VETERANS IN LEWIS CEMETERY
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 - 1783
ANNIS, Jacob b. 1761. d. Nov. 14, 1841 Town of Ellery. Was a soldier in the American army, having enlisted about 1780, serving until the close of the war, as private under Captains Luke Hitchcock, Jesse Hollister, Sylvanus Smith and Col. Joseph Vose, Massachusetts Militia. Was at the battles of White Plains, King Bridge and the surrender of Cornwallis. He enlisted at Newbury, Mass., and applied for pension Apr. 30, 1818, while residing at Lavonia, Ontario County, N.Y., at which time he was 57 years of age. Pension was granted and he was mentioned in the Pension List of 1840, aged 77 and residing in the Town of Ellery. Lewis Cemetery
ANNIS, John. 1764-1839. Lewis Cemetery
BOYD, Joseph Stuart. b. Nov. 5, 1759. d. Mar. 19, 1846 Town of Ellery. enlisted in April, 1780 or 1781, served as private under Captains Clift and Hart and Col. John Durkee, Connecticut Militia. Was at the battle of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis. residence at time of enlistment, Plainfield, Conn. Applied for pension in April 1818. Claim allowed. He is mentioned in the Pension List of 1840 as residing in the Town of Ellery, aged 81 years and residing with Alvin Boyd. Lewis Cemetery.
COE, John. b. Sept. 20, 1757 Southbury, Conn. d. Feb. 19, 1846 Ellery, NY. Enlisted in American army at Southbury, Conn., June 1776, served as private in company of Capt. Rogers, Col. Gay’s reg’t. Re-enlisted in Dec. 1776, again in 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and in 1781, serving under Captains David Hinman, Curtis and Johnson and Cols. Hinman and Preston, Connecticut Militia. The last six months of his service he was teamster. He applied for pension Feb. 13, 1834, while a resident of Ellery, NY. He is also mentioned in the Pension List of 1840. His first six month’s service in the army was as substitute for his brother Andrew. Captain David Hinman, in whose Company he was attached was his grandfather.1757-1846. Red Bird Cemetery. No marker.
MARSH, William. b. July 6, 1753 Massachusetts. d. May 30, 1835. Lewis Cemetery
SCOFIELD, William. b. May 15, 1764 Stamford, Conn. d. Sept. 26,1851 Ellery, NY. enlisted in Fairfield County, Conn., in 1780, remaining in service until the close of the war, serving in Captain Hanford Hoyt’s Company, Col. John Mead’s Reg’t, Connecticut Militia. Lewis Cemetery
CIVIL WAR (REBELLION) 1861 - 1865
BEACH, William R. b. ca 1840. d. Feb. 20, 1862. In service at Washington D. C. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 9.
DELRYMPLE, Thomas. b. 1813. d. May 31, 1905. Enlisted 12th Vol. Res. Corp. Lewis Cemetery. Lot 2.
DICKERSON, John M. b. ca 1838. d. Sept. 23, 1913 Syracuse, NY. md. Lizzie M _____. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, at age of 24.PVT. Company E, 112th N.Y. Infantry - Ellery. Discharged Jan. 11, 1864 - disability.
HANER, Ezra. b. June 5, 1802 Rensselaer County, NY. d. Apr. 27, 1888 Jamestown, NY. Lewis Cemetery. Lot 64.
PRATT, Stephen. b. ca. 1799. d. Mar. 17, 1867. Lewis Cemetery. Lot 55.
SOULE, George Frederick. b. July 26, 1839 Danby, Thompkins County, NY. d. Oct. 31, 1907. Served as a private in Co. C. 141st NY Infantry. Lewis Cemetery. Lot 63.
VAN WERT, Seth Oscar. b. 1838. d. Sept. 28, 1918 Bemus Point, NY. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, PVT, Ellery, 9th NY Cavalry, Co. C. Promoted Corporal Oct. 1, 1863; Re-enlisted as a veteran Dec. 20, 1863. Wounded in Adction Trevillian Station, Va. June 11, 1864; Promoted Sergeant Nov. 1, 1864.Out July 17, 1865 as Sergeant with Co. C at Cloud’s Mills, Va. Lewis Cemetery. Lot 36.