1. Horace C. White (Lot 177) was a private in the 40th Regiment of the New York Volunteers from October 1861 to December 28, 1863. He re-enlisted the following day and served to October 3, 1865. Horace died on August 30, 1909, aged 72 (71 in burial records). His Civil War monument in the Chauncey D. White lot is intact. Chauncey D. White, his father, was a blacksmith who plied his trade at several locations in the village, including the lot east of the intersection of Routes 92 and 173 and at this Franklin Street livery site:
2. John Woodworth (Lot 174) was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on February 24, 1774, the son of Lemuel Woodworth and Elizabeth Hunt. Lemuel Woodworth served in the Revolutionary War and John participated in the War of 1812. The Woodworths were descendants of Walter Woodworth, who settled at Scituate, Massachusetts by 1635.
John Woodworth was the father of seven children, among whom was Alvah, a prominent furnaceman who made castings for ax heads and other agricultural items. The furnace was located on the present site of the Hollowick Company on Fayette Street. During the last 18 years of his life, John lived with Alvah in Manlius and died on December 16, 1856. The Woodworth monument is intact.
3. Deacon William Gardner (Lot 1) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1761. His father died during the Lexington Battle and William served toward the close of the war in the Massachusetts militia. William married Rebecca Raymond about 1785 when he went to Rindge, New Hampshire. There he became a colonel in the militia and served in the Legislature. In 1805 and still living in New Hampshire, William and a business partner held the mortgage on the sawmill and flouring mill near the Whetstone Road bridge in the town of Manlius. In 1809 he went to Boston and soon after came to Manlius where he became a prosperous merchant and full owner of his mill interest. Joshua Clark claims that he filed for a nail patent and built a nail factory. William died in Avon Springs on September 6, 1831. Rebecca died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 30, 1841 and was interred in Christ Church Cemetery on December 10, 1842. The double monument is intact. Her epitaph reads: She chose the good part "that shall not/be taken from her." His epitaph is: He walked with God. One of their sons, William Gardner, Jr., was Captain of a rifle company in Maj. Moseley's battalion during the War of 1812. William, Jr. and his brother, Charles, ran a store around 1811 on the site of the Christ Church parking lot. The old Gardner site, later Randall, is portrayed below.
4. Abijah Yelverton, Jr. (Lot 3) moved to Manlius in 1796 according to Masonic history. He was admitted as attorney in 1805. He practiced law in the area and was appointed custodian of public lands. On June 16, 1808, he was raised as a Free & Accepted Mason in the Manlius Military Lodge. During the War of 1812, he served as paymaster.
Abijah died at Syracuse on February 24, 1841, aged 62 and was interred here November 24, 1842. Sally L. Fleming, his wife, was the daughter of John Fleming. She died at Salina on September 12, 1832 in the 47th year of her life and was reburied in Christ Church Cemetery on November 24, 1842. Their stones are intact.
5. John Fleming (Lot 3), an innkeeper near the intersection of Sweet Road and Route 173, died October 14, 1841 in the 89th year of his age. Asenath, his wife, passed away on December 3, 1828, aged 71. In 1950, Fleming's grave was marked by the Sons of the American Revolution. Both stones are intact.
6. Lemuel Childs Nims (Lot 4) was born June 26, 1786 at Deerfield, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth Childs and Israel Nims. His father was in Capt. Jonas Locke's company of Minutemen that marched on the alarm at Lexington and Concord.
Lemuel was Third Sergeant in Capt. Daniel Mulholland's artillery company in the War of 1812. He was a fifth generation descendant of Godfrey Nims of the Massachusetts Bay colony at Northampton. Godfrey Nims was a soldier at the Falls Fight during King Phillip's War.
Godfrey's son, John, was taken prisoner by Indians in 1703 during Queen Anne's War. According to the account of Rev. Stephen Williams in the Nims' genealogy, "Zebediah Williams & John Nims went into ye meadow in ye evening to look after creatures, & wer ambushed by indians in ye ditch beyond Frary's bridge, who fird at ym, but missd ym, and took W. quick, an N. ran to ye pond, & then returned to ym (fearing to be shot,) ye Indians wound cattle and went off. Ye men were carried to Canada, where W. dyd."
Lemuel Childs Nims married Phylinda Guilford on May 29, 1810 at Fair Haven, Vermont and they moved to Manlius by the time of the 1810 census. He was a clothier by trade and owned a fulling mill and carding machine on Seneca Street on the present site of the University Health Services Center.
