The Poor House Records of Death

Lyons, NY

Poorhouse Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.
Tufts are metal stake markers.

Following are transcribed Wayne County Poorhouse Records from late 1915 - early 1934. Please note that some names are extremely difficult to read, and are indicated with either (?) (AHP) or enclosed in [  ] brackets.(msl)

Date   ***   Name   ***   Age   ***   Marker #   ***   Place of Burial

1915
Oct. 4 Edward Coon D _ i d [unreadable - c/b Duid? (ahp) [David? (msl)] 58 1

1916
March 27 Charles Pullis 39 1
Sept 18 Catherine Chase 52 4
July 10 Robert Burns 73 3
Oct 20 Henry Buck 88 5

1917
Jan 21 Michael Fitzgerald 55 6
May 8 Phoebe S_urs 88 7
Aug 22 William Lauder 87 8
Oct 21 Sarah Schlosser 66 9

1918
Apr 2 Elliott Parker 86 10
Apr 3 William Wright 79 11
May 23 Paul Brakewood 77 12
Aug 21 Patrick Shelly 46 13
Nov 12 Patrick Murphy 71 14
Dec 16 Lindell Keyser 69 15

1919
Feb 6 Lewis Velie 79 15-16
July 13 Philander Winchell 82 18
Aug 3 Mary Barclay 68 16-17
Aug 3 Eleanor Ha[f or ss]erman 67 19
Sept 7 Henry Teller 59 Lyons
Sept 15 George Grose 66 20
Sept 30 Benjamin Rush Mack 83 Ontario
Sept 19 Lewis Keesler 83 Huron
Dec 8 John L[e / ?]hn 60 Lyons

1920
Jan 22 Abe Davis 84 Palmyra
[?] Algernon Hialot(?) 74 Palmyra
Jan. 31 Frank Hann 75 77 Wayne Co. Home
Feb 20 Mary Stevenson 79 Newark
Mar. 6 Frank Camosoky(?) accident 45 78 Co. Home
Apr. 12 John DeBois 64 Palmyra
Apr 23 ELLEN G. Barringer 72 Newark
May 13 Jennie Vonspriller 82 E. Newark
May 17 Unknown 50 79 Co. Home
May 20 Nelson Kent 83 Savannah
May 25 Ira Chapman (?) 81 80 Co. Home
May 27 Frank Kress 545 81 Co. Home
July 7 Mary Webster 92 Ontario
Sept. 20 Kenneth Goodrich 26 72 Co. Home
Oct 2 Eliza VanMarter 69 Sodus
Oct 15 Ada Moxon 92 21
Oct. 17 Wm. Small 82 Lyons
Oct 20 Mary Mad[d]en 79 Wolcott
Nov. 3 James Robinson 78 Lyons
Nov. 20 Addie McMullen 49 Lyons
Nov 20 William Smith 70 Lyons

1921
Jan. 17, 1921 Henry Bluhl 64 Rochester
Feb. 28, 1921 E.B. Snyder 68 Sodus
Mar. 13, 1921 Myron Stone 86 22
Apr. 11, 1921 Fred Elmer 43 Huron
July 28, 1921 Richard Craggs 88 Pultneyville
Aug. 6, 1921 Jerome Dunham 72 23
Aug. 25, 1921 Joseph Fosofrefe 75 Lyons
Sept. 6, 1921 Phoebe Pyre 85 24
Oct. 3, 1921 James H. Shannon 77 So. Butler

1922
Jan. 18, 1922 Peter Morrison 82 Marion
Jan. 21, 1922 Ira Withorell 68 25
Mar. 21, 1922 Jennie Hull 58 26
Mar. 21, 1922 Judson Davey 26 27
June 6, 1922 Chas Harrington 67 Macedon
Aug. 10, 1922 Warren York 86 York Settlement
Aug. 14, 1922 John Fowler 72 Lyons
Sept. 4, 1922 Austin Vanderbilt 79 Newark
Oct. 8, 1922 Fredrick Schading 82 Zurich
Oct. 26, 1922 Sarah Jewell 68 28
Nov. 2, 1922 Mary Velie 64 Newark
Dec. 2, 1922 Helen Lovejoy 72 Marion

1923
Mar. 14, 1923 Riley Badgers 73 Sodus
Mar. 19, 1923 Albert Dodd 72 Sodus
Mar. 24, 1923 Louis Schaub 72 Fairville
Mar. 25, 1923 Stephen Porter 84 Tyre
Mar. 26, 1923 Curtis A. Parsons 79 31
Apr. 7, 1923 Chas. P. Walker 81 Butler Center
May 29, 1923 James Closs 75 Lock Berlin
June 18, 1923 Frank Hickey 70 30
July 10, 1923 Will Corey 55 Red Creek
Aug. 28, 1923 J. Cornelius Lovell 89 Walworth
Sept. 20, 1923 Wm. Blackmar 61 32
Nov. 20, 1923 Geo. R. Stebbins 63 33
Dec. 2, 1923 John Youngman 71 E. Newark
Dec. 15, 1923 Freeman DeVoe 47 34

