South Avon Cemetery
Town of Avon
Livingston County, New York

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The South Avon Cemetery is located on the corner of South Avon Rd. and Rt. 39 in plot 247 on the Town of Avon map.

It is a small cemetery of approximately 100 graves bordered by old trees. It overlooks the Genesee Valley with a beautiful vista.

The property was owned and donated by the Paine family on whose farm it was located. There are several Paines buried there, as well as others who lived in the area. Alfred Boyd, the last person to be buried in the cemetery, died in the early 1940s.

The cemetery is an inactive cemetery governed by the Rural Cemetery Act of 1847, which is Town Law 291. This law states that all inactive cemeteries fall under the town's jurisdiction. It is well-maintained by the Town of Avon Highway Department.

South Avon Cemetery Burials

• ABBEY, Fidelia, dau. of Lyman and Hannah, died Oct. 14, 1837, age 16 yrs.
• BACON, Hannah M., dau. of E. and R., died Sept. 29, 1853, age 19 yrs.
• BARNUN, Samuel, died June 20, 1834, age 43 yrs.
• BIDWELL, Luther, died June 3, 1838, age 43 yrs.
• BLACKMAN, George, son of Spalding and Caroline, died July 22, 1849, age 16 yrs.
• BLACKMAN, Miles, son of Spalding and Caroline, died June 15, 1839, age 3 yrs.
• BOARDMAN, Julia W., dau. of Elizur R. and Harriet, died Mar. 21, 1834, age 6 yrs.
• BOUGHTON, Mariah, dau. of Jared S. and Eliza, died Apr. 26, 1837, age 1 yr.
• BOUGHTON, Rev. William, died Apr. 26, 1828, age 47 yrs.
• CASS, Betsey N., wife of Stephen, died July 18, 1841, age 63 yrs.
• DAVIS, Caroline, dau. of J. and S., died Feb. 11, 1842, age 3 yrs.
• DAVIS, Irena C., dau. of Loren and Ann, died Oct. 3, 1863, age 5 yrs.
• DAVIS, William, son of P. and O., died Feb. 2(6?), 1841, age 10 mos.
• DEMING, Andres, died Nov. 15, 1827, age 87 yrs.
• DEMING, Benjamin, died Nov. 11, 1840, age 73 yrs.
• DEMING, Catharine, dau. of Roswell and Marana, died Jan. 30, 1837, age 2 mos.
• DEMING, Fanny, wife of Benjamin, died Dec. 30, 1854, age 84 yrs.
• DEMING, Marana H., wife of Roswell, died Mar. 3, 1841, age 40 yrs.
• DUMM, Annie A., dau. of Henry and Ruth B., born June 19, 1866, died Apr. 22, 1884.
• DUNN, Lillie E., dau. of Henry and Ruth B., born June 11, 1865, died Sept. 25, 1865.
• ELLIS, Infant, wife of Hiram, dau. of Hiram and Rebecca Ellis, died Dec. 20, 1835, age 16 days.
• ELLIS, Rebecca, wife of Hiram, died Dec. 7, 1835, age 38 yrs.
• FRIDD, Maria H., wife of George, died May 3, 1880, age 70 yrs.
• FRIDD, Olive M., dau. of George and Maria, Mar. 11, 1854, age 1 yr.
• FULLER, Abigail, wife of Elijah, died Mar. 12, 1824, age 65 yrs.
• FULLER, Elijah, died Jan. 18, 1835, age 85 yrs.
• FULLER, Joel, born Oct. 24, 1782 in CT, died Jan. 30, 1830.
• FULLER, Mehetable, wife of Joel, born June 4, 1785 in CT, died Jan. 8, 1867.
• HATHAWAY, Anab, wife of Wanton, died June 2, 1841, age 52 yrs.
• HATHAWAY, Percy, wife of Daniel, died Sept. 24, 1835, age 18 yrs.
• HAWLEY, Hiram E., son of James and Maria, died Sept. 8, 1856, age 8 mos.
• HENTY, Elmer, infant son of Horace and Frances, died 1890.
• HENTY, James, infant son of Horace and Frances, died 1880.
• HOGMIRE, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel, died May 4, 1837, age 50 yrs.
• HOOKER, Robert, died Oct. 24, 1879, age 82 yrs.
• HOOKER, Susanah, wife of William Fridd and William Hooker, died Jan. 25, 1878, age 83 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Aristarchus, died Oct. 23, 1829, age 28 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Erastus, died Sept. 4, 1865, age 60 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Giles, died Feb. 14, 1813, age 47 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Joseph C., died Oct. 4, 1819, age 24 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Maria W., died June 5, 1827, age 25 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Ruth, died Feb. 7, 1813, age 10 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Ruth, wife of Giles, died Apr. 24, 1863, age 95 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Samuel A., died June 20, 1853 in California, age 53 yrs.
