A Military Tour of Christ Church Cemetery
Grave Sites 20 through 39

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The following are Maps of the Cemetery and the Grave Sites discussed in this Work:

Map of Manlius Cemetery & Christ Church Cemetery
Christ Church Cemetery with Military Sites indicated in Tour Order
Enlarged Map of Christ Church Cemetery

20. Dr. Amos Granger (Lot 55) was born in Suffield, Connecticut on October 16, 1748, and was among the fifth generation descendants of Lancelot Granger. Lancelot was born on June 25, 1637 in England, and died in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut on September 3, 1689.

Dr. Granger married Anne Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut on September 14, 1775. She was born on May 22, 1753 and died on September 26, 1806.

Amos Granger remained in Suffield until his move to Manlius in 1811. He served with Gen. Gates at Saratoga during the Revolutionary War and in the Connecticut Assembly from 1788 to 1791.

One of his sons, Gen. Amos Phelps Granger, was a merchant at Manlius Village. Amos raised a company of militia in the War of 1812, and proceeded to Sackett's Harbor on Lake Ontario. He remained with the militia, and rose in rank to General.

Around 1820 he moved to Syracuse where he became a prominent citizen as well as a member of Congress. Another son of Dr. Amos Granger was Dr. Hezekiah L., noted next.

Dr. Granger died on November 14, 1811, aged 63, shortly after his move to Manlius. His monument is intact, but difficult to read. The epitaph is: To a vigorous and cultivated/ understanding, were added/all those virtues, that adorn the character of man./Here then let it rest./So man lieth down, and riseth/not up, till the heavens be no/more. They shall not awake,/nor be raised out of their sleep.

21. Hezekiah L. Granger (Lot 55) came from Suffield, Connecticut to Manlius by 1810 where he established his physician's office in Manlius Village. He was a surgeon in a battalion created out of the 147th regiment in 1816. By 1817 he was surgeon to the 172nd Regiment.

Dr. Granger was a member of the Assembly in 1814 and President of Manlius Village in 1816. He served in the vestry of Christ Church for many years. He also was postmaster of Manlius from 1811 to 1819. In 1818 he was Master of the Free and Accepted Masons, six years before the Masons moved to rooms on the third floor of the Smith building. The main building fronting North Street was built by merchant Azariah Smith in 1816. The west extension fronting Seneca Street was finished by 1824, and contained numerous businesses. The entire building is now owned by the Masons.

Dr. Granger died on May 26, 1828, aged 48. Eunice, his wife, died on August 31, 1828, aged 40. Both stones are toppled; his is overturned.

22. Joel Huntington (Lot 54) was born on March 2, 1772 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. His parents, Ezra and Elizabeth, were cousins whose lines descended from Simon and Margaret Barrett Huntington, both of whom were born in England. Simon died on their 1633 crossing to America, and was buried at sea.

Joel married Mary S. Bingham about 1790. They settled in Manlius Village by 1810 where Joel was a cabinetmaker. He was Sergeant in the Manlius Rifle Battalion in the War of 1812. In 1814 he was Ensign in Capt. William Gardner, Jr.'s rifle company of Major Charles Moseley's battalion. He was appointed Lieutenant the same year.

In March 1813 land was purchased from Ralph R. Phelps and James O. Wattles for a part of Christ Church Cemetery. Phelps, Wattles, and Sylvanus Tousley had buried children there as early as 1809. The cemetery was soon laid out in lots and Joel Huntington was appointed its superintendent. The first regular burying ground was in the present day Kinloch Plaza where burials were made up to 1810.

Joel Huntington died on December 21, 1850, aged 78 years. His second wife, Laura, died on December 14, 1855, aged 70. His intact stone reads 1742-1850. The 1742 is an error.

23. Jacob Richman (Lot 51) was born in Camden, New Jersey on January 3, 1792. When a young man he learned the tailor's trade in Philadelphia. He left Philadelphia in 1813. During the War of 1812 he was a Lt. Colonel in the militia.

