Small Cemeteries
Town of Ephratah

These small cemeteries are posted with the kind courtesy of James Berry and the Ephratah Rural Cemetery Association. Please direct all inquiries to:

James Berry
200 Ft. Plain Watershed Rd.
St. Johnsville, NY 13452
Email: jhberry10@yahoo.com

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Included herein are the following cemeteries:

Green Street Cemetery

Hart Rd. Cemetery

Polmateer Cemetery

Shaver Cemetery

Polmateer Cemetery
Located on the Mud Road, Ephratah NY.
There are also several fieldstones in the cemetery.

Surname	First Name	Date of Death	Notes	Age at death
Bouland	Moris	Jan. 2, 1863	son of J & J Bouland	30 years
Empy	Dolly	Dec. 3, 1838	wife of Frederick Empy	35 years
Empie	Dorathy	Dec. 5, 1849	Daug. of F.E & Dorathy Empie	1 mon. 5 days
Faugh	Margaret	May 4, 1858		age 77-6-14
Frederick	Mary	May 26, 1883	wife of Jacob Frederick	age 83
Frederick	Jacob	Aug. 26, 1869		age 73
Lepper	Lyman ?	Jan. 10, 1839	in memory of who died	age 93
Miller	Giles	Aug. 6, 1849		age 89-5-12
Miller	Elizabeth	July 17, 1843	wife of Giles Miller	age 80
Polmateer	Abram	Oct. 18, 1857		age 74
Polmateer	Hannah	Feb. 26, 1869	wife of Abram Polmateer	age 75
Polmateer	Peter P.	Dec. 13, 1859		age 45
Empie	Dorcas ?	May 30, 1851	Daug. of F.E. & Dorathy Empie	1y 2m 1day

 

Green Street Cemetery
Located corner of Fical Rd. and Green St. in Ephratah NY

Surname	First Name	Date of Death	Age at death	Notes
Everest	Isaac	Dec. 12, 1841	age 77
Runoyins	Almira I	Dec. 5, 1828	age 12
Smith	Peter Jr.	Feb. 27, 1851	age 33
Smith	Mary	July 7, 1858	age 28	Widow of Peter Smith wife of Lyman Caldwell
Trumbull	Margaret M.	Feb. 11, 1840	age 25

 

Hart Rd. Cemetery
Located corner of Hart Rd. & Murray Hill Rd, Ephratah NY

Surname	First Name	Date of Death	Notes	Age at death
Soules	George W.	May 28, 1848	Twins of Benjamin & Phebe Soules
Soules	Lord W	Jun 24, 1848	Twins of Benjamin & Phebe Soules
Soules	Phebe	April 15, 1848	wife of Benjamin Soules	age 31y 9d
Dorn	Eleanor	Mar. 30, 1837	wife of Micheal Dorn	age 73y 20d
Riggs	Hannah Margaret	Oct. 9, 1815	daug of Timothy & Candace Riggs	2y 2m 18d
Riggs	Margaret Hannh	June 24, 1814	Daug. of Timothy & Candace Riggs	11m 3d
Riggs	Emaline	Mar. 12, 1822	Daug. of Timothy & Canace Riggs	14y
Seely	Thomas Henry	Jan. 3, 1831	Son of Daniel Seely	3y 5m 22d

 

 

Shaver Cemetery
Located corner of Saltsman Rd. and Bolster Hill Rd, Ephratah NY. This old farm was the old Shaver Farm in the 1800's. There are three stones in the barn yard that read:

Surname	First Name	Date of Death	Notes	Age at death
Shaver	John	March 23, 1860		age 82 yrs
Shaver	Catherine	1862	"wife of John Shaver"	age 85 yrs
Shaver	Benjamin	Feb. 19, 1879	same stone as Nancy Shaver - names are side by side	age 73 yrs, 4 m, 14 days
Shaver	Nancy	March 27, 1881	"his wife" - same stone as Benjamin Shaver - names are side by side	age 67 yrs, 9m, 15 days