Tomlinson's Corner Cemetery is located on the south side of Boughton Hill Road about ½ mile east of the Mendon-Ionia Road in the Town of Mendon, New York. This list takes into account two previous lists of inscrptions. One list by Anah B. Yates was in the Honeoye Falls Times on March 31, 1921. The other list was made by Mary T. Douglas of the Irondequoit Chapter of the D. A. R. in November 1930. This list was compiled by Richard T. Halsey in August 1988 with corrections sent by Diane Ham, Mendon Historian, in 2005.
The following was in the Honeoye Falls Times on March 31, 1921:
At Tomlinson's Corners is a small burying ground containing 65 stones. Standing alone is an old field stone with the initials "M. Y." This old stone marks the grave of Brigham Young's first wife. It has been desecrated by relic hunters to such an extant that the letters are now nearly obliterated.
On what was known years ago as the Dunshee farm, in the south-east corner of the township there is a little range of hills that form a water shed for the creeks and brooks that flow into the larger streams that empty into Irondequoit Bay. Near the source of one of these streams is an opening formed like the letter V with the open end to the west, and at one end, covered now with willows, are 5 natural springs, that feed a brook that eventually reaches Irondequoit Creek. On this creek Brigham Young who came originally from Vermont, built a house and then a saw mill. He belonged to the Baptist Church before he joined the "Latter Day Saints" or Mormons, and the V on his farm with the opening towards the west, and the "living springs" were all regarded as "signs" after he became the successful conqueror of the Utah desert. He was a painter and glazier by trade and when the lumber business was dull he plied his trades and also manufactured chairs and baskets which he peddled thru the country.
Benjamin and Rufus Park, from Berkshire Co., Mass., purchased land from Wm. Wadsworth in 1793 and became actual settlers in 1794, and John Park before 1801. Amaziah Park made his will March 14, 1822 and his wife's name was Mary. His heirs mentioned in the will are "heirs of eldest daughter, deceased, viz, Amaziah, Alvin, Hannah, and Ruth (no surname given)." "My son Benjamin's heirs, viz: Amaziah, Thomas and Calvin. My sons John, Amaziah, daughters, Hannah, Molly and Jemima." There was a Lt. Amaziah Park in Col. Douglass' Co. who joined the American Army in the State of New York in 1776. (From Conn. Men in the Am. Rev.)
| ALLEN | Amarita, dau. of William; d June (7 or 20), 1824 aged 15y |
| BARRETT | Philander; d Oct. 29, 1814 aged 43y 6m 5d |
| CANFIELD | Joseph; d July 9, 1859 aged 59y |
| CHAMBERLIN | Malina, wife of P.; d May 27, 1844 aged 59y |
| CLAFFLIN | Dea. Belamy; d Feb. 17, 1837 aged 42y George S.; d Aug. (2 or 12), 1853 aged 60y Henrietta, wife of John; d Feb. 7, 1841 aged 83y |
| CLAFLIN | Henrietta, dau. of Belamy & Esther; d Nov. 27, 1828 aged 2y |
| CLAFFLIN | John; Cpl., Capt. Miller's Co., Col. Beard's Mass. Regt., Rev. War; b Apr. 8, 1754; d Mar. 17, 1822 aged 69y John Jr.; d Oct. 9, 1837 aged 52y |
| CULVER | George, son of Orace; d Oct. 13, 1836 in his 14th yr. |
| DAVIS | Lansing; d June 17, 1827 aged 35y [stone missing in 2004] |
| DeWOLF | Abigail, wife of Edward; d Oct. 21, 1821 in her 59th yr. Candria; d July 26, 1806 in her 11th yr. |
| DICKERSON | Lucy Ann, wife of Job L.; d July 22, 1837 aged 35y |
