#B021 Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven Hamlet, Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town, NY, USA: Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets, Suffolk County, NY

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The Oaklawn Cemetery in Brookhaven is at the north end of Arthur Avenue, north of Montauk Highway. It resulted from a meeting of twelve residents, held at the home of Nathaniel Miller, on March 20, 1890. He and James H. Post gave six acres of land for a nonsectarian burial ground.

There had been a small Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery on the west side of Beaver Dam Road, across from the modern Bellport High School, then on the James H. Post estate. This cemetery was abandoned in the early 20th century, and most of the graves were disinterred and headstones moved to Oaklawn Cemetery by Post (a few, at the request of their families, were moved elsewhere).

Many old headstones, and perhaps remains, from other local family burying grounds were relocated in to the Oaklawn Cemetery, including a Rose family burying ground (apparently a.k.a. the Swezey cemetery) located near to the Brookhaven Free Library on Beaver Dam Road (at the northeast corner of Library Lane) and a Homan family burying ground in South Haven. These sites appear to have been largely maintained as separate plots at Oaklawn, perhaps as approximations of their original configurations.

This is still an active cemetery maintained by the Oaklawn Cemetery Association. Mailing Address: PO Box 415, Brookhaven, New York 11719. Phone: (631) 286-0204, John E. Barry.

The information on the interments at the Oaklawn cemetery is being completely revised with the assistance and encouragement of the Oaklawn Cemetery Association. Since most of the individuals interred in the Oaklawn cemetery have a strong associations with Brookhaven hamlet, it is our intention to incorporate most of these individual in the Hamlet People database to the extent that information becomes available. Since this is likely to take some time, the information on these pages and their associated linked pages will be updated as the work progresses.

The purpose of this project is two-fold:

To compare what is visually apparent at each lot with the records of the cemetery association, and in the process provide a photographic record of the plot. Throughout its over 100 year history, the cemetery's administrative records has been maintained by community volunteers. Inevitably, errors in these records creep in (although the results of the inventory work so far has shown a high degree of accuracy). Notations are being made to these records where errors and ambiguities are found.
To provide a "face" to the individuals in the cemetery, many of which are from families who have had a long association with the hamlets of Brookhaven and South Haven and are important to its history. The information on individuals and families interred at the cemetery is not intended to be an exhaustive genealogy report. It is mostly obtained through research of internet published records such as commercial genealogy web sites such as Ancestry.com, and online local newspapers, principally the Patchogue Advance. These sources are often sketchy and incomplete, and relationships are sometimes inferred (and therefore may be incorrect). Information from family members and knowledgeable associates is encouraged. Please contact us.

This cemetery has Historic Sites Reference ID Br01.3-S and is #21 on the Town of Brookhaven Historian's master inventory of cemeteries. Gravesites in this listing are first identified by cemetery (#21), then by lot number and a family name (e.g., "#021.001.Corson:" means cemetery 21, lot 1, Corson family site).

Each identified gravesite has a link to a datasheet containing research facts on the individual(s). In some cases, Oaklawn cemetery records indicate that a person was interred at a site, but no grave marker could be found. These are identified with aicon. In other cases, a monument was found, but the records of the cemetery association do not indicate that the person, either as a body or cremated remains, were actually interred on the site (these instances are often memorial monuments.)

Click Here For Downloadable Oaklawn Cemetery Maps (includes site and lot location maps)

