#B028 Woodland, Bellport Village, Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town, NY, USA

Notes:

Woodland Cemetery is in the north part of the Village of Bellport, on the west side of the Station Road at the intersection with Head of the Neck Rd.

In 1865, people in Bellport decided they wanted a cemetery.  John Post was chairman of the first meeting, which formed the cemetery association, taking the name Woodland. For the sum of one dollar John W. Titus and Edward Osborne with his wife Catherine deeded eight acres for the beginning of Woodland Cemetery. Remains, headstones and the Soldiers' Monument were moved there from the old graveyard on Academy Lane.   On this Monument are recorded the names of four young men who lost their lives in the Civil War, but who were never brought home for interment. They were Charles Homan, aged 23, William Osborn aged 20, Jesse Munsell aged 21 and E. Thompson Cooper aged 22, son of the esteemed Dr. Cooper, pastor of both Bellport and South Haven Presbyterian Churches.   It is therefore evident that any stones in this Cemetery with death dates prior to 1865 have been moved in from other graveyards.

The first burial in this Cemetery was that of Irene, wife of John Robinson, who died 19 July 1869.

In addition to Bellport residents, many residents of Brookhaven and South Haven Hamlets chose to be buried in this cemetery.  Individual stones from small family cemeteries in the two Hamlets were also relocated to this cemetery.  It is #28 in the Town of Brookhaven Historians Cemetery Inventory.  Mailing Address: PO Box 185, Bellport, New York 11713  Phone: (631) 286-0095.

Unlike the family cemeteries and burial grounds in Brookhaven and South Haven Hamlets, no attempt is being made to do a full survey of this cemetery. Rather, as time and energy permit, gravestones of known residents of Brookhaven and South Haven Hamlets will be documented.

This description last revised:  21 Sep 2008

Cemetery Photos

	Thumb	Description
1		#028. Civil War Monument On this monument are recorded the names of four men who lost their lives in the Civil War, but who were never brought home for interment. They were Charles Homan, William Osborne, Jesse Munsell, and E. Thompson Cooper, son of the Rev. William H. Cooper, pastor of the South Haven and Bellport Presbyterian Churches.
2		#028.Hubert — Philip Arthur Hubert family plot
3		#028.Post00 — Post Family Plot
4		#028.Rose00 — Mulfod Rose family plot

