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4/25/05    The Voorhus Cemetery is located on Shellstone Road in the Town of Florida. The current owner of the property upon which it is located is Mr. John Eisler. The previous owners were Michael and Anne Rusnica. Anne showed me the grave of Lovina Hills many years ago. I saw her gravestone. It was lying down. This stone was professionally made by a stonecutter in Schenectady. The site was at that time overgrown with raspberry bushes, but in cleaning the area around Lovina's grave I noted other mounds where fieldstone type markers had been placed. All of these were oriented around a very old cherry tree. I'm sure Mr. Eisler would allow you to see the site. I hope this helps! Sincerely, Joe Inglese

GREAT INFO sent to us from Susan Kenyon back in April! We'll be posting some photos soon! From here on forth, this is Susan talking:

There are over 100 burials in this cemetery, on J. Agre farm, per "The Memorial Census for Duanesburg, New York", by Clarence Foote, pg 100 #42.

John Frydendall (FREDENDALL), his wife and son are buried at Frydendall Cem. He is the father of Lawrence Frydendall.

The Fredendall family lived in the towns of Duanesburgh and Florida:

1820 NY Town of Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., pg 145, FRADENDOL, John
1830 NY Town of Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., pg 241, FREDENDELL, John
1850 NY Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., FRITENDELL,Lawrence
1855 NY Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., Family #9, FRYDENDALL, Lawrence
1860 NY Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., FRYDENDOL, Laurence, #446
1865 NY Town of Florida, Montgomery Co., FRITENDAL, Lawrence, #44

Two sons served in the Civil War from the Town of Florida, NY, enlisting in 1862 in D Co. 115th Inf Reg. NY. Lawrence and family moved to Batavia, Kane Co., IL after the Civil War, where his brother Daniel had moved prior to the War.

My visit to the area in August 1998:

When my husband and I got out to take photos and 'weed' our way thru the underbush, berry bushes, and 5 ft. tall weeds - some folks call them wild flowers - elderly Mr. James Bond came across the Road. Mr. Bond is the guardian who keeps the kids and vandals out.

Mr. Bond owns the surrounding properties and I believe the Cemetery is part of his deed. It is badly overgrown and lies directly across the street from his home (immaculate farm). The cemetery is surrounded by a 2-3 foot high field stone enclosure, and appears to be in 2 different sections. I do have a photo of weeds {& some stones} you could post - maybe someone would decide to stop over and read some stones in the spring before they grow back.

Many stones, leaning, fallen, broken, buried...etc. Lots of bones in this cemetery...ground is soft and sinking... may be too unnerving for some folks to walk around in and document.

The USGS mapping service shows the Batter St. and Frydendall Cem. close to one another...424911N 0741048W & 0741127W, at the intersection of Hwy. 30 & Mariaville-Montgomery Co. Line Rd 159. The intersection is about 10 miles North of the town of Duanesburg, 4 miles west of Mariaville, and about a half mile across the road is Montgomery County.

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=950348
Frydendall Cemetery, Duanesburg, NY
It was listed as 'Flydendall' and I asked them to change it a couple of years ago, however, it should really read Fredendall.

"The Memorial Census for Duanesburg, New York", by Clarence Foote. Pamphlet file, Schenectady County Public Library, NY, 99 Clinton St., Schenectady, NY, 12304-2083; 1800 Family Files with the Historicial Society [Fredendall]. Phone 518-374-0263 Lib. phone 518-388-4500