Description revised: 29 August 2013

Latitude: 40.7823 , Longitude: -72.9282

Headstones

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Description	Status	Location	Name (Died/Buried)
#021.011.Reeve00: Reeve family plot .. looking easterly. In addition to the interments documented here, records of the Oaklawn cemetery association indicate that there were three other interments of unknown names at the site.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve
#021.011.Reeve01. Mary L. and John D. Reeve gravestone. .. Mary was John D. Reeve's third wife.	Located	011. John & F.P. reeve	Family: John D. Reeve, ^ / Mary Louisa [Reeve], ^
#021.011.Reeve02: Ann Marie Reeve gravestone .. she was John D. Reeve's first wife. Since Oaklawn cemetery was not established until 1890, she would have first been interred elsewhere, most likely the small now defunct Methodist Cemetery from which many bodies were disinterred and moved to Oaklawn.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Ann Marie [Reeve] (d. 24 Aug 1851)
#021.011.Reeve03: Henrietta Reeve gravestone .. Henrietta was John D. Reeve's 2nd wife. Since this cemetery was not established until 1890, she would have first been interred elsewhere, most likely the small now defunct Methodist Cemetery from which many bodies were disinterred and moved to Oaklawn.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Henrietta Ruland, ^ (d. 2 Mar 1860)
#021.011.Reeve04: John W. and Hattie P. Reeve gravestone	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Family: John William Reeve, ^ / Harriett P. [Reeve], ^
#021.011.Reeve05: Carrie E. Reeve gravestone .. Carrie was John W. Reeve's first wife.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Carrie E. [Reeve], ^ (d. 17 Feb 1894)
#021.011.Reeve06. Edwin Reeve gravestone	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Edwin Reeve, ^ (d. 1950)
#021.011.Reeve12: Alice Isabel Nahlik gravestone .. she may the "Allie, b. abt 1872, daughter of John D. and Mary Louisa Reeve, enumerated in the 1880 Federal census. This would explain her interment in the Reeve family plot adjacent to the monument of John D. and Mary Reeve. However, no collaborating evidence has been found.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Alice Isabel Nahlik, ^ (d. Oct 1968) Allie Reeve, ^ (d. Yes, date unknown)
#021.011.Reeve13: Andrew & Pearl Pearson gravestone .. The relationship of Andrew and Pearl Pearson to the Reeve family has not been determined.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Family: Andrew Pearson, ^ / Pearl L. [Pearson], ^
#021.011.Reeve14: Jennie A. Burges .. her relationship to the Reeve family has not been determined.	Located	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Jennie A. Burges, ^ (d. 1918)
#021.011.Reeve15. Richard Rider grave site .. While his interment in Lot 11 in 1956 is recorded in the records of the Oaklawn cemetery, no gravestone has been found. His relationship to the Reeve family has not been determined.	Unmarked	011. John & F.P. Reeve	Richard Rider, ^ (d. 1956)
#021.012.Raynor00: Raynor family plot	Located	012. H. Raynor
#021.012.Raynor01: Henry & Susan Raynor gravestone	Located	012. H. Raynor	Family: Henry Raynor, ^ / Susan [Raynor], ^
#021.012.Raynor02: Edward & Mary Barteau Raynor gravestone	Located	012. H. Raynor	Family: Edward B. Raynor, ^ / Mary Jane Barteau, ^
#021.012.Raynor03: David & Addie Raynor Squires gravestone .. Addie was Henry & Susan Raynor's daughter.	Located	012. H. Raynor	Family: David Squires, ^ / Addie J. Raynor, ^
#021.012.Raynor04: Margaret Everett gravestone .. while interred in the Henry Raynor plot at the Oaklawn cemetery, her relationship to the Raynor family has not been determined.	Located	012. H. Raynor	Margarett Everett, ^ (d. 1928)
#021.013.Cleaves00: Cleaves family plot	Located	013. Cleaves
#021.013.Cleaves00: Cleaves family plot monument.	Located	013. Cleaves
#021.013.Cleaves01: Isaac Cleaves gravestone	Located	013. Cleaves	Isaac Hewlett Cleaves, ^ (d. 12 Nov 1932)
#021.013.Cleaves02: Melinda Cleaves gravestone .. Melinda Carter Cleaves was Isaac Hewlett Cleaves' spouse, and a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Carter.	Located	013. Cleaves	Melinda Carter, ^ (d. 1919)
#021.013.Cleaves03: Dorothea Hoag gravestone .. Dorothea Cleaves Hoag was Isaac & Melinda Cleaves' granddaughter. To her right (south) is her mother's gravestone.	Located	013. Cleaves	Dorothea A. Cleaves, < (d. 1976)
#021.013.Cleaves04: Dorothea Cleaves gravestone .. Dorothea was Louis Rufert Cleaves' wife, and Isaac and Melinda Cleaves' daughter-in-law. Louis appears not to have been interred in this plot. Dorothea died about the time of her daughter's birth. Her daughter is interred immediately to her left (north).	Located	013. Cleaves	Dorothea [Cleaves], ^ (d. 1909)
#021.013.Cleaves05: Raymond Cleaves gravestone .. Raymond is a son of Isaac and Melinda Cleaves.	Located	013. Cleaves	Raymond Cleaves, ^ (d. 1939)
#021.013.Cleaves06. Daniel Carter gravestone. .. Daniel and Catherine Carter's daughter Melinda was the wife of Isaac Hewlett Cleaves.	Located	013. Cleaves	Daniel Carter, ^ (d. 5 Jul 1888)
