Church Street Cemetery

Partial Reading
Little Falls, N.Y.
June 1998 and September 2000

The Church Street Cemetery is located between Church and Monroe Streets, adjacent to Arthur Street in Little Falls. Three open gates from each of the adjacent roads provide access. On the upper level a single dirt road runs between the gate on Arthur Street and the one on Church Street. It is an attractive cemetery and is easy to walk in it. There are some unreadable stones, but many more are in very good condition.

In June 1998, my husband and I traveled to Herkimer County to search for information about his ancestors. While at the HCHS we noted that Parley and Phila Eaton, his GGG grandparents, were buried in the Church Street Cemetery. While driving around Little Falls, we found the cemetery and proceeded to look for the grave. No such luck! But we did find other kin and wrote down the information.

We were leaving the next morning and the town offices on E. Main St. already were closed, so we knew we’d have to make another trip someday. In the interim, attempts to obtain a cemetery list proved futile. Just before our return trip this September (2000), a fellow researcher had obtained the lot number from the Town Clerk’s office. After another unsuccessful attempt to locate the grave on our own the evening of our arrival (though we wrote down some other names), we headed to the Town Clerk’s office first thing in the morning and found the location on their map. And finally SUCCESS!

Marilyn Allis
October 2000

Here are her readings of monuments and gravestones.


Monument: Bucklin
Joseph Bucklin, Born March 17 1800, Died Mar 17 1875
Mary B., His wife, Died Aug 2 1874, age 88 yrs. 8 mos.

Adjacent Monument: Bucklin
Franklin W., Son of Wm & Sarah Bucklin, Died Aug 19 1869, age 35 yrs 10 mos. 22 d.
Small stones: Franklin William Bucklin 1833 – 1869
William Bucklin, 1810 – 1877
Sally Small Bucklin, 1813 – 1899
Sarah Bucklin Nellis Coffen Small, 1850 – 19
Edward J. Coffen, 1845 – 1896

Monument for Harry Bucklin
Small stones in rectangle around monument starting in front left, going clockwise:
Harry Burrell, Nov 28 1797, Mar 5 1879
Sarah Montague Burrell, Dec 31 1819, June 3 1898
David Hamlin Burrell, Mar 17 1841, Jan 13 1919
Louise Loomis Burrell, Feb 11 1843, Apr 30 1924, wife of David H Burrell
Arpha Burrell, July 14 1870, Mar 7 1871
Anne Louise Burrell, May 17 1876, Dec 3 1907, Daughter of David H & Louisa L Burrell
Mary Elizabeth Burrell, May 14 1882, Jan 21 1958, Daughter of David H & Louisa L Burrell
Nancy Blunt Burrell, Aug 11 1917, Aug 29 1977, Wife of David H Burrell III
David Hamlin Burrell III, Oct. 30 1911, Jan 20 1987
Howell Arvon Jones, July 17 1901, Feb 2 1966
Anne Burrell Jones, Sep 27 1903, Feb 3 1993, Wife of Howell A Jones
Lydia Burrell, July 9 1909, Sep 19 1910, Daughter of David H Burrell Jr & Cornelia P. Burrell
Cornelia Polhemus Burrell, Aug 3 1880, Aug 8 1963, Wife of David H Burrell Jr.
David Hamlin Burrell Jr., Jan 15 1874, May 24 1969
William Slater Barkentin Jr., Nov 24 1913, Apr 22 1981
Elizabeth Burrell Barkentin, Apr 22, 1915, Mar 23 1971, Wife of William S Barkentin Jr
Lois Wing Burrell. Aug 24 1887, Aug 30 1973, Wife of Loomis Burrell
Loomis Burrell, July 31, 1872, Nov. 11, 1975
Lillian Wing Burrell Fisher, living, Wife of Edwin M Fisher
Edwin Morgan Fisher, Oct 31 1908, Dec 11 1992
Edward Jonathan Burrell, May 20 1845, Jan 11 1935
Susan McCammon Burrell, Jul 29 1847, June 27 1923, Wife of Edward J Burrell
Montague J. Burrell, born Oct 7 1873, died Apr. 25, 1892, Only Son of Edward J & Susie Burrell

Leonard Eaton, d. Nov. 8, 1856, aged 60 years
Susan, wife of Leonard Eaton, d. Aug. 26, 1878, aged 75y 1m 19d
Alice Eaton Cunningham, 1891-1932
Beulah W. Eaton, 1868-1961
Gertrude M. Willmarth, His Wife (Addison E Eaton), 1840-1904
Addison E. Eaton, 1833-1906
Gertrude Eaton Eysaman, 1873-1952
George I. Eysaman, 1875-1946

John Eaton, d. Oct. 5, 1863, aged 71y 9m 10d
Anna, wife of John Eaton, d. Feb. 26, 1883, age 88y 2m 25d
Esther Ann, dau John & Ann Eaton, d. Sep. 11, 1860, 35y 22d
Mary H., Wife of George Eaton & dau. of Allan & Rachel WILLIS, 1858-1906
Rachel WILLIS, 1841-1919

John I. Eaton, 1833-1916
Annis E. Keyser, His Wife, 1848-1930
Daughter Grace L. Eaton, 1878-1892

Monument: Stebbins William B. , 1808 – 1881
Elvira Griswold, His Wife 1811 – 1889

Small stones:
Kate A. Stebbins, 1839 – 1916
Isola E. Stebbins 1837 – 1916
George G. Stebbins, 1842 – 1926
Sarah Ford, His Wife, 1851 – 1927

Parley Eaton, Died Jan. 10 1873, Aged 78 years
Phila, His Wife, Died June 4, 1889, Aged 92 Years

Newell, Son of N & R Hine, Died Feb. 27 1853, Aged 6 yrs 5 mos.
Henry, Son of N & R Hine, Died Dec. 18, 1850, ae 10M 6 d.

Also buried here, but no stone: Helen Eaton, d. 1841 (daughter of Allen Wyman Eaton)