1924
Jan. 22, 1924 Charles Phillips 67 35
Jan. 20, 1924 Robert Trimfet [?] Phelps
Feb. 10, 1924 Chas Walter 80 Newark
Feb. 10, 1924 Phoebe Hurley 82 Sodus
Mar. 7, 1924 Elmer Humphrey 77 Clyde
Apr. 21, 1924 Hester Stephens 86 Ontario
May 29, 1924 J. Edwin Reed 73 Wolcott
June 28, 1924 Mary Sherman 70 Palmyra
Aug. 6, 1924 Geo Birdsall 54 Clyde
Aug. 27 Charlie Kelley 48 36
Mr. Kelley was picked up by the road side and taken to the Barber Hospital where he died in a few days. CS. Dennis Keffer
Sept. 13 Eliza Goodmohn 64 Savannah
Oct. 11 Tyler Green 65 37
Oct. 13 Frank Conway 75 Clyde
Nov. 20 Julia Sanders 82 Ontario
Nov. 25 Jane A. fuller 80 Fairville

1925
Jan. 19 Sarah Smith 77 West Berry
Jan. 24 Mary Evans 80 Sopdus
Jan. 26 Mary J. Tindall 94 Sodus
Feb. 18 Mary Torrey 88 Red Creek
Mar. 11 Charles Aikins 68 Butler
May 8 August VanderHemel 83 Newark
June 16 Oliver Kimpland 69 Wolcott
June 30 Will Akins ? 38 who was killed by the cars west of Savannah June 25, 1925
July 12 Ana T. Billingham 68 39
Sept. 7 John O'Brien 78 Clyde
Sept. 14 Abe Bushardt 78 40
Oct. 5 Isaac Griffen 80 Alton
Oct. 12 Chas Hutchins 68 Palmyra
Nov. 19 Peter M. Noland 68 ?
Nov. 25 Lewis B. Allen ? Clyde
Nov. 25 Elizabeth Seiler 83 ?
Nov. 19 Caroline Nichols 86 Newark
Dec. 21, 1925 Mariah Torrey 83 29

1926
Feb. 8 Jefferson Fowler 81 Red Creek
Feb. 13 John W. allen - Died in Rose 65 46
Feb. 24 John Bryer 83 47
Mar. 12 Patrick Bryerton 76 43
Mar. 22 Mary Connor a cook 83 Newark
Mar. 12 Teresa Wemesfelder 90 Sodus
Jun. 5 Jack Kennedy 40 45 commited suicide by drownding - from PA
Jun. 7 Paul Sova 76 Ontario
Apr. 26 Wm. Anderson 67 44
June 21 Henry Glidden 57 46
Sept. 2 Della Backman 89(78) Clyde
Sept. 11 Unknown man killed at Newark R.R. crossing 47
Oct. 22 James Paterson 95 Newark
Sept. 28 Wm. Oswald 58 Clyde
Nov. 3 John Gardner ? Lyons
Nov. 24 Andrew Gownlock 74 Newark
Dec. 5 William Bride 69 48
Dec. 26 Hanna Castler 88 Wolcott 1927
Mar. 17 Louis Byberg 21 49 accidental found in canal at Macedon
Mar. 23 Abraham Delcamp 77 50

1927
Mar. 27 Fred Wilkinson ? 51 Co. Home
Sep (?) 8 George W. Holmes 67 52 Co. Home
Sep. 14 Kate Flins (?) 81 Wolcott
Nov. 4 Wm. Sherwood 74 53 Co. Home
Sept. ? Unknown Died at Newark M. friends abt 60 Co. Home Drowning

1928
Jan. 5 Wm. Reynolds 61 54 Lyons
Feb. 4 Wm. Bradon 79 Galen
Feb. 12 Mary Ann Ross 90 55 Co. Home
Feb. 7 Frances Marion Smith 40(?) 57 Co. Home
Feb. 27 Phoebe Brown 86 56 Co. Home
Mar. 7 James Nevilla 81 58 Co. Home
Apr. 23 Unah(?) Runion 70 Macedon
June 16 Jerry Sherman 78 59 Co. Home
June 23 Seymor Shaver 50 60 Co. Home
July 20 Emma Whitlock 77 61 Co. Home
July 21 John J. Cussners 54 62 Co. Home
Aug. 20 Fred Weycdover 50 63 Lyons
Sept. 11 Daniel Kenney 69 64 Co. Home
Sept. 25 Charles Cunningham 61 65 Co. Home
Sept. 20 Unknown 45 66 Co. Home
Sept. 26 Laura Deacon 74 67 Co. Home
Dec. 14 Harry C. Hillter (?) 66 68 Co. Home

1929
Jan. 12 Ernest Westgate 69 69
Jan. 20 Nicholas Moran 73 L:yons
Jan. 22 Nelson Stevens 78 Lyons
Jan. 24 R.J. Lacey 75 70 Co. Home
Jan. 30 Hannah Griffin 78 Williamson
Jan. 31 Orville Lee 72 No. Wolcott
Feb. 1 Adam Dorn 77 71 Co. Home
Mar. 8 Elmer Backus 68 Palmyra
July 1 Unknown man ? 72 Co. Home
July 5 Henry Myers 76 73 Co. Home
Sept. 1 Wm. Monroe 73 Clyde
Sept. 30 Louise Yance 55 94 Wayne Co. Home
Nov. 22 Susie Norsen 79 Lyons
Nov. 26 Ed Grady 77 No. Wolcott
Dec. 2 Unknown man 55 75 Wayne Co. Home
Dec. 6 Alfred Sweet 60 76 Wayne Co. Home

