Add cemetery photos

Quaker Cottage Cemetery

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, USA – *No GPS coordinates

About

  • West side of Center Street near Orchard Street
    Horseheads, New York, USA

    No GPS information available Add GPS

  • Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

Advertisement

Photos

Ausburn Towner wrote in OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE - A HISTORY OF THE VALLEY AND COUNTY OF CHEMUNG (1892) - "In the early history of the town there resided in the vicinity of the village several families known as Friends or Quakers. Their meetings were held at the house of Richard Wild on the farm since known as the Wild farm. Prominent among those belonging to this sect were Richard Wild and wife, Francis Bowman and wife, David Coddington, Benjamin Palmer, Amos Crandall, Townsend Carpenter and wife, Richardson Cornell, John Marshall and his family, Josiah Cornell, Stephen Estes, and Sally Westlake. In 1831 the Scipio Society of Friends by their trustees purchased the lot where Mrs. Shute resides and erected a building for the use of this society. This was known as the Quaker meeting-house, and was occupied by the Friends until about 1854. By removals and other causes the society diminished in numbers until but few remained. Among these were Josiah, Levi, and Samuel Marshall. The property of the society was sold to Mrs. Shute and the building was used in the construction of the dwelling where she now resides."

The 1869 map of Horseheads depicts the A Shute residence noted as "Quaker Cottage" on the west side of Conklin Street, near Orchard Street. The cemetery was in that vicinity and should not be confused with the village cemetery nearby, also depicted on the map. In 1931-32 Addie Johnston Staver transcribed one memorial, that of Peter Trenholm, and indicated the others had been destroyed.
Ausburn Towner wrote in OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE - A HISTORY OF THE VALLEY AND COUNTY OF CHEMUNG (1892) - "In the early history of the town there resided in the vicinity of the village several families known as Friends or Quakers. Their meetings were held at the house of Richard Wild on the farm since known as the Wild farm. Prominent among those belonging to this sect were Richard Wild and wife, Francis Bowman and wife, David Coddington, Benjamin Palmer, Amos Crandall, Townsend Carpenter and wife, Richardson Cornell, John Marshall and his family, Josiah Cornell, Stephen Estes, and Sally Westlake. In 1831 the Scipio Society of Friends by their trustees purchased the lot where Mrs. Shute resides and erected a building for the use of this society. This was known as the Quaker meeting-house, and was occupied by the Friends until about 1854. By removals and other causes the society diminished in numbers until but few remained. Among these were Josiah, Levi, and Samuel Marshall. The property of the society was sold to Mrs. Shute and the building was used in the construction of the dwelling where she now resides."

The 1869 map of Horseheads depicts the A Shute residence noted as "Quaker Cottage" on the west side of Conklin Street, near Orchard Street. The cemetery was in that vicinity and should not be confused with the village cemetery nearby, also depicted on the map. In 1931-32 Addie Johnston Staver transcribed one memorial, that of Peter Trenholm, and indicated the others had been destroyed.

Nearby cemeteries

Maple Grove Cemetery

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, USA

  • 10k+
  • 76%
  • 12%
0 mi
Saint Mary Our Mother Cemetery

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, USA

  • 1k+
  • 71%
  • 7%
0 mi
Barbours Corners Cemetery

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, USA

  • 17
  • 76%
  • 24%
0 mi
Barber Family Cemetery

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York, USA

  • 9
  • 33%
  • Added: 8 Feb 2020
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2700397