DASSANCE CEMETERY
Newfield, Tompkins Co., NY


Photo by Cathy Knauff

This cemetery is on private property, located on Chaffee Creek Road.   The cemetery is in terrible shape.  Headstone inscriptions were read with a lot of difficulty.  There is probably twice as many graves as there is stones.
By Cathy Knauff

July 18, 2001


 
LAST FIRST DEATH DATE AND NOTES Notes
Beach, Peter d. Feb 6, 1868 66y 9m 27d

Matilda his wife d. Oct 6, 1866 58y 7m 6d




Hauff,  Susan wife of Paul C. Hauff
d. Mar 6, 1867 29y 8m 9d (prob a dau of Peter Beach)

Libbie C.,
dau of  Paul C. & Susan Hauff 
d. May 17, 1868 5y 3d




Beach,  Warren Lee children of Holden and Flora Beach

Florence M.


Merritt N.





Bush, Miller           
d. Feb 19, 1871  35y 10m 19d  ( flag )




Ballou, Harvey 1823 - 1897

Melinda his wife         
1826 - 1893 (? Jane in 1850 census)

Olney  1797 - 1870

Sarah wife of Olney Ballou
d. Jan 9, 1863 76y 1m 11d

Olney son of Harvey & Jane
d. Nov 4, 1863 ae 5y 9m 28d

Leroy son of Harvey & Jane
d. Oct 28, 1861 3y 2m 21d




Gore, Moses --------unreadable

Flora wife of Moses  ------- 46y 8m 24d  stones broken

Lebtina dau of Moses & Flora d. Nov 24 1869  14y 7m 18d




Dassance, Georgie  12y 11m child of I.R. & F.A.

Jennie              
2m  child of I.R. & F.A.

Isaac R.  d. Jan 27, 1873 38y 6m

Frances A. his wife d. Dec 29, 1873 43y 4m 13d?





Dassance, Silas Sept 1806 - Aug 1868
Dassance, Nancy Rumsey his wife  Aug 1811 - Nov 1875
Dassance, Sarah J., dau of Silas & Nancy  
Nov 1841 - Mar 1873 (Jane on footstone & 1850 census)

Sabrina C., dau of Silas & Nancy
Oct 1847 - July 1873




Dassance, Abner 1782 - 1866

Patience,  wife of Abner Dassance
d. May 10, 1851 69y 6m 4d




Schoolcraft,  Frederick  b. Nov 17, 1821 d. Feb 22, 1905

Catherine his wife b. Sept 17, 1831 d. May 19, 1896

Nancy M. d. Feb 2, 1892 59y

Christian d. Aug 24, 1863 68y 1m 9d





Cronkight ? Stephen      
d. May 18, 1861 88y 2m 7d (1850 census with family )




Gillow, Abraham s/o James & Asubah  d. Mar 4, 1854 2y 11m 23d

James d. Mar 2, 1879 50y 11m 24d

Asubah d. Nov 9, 1875 39y?
(doesn't quite match with 1850 census)

Edith  d. Aug 29, 1874 16y 5m 19d

James D. or O. d. Feb. 21, 1897 36y 18d




Dassance, Charlie son of Olney & ?  d. ---- 1876 1m?




Seally, Asa P son of ------ Seally d. Mar 16, 1855 11m 24d

Harreit C. ------- Seally  
d. April 14, 1872  (could be George & Sarah)




Dassance, Sebastian  Stone is broken dates unreadable
Dassance, Willie A. s/o Chester B. & Minnie  d. Sept 13, 1891 1y 2m 4d





Patterson, John Edward s/o William & Lucy A. d. ----- 1861  19y 5m 28d

John G. d. June 1, 1859 35y-----





Franklin, Frances wife of  d. Feb 23, 1868  79y 9m 17d

Samuel d. Sept 11, 1861  73y 9m 10d





Dassance Monument 
 


Hiram 
b. Aug 4, 1833 d. a prisoner of war
Oct 30, 1864 at Andersonville Ga 30y 2m 26d



Rev Sebastian & wife 
no dates

Hila A. b. Nov 2, 1839  d. Nov 27, 1886 47y 25d

Hosea b. Feb 2, 1808 d. Nov 3, 1887  79y 8m 12d




Kellogg, David  d. Feb 22, 1866 30y 10m 10d

  This Cemetery Record Is Complete As Of Headstone Inscriptions 2001
Any records that are missing are due to the headstone no longer being visible or the burial being in an unmarked grave.

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