At a later date, Richman met John Peck in Albany who wanted him to come to Manlius Village as his employee. Peck was a merchant tailor. It is not clear when Richman arrived in Manlius Village, or whether he was ever employed by Peck, but in 1818 Richman opened his own tailor shop in the former Peck store on, or near, today's Christ Church parking lot.

On March 26, 1820 he married Esther Clark of Manlius by whom he had 11 children. He remained an officer of the State militia and became Brigadier General on July 5, 1833. He later was commissioned Major General, and also served as deputy sheriff. He continued his tailor shop until 1834, then bought a farm at Dry Hill east of Fayetteville where he lived until 1838. The Richmans then returned to Manlius for two years and to the Town of Pompey for one year. In 1841 he purchased a farm of 55 acres near Manlius Center where he died on July 6, 1842, aged 50. His wife, Esther, died on November 1, 1874, aged 76. Both stones are intact.

24. William B. Shearer (Lot 50) was a lieutenant in the 15th New York Cavalry who died in the Civil War on July 8, 1864, aged 29. He was buried here October 4, 1864. His name appears in the Civil War roster of the town of Manlius, but is missing from the Town of Manlius Civil War monument in Fayetteville Cemetery. Shearer's Civil War stone is intact.

25 William Tryon (Lot 68) was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1757. He served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. His name appears on the Massachusetts rolls from 1775 to 1783, and also in Capt. William Willett's New York Levies. On May 25, 1789 he received his commission as Captain. In 1795 and 1804 he was a selectman, and in 1802 an assessor. He built a house at Bloody Brook and married Susanna Spofford on February 9, 1777. She died on June 8, 1790, aged 35. On September 22, 1791 he married Hannah Hopkins of West Springfield, Massachusetts. These two women bore him at least 16 children.

The great grandson of William and Hannah Tryon was William Tryon, who became private secretary to Ralph Pulitzer of the "New York World." He notes that William and Hannah had a tavern on Seneca Turnpike about three miles west of Manlius Village in the 1820s. The tavern probably was run by one of their sons, for the Capt. Tryon residence was on Enders Road. The home is currently owned by the Southwell family. William died on September 17, 1839, aged 82. Hannah passed away on September 17, 1828, aged 68. Both their stones are intact. Her epitaph reads: "Blessed are the dead who die/in the Lord." Show below is Tryon's Revolutionary marker placed here in 1950 by the Sons of the American Revolution.

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26. David Sowl (Lot 68) was a farmer and millwright who settled on the west side of the Edwards Falls millpond in 1802. In his Cazenovia history, Henry Severance mentioned a Mr. Sole, millwright, was going to be in the Cazenovia area in 1793. This David Sowl may be the same person. A Revolutionary War marker was placed at his grave in 1950 by the Sons of the American Revolution. Sowl, a pensioner, passed away on February 6, 1840, aged 84. His wife, Mary, died May 13, 1829, aged 63. There is no stone.

27. Major Leonard Hardenbergh (Lot 70) was the brother of Abraham and John Leonard Hardenbergh. Abraham and John L. Hardenbergh were important contributors to the history of Onondaga and Cayuga Counties. Abraham Hardenbergh and Moses DeWitt, under the Surveyor-General, Simeon DeWitt, were responsible for surveying the Military Tract in Onondaga County, shown as a portion of this Moses Dewitt map:

Lt. Abraham Hardenbergh was a cartographer during the war. After the war he was appointed a surveyor by the Surveyor General of New York, Simeon DeWitt, for which services he was awarded 1200 acres. Born in 1756, he married Jane Varick in New Jersey in 1884, and died at a young age in 1794. His widow was a sister of Richard Varick of New York City, the latter a noted New York City attorney who helped found Jersey City, New Jersey, and who became Speaker of the Assembly in 1788. In 1799, Jane married Simeon DeWitt in the Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. DeWitt served as Surveyor General of New York from 1784 until his decease in 1834.

