Charlotte & William Benjamin

Louis Livermore

Albert Allen

Third and Final Work Party - Restored to their upright position were the stones of Louis. Livermore (wife of Solomon Livermore), Albert Allen, and Charlotte & William Benjamin.

Fall Arrives at Muskalonge Cemetery.

For our third and final work party of 2012, there was much yet to do. We will include the photos in another post. We appreciate your continued support, and will continue work efforts in 2013, primarily, the placement of military headstones for those veterans whose stones are currently broken. Please check back in the spring for details. You may view those interred at this cemetery on Find A Grave, posted by our representative for your convenience. Thank you for your financial support! Your Friends at Muskalonge Cemetery!

Lucy & Samuel Wilder stones are restored to their upright positions
during the September 29th work party.

2012 Fall Restoration Efforts Continue

If you are interested in helping, and to find out more about scheduled work parties, contact Beverly at beverlyk@twcny.rr.com.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Check out our Maple Syrup Fundraiser produced by W.E. Allen, Beaver Falls NY (also see our previous post).


USES: Great on blueberry pancakes. Use in place of table sugar as a sweetener (great for tea and coffee), pour some on oatmeal (along with walnuts and raisins), add to cooked sweet potatoes (with cinnamon), use as a glaze for ham (along with brown sugar), or spread over top of peanut butter and sliced bananas on whole wheat toast. Yum!

Regardless of how you enjoy this tasty treat, we hope you will purchase maple syrup be W.E. Allen to help support our Muskalonge Cemetery restoration effort. Call Warren directly: 315-486-3919.

Thank you, in advance!

The Friends of Muskalonge Cemetery are selling Maple Syrup as a Fundraiser toward our restoration efforts.

Syrup is available in 3 oz, 8 oz (1/2 pint), 16 oz (pint) and quart containers. Visit any of the following locations to buy Maple Syrup to help support our cause: Calla Lillies & Country Mart (Sackets Harbor); Doxtater's Bakery (Pamelia) and Food Co-op (Clayton).

You may also call Warren Allen directly: 315-486-3919. Thank you for your support!

Muscalonge Cemetery Burial Grounds
Located on Evans Road, Hounsfield NY
Photo taken on Sat., May 26, 2012.

The original Muskallonge Burial Ground Association of Hounsfield (now dissolved) was formed March 31, 1849 with Frederick M. Livermore, Samuel Wilder, Thomas W. Warren, Richard Hooper, John Hunt, Chauncey Smith, trustees [a history of Jefferson County, by Franklin Benjamin Hough]. Most of these same men are interred at Muskalonge Cemetery (Chauncey Smith was not located therein).

The Jefferson County New York Genealogical Society (JCNYGS) will be publishing an article on Muskalonge Cemetery's eighteen (18) War of 1812 Veterans in their next issue of "The Informer". If you don't subscribe, you may do so by sending $15 to:

JCNYGS
PO Box 6453
Watertown, NY 13601

Veterans Memorial is underway at
Muskalonge Cemetery, thanks to donations
by the LeRay de Chaumont Chapter,
DAR, Watertown, NY

A huge thank you to the LeRay de Chaumont Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, for their donation to Muskalonge Cemetery today (we finally have a "red, white and blue" to honor our veterans). Last year that chapter donated the bench. 

Likewise, we would like to thank the Sackets Harbor American legion for the donation of flags for each veteran's grave, and HarborSide Services for the donation of flowers for each veteran's grave.

Also, thank you for the hard work of our Friends of Muskalonge Cemetery group for their efforts and commitment these last two years restoring these hallowed grounds after the cemetery was vandalized. How beautiful it looked today when everyone arrived to prepare the grounds for the Memorial Day Services on Monday.

Thank you to each of you.

Thank you to the following people and organizations for their donations toward the restoration effort taking place at Muskalonge Cemetery: Watertown Savings Bank, Warren & Eleanor Allen, Davis Family, HarborSide Services - Websites & Marketing, Wal-Mart, Sackets Harbor American Legion, LeRay de Chaumont Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Caryl Martin and Kurt Alverson . These contributions have allowed us to continue the restoration efforts at Muskalonge Cemetery.

In addition to cement for bases, plaque and other costs to recognize veterans buried at Muskalonge (a veterans memorial), we will also begin collecting quotes for signage, which the cemetery desperately needs.

Any financial assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated. Donations are payable to:

Town of Hounsfield 

Mail to:
c/o Friends of Muskalonge cemetery

18774 County Route 66, Salt Point Road, Watertown, N.Y. 13601 

Thank you, in advance, for your contribution.

How many veterans are buried at Muskalonge? Research still continues, but at the present time we show seven (7) Revolutionary War patriots; eighteen (18) War of 1812 soldiers (roughly four of these 18 men were also included in our count for having served during the Revolutionary War); three (3) Civil War;  two (2) WWI; and two (2) WWII veterans. We also have one (1) veteran who did not serve during any war.

Our representative has worked diligently (having researched over several winters and coordinated a list of names with those on the www.nnygenealogy.com site ) to include known interred at Muskalonge on the Find A Grave website, at this link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=65397.

We Invite You To Join Us In 2012...
Goals include:  Veterans Memorial, finish front part of the cemetery, place several new veteran stones, and one non-veteran stone, people in the community to sponsor a grave (and care for it) throughout the Bicentennial Commemorative Years.

Consider getting involved!

CAPTION: Memorial Day Services Held in 2011.

Memorial Day Ceremonies are planned at Muskalonge Cemetery, Monday May 28th, Between 9:00-9:30 a.m.

9:30 Work Party, Sat., May 26th. Muskalonge Cemetery.
Bring your own yard tools if you like. Refreshments will be on hand.

Come join us at Muskalonge Cemetery for a few hours policing, raking, planting, etc. Hope to see you there!

Friends of Muskalonge Cemetery invite you to join us in 2012 as restoration efforts continue.

First Work Party of 2012: Saturday, May 26th. Beautification Day in preparation of Memorial Day Services at Muskalonge Cemetery (scheduled for Monday, May 28th).