7. Ephraim Barrett (Lot 5) was born to Bartholomew and Mehettabel Reed Barrett in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut on November 20, 1757. During the Revolutionary War, he served on the Connecticut line in Capt. Lathrop Allen's Co. under Col. Elmore. He was a private at the Fort Dayton garrison (German Flatts, New York) where he was Col. Elmore's waiter. In 1804 he leased Libbeus Foster's tavern at Eagle Village, and later ran a tavern until his decease on the present grounds of the Burger King Restaurant. Prior to the War of 1812, he was the main host for the Masonic meetings held in the area. He died in May 1814. His wife, who was around 55 years old, also passed away in May 1814. Ephraim had surviving siblings Bartholomew, Eleazer, Alexander, Philander, Leander, Erastus, Welthy Sweet and Sabra Park. His brother, Bartholomew, a 65-year-old pensioner in 1820, also served in the Connecticut line. Bartholomew later moved to Penfield in Monroe County, New York, then part of Ontario County. There are no Barrett stones above ground in Ephraim's lot.
8. Leonard Kellogg (Lot 8) was the son of Phineas Kellogg and Olive Frazer. Phineas was born in New Hartford, Connecticut on June 7, 1756, and during the Revolutionary War served in Capt. Chester Wethersfield's company of Minute Men, among other units. At a later date, the Kellogg family moved to Hartford in Washington County, New York. Leonard, the eldest son, was born on February 18, 1781. He was among the eighth generation of Kelloggs in America. Kellogg was married to Sally French, by whom he had eight children. He died on May 22, 1817, aged 36. His stone is intact.
Leonard Kellogg came to Manlius Village with his father and brother around 1808, where he was editor of "The Herald of the Times," afterward renamed the "Manlius Times.&qu
In 1810, Leonard Kellogg was a lieutenant in Capt. Charles Moseley's Co. of riflemen in Lt. Col. Thaddeus Wood's regiment. In 1812 he became a captain in the 27th brigade of infantry, and resigned this position in 1814. Kellogg's independent riflemen, which included his father and brother, participated in the battle of Queenston in Canada on October 12, 1812. According to Masonic history, Kellogg's unit received the approbation and thanks of the commanding general for its behavior and gallantry during the engagement. Most of the members of the brigade were from Manlius. During the battle, the British troops shattered the American line and Col. Winfield Scott tried to organize an orderly retreat. He finally called for surrender. American losses were 958 killed, wounded or missing. Scott was taken prisoner and later paroled.
Over a year later, Orson Smith says: "We saw Winfield Scott's army go through that village (Chittenango) late in November 1813, just before the battle of Chippeway. He was then 26 years old, a large, tall, well-built man. He and his army stayed at Manlius over-night. In the evening he came into Bicnal's tavern, picked up the "Manlius Times," published by Kellogg, and stood reading by lamp light. His tall, white feather came very near being burned by the lamp - an open lamp - none such now-a-days - no kerosene in those days." Scott, who stood six feet, five inches tall, was actually 28 years old at the time, and is usually portrayed in his famous hat with a white feather protruding from it. He appears next, hatless. Although Scott's troops had not yet been tested in battle, they were the best trained unit in the American Army. The Battle of Chippewa took place on July 5, 1814.
The tavern Orson Smith references was earlier run by Eli Parsons, a lieutenant, and later Commissary of Issues in the Revolutionary War. In 1786, Parsons was second in command in Daniel Shay's famous rebellion. During the War of 1812, the tavern was owned by blacksmith Sylvanus Tousley, a noted businessman of Manlius Village and Syracuse. Following the war, it was purchased by Col. Elijah Phillips, co-builder with Ebenezer Butler, of mills at Edwards Falls. Smith's reference to Bicnal is probably Col. Dearborn Bickford, a former school teacher, who purchased the hotel in 1821. The hotel was located on Seneca Street, just west of Franklin Street. It is portrayed below in this early 1900 photo. The earlier tavern is the west section. During the War of 1812, the Masons held their meetings on the second floor. The east section was constructed in the early 1870s.
During the War of 1812, the Cherry Valley Turnpike was closed to the public and solely reserved for military use. Academy Street, as it is now known, was then part of the turnpike. On January 4, 1814, Leonard Kellogg would remark in his "Manlius Times": "A large number of sleighs and waggons loaded with arms and ammunition have passed through this village yesterday and today for the frontiers."
Manlius Village was well-equipped for this passage of men and horses. Jacob Vrooman, a tanner and currier, fashioned shoes. Asa Nims, mentioned later, made harnesses and saddles. Samuel and Anson Ives were involved in carding wool, and the Dexter family ran a gun factory on today's Fayette St. At Eagle Village, Charles Bristol was local commissary agent for army provisions.