Col. John L. Hardenbergh served in the Revolutionary War as a captain in the 2nd Line, 3rd regiment on Sullivan's campaign, and was later promoted. Col. Hardenbergh became one of the surveyors of military lands in Cayuga County, where he was the founder of Hardenbergh's Corners, now Auburn. His "Journal," "Orderly Book," and "Field Notes," among other books and papers, were donated to the Cayuga County Historical Society over a century ago. John L. was born in 1748 and died in 1806. He is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn.

Leonard and his siblings, John L., Abraham, Gerardus, Philip, Sara, Catherine, and Margaret, were all born in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York. They were children of Leonardus and Rachel Hoogteling Hardenbergh. They were sixth generation descendants of Jacob Joppen van Hardenberch. Hardenberch arrived in New York City from Utrecht, Netherlands before April 1659. All five brothers served in the Revolutionary War, as did Garton Nottingham, Margaret's husband. Garton and Margaret were the parents of Jacob Nottingham, who married Eleanor Van Vleck. According to records in the family bible of Elizabeth Van Wagenen provided by Patricia Van Wagenen Harrison, a Nottingham descendant, Jacob brought his wife by line boat on the Erie Canal to Salina in 1833. The Nottingham contributions to the development of Onondaga County are well known.

During the Revolutionary War, Leonard Hardenbergh enlisted in Bruyn's regiment in July 1775. In 1778 he became a 2nd Lt. in the 3rd Ulster, 2nd Marbletown unit. Later, he was promoted to Major. A grist miller by occupation, he had brown hair, a fair complexion, and stood over six feet tall.

While Leonard Hardenbergh and his wife, Maria Brodhead, owned real estate in Onondaga County as late as 1827, at that time they still resided in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York. Leonard died on October 30, 1829, aged 78, and is buried in the Paul Clapp lot. Although he had several relatives in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties, as to why he is interred in the Clapp lot is a mystery at the time of this writing. There is no stone present. Other known surnames in the Clapp lot are Briggs, Foote, Gardner and Hinsdale.

28. Paul Clapp (Lot 70) was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts and served in the Revolutionary War. Beauchamp notes that Clapp was in Capt. Jonathan Allen's Co. of Minute Men of Northampton, and was out for eight days on the Lexington alarm. He enlisted in the Army April 27, 1775 in the same company, Col. Fellows' Regiment, and served three months and 11 days. From April 1, 1777 to December 31, 1779, he was in Maj. Allen's Co. under Col. Rufus Putnam. In 1780 he was 26 years old, of dark hair and complexion, and was 5 feet 8 inches high. Dwight Bruce says that Clapp was a member of an expedition through the northern wilderness. The expedition made an aggressive war upon the Indians and Tories. Clapp was taken prisoner, carried to Canada, and suffered great hardships. Later he took up a large tract of land in Pompey in 1818, and farmed there until his death in 1845. The Clapp homestead still exists.

Courtesy of the Pompey Historical Society

Paul Clapp's first wife was Hepsivah Guilford, by whom he had nine children Their son, John, is mentioned later. Hepsivah passed away on October 30, 1820, aged 66. Her epitaph reads: Soul of the just, companion of the dead,/Where is thy home and whether art thou fled./Back to the heavenly source thy being goes/Swift as the comet wheels from whence it rose. Afterward Paul remarried Achsah, who died in 1830 at the age of 72. Paul died on April 24, 1845, aged 91. Clapp's stone is down; those of his wives are intact.