| DOLBEER | Cutter; d Sept. 10, 1846 aged 77y 6m Eli; d Apr. 29, 1859 aged 59y 10m 26d Hellen Jemima, dau. of Charles & Bulah Ann; d Apr. 30, 1849 aged 1y 22d infant dau. of John & Polly; d Apr. 1807 Jemima, wife of Cutter; d Apr. 12, 1846 aged 72y 7m John; d Nov. 7, 1838 in his 73rd yr. John C., son of Eli & Laura; ; d Jan. 25, 1829 aged 1y 6m Polly, wife of John; d Nov. 4, 1825 in her 55th yr. Polly, dau. of John & Polly; d 1827 aged 20y |
| ELDRED | Phebe Southard, wife of Isaac G.; d Jan. (3 or 13), 1871 |
| FOOT | Daniel L.; d Aug. 17, 1853 aged 62y 6m |
| GREER | Charlotte M., wife of George; d June 20, 1878 aged 57y 1m 21d George; father; d Nov. 28, 1878 aged 56y 1m 20d John; d Apr. 6, 1858 aged 65y |
| HUMMEL | Liza; d Mar. 7, 1885 aged 11y |
| KIMBALL | Anna, consort of Solomon F.; d Feb. 25, 1825 aged 51y Charles S.; d Jan. 16, 1830 aged 36y Judith P., consort of Charles S. and dau. of James MARVIN; d June 20, 1824 aged 24y Lydia, infant dau. of Charles & Judith; d Jan. 20, 1822 Ruel Marvin, infant son of Charles & Judith; d in 1822 Solomon F.; d July 9, 1825 in his 51st yr. Also a new stone that says father of Heber C. and great-grandfather of Spencer W. KIMBALL, the 12th President of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| KNAPP | Betsey, wife of Amos and formerly wife of Lansing DAVIS; d May 15, 18** |
| MARLATT | Margaret, wife of Michael; d July 17, 1842 aged 78y 2m Michael; d July 4, 1837 aged 78y 15d |
| McCANN | Ann, wife of Peter; d June 2, 1840 Peter; d Oct. 15, 1857 aged 56y |
| PARK | Abner M., son of John & Mary; d July 4, 1819 in his 4th yr. Amaziah; d May 10, 1824 in his 86th yr. Amos D., son of Thomas & Almira; d Mar. 19, 1851 aged 2y Benjamin; d Jan. 16, 1810 in his 44th yr. Charlotte, dau. of John & Experience; d Aug. 20, 1815 in her 13th yr. Esther Smith, 3rd wife of Capt. John; d Feb. 15, 1855 aged 69y Esther S., dau. of John & Experience; d June 8, 1836 aged 8y 13d Experience W., 1st wife of Capt. John; d Apr. 5, 1813 in her 32nd yr. Hannah, wife of Amaziah; d Jan. 10, 1811 in her 79th yr. infant dau. of John & Esther; d Mar. 14, 1823 Capt. John; War of 1812; d Feb. 26, 1861 aged 84y Mary M., 2nd wife of Capt. John; d June 17, 1821 in her 35th yr. Polly, dau. of John & Experience; d Dec. 2, 1805 aged 11m Polly S., dau. of John & Experience; d June 12, 1810 aged 3y 7m Samuel, son of John & Mary; d July 2, 1819 aged 14m twin dau. of John & Esther; d Nov. 2, 1821 |
| REED | Mercy, wife of Thomas and formerly wife of Benjamin PARK; d Jan. 28, 1838 in her 53rd yr. Thomas; d Aug. 21, 1855 aged 51 William; d Feb. 2, 1825 aged 86y |
| ST. JOHN | Ann, wife of Frost; d June 20, 1847 aged 34y 6m 8d |
| SHULTERS | Jacob; d Apr. 1, 1863 aged 90y 9m 17d Maria, wife of Jacob; d 1850 aged 23y Sarah, wife of Jacob; d Mar. 27, 1853 aged 66y |
| STIMSON | Olive, 2nd wife of Stutley B.; [dates buried] Polly. 1st wife of Stutley B.; [dates buried] |
| TOMLINSON | George, son of John E. & Martha; d June 9, 1825 aged 1y John E.; d Mar. 29, 1845 aged 52y M. Euretta, dau. of Edwin H. & Mary; d Apr. 17, 1852 aged 10m Maria, wife of John E.; mother; Aug. 15, 1802 - Aug. 15, 1875 |
| WILLIAMS | Dan; d Sept. 9, 1824 aged 58y Lydia, wife of Nathaniel; [erected by her son Joseph]; d Feb. 28, 1818 aged 74y Nathaniel; [erected by his son Joseph]; d Apr. 7, 1814 aged 72y Seth; d Apr. 10, 1828 in his 45th yr. |
| WILSON | William; Co. H, 140th NY Vol.; d Apr. 14, 1888 aged 65y |
| YOUNG | Miriam Works, 1st wife of Brigham; b June 7, 1806, Aurelius, NY; d Sept. 8, 1832, Mendon, NY; This stone placed by Genevieve Curtis, great-granddaughter, and her husband Alexander R. Curtis in Sept. 1948. |
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