• HUBBARD, Sarah Ann, dau. of Samuel, died 1823, age 3 yrs.
• ISHAM, Infant, infant child of C. T. and M., died Nov. 15, 1831.
• KELLOGG, Amos, died Aug. 19, 1855, age 70 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Amy, wife of Ebenezer, died May 30, 1833, age 77 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Betsey E., wife of Amos, died Mar. 31, 1869, age 76 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Charles F., son of Julius and Mary A., died May 24, 1876, age 21 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Charles, died Dec. 23, 1849, age 77 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Ebenezer, died Apr. 17, 1825, age 69 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Henry, son of John and Martha, died Jan. 12, 1830, age 2 days.
• KELLOGG, Henry, son of Justin (?) and Julia Ann, died Feb. 14, 1831, age 2 mos.
• KELLOGG, Horace, died Feb. 12, 1830, age 33 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Horace, son of John and Martha, died Sept. 3, 1830, age 8 mos.
• KELLOGG, Horman J., died Mar. 15, 1853, age 35 yrs.
• KELLOGG, John, born Nov. 29, 1792 in Colchester, CT, died May 6, 1877.
• KELLOGG, Lydia, died Mar. 20, 1860, age 87 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Martha, wife of John, died July 14, 1885, age 83 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Nathaniel, died May 31, 1863, age 74 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Prudence R., died Mar. 7, 1873, age 86 yrs.
• KELLOGG, Titus H., son of Charles and Lydia, died Dec. 4, 1826, age 19 yrs.
• KIBBE, Betsey, wife of Charles E., died June 1, 1844, age 30 yrs.
• LOOMIS, Amy, dau. of Jacob and Amy, died Mar. 5, 1832, age 8 mos.
• LOOMIS, Amy, wife of Jacob, died Jan. 11, 1832, age 38 yrs.
• LOOMIS, Elon(s?)o, son of Samuel, born Dec. 20, 1812, died Aug. 9, 1829, age 17 yrs.
• LOOMIS, Nancy, wife of Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1819, age 31 (?) yrs.
• LOOMIS, W. H., son of Jacob and Amy, died May 10, 1830, age 3 yrs.
• LOW, Lena A., only child of William P. and P. A., born Aug. 14, 1858, died Jan. 31, 1865.
• MATHER, Augustus E., son of John C. and Betsey, died July 28, 1858, age 14 yrs.
• MATHER, Betsey E., wife of John C., died Aug. 9, 1892, age 81 yrs.
• MATHER, John C., died Dec. 1, 1877, age 70 yrs.
• MATHER, Sidney, son of John C. and Betsey, died Apr. 3, 1838, age 4 yrs.
• MATTHEWS, Sarah, wife of W. K., died Mar. 3, 1869, age 76 yrs.
• MCCLENNAS, David, died Apr. 8, 1844, age 46 yrs.
• MEAD, Joseph, died Apr. 23, 1853, age 29 yrs.
• MILLER, Elizabeth, dau. of Austin and Eliz., died Aug. 28, 1834, age 1 yr.
• MILLER, Martha, wife of Seth, died June 15, 1846, age 79 yrs.
• MILLER, Seth, died June 15, 1852, age 51 yrs.
• MILLER, Seth, died Sept. 8, 1844, age 79 yrs.
• MUNSON, Fidelia, dau. of N. and L., died Nov. 15, 1828, age 2 yrs.
• ORMSBEE, Richard M., son of Benjamin F. Ormsbee, July 8, 1838, age 18 yrs.
• PAINE, Edgar, died May 12, 1850, age 43 yrs.
• PAINE, Thomas J., only son of Edgar and Mary, died Nov. 5, 1852, age 10 yrs.
• PARRISH, Daniel, died June 28, 1837, age 34 yrs.
• PEASE, Sarah J., dau. of Austin and Laura, died Jan. 1, 1841.
• RAUM, Henry, died Dec. 28, 1850, age 29 yrs.
• RAUM, W. H., son of H. and R., died Aug. 1845, age 9 mos.
• ROOT, Judah, died Jan. 11, 1846, age 23 yrs.
• ROOT, Sarah, wife of Judah, died Aug. 18, 1863, age 91 yrs.
• SAGE, Ann Eliza, wife of F. C., died June 1, 1862, age 53 yrs.
• SAGE, Francis C., died Sept. 16, 1873, age 63 yrs.
• SAGE, Olivit, wife of Simeon, died Nov. 22, 1842, age 76 yrs.
• SAGE, Simeon, died Jan. 22, 1860, age 95 yrs.
• SAGE, William F., wife of Francis C. and Ann Eliza, died Nov. 25, 1835, age 1 yr.
• SCOTT, Eliza H., dau. of George and Rebeca, died May 9, 1833, age 22 yrs.
• SCOTT, George, died Apr. 5, 1834, age 58 yrs.
• SHERWOOD, Caroline, dau. of Henry and Saloma, died Dec. 18, 1842, age 23 yrs.
• SPINKS, Surrita, died May 4, 1845, age 49 yrs.
• STAFFORD, Charlotte S., wife of Henry, died July 28, 1859, age 31 yrs.
• STAFFORD, Sarah Saloma, dau. of Henry S. and Charlotte S., died June 6, 1860, age 7 yrs.
• WATEROUS, Ann, wife of Samuel, died May 17, 1830, age 28 yrs.