Lundholm Cemetery
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Lundholm Cemetery

East Springfield, Otsego County, New York, USA

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    East Springfield, New York 13320 United States
    Coordinates: 42.83639, -74.81001
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Located just off County Hwy 31, north of State Rte 20,in the town of Springfield, the old Lundholm Cemetery, barely exists as such in 2015.

It is hidden by brush and trees in the middle of a corn field and full of old woodchuck and coyote dens.

From Kate Gray's History of Springfield (1935);
"On the Pickard Farm, in a hill side field there is at the present time, a small plot of ground containing a few graves. It is all that remains of the first cemetery in Springfield where many of the early settlers were buried.
An old deed given by Conrad Pickard soon after 1800, reserves one half acre of land on the farm mentioned as belonging to the town for a burying ground.
As years passed the markers crumbled and those of wood decayed, and the plot decreased in size.
A few years ago it was discovered that the burying ground belonged to the town, and the local D.A.R Chapter succeeded in getting it cleared and reset remaining markers.
Isaac Woodward, another Revolutionary soldier later bought the farm and both owners are buried in the soil they tilled"

After 80 years the cemetery has once again deteriorated and been left unattended.
A sad end for the many pioneering families buried there.

The cemetery was referred to at different times as the Dorn Farm Cemetery or the Mary Gray Farm Cemetery.















Located just off County Hwy 31, north of State Rte 20,in the town of Springfield, the old Lundholm Cemetery, barely exists as such in 2015.

It is hidden by brush and trees in the middle of a corn field and full of old woodchuck and coyote dens.

From Kate Gray's History of Springfield (1935);
"On the Pickard Farm, in a hill side field there is at the present time, a small plot of ground containing a few graves. It is all that remains of the first cemetery in Springfield where many of the early settlers were buried.
An old deed given by Conrad Pickard soon after 1800, reserves one half acre of land on the farm mentioned as belonging to the town for a burying ground.
As years passed the markers crumbled and those of wood decayed, and the plot decreased in size.
A few years ago it was discovered that the burying ground belonged to the town, and the local D.A.R Chapter succeeded in getting it cleared and reset remaining markers.
Isaac Woodward, another Revolutionary soldier later bought the farm and both owners are buried in the soil they tilled"

After 80 years the cemetery has once again deteriorated and been left unattended.
A sad end for the many pioneering families buried there.

The cemetery was referred to at different times as the Dorn Farm Cemetery or the Mary Gray Farm Cemetery.














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  • Added: 20 Jun 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2582610