Riverview Cemetery (Old)

Clintonville, Town of Au Sable, Clinton County, New York

• This cemetery was transcribed by C. W. McLellan on August 1, 1964.
• McLellan wrote: "This is an abandoned cemetery almost immediately behind the present "Riverview Cemetery". Until recently it was entirely covered by high weeds and reeds, but was cleared out of underbrush in 1964. A number of the stones are down. There are also a numbe rof plain field stones and other stones without markings, which are not here noted. There is also evidence that other burials were made here, for which no stones were found."
• These records are part of what is known as the McLellan Cemetery Records. Beginning in 1933, Hugh McLellan, his son, Charles Woodbury “Woody” McLellan, and his daughter-in-law, Hulda (Bredenburg) McLellan traveled to various cemeteries throughout Clinton County copying the inscriptions from cemetery stones. Upon his death, these records were to have been donated to Cornell University. However, Dr. Allan Everest of SUNY Plattsburgh convinced the McLellan family to keep the records locally, and they were eventually donated to SUNY Plattsburgh. Complete sets of these records are also available at the Plattsburgh Public Library, the Clinton County Historian's office in Plattsburgh, and the Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society in Keeseville, New York. Each Town Historian has a copy of their segment as well.
• The oldest burial was that of Jeduthan BULLEN in 1819 and the newest was George H. KIRBY in 1924.
• It was typed by Joyce Ranieri on October 23, 2004. McLellan used a / to represent a line break. That formatting has been retained in this transcription.

AMES
Norman B. / AMES, / Died June 27, 1869, / AE. 51 yrs. /

AMES
Mary, / Wife of / Norman B. AMES / Died / Sept. 1, 1848, / Aged 27 years. / (2 lines of verse -- too worn to read)
Mary, / Her Infant daughter / Died / Aug. 10, 1848, / AE 11 weeks. /

AMES
Clarissa WILLSON. / Wife of / Norman AMES / July 8, 1822, / May 31, 1893. / Mother /

AMES
Esther A. / Wife of / J. M. D. AMES, / Died / Mar. 6, 1856; / Aged 31 yrs. /

AMES
Elijah M. / Son of / J. M. D. & E. A. / AMES, / Died / Feb. 28, 1856; / Aged 1 year. /

AMES
Samuel H. / son of / Samuel and / Rebecca AMES / died July 14, / 1845, AE 15 Mo. /

AMES
In Remembrane / of / Our Brother / Fred M. AMES / Born / Aug. 16, 1845, / Died / Apr. 10, 1875. / At Rest /

BEARDSLEY
In Memory of / Aurillia, wife of / Charles BEARDSLEY, / who died Augt. 28^th / A.D. 1824, / aged 26 years / 5 months and 9 days. /
Beauty with all its charms must fade, /
And death must close the scene, /
But Virtues like hers in darkest shade /
Blooms in Immortal (?) /

BEARDSLEY
Clotilda HOSFORD / Wife of / Emanuel BEARDSLEY, / Died / March 10, 1842, / AE 74 Years. /

BEARDSLEY
In Memory of / Emanuel BEARDSLEY / who died / April 23^rd A.D. 1824, / in the 59^th year / of his age. /

BEARDSLEY
Almeda / Wife of / Curtis BEARDSLEY / Died / Dec. 28, 1857. / Aged 48 years. /
My rest is in Heaven; my home is not here. /

BLISS
Marcelia / I. WESTON, / Wife of / James A. BLISS, / Died / May 29, 1860, / AE 20 y'rs. /
Lent for a fleeting hour to earth, /
To tears, and pains, a moment given, /
A wanderer of celestial birth, /
Returns to seek her native heaven. /

BROWN
Polly COTTRELL, / Wife of / Arial BROWN / Born / Dec. 6, 1801, / Died / Jan. 22, 1839. /

