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SODOM CEMETERY ALSO KNOWN AS WALKER CORNER CEMETERY, TOWN OF BYRON

Located on the Byron-Batavia Road, off of Rte. 262 in the Town of Byron, Genesee County, New York

 

Ames, Almon, d. July 2, 1849, @ 42 y, 4 m, 12 d

Ames, Austin, son of David and Charlotte, d. May 516, 1839, @ 5 y 10m & 7d

Ames, Charlotte, wife of David, d. October 25, 1862, @ 71 y & 9 m

Ames, Classena, wife of Samuel, 1813-1892

Ames, David, died - sunken in ground

Ames, Harrison, son of Samuel & Classena, d. November 2, 1840, @ 1 y & 5 m (Laying on ground)

"Though in death we're redeemed to love;

We shall not live forever,

True this body once must die,

But our spirits never."

Ames, Harrison L., son of Samuel & Classena, d. October 30, 1866, @ 25 y, & 5 m

Ames, Lemon I., d. April 11, 1841, @ 31 y, & 8 m

Ames, Lucella, daughter of David & Charlotte, d. January 15, 1838, @ 24 y, 10 m & 9 d

Ames, Lucy, wife of Samuel, d. November 1863, @ 78 y (laying on ground)

Ames, Samuel, d. November 22, 1868, @ 85 y, 1 m & 18 d

Ames, Samuel, d. November 29, 1884, @ 70 y (stone broken)

Ballard, Lamott N., son of Paul and Tabitha, d. December 2, 1866, @21 y

Ballard, Margaret R., 1820-1892

Ballard, Morton, d. August 24, 1848, @ 31 y

Ballard, Nettie M., daughter of Paul and Tabitha, d. June 5, 1875, @ 33 y (stone broken)

Ballard, Paul, d. December 18, 1841, @ 72 y

Ballard, Tabitha, wife of Paul, d. October 8, 1850, @ 69 y

Bannister, Mary Elizabeth King, wife of John, b. June 23, 1847, d. October 4, 1869

Brockway, James C., 1826-1911

Brockway, Harriet L., wife of James C., 1825-1880

Brown, S.C., Rochester, NY

Cole, Clarisa, wife of Oliver, d. January 17, 1857

Cole, Randy M.?, laying next to Clarisa

Cole, William, d. August 1843?

Colson, Frank H., son of Edwin & Caroline, d. April 7, 1861, @ 5 m & 22 d

Colson, S. Eva, daughter of Edwin and Caroline, d. October 14, 1866, @7 y & 9 m

"None but a Mother's heart can tell,

How much it cost to bid this child farewell."

Footstones: E. S. F. & E. H. C.

Cook, David, d. December 28, 1834, @ 33 y (Footstone: D. C.)

Cook, Mary Ann, consort of Elias Cook, who died April 22, 1832, aged 26 years

Cook, Tabitha Ballard, wife of David, died March 26, 1859, @ 58 y - Batavia, NY

2 other graves - markers destroyed

Coy David, d. December 16, 1854, @ 95 y, 6 m, & 27 d (laying on ground)

Coy, David Potter, d. April 6, 1850, @ 59 y, 3 m (laying on ground)

Coy, Randall, son of David and Hannah, d. March 24, 1825, @7 y, 10 m & 21 d

Coy, Chauncey, son of David and Hannah, d. March 2, 1826, @ 7 y, 6 m & 4 d

Cross, In memory Harriet Bollard, wife of William O. who died August 25, 1825, @ 18 y, 2 m & 25 d

"Friends nor Physicians, etc."

Davis Robert, d. April 17, 1852, @ 45 y & 4

Davis, Margaret, wife of Robert, d. October 17, 1857, @ 48 y

Davis, Richard, son of Robert and Margaret, d. July 14, 1862, @ 27 y & 9 m (stone laying next to Big tree in back of cemetery)

Dean, Andrew, d. August 26, 1865, @ 28 y. Member of Co. K. 91st Reg. NY Vol.

Dunn, Eli C., son of C. J. and L. H., d. June 25, 1870, @ 7 y, 9 m & 15 d "We loved him."

Dunn, Jane Ann Fuller, b. April 11, 1842, d. Sept 1911

Dunn, Nora Mae, d. June 27, 1894

Eddy, Deborah, wife of Enos, d. February 16, 1849, @ 76 y & 6 m Footstone: D. E.

Fegles, Salem J., son of Philo W. and Aseneth-destroyed (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

2 others turned face down

Fegles, Samuel H., son of Philo W. and Aseneth, d. April 8, 1866, @ 26 y (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

"Go home, dear friends, dry up your tears,

I must lie here 'till Christ appears."