9. Stoughton Morse (Lot 24) was born on April 13, 1776. His father married at Stoughton, Massachusetts. The family later resided at Paris and at Clinton in Oneida County. Stoughton was a descendant of Samuel Morse, who was born in 1587 and arrived in America on April 15, 1635 aboard the Intrepid. On February 24, 1800 Stoughton married Mary Pope, daughter of Col. Frederick and Mary Cole Pope.
Stoughton was a quartermaster and served in the State militia and in the War of 1812. He was in Lt. Col. Isaac Hall's regiment in 1809 and Lt. Col. Jacobus De Puy's regiment in 1811. After his move to Manlius, he again served as a quartermaster in 1814. He was an innkeeper at the Mansion House from 1815 until his decease. This well-known hotel site, formerly Dwight's Coffee-House, lies east of the Christ Episcopal Church parking lot. Around the time the Church was moved in 1832, the hotel became a residence. The old site of this hostelry is shown below.
Morse died on April 20, 1822, aged 46. The epitaph on his intact stone reads: Beloved in Life/Lamented at Death. At his funeral, the church bell of Christ Episcopal Church cracked. Until 1832 the church was located in the present Manlius Village Cemetery.
10. Alvan (Alvin) Marsh (Lot 21) was an attorney who settled in the town of Manlius in 1798. In 1811 he was an ensign in Lt. Col. Thaddeus M. Wood's regiment. In 1814 he served as a lieutenant in Capt. Ralph R. Phelps' Co., 147th Regiment, and was promoted to Captain in 1815.
Alvan was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Manlius in 1805 and 1811. He died on April 26, 1832, aged 59. His wife, Susan, was a daughter of William and Susannah Ward. Susan passed away on December 31, 1831, aged 53. Alvan's stone is broken and down; Susan's is no longer there.
11. William Ward (Lot 21) was born on June 7, 1746 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He was a descendant of John Ward. John Ward was born in London, England in 1626 and died in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1708. In 1950 William Ward's grave was marked by the Sons of the American Revolution.
In September 1793, William purchased 100 acres in the town of Manlius. At least some members of the family arrived from Shaftsbury, Vermont by early 1794. The Wards erected the first grist mill and the second sawmill in the present town on Limestone Creek, off Troop K Road. According to Joshua V. H. Clark, Joseph Woodward was the master builder. In later years, the Wards built another sawmill upstream on the south side of Route 173. Numerous businesses evolved nearby, including an air furnace and plough factory.
William Ward died on September 7, 1795. The Ward estate was distributed to his wife and his children: Heman, William, Lorrain, Susanna, Lucy, Erastus, and Polly. On Susanna's portion was the earliest pottery in the present town. The clay in this area was finely textured with a low iron content. In 1813, the "old pottery" was leased by Ezra Morehouse, who advertized that he "dyed a deep blue on linen and cotton." This was a sideline, for Morehouse was a potter by trade.
Ward's wife, Susannah, received one-third of the estate through her dower rights. For many years residents referred to it as the "Widow Ward's Third." Susannah passed away on September 2, 1819, aged 66. Their finely etched stones are among the most beautiful in the cemetery.
12. William Fillmore (Lot 18), the third son of Cyrus and Jemima Fillmore, was born in the town of Milton, Saratoga County, New York in 1786. The family moved to the town of Manlius in 1794.
Taking a great interest in military matters, William was an ensign in Lt. Col. Thaddeus M. Wood's Regiment in 1811, and in 1814 was ensign in another regiment. In 1812 he married Mary Clark, a sister of Col. Christopher Clark, by whom he had 12 children. His 46-year-old wife died January 20, 1836 and in 1838 he remarried Marriet, the widow of Col. Milo Bird. Col. Bird is buried in Fayetteville Cemetery. Marriet died April 3, 1872.
William was partially disabled by an accident when a young man. Afterward, he was elected constable, a position which he held 13 years as well as acting as collector and deputy sheriff for a portion of that period. He was a member of the Manlius Baptist Church for sixty-six years where he served as deacon for a long period of time. He died on November 16, 1878 at age 92. The stones of William and Mary are intact.
13. Zebedee Potter (Lot 33) was a descendant of Nathaniel Potter, the latter located in Aquidneck, Rhode Island by 1638. Zebedee was born in 1753 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and served in the Revolutionary War. According to pension records, he was at Ballston, New York in 1790. His name appears in Col. Hathaway's regiment, Massachusetts in 1780 and in Capt. Jonathan Taber's Co., 2nd Regiment of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Zebedee married Rosamond Taber on November 20, 1774 and they moved from Rhode Island to Manlius in 1809. She was the eldest of ten children of Water Taber. Taber was a descendant of Francis Cooke who came to America aboard the Mayflower. Zebedee died on December 9, 1845, aged 92. His wife, Rosamond (Rosemon), passed away on October 27, 1828, aged 75. They were the parents of David Potter, below. Their stones are intact
14. David Potter (Lot 33) was a private in Capt. Daniel Mulholland's artillery company in the War of 1812. He married Rhoda Northrup and they became the parents of 11 children. He was a farmer, and died on December 4, 1873, aged 90 (the stone says age 91). His wife died on March 20, 1871, age 85.
