Merrill Cemetery

Bellmont, Franklin County, New York

• This cemetery was first transcribed by H. McLellan, June 15, 1946. Thanks to Wayne Miller, Librarian at Special Collections, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York for access to McLellan's Cemetery Collection.
• It was verified and photographed by Joyce M. Ranieri August 23, 2000
• For further information on the Merrill family, please refer to an article by Steve Morrison entitled "The Merrill Family Cemetery, Chateaugay Lake, New York" which was printed in the Franklin Historical Review, Volume 13 (1976), pages 34-40.

S. Matteson photo taken July 2023. T. McKay, S. Matteson, and S. Morrison, direct descendants
of Paul and Hannah Merrill, cleaned the cemetery grounds, cleaned and reset the stones, and planted the new sign.

MERRILL
Paul MERRILL   Died March 3, 1877  Aged 81 years.
Ah me! And is my time past;
And have my days gone thus fast;
Alas! When these lines you read
See! You are coming with speed.

MERRILL
Hannah   Wife of PAUL MERRILL  Died Dec. 29, 1871  Aged 79 years
Friendship and love we all should seek
Love and friendship we all may keep
May they be in your possession
Within and out your habitation.

MERRILL
Joseph   Son of R. (or P?) & H. MERRILL  Died 22 Feb. 1826
Aged 2 mo’s & 13 days
In my mother’s kind care,
I with joy stay’d awhile;
My saviour design’d
for me there
I met him with a smile.

MERRILL
FATHER
Gone but not forgotten
John W. MERRILL   Born Apr. 24, 1832  Died Feb. 14, 1905

MERRILL
Lydia A.   Wife of J. W. MERRILL  Died Jan. 15, 1886  AE 53 Y’RS.
Meet me on the other shore.

MERRILL
MOTHER
Mary PARMETER   WIFE OF J. W. MERRILL   Died Mar. 19, 1908   AE 68 Y’RS.

MERILL
Hercules   Son of J.W. & L. A. MERILL  Died Mar. 14, 1866  Aged 4 mo’s & 4 d’s.
Sleep sweet one.

MERRILL
Little Etta   Died Jan. 10, 1871  AE 7 Y’s. 7 M’s. & 20 D’s.
Suffer little children to come
unto me and forbid them not for
of such is the Kingdom of Heven. [sic]