Fisk, Caroline M., daughter of Sylvanus M. and Huldah, d. March 27, 1839, @ 9 m & 28 d

Fellows, O., Batavia, NY

E. Mace, Batavia, NY

Fulton, Elvira S., daughter of Clark and Doshe---a, d. April 7, 1840, @ 2 y, 2 m & 12 d (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

"Eros it could blight or sorrow fade,

Death came to his protecting care;

The opening bud conveyed to Heaven,

And bade it blossom there."

Gillett, Moses, d. December 17, 1880, @ 61 y, 8 m, & 2 d

Gillett, Polly, wife of Moses, d. October 6, 1865, @ 61 y, 11 m & 21 d (stone broken)

Gillett, Henry, d. January 14, 1851, @ 62 y (laying on ground)

Gillett, d. M---14, 1846 (laying on ground)

Gillett, William H., son of Moses and Polly, b. April 16, 1840, d. April 15, 1863, @ 25 y, 3 m & 22 d. Member of the 8th NY Art Vet. 1861-1865

Godfrey, Lebeus, d. April 20, 1846, @ 57 y

Godfrey, Charlotte A., daughter of Lebeus and Charlotte, d. February 11, 1843, @ 16y, 3 m & 22

"Dearest Charlotte, thou hast left us,

Here thy loss we deeply feel;

But 'tis God that took her from us,

He can all our sorrows heal."

Godfrey, Alpheus D., d. May 22, 1859, @ 41 y

Godfrey, Louisa H., wife of Alpheus D., d. May 14, 1865, @ 44 y

Green, Eliza - In memory of Eliza, consort of Ira, and daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Hulett who died December 30, 1826, aged 19 years

"Here undisturbed and undismayed,

A young and lovely form is laid;

Whose life did all the virtue blend;

Of daughter, sister, wife and friend."

Green, Hosmer D., died May 2, 1868, @ 19y

Growel, William, d. March 4, 1847, @ 83 y

"Remember me."

Growel, Ellis, wife of William, d. January 17, 1853, @ 74 y

Hill, Eliza A. Green, wife of Israel and daughter of Eliza Green - buried in earth

Hosmer, Samuel, d. March 28, 1845, @ 57 y

Hosmer, Mary, wife of Samuel, d. October 16, 1849, @ 52 y

Hosmer, Helen, daughter of Samuel and Mary, d. October 3, 1816, @ 12y

Hulett Allen H., son of Lowell and Almira, d. August 28, 1848, @ 23 y, 7 m & 15 d

Hulett, Ann E., d. February 7, 18?? (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

Hulett, Anson, passed to the spirit land, January 4, 1871, @ 65 y (laying on ground)

Hulett, Charles A., son of Arnold and Nancy, d. June 13, 1839, @ 15 y

"He rests secure from mortal woes,

While angels watch his soft repose."

Hulett, Elizabeth, wife of Oliver, d. February 6, 1847, @ 68 y

Hulett, Ellen F., daughter of Lowell and Almira, d. October 5, 1846, @ 12 y

Hulett, Emelius G., son of Philo and Emily, d. September 11, 1842, @ 9 weeks

Hulett, Emily, wife of Philo and daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Griswold, d. July 27, 1842, @ 25 y

"She joined the song of angels,

On a golden harp she sings;

And with her joyful fingers,

She strikes the golden strings."

Hulett, Elizabeth G., wife of Samuel and daughter of Moses and Sally Kilbern, d. October 18, 1839, @ 29 y

In memory of Juliette who d. September 8, 1821, @ 18 m

Hulett, Eliza, daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth, d. December 30, 1826, @ 19 y

Hulett, John W., d. January 9, 1869? (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

Hulett, Luranda, wife of Anson, d. July 7, 1881, @ 74 y Footstone L. H.

Hulett, Margaret J., wife of Oliver and daughter of Elijah and Catharine Godfrey, d. December 10, 1842, @ 25 y Footstone: M. J. H.

"That forever, once so lovely has gone,

To join with the angels in song;

And her sweet and melodious voice,

Will help the glad chorus prolong."

Hulett, Oliver, d. September 15, 1853, @ 88 y, 6 m & 11 d

Hulett, Oliver, son of Ira and Hannah, d. June 25, 1829, @ 3 y & 12 d

Hulett, Oscar, son of Anson and Luranda, but spelled Hewlett, d. March 29, 1853, @ 19 y

"Death is a debt to mortal due,

Which I have paid and so must you."

