 19 Apr 8, 1918 RODNEY, Charles 82 0ct 23, 1954 ROE, Elizabeth 73 Apr 26, 1935 ROE, Emeline 74 Sep 1, 1893 ROGGINS, John 82 Dec 24, 1935 ROOD, Edward 47 Nov 28, 1938 ROUKE, James 64 Sep 3, 1913 RUSSELL, Harry 53 Nov 7, 1939 RYAN, Gertrude 79 Jul 8, 1887 RYAN, Patrick 64 Jan 12, 1940 SALES, Arthur 71 Jul 19, 1951 SANDS, Frank 85 Apr 23, 1925 SAUMIER, Edward 82 Jan 1, 1944 SCHENK, Appollace 43 0ct 2, 1938 SCOTT, Thomas 54 Jan 28, 1936 SCOTT, William 76 Apr 9, 1918 SCUDDER, William E. 65 0ct 12, 1902 SCUTT, Hugh 71 Feb 11, 1895 SCUTT, Oscar 65 May 23, 1929 SHAVER, Archibald 65 May 6, 1923 SHAVER, Jennette 79 Oct 16, 1907 SHAVER, John 87 May 7, 1945 SHAVER, Reese W. 77 Aug 16, 1933 SHERMAN, Caroline 67 Feb 26, 1899 SHULTZ, Larice/Lorica 81 Jul 24, 1892 SILSBER, Florence 81 Aug 8, 1940 SIMMONS,Walter 19 Dec 2, 1900 SINIKO, Joseph 42 Mar 15, 1933 SINKO, Urike 72 Jul 25, 1933 SKINNER, George S. 65 May 10, 1936 SLAKE, Mahala 78 Jan 11, 1892 SMITH, Henry 66 Nov 18, 1925 SMITH, James 76 0ct 23, 1923 SMITH, John 84 Feb 19, 1922 SMITH, Roswell 86 Jun 22, 1887 SMITH, Winfield 76 Jan 26, 1918 SNELL, Olive Mills 79 Jul 5, 1931 SODDEN, Armeta 81 Mar 2, 1938 SPAINE, Minnie S. 86 Apr 20, 1928 SPAULDING, George 78 Nov 24, 1921 SPRAGUE, John 78 Feb 23, 1911 STANTON, Bert 79 Dec 29, 1944 STEAD, James 80 Sep 30, 1939 STEWART, Robert 65 Jun 14, 1930 STOUTENBURGF, Edward H. 80 0ct 4, 1905 STRAIN, William 76 May 8, 1891 SULLIVAN, Anna 82 Aug 18, 1921 SULLIVAN, George E. 60 Sep 16, 1916 SURVEY, John 80 Dec 11, 1924 SWARTOUT, Henry 58 Feb 10, 1919 SWEENEY, James 42 Feb 16, 1899 SWEENEY, Michael 81 Oct 12, 1904 SWEETFAT, Andrew 80 Apr 15, 1915 TAYLOR, Cora 30 Mar 11, 1912 TENBROECK, Laura 57 Jun 15, 1913 THOMPSON, Thomas 69 Mar 15, 1911 TIFFANY, Albert 72 Sep 27, 1911 TIFFANY, Edgar 56 May 13, 1922 TOMPKINS, Frank 60 Jul 27, 1912 TOMPKINS, Henry 24 Feb 10, 1885 TOMPKINS, Stephen 78 Jan 6, 1892 TOTTAN, George O. -- Aug 5, 1937 TOWNSEND, Eber 83 Mar 10, 1892 TURINEM, Portar 77 Oct 8, 1927 TURNER, Samuel 86 Dec 11, 1892 UNDDAUGH, John 96 Jun 9, 1932 VAN AKIN, Catherine 83 Nov 8, 1891 VAN LOAN, May C. 81 Feb 18, 1929 VAN SLACK, Ray 53 Sep 6, 1919 VAN STEENBURGH, Frank 50 May 8, 1930 VAN STEENBURGH, Ophelia 50 Apr 13, 1921 VAN WAGNER, Emeline 62 Jan 23, 1893 VAN WAGNER, George 80 Jan 28, 1926 VINNER, William 78 Apr 28, 1888 WAGER, Mary Ann 78 Mar 2, 1911 WAKEFIELD, Jane 64 Sep 11, 1901 WALLIE, Porter 49 May 19, 1932 WALWORTH, H. M. 35 Aug 9, 1892 WARD, John 69 Jan 8, 1919 WARNER, Ruth 80 Mar 20, 1899 WARREN, Joseph 78 Aug 22, 1896 WATERMAN, Al. C 75 Feb 27, 1944 WATSON, Maggie 78 Aug 5, 1893 WHITE, Charles 84 Aug 1, 1904 WHITE, Walter 66 Dec 26, 1929 WHITEHEAD, John C 78 Apr 27, 1943 WHITNEY, Clayton 73 Dec 2, 1918 WHITTAKER, John -- Jul 15, 1904 WILBUR, Katherine 71 May 8, 1944 WILLIAMS, Abram 47 Apr 14, 1916 WILLIAMS, Esther Irene 75 Mar 15, 1929 WILLIAMS, Isabell 96 Dec 17, 1908 WINANT, Harry C. 81 Jun 10, 1943 WOLFF, James 84 Apr 13, 1938 WOOD, Benjamin 84 Feb 17, 1914 WOOD, Robert 78 Aug 31, 1948 WOOD, Velmore 81 Sep 28, 1949 WOOLSEY, Ambrose 72 Sep 25, 1915 YOUNG, Lansing 50 Dec 28, 1928 YUSTICK, Antonet 66 Jul 7, 1953 ZIKER, William 70 Oct 8, 1913 |
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