The Owen Brown Cemetery is near the hamlet of Brown's Hollow, in the lower south-central part of the Town of Root, just above the Schoharie County border. This cemetery is presented as it was typed, which appears to have beenan attempt to follow order of burial.

Owen Brown Cemetery

Town of Root

W. Lykers Road to Argusville, NY

[Transcribed from pages apparently typed Nov. 2, 1947
Handwritten in upper corner of pages 75, 76 and 77]

LYKER LOT, Monument. Fence.

Charles Lyker Co. F. 98^th Reg. Inf. 1841 - 1907		Henry Lyker Died Mar. 25, 1872 Aged 76 years		Jane Wife of Henry Lyker Died Feb. 10, 1883 Aged 76 yrs, 2 mos. 8 days
Cornelius Lyker Died Aug. 3, 1858 Aged 70 yrs. 9 mos. 3 days

E. Lyker Road to Argusville, NY

Eve Wife of Cornelius Lyker Died Oct. 29, 1860		John Brown Died May 3, 1857 Aged 72 yrs. 5 mos. 13 days
		Elizabeth Wife of John Brown Died Jan. 26, 1857 Aged 66 yrs. 9 mos. 21 days

Abram Wessell Co. 153 Reg. N.Y. Vol. Died Mar. 1, 1900 Aged 75 years		Mary Jane His wife Died Dec. 8, 1899 Aged 64 years

John E. Bundy Died Nov. 4, 1842 Aged 38 yrs. 6 mos. 7 days		Carrie Lettis Died Jan. 1, 1881 Aged 17 yrs. 2 mos. 17 days Gone but not forgotten.

Space for grave, no marker

Stephen Bundy Died Oct. 26, 1846 Aged 83 yrs. 7 mos. 5 days		George Lettis Died June 24, 1880 Aged 74 yrs, 10 mos.

Eve A. Wife of Stephen Bundy Died Jan. 7, 1859 Aged 78 yrs. 7 days		Christine Ann Pitcher His wife Died June 8, 1901 (no marker)

Aaron Leonardson Died July 31, 1868 Died 73 yrs. 5 mos. 13 days		Lana Grose Wife of Aaron Leonardson Died Feb. 21, 1872 Aged 73 years

Catharine Traugott Wife of E. F. Bundy Died June 15, 1861 Aged 49 yrs. 5 mos. 21 days		Philip Traugott Died Mar. 13, 1825 Aged 39 years

Catharine Staats Wife of E. F. Bundy Died Mar. 14, 1863 Aged 23 yrs. 7 mos.		Rhineholdt Traugott Died Jan 16, 1842 Aged 81 years
George, son of E. F. and Ellen Bundy Died Mar. 22, 1866 Aged 10 mos. 5 days He is gone but not Forgotten.		Maria Elizabeth Wife of Rhineholdt Traugott Died Mar. 30, 1830 Age 66 yrs.
		Inscription on marker of Catharine S. Bundy "Farewell dear husband My Life is Past, My love for you while life did last, but after me No sorrow take But love the Saviour For My Sake."

Margaret Moschell Born May 4, 1823 Died June 21, 1859		Jennie Daughter of Margaret Moschell Born Aug. 20, 1852 Died June 26, 1890

Margaret Wife of Francis Van Slyck Died May 10, 1848		Arthur Henry Died Oct. 16, 1832 In his 16^th year

Cornelius Runkle Died Oct. 11, 1863 Aged 75 yrs. 4 mos.		Henry Runkle Died April 10, 1848 Aged 54 yrs. 3 mos. 12 days

Susannah Dau. Of J. Henry and Catharine Runkle Died April [apparently more that could not be read]		Catharine Radley Wife of Henry Runkle Died Oct. 5, 1868 Aged 74 yrs. 6 mos. 11 days

Margaret Wife of John L. Wessell Died June 11, 1843 Aged 28 yrs. 8 mos. 10 days		Catharine Wife of John L. Wessell Died Aug. 7, 1840 Aged 24 yrs. 6 mos. 24 days

Peter S. Lettis Born Oct. 12, 1832 Died Jan. 3, 1877		Charles Sidney Lettis Born July 15, 1867 Died Sept. 13, 1868

Monument Margaret Morey 1826 - 1904

The Owen Brown Cemetery was typed and proofed by Mary Slack Maynard. Mary has been a contributor to our site, posting wills and deeds, to Fulton County NYGenWeb, and is currently working on an extensive family history being posted in installments on the Hamilton County NYGenWeb. And hard at work with her deed research:

"The Slack family lived in Amsterdam or Tribes Hill. The property which was the Slack farm in 1818 is now apparently in the town of Perth (lots 77 and 78, Sacandaga Patent) in Fulton Co. I have a tax map showing where the lots are located, but it doesn't help much. Plus, most of the property was sold to people named Van Nest and Voorhees in the 1820s, and any graves are probably unidentifyable at best. Of the descendants who received property the deeds I've found were the ones I transcribed --I have no idea what happened to the portion that went to Elizabeth Slack Fall/Fauls and then her son Benajah--one of the deeds mentions property owned by Benajmin Fall and I am guessing this was the man identified in the will as Benajah, but have no proof. Will have to have another search done of deeds, as this may not mention the name Slack and for that reason was not found when the search for the other deeds was done. I just hope that by transcribing data to help others someone will find and post the chink in my Slack brick wall." Mary would love to hear from others researching the names Slack, Gregory, Hopper, Bigelow/Bigalow, Nichols, Dunning, Mead, & Fish in New York State and New England, Nash, Maginn/McGinn, Donahue, & Vokes in NYS and Ireland, and Aird & Crombie in NYS and Scotland.

new From: Mary Ellen Hoover
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004

"John Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Lyker, as well as other ancestors, Wessells and Runkles buried in this cemetery. I have run into a brick wall on the Brown family after John Brown, but now I am wondering if "Owen" is a relative. Do you know if it is just speculation that the owner in 1947 was/is named Owen or do you feel there may be a possibility it was John's father? Thank you for any help you may be able to give me."

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