1931
Feb. 28 Harry Sovey 49 83 Co. Home
Mar. 8 Bernard McCann 75 Fulton at Barber Hospital
Mar. 9 Frank Brown 89 Lyons
Mar. 9 Frank Brown 89 Lyons
Feb. 20,1920 Mary Stevenson 79 Newark
Apr. 23,1920 Ellen G. Barringer 72 Newark
May 13, 1920 Jennie Vonspriller 82 E. Newark
May 20, 1920 Nelson Kent 83 Savannah
July 7, 1920 Mary WEbster 92 Ontario
Oct. 2, 1920 Eliza VanMarter 69 Sodus
Oct. 15, 1920 Ada Moxon 92 21
Oct. 20, 1920 Mary Madan 79 Wolcott
Nov. 25, 1920 William Smith 70 Lyons
Apr. 16 Anna Cusky 84 84 County Home
May 4 James Velie 91 ? Westbury
May 29 Phoebe Beekman 89 Sodus
Jun 28 Chris VanOsline (?) 81 Lyons
July 4 Mary Keller 72 85 County Home
July 26 Timothy Ostallerly 70 Lyons
Oct. 17 Francis Quakenbush 82 Butler
Nov. 11 Carline Farnsworth 86 County Home (S. Birth Lyons, NY)

1932
Jan. 8 Walter Myers 71 Lyons
Jan. 14 Mary Cunningham 78 So. Butler
Feb. 22 (Not Named) Taylor stillbirth 85 Wayne Co. Home
Apr. 11 Philip Young 75 86 Wayne Co. Home
March 2 William McDougal 84 Clyde
March 4 Emma Hall 68 Red Creek
March 4 Henry Reel 68 Sodus
March 14 Frances Fosket 84 Palmyra
Apr. 3 Francis Gibbs 70 Marion
Apr.30 Frank Sager 77 89 Wayne Co. Home
May 26 Martha Turvey 83 Butler
May 27 Lillian Carter 64 90 Wayne Co. Home
June 20 Geo. D. Torrey 82 91 Wayne Co. Home
June 23 Elizabeth Moran 82 Lyons
July 13 Jerome W. Shaw 80 Palmyra
July 19 Delmar Bennett 66 Wolcott
Aug. 29 Mary DeWolff 87 Brighton Cemetary
Sept. 3 Dilmar (?) Porter 63 95 Wayne Co. Home
Dec. 12 Carlton Tinney 82 96 Wayne Co. Home
Dec. 13 Jacob Collier 77 Sodus

1933
Jan. 9 Thelma Wood 18days 97 Wayne Co. Home
Jan. 9 Velma Wood 18 days 97 Wayne Co. Home
Jan. 9 August Richard Hotel 3 1/2 hrs. 97 Wayne Co. Home
Jan. 10 Walter Brown 85 98 Wayne Co. Home
Jan. 31 Emma Jane Wright 64 Newark
Mar. 6 Mary Conklin 80 99 Wayne Co. Home
Mar. 6 Lida Soper 75 Palmyra
Mar. 18 Anna Strife 75 10 Wayne Co. Home
Mar. 22 Ella Westfall 78 Newark
Mar. 30 Hattie Bridges 78 Lyons
Apr. 18 Josephine Sentener 78 Lyons
Apr. 18 Melbourne Barcley 78 Williamson(?)
May 5 Amizie Miller 81 101 Wayne Co. Home
May 16 Clarence Helmer 56 Macedon
May 24 John Blauvelt 69 Huron
June 19 Thomas Farrell 60 102 Wayne Co. Home
June 21 Jennie Wryder 62 103 Wayne Co. Home
July 21 William Gage 77 104 Wayne Co. Home
Aug. 8 William Planty 77 105 Wayne Co. Home
Aug. 15 Charles Luck 75 Clyde
Aug. 20 Maruice Foley 54 Sodus
Sept. 7 Gustave Hennebeck 74 Lyons
Oct. 24 Martha Miller 80 Westbury

1933
Nov. 25 Hattie Jewel 74 So. Sodus

1934
Jan. 4 John L. Vanderbrook 63 Port Gibson
Jan James Conner ? Lyons
Jan. 25 Carrie Kavannaugh 74 Lyons
Feb. 10 Daniel P. Ackerman 85 So. Sodus
Feb. 16 Frank Casterline 84 106 Wayne Co. Home

Information donated by the Wayne County, NY Historian's Office.

Volunteer Typist and Photographer: Allyn Hess Perry, Co-Coordinator of the Wayne County NYGenWeb. Typist Helper: Margaret Sherman Lutzvick, Former Co-Coordinator of the Wayne County NYGenWeb Site

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