Tompkins Co., NYGenWeb - Lanterman Family

Lanterman Family Cemetery

Also known as: Starner Farm Cemetery and Private Cemetery of East Lansing

This burial site is located on a knoll in a pasture on the Starner Farm on Van Ostrand Road. (private property)
Approximately one mile north of East Lansing and between Munson and Goodman Roads on the east side of Van Ostrand Road.
Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, NY.
Cemetery is inactive.

Map (Tax Map, off-site from Tompkins Co. Gov)

Headstone inscriptions copied by S. Haring & Isabelle Parish on May 11, 1953. "We found only 4 stones. We are told there were more graves of their children, perhaps 15 in all with a wire fence around. A hired man named Hogg, was buried outside of the fence".
This record is as complete as possible at this time.

(larger photo)

Please use Notes as a guide only!

Surname	Given Name(s)/Relationship	Date(s)/Age
Lanterman	John A Soldier of the Revolution	d. 1813, ae 72y
Lanterman	Mary, w/o John Lanterman	d. 1836, ae 88y
Lanterman	George, son	d. 1849, ae 59y
Lanterman	Sally, w/o George Lanterman	d. 1878, ae 85y
Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions indicates:
Howser	Minerva, w/o Samuel Howser	d. Feb. 10, 1850, ae 28y
Lanterman	John	d. Oct. 15, 1813, ae 72y
Lanterman	Mary, w/o John Lanterman	d. Jan. 25, 1836, ae 89y
Lanterman	George S.	d. July 23, 1849, ae 59y
Lanterman	Sally, w/o George S. Lanterman	d. Mar. 4, 1878, ae 85y 7m
A search of the LDS records and the DAR Patriot Index found John Lanterman, b. March 16, 1741 in New Jersey to Johan Peter Lanterman and Elizabeth Peterson, d. October 15, 1813 in East Lansing New York. John Lanterman married first Susannah Weybrandt and second, Mary Saladay. He served as a private in the Revolutionary Army, Btty. 6, Co. 8, Penn. George Saladay Lanterman was b. April 10, 1790 in Marksboro, Warren County, New Jersey. He married Sarah Hanna, b. July 8, 1792 in New Jersey on June 5, 1811, Sussex, New Jersey.

Thank you Alan Chaffee for donating the records of Isabelle Parish.
Thank you Janet Nash for transcribing the original records into digital format.
Thank you Cheryl Hall for updating the record (Jan. 2004).

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