Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

Restoring lost cemeteries in Meredith has always been a high priority for me. I have accomplished restoring this one, listed below, that was nearly lost, and inventorying it. Cattle had gone through for many years. --Bernice Graham Telian, Historian, Town of Meredith, October 27, 2002

THE OLD ELK CREEK CEMETERY

Bennett, Stephen, died 31 January 1840, age 58 y
Dibble, Colbey, died 22 Sept. 1817, age 22 years, son of Daniel & Sarah
Dibble, Daniel, died 5 November, 1842, age 88y, 5m, 17d
Dibble, Sarah Paterson - In Memory of Sarah, wife of Daniel Dibble, who died May 22, 1829, aged 72 yrs, 9 mos, and 16 da.
Dibble, Sally A., died 3 March 1818, age l y, 10m, daughter Isaac & Fanny
Dibble, illegible - died 31 Oct. 1817, age 24 y
Griffin, Armelia, died 3 May 1849, age 29 y
Griffin, Deborah, died 19, July 1845, age 51 y
Marvin, William, died 14 Feb. 1841, age 35 y
Mitchell, Aaron, died 9 Jan. 1839, 60 y
Mitchell, David, died 18 Sept. 1840, 64 y
Mitchell, Harriet, died 15 Feb. 1827, 51 y
Mitchell, Sally, died 5 May 1843, 44 y
Mitchell, Sarah, died 23 July 1876, 90 y 9 m, wife of David
Munn, Hannah, wife of Reuben Munn, died 15 Feb. 1827 in the 5_*years of her age - with this epitaph
"May peaceful here my love sleep
Death can't us divide
A few more rolling suns will place
Me by your side."
*2nd digit of her age very difficult & questionable to read

Riel Smith, son of Conklin, died 25 Jan. 1841, 19 y
In line with the Griffin headstones are three fieldstones, used as headstones