29. Asa Merrill (Lot 75) served in Maxwell's Massachusetts Co. in the Revolutionary War. According to Beauchamp, "This pensioner, at the age of 58, reported his services in 1820, extending from May, '77, to May, '80. He enlisted in Townsend, Middlesex County, Mass., in Capt. Hugh Maxwell's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt., and was regularly discharged. He was a cooper, crippled by rheumatism, and could work but a quarter of the time. He was worth $378.95, and his debts were $600.25. His wife, Sarah B., was 43, and they had five children: Betsey, Franklin and Aaron Cooley, aged 17, 15, and 13; and Mary E. and Maria F. Merrill, aged 4 and 2 years. His pension was soon ceased, and he made a second application, May 26, 1823, making a pitiful account of property used up or depreciated. He owed $349.50, and was worth $118.09. In his possession were 30 books, three pocket books, a washboard, umbrella and secretary. He was still alive in 1840, aged 80. In 1790 he was in Boxford, Mass."

Bruce writes that on his second application to show how his property had depreciated, Merrill said "his set of cooper's tools were much worn and reduced in value; 1 saw, worth $1.75, was sold to Samuel Edwards in part payment for pasturing a cow; 'grindstone,' full half worn out; 'fifteen barrels,' disposed of to Messrs. Hull & Moseley for family supplies; 'three old kegs,' gone to decay; 'staves, headings, etc. made up, help paid, and debts due Sylvanus Tousley, Reuben Bennett, Morris Hall (Hull) & co., and W. & C. Gardner, paid,' 'one barrel of soap,' used up; 'one axe, one wheelbarrow,' nearly worn out, lent and lost, 'two hogs, five pigs,' fatted and eaten; 'cash one dollars,' expended in going to Onondaga to make the schedule in 1820; 'debts due, supposed good and collectable,' settled, except that of Slocum & Williams, and they dispute the demand; nothing received or can be from 'debts bad;' one-half of pew in Christ church, Manlius, disposed of to Sylvanus Tousley towards a note held against him for the pew itself."

Asa Merrill died on October 7, 1840, aged 76. He is buried in the Jareb Green lot. According to burial records, Asa's wife died on March 22, 1840, aged 63 (63rd year of her age on the monument) and is buried in the Aaron B. Cooley lot (67), as is one of their daughters, Sarah Moody Merrill, who died in 1814 at age five. Their 21-year-old daughter, Maria, died in 1839, and was removed from the Cooley lot to the Green lot. Asa's stone is intact.

30. John Clapp (Lot 77) was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts on January 24, 1787. In 1811, he was Ensign in Lt. Col. DePuy's Regiment. He again was appointed Ensign in 1812, and refused the commission. In 1819 he was a lieutenant in the New Rifle Co. under Capt. Stephen Messinger, 98th Regiment. In 1822 he was appointed Captain, and probably carried this type of rifle:

Commonly called the Springfield musket, this was the standard long arm of the American infantry during the war. According to one source, it was derived from a French weapon supplied during the Revolutionary War. During the War of 1812, contracts were let out to private manufacturers to manufacture this particular weapon:

John Clapp married Sarah Hinsdale, the daughter of David Hinsdale by his first wife, Ann. David Hinsdale was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His roots go back to Deacon Robert Hinsdale who came to Dedham, Massachusetts by 1637. Robert Hinsdale later moved to Deerfield, and was slain at the Battle of Bloody Brook near Deerfield.

Sarah died on April 7, 1864, aged 78. John Clapp died on September 7, 1844 according to the burial record (the stone says September 6), aged 57. Their monument is intact.

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31. Garret Cole, Jr. (Lot 78) was born in 1786 and took up farming. His father, who was born in Columbia County, came to Manlius in 1812. Garret, Jr. served in Marsh's Manlius Infantry Company in the War of 1812. Charles M. Cole, the youngest of Garret's nine surviving children, was only two when his father passed away. He apprenticed at the mason's trade at age 14 and pursued that business.

Following Garret, Jr.'s decease on April 15, 1823, he was buried beside his three-year-old daughter, Bathsheba, who had died in 1817. His stone is intact.

32. Daniel Hubbard (Lot 80) passed away on August 14, 1836, aged 71. Lydia, his wife, died on February 18, 1849, aged 79. A marker was placed on his grave in 1950 by the Sons of the American Revolution. His stone is intact. Lydia's stone is absent.