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Thumb	Description	Status	Location	Name (Died/Buried)
	#028.Barry. Donald Barry Family gravestone .. On 31 May 1947 a fire destroyed a house on the northwest corner of Beaver Dam and Old Stump Roads. All four members of the Donald Barry family were killed, including his two young stepsons, Lawrence and Thomas Costa..	Located	Barry	Family: Donald J. Barry, ^ / Dorothy L. Allen, ^
	#028.Barteau: Clara T. Barteau gravestone	Located		Clara Tuthill Barteau, ^ (d. 5 Nov 1961)
	#028.Barteau: Mary I. Barteau gravestone	Located		Mary Isabel Swezey, ^ (d. 18 Mar 1940)
	#028.Barteau: George B. Barteau gravestone	Located		George Buell Barteau, ^ (d. 4 Dec 1944)
	#028.Brown. Alfred B. Brown and Eliza A. Brown	Located	Brown	Family: Alfred Benjamin Brown, ^ / Eliza A. Reeves, ^
	#028.Brown. Benjamin Brown .. he was one of eleven men drowned while fishing in the Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island opposite Fire Place Neck (modern Brookhaven Hamlet). Of the eleven men lost, only eight of the bodies were recovered.	Located	Brown	Benjamin Alfred Brown, ^ (d. 5 Nov 1813)
	#028.Brown. Leverett T. Brown and Ida L. Brown .. also on this gravestone, more recently etched, is Douglas E. Brown, 1903-1990. Douglas was their grandson.	Located	Brown	Family: Leverett Theodore Brown, ^ / Ida Louisa Cochran Douglas E. Brown, ^ (d. 2 Jan 1990)
	#028.Brown. Lizzie Brown .. daughter of L.T and Ida L. Brown	Located	Brown	Elizabeth Brown, < (d. 11 Jul 1893)
	#028.Brown: Dorothy A. Brown		Brown	Dorothy A. Brown, ^ (d. 25 May 1834)
	#028.Brown: Orlando and Laura Brown gravestone	Located	Brown	Family: Orlando Wilson Brown, ^ / Laura Floyd
	#028.Burnett — Burnett Cemetery Plot .. There is strong evidence of a Burnett Cemetery plot at Woodland Cemetery. A cemetery deed was found in the papers of George Hubert & Francis Jagger Burnett's grand daughter, Ann. Frances Jagger Burnett purchased a large plot #227, being 28 ft. by 28 ft 6 in. containing 798 superficial feet. The date on the Deed is April 6th 1893, two days after George Hubert Burnett died. That Frances Jagger Burnett and George H. Burnett, Sr. are buried there seems very likely, and there is a good chance that children George H. Jr., Isaac, Henry Theron and Ann Frances are also buried there. However, searches of the cemetery have not found any Burnett gravestones.	Not yet located	#227	Ann Frances Burnett, ^ (d. 19 Sep 1899) George Hubert Burnett, Sr. ^ (d. 4 Apr 1893) George Hubert Burnett, Jr. ^ (d. 9 Nov 1940) Henry Theron Burnett, ^ (d. 13 Aug 1935) Isaac Conklin Burnett, ^ (d. 28 May 1932) Frances Mary Jagger, ^ (d. 15 Apr 1924)
	#028.Carman — Joseph H. and Eliza H. Carman	Located		Joseph Henry Carman, Jr. ^ (d. 1921) Eliza Helme King, ^ (d. 22 Oct 1938)
	#028.Carman — Joseph H. and Gratia H. gravestone	Located		Joseph Howard Carman, ^ (d. 23 Apr 1976) Gratia H. [Carman] (d. 1966)
	#028.Carman — Samuel T. and Irene Carman gravestone	Located		Samuel T. Carman, ^ (d. 1919) Irene A. Petty (d. 1951)
	#028.Carman: Abigail (Ketcham) Carman gravestone	Located	Carman	Abigail Ketcham, ^ (d. 30 Aug 1894)
	#028.Carman: Joseph H. Carman (Sr.) gravestone	Located	Carman	Joseph Henry Carman, Sr. ^ (d. 13 Jan 1894)
	#028.Cooper01.1. — Rev. William H. Cooper monument In addition to a small marker stone for Rev. Cooper, there also are marker stones for his daughter Emma and his wife Mary.	Located		Rev. William H. Cooper, D.D. †^ (d. 24 Feb 1880)
	#028.Cooper01.2. — Rev. William H. Cooper Monument	Located		Rev. William H. Cooper, D.D. †^ (d. 24 Feb 1880)
	#028.Cooper02. — William H. Cooper stone marker	Located		Rev. William H. Cooper, D.D. †^ (d. 24 Feb 1880)
	#028.Cooper03. — Emma Cooper marker stone ... at the Rev. William H. Cooper plot	Located		Emma Josephine Cooper, ^ (d. 22 Jan 1895)
	#028.Cooper04. — Mary T. Cooper gravestone	Located		Mary Thompson, ^ (d. 24 Aug 1903)
	#028.Cooper05. — E. Thompson Cooper incription on the Civil War Monument	Located		Elias Thompson Cooper, ^ (d. 6 Jun 1864)
