Saint Joseph's Cemetery
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Saint Joseph's Cemetery

Campbell, Steuben County, New York, USA

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    Coordinates: 42.22210, -77.18738
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On July 9, 1878 St. Joseph's Church of Campbell, NY acquired a cemetery on Tannery Road for burial of the body of Owen Sweeney. The Mortuary Record of St. Joseph's Cemetery, page 130 of the Ledger at St. Mary's Church, Bath (NY), recorded 13 burials in the cemetery during pastorates of Rev. J. J. Baxter and Rev. J. J. Gleason through Feb. 4, 1891.

Unfortunately St. Joseph's Cemetery was situated on the south bank of the Cohocton River and as such was prone to flooding. For example, hurricanes were recorded in the area in 1888 and 1889. Elderly parishioners of Saint Joseph's Church told of bodies being washed out of the Cemetery during severe flooding. At least five individuals, originally interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, now have markers in nearby Catholic cemeteries, being reinterred at a later date or their remains lost as a result of one of the major floods.

In late 1891, deceased parishioners of St. Joseph's Church were increasingly buried in nearby Catholic cemeteries until the last burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery on April 16, 1900. Bridget O'Donnell's grave marker can now be found in Saint Mary's Cemetery (South Corning, NY). There are currently only two grave markers remaining, for Maurice & Patrick Carroll and for Harry Collins.



On July 9, 1878 St. Joseph's Church of Campbell, NY acquired a cemetery on Tannery Road for burial of the body of Owen Sweeney. The Mortuary Record of St. Joseph's Cemetery, page 130 of the Ledger at St. Mary's Church, Bath (NY), recorded 13 burials in the cemetery during pastorates of Rev. J. J. Baxter and Rev. J. J. Gleason through Feb. 4, 1891.

Unfortunately St. Joseph's Cemetery was situated on the south bank of the Cohocton River and as such was prone to flooding. For example, hurricanes were recorded in the area in 1888 and 1889. Elderly parishioners of Saint Joseph's Church told of bodies being washed out of the Cemetery during severe flooding. At least five individuals, originally interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, now have markers in nearby Catholic cemeteries, being reinterred at a later date or their remains lost as a result of one of the major floods.

In late 1891, deceased parishioners of St. Joseph's Church were increasingly buried in nearby Catholic cemeteries until the last burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery on April 16, 1900. Bridget O'Donnell's grave marker can now be found in Saint Mary's Cemetery (South Corning, NY). There are currently only two grave markers remaining, for Maurice & Patrick Carroll and for Harry Collins.



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  • Added: 29 Mar 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2574084