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Saturday, September 15, 2018

Wood Cemetery on Brigham Road in Greenfield Center, New York





Someone is mowing the grass
& trimming around gravestones
in this small cemetery.






I just read an article in The Daily Gazette about neighbors bringing their lawnmowers to the untended Fisher Cemetery in Rotterdam and making it accessible to visitors.  Small cemeteries face daunting odds to finance yearly maintenance costs.

Sections in General Municipal Law and Not-for-Profit Corporation Law offer options for small cemeteries that are underfunded.  In the meantime, volunteers clean up cemeteries throughout New York.

A brief search of the internet led me to SaratogaNYGenweb and the listing of county cemeteries.




This is the Wood Cemetery.

I don't know who is taking
care of the grounds.




I am grateful to the volunteers that listed all the graves in this cemetery.  




Alzina Wood's gravestone

Years of rain & creeping
surface moss have 
wiped out much of the
information about her
death death year &
who her husband was. 











A number of the gravestones
are broken.









Phebe Sherman
Widow of
William Wood

Born January 17, 1786






William Wood

Died....










.... Aged 74




Ruby G. Spencer

Died 1865




Aseneth

Wife of
Benjamin C. Dake

Died January 1, 1840








The next gravestone is much easier to read....





Sarepta Deake

Wife of Benjamin C. Deake

Daughter of Daniel &
Mary Wood

Died August 30, 1826









Daniel Wood

Died June 28, 1838














Henry Shepf

Died May 25, 1898














This gravestone is almost
unreadable...

 Elmina Coons

The birth & death dates
are not clear....










My last photo of
The Wood Cemetery







Sending a big Thank You to NYGenWeb and the volunteers throughout New York who make genealogical information available to users worldwide.  

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