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Sage-Knapp Cemetery

Sage-Knapp Cemetery

The Sage-Knapp Cemetery is located on the east side of Clarkson Parma Townline Road, on land once owned by Jonas Knapp. The area at the intersection of Clarkson Parma Townline Road, Parma Center, and Ireland Road was known as Knapp’s Corners. The cemetery is named after both the Sage and Knapp families that resided in the area, and are many of the residents buried within the cemetery. Burials took place in the cemetery between approximately 1823 and 1932.


Residents

Eppenetus W. Abbey (~1829 – July 21, 1867)

Jane Ann Abbey (1802 – August 31, 1857)

Rawson Abbey (July 12, 1798 – January 14, 1865)

Abigail Bender (April 5, 1830 – February 16, 1854)

Hastings R. Bender (September 23, 1781 – November 10, 1856)

Sophia Miller Bender (April 8, 1799 – July 4, 1846)

Pvt. James Billings III (October 11, 1751 – November 1829)

Nancy Gillis Billings (March 5, 1785 – November 26, 1854)

Thomas C. Billings (September 18, 1829 – March 21, 1844)

Walter Billings (July 3, 1784 – January 7, 1857)

Amanda Bradley (May 16, 1845 – September 3, 1845)

Amelia Bradley (unknown – September 1, 1845)

Catherine Brower (September 16, 1802 – October 16, 1854)

Alfred Burch (~1809 – November 7, 1876)

Ann Aliza Merritt Burch (May 7, 1815 – October 9, 1854)

Laura Burch (December 1833 – May 2, 1857)

Phebe Jane Burch (January 26, 1835 – September 3, 1856)

Jacob Bussart (~1787 – October 15, 1859)

Marvin Clark (September 30, 1803 – December 15, 1882)

Mercy R. Clark (April 1776 – November 9, 1859)

Rebecca VanAuken Clark (October 17, 1803 – May 13, 1863)

Ann Eliza Cox (~1775 – March 6, 1848)

David C. Demarest (February 23, 182 – October 23, 1884)

Jacob Demarest (November 25, 1805 – September 9, 1880)

Jane Demarest (November 18, 1800 – December 8, 1875)

Martha Eckerson Demarest (May 21, 1808 – May 11, 1861)

Mary Brower Demarest (May 31, 1773 – February 21, 1860)

William T. Gavett (~1830 – January 7, 1843)

Fanny Knapp Gould (~1797 – July 18, 1830)

John Wesley Gould (November 19, 1827 – October 20, 1832)

Sophia Bender Grosvenor (November 30, 1825 – April 10, 1852)

John N. Haner (February 26, 1775 – March 30, 1853)

Rebecca Simon Haner (April 17, 1780 – August 2, 1854)

Eleanor Kanouse Hiler (October 17, 1799 – June 17, 1878)

John N. Hiler (August 20, 1790 – December 19, 1872)

Nancy Sage Pier Hiler (February 20, 1832 – December 22, 1932)

Abigail Knapp (~1792 – January 15, 1836)

Betsey Ann Wood Knapp (April 20, 1809 – April 4, 1853)

Jonas Knapp (August 1799 – June 17, 1874)

Julia Ann Knapp (~1807 – February 6, 1831)

Lovira Knapp (~1839 – April 9, 1853)

Mary W. Knapp (~1805 – February 9, 1880)

Nancy Knapp (~1809 – October 5, 1840)

Reuben Knapp (June 13, 1773 – October 30, 1853)

Elizabeth Johnson Knowlton (April 30, 1781 – September 20, 1865)

Joseph Knowlton (January 15, 1771 – April 10, 1823)

Dr. William Lamson (January 12, 1795 – March 2, 1868)

William H. Loughrey (1850 – September 2, 1852)

Margaret Merritt (unknown – January 7, 1845)

Prudence Ketchum Merritt (~1793 – November 1869)

Stephen Merritt (July 28, 1771 – May 25, 1857)

Polly Pier Munger (~1827 – September 30, 1850)

Clarisa H. Munroe (March 10, 1828 – September 17, 1854)

Margaret Bush Munroe (November 17, 1795 – February 17, 1857)

Sarah Cordelia Munroe (May 3, 1821 – April 3, 1823)

Stephen A. Munroe (December 15, 1781 – November 15, 1869)

Susan Hicks Munroe (May 20, 1783 – July 23, 1823)

Augusta Pier (August 2, 1865 – February 9, 1870)

Catherine Pier (~1825 – November 7, 1851)

Ellen Brower Pier (~1792 – 1876)

James Pier (~1831 – February 18, 1873)

Joseph A. Pier (~1818 – April 22, 1840)

Martha Pier (~1815- January 15, 1845)

John W. Rall (unknown)

Charles Roberts (~ 1815 – September 3, 1851)

Clarence Sage (November 8, 1886 – June 29, 1897)

Hannah L. Pratt Sage (January 20, 1843 – October 16, 1918)

Hiram M. Sage (August 18, 1837 – September 1922)

Polly (Mary) Pier Sigler (~1779 – December 2, 1838)

Sarah Elizabeth Hiler Smith (June 6, 1829 – June 21, 1855)

George W. Tompkins (September 7, 1870 – March 25, 1871)

William Tompkins (April 4, 1790 – December 10, 1870)

William H. Tompkins (~1849 – September 1, 1852)

William L. Tompkins (December 17, 1817 – July 1, 1871)

Jane Tuttle (~1766 – October 4, 1848)

James Van Auken (~1802 – June 4, 1838)

John Van Auken (~1816 – November 26, 1843)

Kelsey Van Auken (February 17, 1816 – June 12, 1838)

Martha McMath Van Auken (January 31, 1772 – July 31, 1838)

Martha J. Van Auken (July 1843 – May 28, 1844)

Susan A. Van Auken (January 14, 1849 – December 23, 1851)

Mercy R. Clark Vanderbeck (unknown)

Anna Bennett Wellman (September 24, 1788 – June 8, 1860)

Emily J. Wellman (~1820 – August 4, 1851)

Jacob Henry Wellman (April 24, 1844 – March 24, 1862)

Nancy Wellman (~1796 – September 24, 1851)

Oliver Wellman (March 29, 1785 – June 20, 1850)

Timothy D. Wellman (October 14, 1841 – November 6, 1844)

Anna Cole Wood (September 25, 1778 – January 7, 1860)

Benjamin Wood (April 15, 1774 – November 3, 1848)

Franklin Wood (February 14, 1814 – April 9, 1845)

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