#021.013.Cleaves07: Catherine Carter gravestone .. Daniel and Catherine Carter's daughter Melinda was the wife of Isaac Hewlett Cleaves.	Located	013. Cleaves	Catherine [Carter], ^ (d. 17 Nov 1887)
#021.014.Brown01: Ernest & Kitty (Catherine) Brown gravestone	Located	014. Brown	Family: Ernest Vernon Brown, ^ / Catherine Midner Norton, ^
#021.014.Brown02: Elizabeth Brown Bossler .. Elizabeth was a daughter of Ernest and Catherine (Kitty) Brown	Located	014. Brown	Elizabeth A. Brown, ^ (d. 2007)
#021.014.Brown03: Charles Bossler gravestone	Located	014. Brown	Charles L. Bossler (d. 17 Dec 1973)
#021.014.Brown04: Majorie Brown Haubold gravestone .. Majorie was a daughter of Ernest & Catherine (Kitty) Brown.	Located	004. Brown	Marjorie L. Brown, ^ (d. 7 Jun 2001)
#021.014.Brown05: Lucy, wife of George Ruland, gravestone .. Lucy's relationship to the Brown family has not yet been determined.	Located	014. Brown	Lucy A. [Ruland], ^ (d. 3 Aug 1898)
#021.014.Brown06: Russell O. and Alyce A. Brown .. the names, covered by shrubbery, read— Russell O., 1902-1989 — Alyce A., 1909-1971.	Located	Lot 014. Brown	Family: Russell O. Brown, ^ / Alyce Lee Austin, ^
#021.015.Reeve01: Forrest P. and Lillie M. Reeve gravestone .. Their daughter Mary I. Reeve married Jeremiah Dominy; her grave site is immediately to the left (east).	Located	015: L.M. & C.U. Reeve	Family: Forrest P. Reeve, ^ / Lillian M. Breckenridge, ^
#021.015.Reeve02: Charles V. Reeve gravestone	Located	015. L.M & C.U. Reeve	Charles Valentine Reeve, ^ (d. 14 Jun 1968)
#021.016.Dominy. J. Kellogg Dominy and his wife Mary I. Reeve .. While the gravestone is inscribed with Jeremiah Kellogg Dominy's name, his death date is missing. The records of the Oaklawn cemetery indicate only that Mary Reeve Dominy is interred in the lot; no interment for Jeremiah was recorded. Mary I. Reeve was Forrest & Lillie Reeve's daughter; Forrest and Lillie were interred in the plot to the right (west).	Located	016. Mary J. Dominy	Family: Jeremiah Kellogg Dominy, ^ / Mary Isobelle Reeve, ^
#021.017-018.Fraser01: Malcolm & Mary Aldrich Fraser gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Family: Charles Malcolm Fraser, ^ / Mary Austin Aldrich, ^
#021.017-018.Fraser02: Katherine Church Fraser gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Katherine Elizabeth Church, ^ (d. 6 Jan 1930)
#021.017-018.Fraser03: Alan Arthur gravestone .. he was the first husband of Ruby Ethelwin Fraser, sister of Malcolm Fraser	Located	017-018. Fraser	Alan Arthur (d. 6 Mar 1910)
#021.017-018.Fraser04. Frank A. & Phyllis Fraser Champlain gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Family: Francis Alexander (Frank) Champlain, ^ / Phyllis Fraser, ^
#021.017-018.Fraser05. Frank Malcolm Champlain gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Living
#021.017-018.Fraser05: Philip Fraser Champlain gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Philip Fraser Champlain, ^ (d. Jul 1987)
#021.017-018.Fraser06: Sarah Hannah Fraser nee Adams gravestone .. she was Malcolm Fraser's mother	Located	017-018. Fraser	Sarah Hannah Adams (d. 1923)
#021.017-018.Fraser07: William Lewis Fraser .. Malcolm Fraser's father	Located	017-018. Fraser	William Lewis Fraser (d. 16 Oct 1905)
#021.017-018.Fraser08: Jane Champlain gravestone	Located	017-018. Fraser	Jane [Champlain], ^ (d. 12 May 2001)
#021.017-018.Fraser09. Hugo Ernst Beer gravestone .. the relationship of the Beer family to the Fraser-Champlain families has not yet been determined.	Located	017-018. Fraser	Hugo Ernest Beer, ^ (d. Yes, date unknown)
#021.017-018.Fraser10: Caroline Beer gravestone .. the relationship of the Beer family to the Fraser-Champlain families has not yet been determined.	Located	017-018. Fraser	Caroline D. [Beer], ^ (d. 2 Jun 1961)
#021.019.Hawkins00: Hawkins plot .. this plot contains the graves of Charles M. and Mary A. Hawkins and their descendants. Charles and Mary had seven children, and all but one (Clifford) are interred here. (Clifford removed to Whitesboro, Oneida County, NY, where he practiced civil engineering.)	Located	019. C.M. Hawkins	Family: Charles Morris Hawkins, ^ / Mary Halsey Gordon, ^ Family: James Albert Hawkins, ^ / Alice Elizabeth Davis, ^ Family: Jesse Edmund Hawkins, ^ / Margaret Elizabeth Kane, ^ Family: Ernest Hawkins, ^ / Dorothy Oliver Lyons Clarence Elwin Hawkins, ^ (d. 6 Jun 1969) Harriet M. Hawkins, ^ (d. 9 Nov 1947) Morris R. Hawkins, ^ (d. Feb 1974)
#021.019.Hawkins01: Charles M. & Mary H. Hawkins gravestone		019. C. M. Hawkins	Family: Charles Morris Hawkins, ^ / Mary Halsey Gordon, ^
#021.019.Hawkins02: James A. & Alice Hawkins gravestone	Located	019. C. M. Hawkins	Family: James Albert Hawkins, ^ / Alice Elizabeth Davis, ^
#021.019.Hawkins03: Harriet M. Hawkins gravestone		019. C. M. Hawkins	Harriet M. Hawkins, ^ (d. 9 Nov 1947)
#021.019.Hawkins04: Clarence E. Hawkins gravestone	Located	019. C. M. Hawkins	Clarence Elwin Hawkins, ^ (d. 6 Jun 1969)

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