Bryant Hill Cemetery

Cattaraugus County, Ellicotville, New York

Compiled in August, 1974 by L.V. Siggelkow

Contributed by Mary Bryant

(Compiled to html on May 2, 2000)

1. Louisa F. (Possibly the daughter of Samuel Bryant. Louisa F. Bryant married Cooley Williams. She died about 1845).

2. Lovisa Litchfield, daughter of Levi and Nancy Litchfield. "Entered the spirit world Mar. 1 1833, in the third year of her life"

3. Elisha Litchfield d. Dec. 22, 1831, in the 23rd year of his life

4. Eliza McKinley, wife of James, d. Oct. 7, 1874, age 52 years.

5. Mary Jane McKinley, d. Feb. 7, 1865, age 1 year,11 mos. 8 days. Daughter of James and Eliza McKinley.

6. Samuel S Bryant b. Sept. 29, 1802 d. Jan. 26, 1865. Paulina S Bryant b. Feb.26, 1817 d. Feb. 23, 1867.

7. Margret

8. Samuel Bryant d. April 17,1853 Age 73 yrs., 12 ds.

9. Anna Bryant, Wife of Samuel Bryant, d. June 29, 1868.

10. Samuel A Bryant, Son of Anna & Samuel Bryant d. May 19, 1843, Age 29 yrs., 2 mos.

11. Mary Ann Kingsley, Wife of Nathan Kingsley, d. Dec. 30, 1854

12. Royal T. Bryant, son of Samuel & Anna Bryant. D. Sept. 10, 1844 Age 21 yrs., 2 mos., 10 ds.

13. Hiram G. Bryant b. 1830 d. 1901

14. Janette H. Bryant b. 1833 d. 1869 Wife of Hiram

15. Eva Bixby, Wife of Frank K. Bixby d. July 16, 1834, Age 25 yrs., 8 mos., 14 ds. (Daughter of Hiram and Janette Bryant)

16. Samuel Williams, Died Nov. 27, 1811

17. Aurelia Williams, Daughter of Elisha & Eliza Williams, d. Oct. 5, 1845 Age 7 Days.

18. Eliza Williams, Wife of Elisha Williams d. Nov. 2, 1852...34 yrs., 5 mos., 7 ds.

19. Angeline French, Wife of Abel French, daughter of Justin and Margaret Rust, d May 8, 1828, age 21 yrs.

"My flesh shall slumber in the ground

Till the last trumpets sound

Then burst the chains with sweet surprise(sic)

And in my Savior's image rise"

20. Justin Rust, Son of Margaret and Justin Rust, d. March 26, 1824, 20th year of his age.

21. Margaret Rust, Wife of Justin d. July 28, 1831 in the 61st year of her age.

"Adieu my friends and kindred dear

My sleeping dust lies mouldering here

My spirit gone to the worlds above

To sing free grace and dying love"

22. Hervey S Kingsley d. June 2, 1811 Age 21 yr. 2 mo.

23. Elisha Kingsley

24. Sarah, Wife of Quartus Rust d. May 10, 1884, Age 88 yrs., 7 mos., 3 da

25. Quartus Rust d. Sept. 4, 1870 Age 79 yrs., 11 mos., 3 ds.

26. Angeline, Daughter of Quartus and Martha Rust d. July 12, 1842 Age 12 yrs., 10 mos., 4 ds.

27. Elmira Rust b. May 29 1824 d. May 29, 1824 Edgar Rust b. March 20, 1828 d. Apr. 2 1828 Anne Rust b. Jan 20, 1830 d. Apr. 22, 1842 Stedman Rust b. July 27, 1836 d. Apr 28 1842 Shepard D. Rust b. June 22, 1838 d. Feb children of Daviv and Huldah Rust

28. Martha Rust, Wife of Quartus d. Jan 18, 1846 Aged 55 yrs., 8 mos.

29. Mary A. Wife of Howland Washburne d. Nov. 13, 1871 Aged 48 yrs., 9 mos., 38 ds.

30. John Rust d April 26, 1872 Age 51 yrs., 1 mo., 10 ds.

31. David Rust d. July 13, 1838 Age 42 yrs., 8 mos., 7 ds.

32. Sarepta Drown, Wife of Peter Drown, d. June 15, 1859 Age 54 yrs., 3 mos.

33. Peter Drown d. March 11, 1875 Age 83 yrs., 26 ds.

"Blest are the dead the Savior said

Who in the Lord should die

And promised them he would prepare

Their mansions in the sky"

34.Staunton Died Oct. 13, 1844 Henry M. Son of E.W. and E.G. Staunton. Aged 2 mos., 4 ds. (Stone moved from former

Staunton residence in Village of Ellicotville at request.)

35. Hervey S. Kingsley

36. Nathaniel Bryant d. Nov. 17, 1832 Age 63 "Death is a debt to nature due

I've paid that debt and so must you"

37. Elizabeth Bryant d. Sept 6, 1839 Age 69 yrs.

38. Lydia Bryant, Daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bryant, d. Aug. 11, 1850

39. James Todd son of Lyman and Sarah Todd

40. Barbara Walker d. Mar. 7, 1859, Erected by her grandson, Volney Batts

"While death with impartial fate

Knocks at the palace imperial gate

The blessed hand of the crucified God

Shall wipe tears from all faces under the sod"

41-42. There are distinct evidences of graves without markers. These are identified as the graves of Collin, and Rachel Amanda

Batts (and Barbara Walker{40}, mother of Amanda.

Collins Batt b. Mar. 9, 1806 d. Mar. 13, 1876

Rachel Amanda Batt b. April 1810, d. April 19, 1888

William Batts, (son of Volney and Mary Ann (Drown) Batts)visited the Bryant Hill Cemetery in 1908.

He wrote that Peter and

Sarepta Drown, Collins and Amanda Batt, and Barbara Walker, " the stones standing and all in good condition", lay in the same lot