BULLEN
(front)
Capt. / Jeduthan BULLEN / Died Dec. 6, 1819, / AE 35 Yrs. /
Beulah, / Wife of / Doctor N. S. CLARK, / & Consort of Capt. / Jeduthan BULLEN / Died Dec. 2, 1832, / AE. 45 Yrs. / My redeemer liveth. /
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(side)
Dr. Albert BULLEN, / Died July 10, 1846, / AE 41 Yrs. /
Caroline M. BULLEN / Died March 2, 1896, / Aged 89 Years /
John Henry, / Died July 10, 1862, / AE. 26 Yrs. /
Ann Eliza, / Died Nov. 2, 1866, / AE. 29 Yrs. /
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(side)
Almira BULLEN,, / Died Sept. 26, 1824 / AE. 5 Yrs. /
Mercy CLARK, / Died Mar. 9, 1824 / AE. 15 Mos. /
Elihu, / son of / Samuel & Elizabeth / BULLEN, / AE. 13 Mos. /
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(back)
Albert F. / Died Mar. 12, 1832, / AE. 3 Mos. /
Mary B. / Died Aug. 15, 1833, / AE. 6 Mos. /
Benton, / Died July 18, 1835, / AE. 9 Mos. /
James, / Died Nov. 22, 1842, / AE 5 Weeks. /
Children of Albert & / Caroline BULLEN. /

BULLEN
Dear / Eliza /
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Ann Eliza. / The Lord is my shepherd / I shall not want. /
(Each of the above two is in a separate plot, surrounded by iron railing -- next to each other. The second stone probably refers to the Ann Eliza shown on large monument.)

CONGER
David CONGER, / Died / Sept. 24, 1862, / AE. 74 Y'rs. /
Susannah, / His Wife / Died / Oct. 4, 1826, / AE. 37 Y'rs. /

EDWARDS
Lazarus EDWARDS / Died / March 23, 1879, / AE 71 Yrs. & 10 Mo. /
Yes; he's gone before us, /
And we hope to meet him there, /
Where there is no death, no parting, /
But where we his joys can share. /

EDWARDS
Mary F. / Daughter of / L. & S. / EDWARDS, / Died / Oct. 6, 1843, / AE. 16 Months. /

FLACK
George FLACK / died / Nov. 15, 1832, / aged 31 years. /

FLACK
James K. / son of / George & Jane / FLACK, / died Feb. 26, 1828, / aged 1 year and 1 / month. /
Happy Infant early blest /
Rest in peaceful realm' rest /

GAY
In Memory of / Deborah, wife of / David GAY, / who died Dec. 18, 1840, / Aged 57 years. /

GAY
In Memory of / Jerome H. son of Darius / J. & Delia D. GAY, who died / July 3, 1838, aged 13 / months & 25 days. /
"Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, /
Death came with friendly care; /
The opening bud to heaven conveyed, /
And bade it blossom there." /

GAY
In Memory of / Jerome H. son of / Darius J. & Delia D. / GAY, who died May / 30, 1840, aged 14 / months. /

GAY
David Hervey, / son of / L. D. & Fidelia M. / GAY, / died Sept. 29, 1862, / AE. 13 y'rs. & 6 mo's. /

GAY
Ettie L. GAY / Not lost, / but gone before. / (complete)

JONES
In memory of / Wilb. T. / son of / S. W. & M. / JONES. / (complete)

KIRBY
George H. / 1849 - 1924 /
His Wife / Mary M. AMES / 1852 - 1923 /

ROGERS
In memory of / Sally, wife of / Benjamin ROGERS, / who died March 17, / 1838, aged 39 years / 6 months & 5 days. /
Or worn by slowly rolling years, /
Or broke by sickness in a Day, /
The fading glory disappears, /
The shorliv'd beauties die away. /

ROGERS
In memory of / William, son of / Benj. & Sally / ROGERS, who died / Jan. 14, 1837, aged / 4 years 7 mos. & 21 d's. / (four lines of verse, too worn to read.)