33. Daniel Mulholland (Lot 82) emigrated to America from Ireland, and already was a resident of Manlius when he purchased property in the town of Manlius in 1798. It is likely that this farmer came here with Charles and Eleanor Mulholland, who settled before 1794.

In the War of 1812, Daniel Mulholland was Captain of an artillery company in Major Walter Grieve's battalion, 6th regiment. He became lst Major of the 12th regiment in May 1812. In 1802 he became one of the charter members of the Free & Accepted Masons in Manlius. He died on April 5, 1832, in the 65th year of his age. His stone is intact.

Historian Joshua V. H. Clark tells us that "one of the most singular weddings on record occurred at James Foster's tavern." The site where this event took place is on the present Lloyd Spicer property in Eagle Village. The Spicer home is where Gen. Franklin D. and Capt. Byron Callender grew up. Both are buried in Fayetteville Cemetery.

"It was upon a training day, first Monday in June, 1795," Clark continues. "A company training was held at Foster's tavern. The company were paraded in the open yard in front of Foster's house, a hollow square was formed, within which the wedding party marched and stood, and Cyrus Kinne, Esq., united, in the bonds of holy wedlock, Mr. Billy McKee and Miss Jenny Mulholland. Considering the simplicity of the times, the rare occurrence of such an event, the elevated position of the high contracting parties, and the practices then prevalent on such occasions, we cannot but infer that the witnesses and all present must have had a most splendid jollification." Jenny Mulholland was a relative of Daniel and Charles Mulholland, and both she and her husband are buried in this lot. She passed away on May 4, 1825, aged 53. William McKee died December 31, 1824, aged 66. It is probable that William McKee served in the Revolutionary War as well as in the militia. No stones are present for this couple.

The Lloyd Spicer Home, ca. 1893

34. Samuel Edwards (Lot 129) was in the Revolutionary War. According to Beauchamp, his name occurs in three New York companies, and four times in the Massachusetts rolls. His epitaph is: Oh! death where is thy sting?/Oh/ grave where is they victory?/ The epitaph of Jane, his wife, is: Blessed are they who die in the name of the Lord.

In 1790, Dea. Edwards lived at Westhampton, Massachusetts. He arrived in Eagle Village before 1798 where he taught school in the barn of James Foster. According to Clark, Edwards taught local children for eight shillings per quarter and boarded among the residents before moving to Manlius Village around 1798. He died August 5, 1838, aged 82.

35. Samuel L. Edwards (Lot 129) was born in Fairfield, Connecticut. In 1815 he was quartermaster in Maj. Charles B. Bristol's rifle battalion.

Judge Samuel L. Edwards was long a distinguished citizen of the Town of Manlius. He was admitted as an attorney in 1815, and served as town supervisor from 1826-1827; 1847-1849, and as town clerk from 1821-1823. He lived on Academy St. in Manlius Village. Edwards ran several mills at the waterfalls named after him off Pompey Center Road. The mill at the top of Edwards' Falls when this photo was taken is probably on the same location of a saw mill built before 1800.

Samuel L. Edwards was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Manlius for many years from 1831 to 1874. He died on April 7, 1877, aged 88. His first wife, Harriet Bristol, died on March 18, 1832, age 38. His second wife, Julia Gorham, was the daughter of Capt. Nehemiah and Mary Olcott Gorham. She died on May 1, 1864, aged 77. All three stones are intact.

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36. William T. Fitch (Lot 130) was born in 1843. He served in Co. F of the 2nd New York Cavalry in the Civil War. A married farmer, he enlisted at Syracuse as a private on Sept. 3, 1864 and mustered in the same day.