	#028.Dominy: J. Kellogg Dominy gravestone. .. another gravestone inscribed with J. Kellogg Dominy's name, along with his wife Mary I. Reeve, may be found at the Oaklawn cemetery, Brookhaven, NY (see family above). However, records of the Oaklawn cemetery give no indication that he was interred there.	Located		Jeremiah Kellogg Dominy, ^ (d. Nov 1969)
	#028.Gildersleeve. Benjamin Gildersleeve and Mary Mills Gildersleeve	Located	Lot 157	Family: Benjamin Gildersleeve, ^ / Mary Mills, ^
	#028.Hawkins — G. Kenneth and Adrian Hawkins gravestone	Located		George Kenneth Hawkins, < (d. 1986) Adriana Marie Mol (d. 1995)
	#028.Hawkins — George L. Hawkins gravestone	Located		George Lewis Hawkins, ^ (d. 28 Feb 1928)
	#028.Hawkins — Wm Sidney Hawkins gravestone	Located		William Sidney Hawkins, ^ (d. 16 Jan 1924)
	#028.Homan: Charles Homan gravestone	Located	Homan	Charles Homan, < (d. 20 Apr 1888)
	#028.Homan: Clarissa L. Homan .. wife of Charles Homan	Located	Homan	Clarissa Lovett (d. 2 Feb 1906)
	#028.Hubert01 — Philip Arthur Hubert	Located		Philip Arthur Hubert, ^ (d. 14 Mar 1969)
	#028.Hubert02 — Helen Marion Post	Located		Helen Marion Post, ^ (d. 28 Dec 1973)
	#028.Hubert03 — Louise Hubert Guptill	Located		Louise Post Hubert, ^ (d. 1980)
	#028.Hubert04 — Anne Hubert Carey	Located		Anne Post Hubert, ^ (d. 1983)
	#028.Hubert05 — Curtis Knowles Jones	Located		Rev. Dr. Curtis Knowles Jones, † (d. 6 Jan 1989)
	#028.Ketcham — Catherine M. Ketcham gravestone .. her gravestone does not record a death date, except that it occurred after 1900.	Located		Catherine M. Ketcham, ^ (d. Aft 1900)
	#028.Ketcham00 — Ketcham Family obelisk .. contains memorial inscriptions for Capt. Isaac Ketcham and his wife Nancy Overton; their son Timothy, daughter Eliza, son Isaac, daughter Pheobe and her husband Amos H. Brewster. It is said that the obelisk was erected when the family cemetery on the Ketcham farm in Brookhaven Hamlet was abandoned. The memorial inscriptions at that cemetery were copied to this obelisk.	Located		Amos H. Brewster (d. 1909) Eliza M. Ketcham, ^ (d. 31 May 1889) Capt. Isaac Ketcham, ^ (d. 6 Nov 1848) Isaac S. Ketcham, ^ (d. 22 Jan 1861) Pheobe Ruth Ketcham, ^ (d. 1909) Timothy Ketcham, ^ (d. 14 Mar 1888) Nancy Overton, ^ (d. 23 Feb 1882)
	#028.Ketcham01 — Ketcham Obelisk, west face .. Captain Isaac Ketcham and his wife Nancy Overton	Located		Capt. Isaac Ketcham, ^ (d. 6 Nov 1848) Nancy Overton, ^ (d. 23 Feb 1882)
	#028.Ketcham02 — Obelisk, north face .. memorials to Timothy Ketcham and Eliza Ketcham.	Located		Eliza M. Ketcham, ^ (d. 31 May 1889) Timothy Ketcham, ^ (d. 14 Mar 1888)
	#028.Ketcham03 — Obelisk, east face .. memorials for Pheobe Brewster and Amos H. Brewster	Located		Amos H. Brewster (d. 1909) Pheobe Ruth Ketcham, ^ (d. 1909)
	#028.Ketcham04 — Obelisk south face .. memorial for Isaac Ketcham.	Located		Isaac S. Ketcham, ^ (d. 22 Jan 1861)
	#028.King — Emma L (Swezey) King gravestone .. wife of William B. King	Located		Emma L. Swezey, ^ (d. 14 Aug 1892)
	#028.Lyons. Elizabeth Jeannette McCutcheon Lyons gravestone .. Elizabeth Jeannette (Jan) was the wife of Robert H. Lyons, Jr. Robert is interred at the Oaklawn cemetery in Brookhaven hamlet, NY.	Located	Lyons	Elizabeth Jeannette McCutcheon, ^ (d. 20 Jul 1994)
	#028.Petty — Capt. Henry C. Petty memorial stone. .. since he was lost at sea, this is probably just a memorial stone without an interment.	Located		Capt. Henry C. Petty, ^ (d. 20 Dec 1888)
	#028.Post — Elizabeth Raynor Post ... wife of Hiram Post	Located		Elizabeth Raynor (d. 8 Feb 1871)
	#028.Post — Hiram Post	Located		Hiram Post, ^ (d. 5 May 1887)
	#028.Post — John and Jane B. Post	Located		Jane Fanning Brown (d. 3 Jan 1881) John Post, ^ (d. 31 Mar 1875)
	#028.Post — John Post	Located		John Post, Jr. (d. 1799)
	#028.Post — Nathan & Jane Post	Located		Nathan Post, < (d. 15 Oct 1868) Jane [Post] (d. 1 Dec 1893)
	#028.Post01 — Caleb Post	Located		Caleb Post, †^ (d. 15 Sep 1872)
	#028.Post02 — Mary, wife of Caleb Post	Located		Mary Smith, †^ (d. 5 Dec 1869)

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