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Craeger Bridge Cemetery

Historic Site #:03-041   (Exists)   Type: B1 Town:Galen
Site Name:Craeger Bridge CemeteryGPS Coordinates:43.031255, -76.948867
Address:Gansz Rd East Clyde New York (note this is actually on an unnamed road east off of Gansz Rd.)
Description:

2005 Driving Directions - Rte. 31 West out of Clyde, toward Lyons. Left onto Gansz Rd. At end of Gansz Road make left hand turn over one-way bridge. First immediate right, follow over tracks and up hill. Continue about 2/10 mile near where road bends. Cemetery is off on the left in a clearing near the woods.




 
Photograph Contributed by and © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreate
 
Historic narrative:

The original 1942 reading of Mrs. H. T. Jeffery had these notes: "Located in the south west corner of Galen Township. Years ago there was a Lutheran Church where the school stands (in 1942). There are several stones piled in the back corner of the grounds but their weight and snakes make copying difficult. "

People buried here:

BARRICK, David, d. June 28, 1835, 58yrs
(Note: previous cemetery list incorrectly listed him as David Patrick. I ([Leola] checked this on the stone, and also on the map of 1874. He lived just down from the cemetery near the bridge.)
CRAEGER (unreadable first name), d. May 22, 1843, 23yr 5mo 28da
JONES, Mary, d. June 26, 1835, 84 or 34 yr, consort of Richard
PULLEN, Mary, d. December 14, 1835, 29yrs, wife of Jedediah
STROHM, Dorothy (no dates)
WELLS, Mary, d. January 19, 1830, 52yrs, wife of Ananias
WELLS, Polly, October 2, 1778 - January 19, 1830, 51yrs, wife of Ananias



References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page