The Onondaga Battalion of the 2nd New York Cavalry was distinctively a Manlius organization. During the period of their enlistment, their headquarters were at Manlius Village. They were mustered into the U. S. service at Beard Hall, Fayetteville on September 3, 1864. Soon after their muster they were sent to Elmira where they were uniformed. A few days later they went to Camp Stoneman, near Washington, D. C. There they were furnished horses and drilled for a brief period. Priv. William Fitch would have been in the following engagements: Near Cedar Creek, November 12, 1864; Roode Hill, November 23; Lacy Springs, December 12; Waynesboro, March 3, 1865; Ashland Station, March 23; Five Forks, April 1; Sweet Ford, April 5; Harper's Farm, April 6, and Appomattox Station on April 8. He also would have been present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865.

William Fitch served until August 1865 when his knee was injured by being thrown from a horse at Camp Stoneman at Washington, D. C. He died on October 9, 1913, aged 70. His wife, C. Eliza, died on August 12, 1903, aged 60. Their stones are intact.

37. Thomas Lewis (Lot 132) was born at Pembrookshire, Wales in 1787. His family moved to Deerfield, Oneida County in 1795. He was a captain in the militia, and was called to Sackett's Harbor with his company during the War of 1812. For this service it is said that he awarded a land grant of 80 acres. Lewis was a carpenter and builder. When he became a resident of Manlius in 1818 he erected his own home on Academy St.

Lewis joined Military Lodge No. 93 as a Free and Accepted Mason on February 4, 1819. When the lodge closed, he joined Manlius Chapter, No. 72, R.A.C.M. He held offices in both lodges. On December 25, 1830 he was elected Senior Warden at what would be its last regular meeting for twenty years. Masonic history states he charge of the jewels of the lodge until it reopened in 1851. In 1850 he moved to Central Square where he resided until his death on April 26, 1857. He had been a member of Christ Episcopal Church for many years and had purchased a lot in its cemetery. His funeral procession started at Fayetteville. At Christ Church Cemetery, he was buried with Masonic honors. A stone is not present, but a copy of his portrait appears below.

38. Robert Wolfrom Bourke (Lot 133/134 area) was born in 1916 and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a life resident of the Syracuse area. In 1981 he retired following 45 years with Onondaga Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. He was a former member of the vestry of Christ Episcopal Church, Manlius, belonged to the Cazenovia Golf Club, and was a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America and received the District Award of Merit from the Hiawatha Council. A resident at 102 Byron Rd., Fayetteville, he died August 7, 1995 at his summer home on Skaneateles Lake. He was survived by his wife, Margot Cheney, two sons, William and Peter, and four grandchildren. His stone is intact.

Margot Cheney is a descendant of Stephen Cheney who was born in Headcorn, Kent, England. He emigrated to America with his brother, Edward, and other family members in 1839. Stephen and Edward came to Manlius Village where they began producing agricultural equipment in 1866. Their business partnership lasted until 1875. Later Stephen Cheney and his son ran two iron foundries and a machine shop in Manlius Village. The Cheneys hired hundreds of local residents as employees in the 1800's and 1900's. The family continues to be a significant contributor to the town of Manlius, including the donation of their Swan Pond to Manlius Village in 1952.

39. Samuel Sherman (Lot 113) was born on October 23, 1756. He was a Revolutionary War soldier. He enlisted in the 12th Continental Infantry for eight months at Coventry, Rhode Island on May 3, 1775. On January 1, 1776 he re-enlisted for a year in the 9th regiment. He was transferred to Washington's Life Guards at Cambridge, Massachusetts and discharged on December 14. He then enlisted for three years, and after various assignments was discharged at Schuylkill Barracks, Philadelphia on December 13, 1779. His first wife was Abigail, and his second Betsey. One son married Wealthy Gates of Chittenango. Their daughter, Betsey Elvira, married Hiram H. Scoville of Manlius in 1819. Betsey died on April 12, 1839, aged 61, according to her burial record (in the 50th year of her age on the stone). Samuel died on November 19, 1834, aged 78. His epitaph reads: Nothing in my hand I bring/Jesus. To thy cross I cling. His stone is down, but Betsey's remains upright.

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