ROGERS
Mary, / daughter of / Benj. & Sally / ROGERS, / died Sept. 4, 1848, / AE 18 Y'rs. 3 Mo. /
O blessed child, with whom so soon /
The work of life was o'er, /
We hail thy ransomed soul at rest /
On yon celestial shore. /

SNIDER
Leonard O. / son of / Jacob & Synthia / SNIDER, / died Aug. 19, 1827, / aged 4 years 5 mo. / and 12 days. /
So fades the lovely blooming flower; /
Frail smiling solace of an hour, /
So soon our tansient comforts fly /
And pleasure only blooms to die. /

WESTON
James / WESTON, died May 22, / 1840; / Aged 82 years / 11 months / & 11 days. /
Sally, / Wife of / James WESTON, / died May 22, / 1840; / Aged 74 years / 11 months & 11 d's. /
Headstone: J.W.
Headstone: S.W.
(note that both died on the same day, and that both seemingly had the same birthday!)

WESTON
Hervey WESTON / Died / Feb. 17, 1857; / Aged 59 yrs. /
Dear Companion much we miss thee; /
Miss thy presence here below; /
Miss thy many prayers and counsels, /
Miss thy step where ere we go./

WESTON
(front)
Hervey WESTON / Died Feb. 17, 1857, / AE 59 Yrs. /
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(side)
Nancy BOWMAN / Wife of / H. WESTON / Died June 4, 1876, / AE. 69 Yrs. /
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(side)
Matilda MACE / Wife of / H. WESTON / Died Dec. 11, 1828, / AE 26 Yrs. /
Headstone: M.M.W.
Headstone: N.B.W.

WESTON
Metilda, (sic) / wife of / Hervey WESTON / died Dec. 11, 1828, / aged 26 years. /

WESTON
Elizabeth, / daughter of / Hearvey & Metilda / WESTON, / died Aug. 20, / 1823 aged 2 / yr's 5 months. /

WESTON
Clementine B. / Dau. of / H. & N. M. WESTON, / Died / May 23, 1854, / AE 9 Mos. /

WESTON
Jane V. / Daughter of / M. B. & A. M. / WESTON, / Died / Jan. 25, 1849, / AE 7 Months. /
The fairest flower /
Are the first to fade. /
Footstone: J.V.W.

WESTON
Oreann, / Daughter of / B. W. & H. A. / WESTON, / Died / July 8, 1853, / AE. 14 Ms. 3 Dys. /
She was a flower so earley (sic) cropt, /
Was handed to the tomb, /
Yet death this angel only left /
In paradise to bloom. /

WESTON
Fred E. / Son of / B. W. & H. A. WESTON, / died April 7, 1871, / Aged 2 yrs. / (same verse as above)

WESTON
(front)
Our Baby /
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(back)
S. & H. M. / WESTON. /

WESTON
Elizabeth A. / Daughter of / Hervey & Nancy M. / WESTON, / died May 9, / 1854, / AE 18 yrs. & 3 mos. /
Peaceful in life, triumphant in death. /

WESTON
Ellen M. / Dau. of / Hervey & N. M. WESTON / Died / May 4, 1865, / AE. 26 Yrs. /
Farewell

WESTON
Amasa / James, / son of / James & Malinda / WESTON, / died / May 21, 1821, / AE. 5 yrs. 11 mos. / & 18 days. /

WESTON
Blanchard / 1826 - 1905 /

WESTON
Delian / 1828 - 1877 /

WESTON
Emma / 1857 - 1919 /

WESTON
Orville S. / Son of / H. & N. M. WESTON / Died / May 8, 1844, / AE. 1 Year / & 7 Mos. /

WOODARD
Benjamin F. / Son of / Daniel & Olive / WOODARD. / died Dec. 28, 1825 / aged 23 years & / 4 months. /
Fair & blooming yesterday, /
Now a loathsom (sic) corpse I lie; /
See how beauty fades away; /
Oh: prepare, prepare to die. /
Footstone: B.F.W. /