Hulett, Sally, daughter of Ira and Hannah, d. July 16, 1825, @ 1 y & 23 d

Hulett, Theron, son of Lowell and Almira, d. August 23, 1846, @ 9 m & 7d

Hyde, Lydia, wife of W. M., d. February 28, 1834, @ 88 y

"Behold a tender Mother has gone,

A much-loved parent fled;

Entered her long eternal home,

And numbered with the dead."

Johnson, Susan T., daughter of William P. and Betsey, d. December 1851

King, Leonard, d. November 5, 1874, @ 69 y

King, Amanda, wife of Leonard, d. September 6, 1877, @ 68 y

King, Mary Jane, daughter of Leonard and Amanda, b. December 25, 1836, d. March 28, 1872

Lamson, Amos, Sacred to the memory of Elder Amos Lamson who died October 13, 1830, aged 65 years

"With Heavenly weapons I fought,

The battles of the Lord;

Finished my course and kept the faith,

And wait the sure reward.

God has laid up in Heaven for me,

A crown which cannot fade;

The righteous Judge at that great day,

Shall place it on my head;

Nor hath the King of grace decreed,

This prize for me alone.

But all who love and long to see,

The appearance of His son."

Lamson, Elizabeth - In memory of Elizabeth, widow of Elder Amos Lamson who died February 8, 1837, aged 73 years

"She was useful in life; calm in death;

At Jesus' call resigned her breath."

1 very old stone-illegible

A double stone - still older - illegible

Lord, Sarah Louise, daughter of Timothy P. and Minerva, d. March 21, 1822

Lord, Amos L., son of Timothy P. and Minerva, d. September 22, 1830, @ 1 m & 9d

Lord, Eleanora F., daughter of Timothy and Minerva, d. February 21, 1849, @ 5 y, 11 m & 20 d

Miller, Alexander, d. May 23, 1823, @ 65y, (laying on ground)

Miller, Elisha, d. August 2, 1842, @ 57y

Miller, Martha, wife of Elisha, d. December 21, 1855 @ 74y 3m

2 stones buried in ground

Morris, Ann E., daughter of William and Rachel, d. February 7, 1869, @ 10 y

Morris, John W., son of William and Rachel, d. February 9, 1869, @ 8 y, 4 m & 25 d

Pundt, Christian, son of Fred and Louisa, d. August 12, 1890, @ 13 or 18 y

Rapp, Charles B., 28th NY Vol.

Rath, Mary S., daughter of Henry and Mary, d. November 14, 1876

Two infants of Henry and Mary

Reed, Malvina, d. March 19, 1869, @ 7y 11m 7d

Rowley, Alice, wife of Levant, daughter of Samuel and Classena Ames, d. March 7, 1867, @20 y

Stroke, Mary, daughter of Fred and Mary, d. April 28, 1876

Stroke, Willie, son of Fred and Mary, d. May 24, 1878, @ 11y 9m & 15d

Stroke, Freddie, son of Fred and Mary, d. April 9, 1878

Tillotson, Fenner, 1852-1898

Tillotson, Thurza, wife of Fenner

Tillotson, Jason, d. September 19, 18??, @ 59y Footstone: J. T.

Tillotson, Mary, d. November 4, 1824, @43y

Tillotson, Samuel, d. November 7, 1865 @ 35 y 4 m

Tillotson, Leonard, son of Samuel and Anna, d. February 28, 1875 @ 24 y

Torpy, Jacob C., d. August 28, 1848, (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

Torpy, Joel, d. May 22, 1874, @ 59y 8m (laying next to big tree in back of cemetery)

Treat, Emily (Walker), 1816-1907

Vallett, Burt William, son of Henry and Rose, 1868-1898

Walker, Lydia D., wife of Amasa & daughter of Samuel & Ruth Dwight, d. February 26, 1841, @ 52 y

Walker, Mary E., daughter of Amasa and Lydia D., d. November 6, 1843, @ 25y

Walker, Joseph S., son of Amasa and Lydia D., d. October 28, 1843, @ 17y

Walker, George W., son of Amasa and Lydia D., d. February 28, 1843, @ 22y

Walker, Lydia N., daughter of E. and Mary Nichols and wife of Amasa, d. September 2, 1865, @ 64y

Walker, Amasa, can't read

Walker, Amasa, d. May 13, 1828, @ 61y

Walker, Sardis, d. April 17, 1853, @ 46y 4m & 18d

Walker, Martha, wife of Amasa, d. November 7, 1851

Another stone lying face down.

Willcox, Salley - Sacred to the memory of Salley (Marsh), consort of Hiram and daughter of Robert and Eliza McChesney who died January 28, 1824 in the 24th year of her age.

Miscellaneous:

S. E. G?

A. A. W.

Updated as of August 2000 by Dawn L. Pocock-Dilcher, Dawn's Genealogy and Printing Service.

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