15. John W. Peck (Lot 35) served some time in defense of New York harbor in the War of 1812 and came to Manlius after the war. He was raised in the Free & Accepted Masons of Manlius on October 2, 1820. The Peck home at 312 Seneca Street was built by Finley McLaren before 1807, and is one of the oldest homes in Manlius Village.
Phebe and John W. were the parents of Major General John J. Peck, portrayed below, who was educated at West Point. John J. served during the Mexican War earning high honors, and was brevetted for gallantry several times. In 1861 he was appointed a brigadier-general and assigned to a brigade in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. There is an historical marker in front of his parents' home.
From 1829 to 1832, John W. Peck and Charles Clark ran a coach, wagon and sleigh shop on the south side of Seneca St. in Manlius Village. Gigs, coaches, cutters, sulkies and sleighs were part of their product line. They employed at least two journeymen and four apprentices. John W. died on September 3, 1847, aged 53. Phebe passed away on November 13, 1854, aged 54. Their monument is down, but readable.
16. George Grinnell (Lot 37) served in Rhode Island under Capt. Arnold in Col. Lippitt's regiment during the Revolutionary War. According to pension records, Grinnell said he was 64 in 1820, differing from the inscription. His three daughters, Polly, Hannah and Lucy, were 28, 24, and 22 years of age and George F. Grinnell, his son, was then 17 years old. He was a common laborer, but had a colt worth $40 and other property valued at $8.25. He owed $47 to prominent merchants, including Azariah Smith, Morris Hull & Co., Elijah Rhoades, Col. James O. Wattles, and John Meeker. He died on March 4, 1825, aged 71. His wife, Mary, passed away on September 29, 1819, aged 60. Both stones are intact.
17. John Grinnell (Lot 37) served in the War of 1812. In 1815 he was a lieutenant in Capt. Alvan Marsh's company, 147th regiment. He was a farmer. From February 7, 1845 to June 5, 1849 he was Manlius postmaster. He also was active in local politics. He died at age 72 on January 26, 1862. Sabra, his wife, passed away on August 5, 1872, aged 84. John's stone is intact; Sabra's is not there.
18. William Taylor (Lot 38) was born in Suffield, Connecticut on October 12, 1791. He came to Manlius in April 1811 where he completed his studies as a physician under Dr. Hezekiah L. Granger, mentioned later. In 1812 he became Granger's business partner. In 1817 Taylor was surgeon's mate in Col. John G. Forbes' 176th regiment.
In 1824 Taylor was senior warden of the Masonic Military Lodge in Manlius,. He served in Congress from 1833 to 1839 and was Town Supervisor of Manlius from 1839 to 1841, and from 1843 to 1844. He was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Manlius for many years to his decease in 1865. The first stained glass window in Christ Church was the Taylor memorial window above the altar. It was installed in the new chancel in February 1867.
In 1824, Lucy Taylor bought Dr. Hezekiah Granger's residence at 501 Pleasant Street. Their home, shown below at an earlier date, was later purchased by Gen. Marsena Patrick. It is now owned by the Jeffery family.
Dr. Taylor died on September 16, 1865, aged 73. His epitaph reads: FULL OF YEARS, AND/IN THE BRIGHT HOPE/OF A BLESSED/IMMORTALITY. Taylor's first wife, Hannah, died in 1813, aged 20. His second wife, Lucy Ward, died November 9, 1857, aged 65. All three stones are intact.
19. John James (Lot 41) was born in Ireland and was an early settler in Manlius Village. He was a merchant in company with Robert Cummings in 1805 west of the present site of Christ Church. This area was once the major business block in the village. In 1807 he was secretary of the Free and Accepted Masons; in 1809 its treasurer, and in 1811 the senior warden. In 1810 he was elected a director of the Manlius Manufacturing Society. The Society was organized for the purpose of building a cotton factory, as shown in the announcement below. A cotton factory, the first of three in Manlius Village, was built on the southeast corner of Seneca and Mill Streets by 1816.
John James served as witness on Capt. Daniel Mulholland's muster roll of May 23, 1812. Promoted to Captain, he died in the War of 1812 on October 21, 1813, aged 28. He is buried in Ralph R. Phelps' lot. Phelps was a captain of the 147th Regt. in the War of 1812. John James was a member of the vestry of Christ Church, Manlius in 1812. Re-elected in 1813, he held this position until his decease. His stone is intact.