Baldwin Cemetery
Town of Benton
Yates County, New York
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Baldwin Cemetery was once associated with the first Methodist Church structure built in Yates County, in 1807. It was on land once owned by George Wheeler, Jr., who is buried here along with members of his family and others from the surrounding neighborhood.
Baldwin Cemetery is easily accessible from the road, having an iron fence and a gate with the name of M. L. Baldwin, who owned the farm in the latter part of the 19th century. The adjacent highway was named for him, and the cemetery is usually called by that name, since his parents are buried here.
Baldwin cemetery is abandoned and despite its importance, unmaintained. It has suffered much from neglect and many of the stones have fallen; a few have apparently disappeared.
Baldwin Cemetery Burials
- ANDERSON, Charles A., son of Peter and Sarah Anderson, born ca 1853.
- ANDERSON, Dorah A., dau. of Peter and Sarah Anderson, born ca 1852.
- ANDERSON, Mary T., dau. of Peter and Sarah Anderson, born ca 1849.
- ANDERSON, Peter C., born July 2, 1813, died Feb. 12, 1906.
- ANDERSON, Sarah E. (Baldwin), wife of Peter C. Anderson, dau. of Jacob and Hannah Baldwin, born Mar. 15, 1811, died 1879.
- BALDWIN, Alfred M. Dr., son of Jacob and Hannah Baldwin, died Dec. 14, 1865, age 69 yrs. (Baldwin monument)
- BALDWIN, Alfred R., son of Mason L. and Kate A. Baldwin, died June 7, 1862, age 3 yrs. 8 mos.
- BALDWIN, Hannah (Hull), wife of Jacob Baldwin "Mother", dau. of Eliphalet and Huldah Hull, born Jan. 22, 1771, died Apr. 10, 1865.
- BALDWIN, Huldah, dau. of J. and H. Baldwin, born Oct. 15, 1813, died Mar. 24, 1840.
- BALDWIN, Jacob, "Father", born May 16, 1755, died Dec. 8, 1828, age 72 yrs.
- BALDWIN, Mary (Jacobus), wife of Dr. Alfred Baldwin, died June 1, 1829, age 28 yrs. (Baldwin monument)
- BALDWIN, Nancy (Whithead), wife of Dr. Alfred Baldwin, died June 22, 1883, age 83 yrs. 2 days. (Baldwin monument)
- BALL, Ann Eliza (Baldwin), wife of Sherwood S. Ball, dau. of Jacob and Hannah Baldwin, died June 11, 1861, age 58 yrs.
- CHEESEMAN, George, died Feb. 3, 1894, age 50 yrs. 2 mos. 16 days.
- CHRISTENSEN, Jens, born 1836, died 1905.
- CHRISTENSEN, Johana M., died Apr. 5, 1895, age 67 yrs. 11 mos.
- CHRISTENSEN, Thora, wife of Jens Christensen, born 1836, died 1916.
- CROUCHER, Ellen Fullagar, dau. of Joseph Fullagar, died July 23, 1886, age 46 yrs. 1 mo. 14 days.
- HULL, Eliphalet, born Dec. 4, 1749, died Mar. 30, 1813, Revolutionary War NY Militia.
- HULL, Huldah (Patchen), wife of Eliphalet Hull, died Sept. 30, 1839, age 90 yrs.
- LAMON, Mason (Dr.), 1st husband of Hannah Hull McAuley, died Aug. 7, 1826, age 25 yrs. (McAuley monument)
- LANSING, David Defreest, son of James S. and Huldah (Wheeler) Lansing, died Oct. 6, 1828, age 11 yrs. 21 mos.
- LANSING, George, son of James S. and Huldah (Wheeler) Lansing, died Sept. 15, 1833, age 18 yrs. 4 mos. 19 days
- McAuley, Hannah (Hull Lamon), wife of James McAuley, dau. of Elisha and Anna Hull, born Aug. 21, 1800, died Jan. 9, 1871, age 70 yrs. 4 mos. 19 days (McAuley monument)
- McAuley, James, died May 26, 1879, age 79 yrs. (McAuley monument)
- McAuley, Margaret W., dau. of James and Hannah (Hull) McAuley, born Nov. 19, 1836, died Jan. 18, 1839
- PATCHEN, Martha, died Oct. 2, 1816, age 86 yrs.
- SMITH, Edmund P.
- SMITH, Mary A., born 1826, died 1898 (Footstone near other Smith stones)
- SMITH, Melinda, wife of Edmund P. Smith, died Aug. 2, 1871, age 50 yrs.
- WHEELER, Catherine Lyon, wife of George Wheeler, Sr., died 1827, age 82 yrs.
- WHEELER, Charles Henry, son of Henry and Mary Wheeler, died June 9, 1833, age 11 days.
- WHEELER, Elijah Spencer, infant son of Henry and Mary Spencer Wheeler, died 1835. (Footstone near those of other Wheeler children)
- WHEELER, George, died Apr. 17, 1823, age 79 yrs. 5 mos. 17 days.
- WHEELER, George, Jr., son of George and Catherine Wheeler, June 21, 1821, age 48 yrs. 14 days.
- WHEELER, Martha C. (Hull), wife of George Wheeler, Jr., dau. of Eliphalet and Huldah Hull. (Footstone near other Wheeler stones)
- WOLCOTT, Frank, son of Oliver P. and Sophia Stewart Wolcott, died Aug. 19, 1840.
- WOLCOTT, Susan R., dau. of Oliver P. and Sophia (Stewart) Wolcott, Aug. 16, 1840.