Coram Cemetery, Shelton, Fairfield County, CT

Coram Cemetery, Shelton, CT

Coram Cemetery is a small private cemetery located on Route 110 in Shelton, CT. It was established in 1831 and is still in use today. Some bodies originally buried here were moved to Riverside Cemetery. Photographs of some of the Coram Cemetery headstones are available. If you have an ancestor buried here, you may be able to get a photograph of the headstone. The numbers before the names indicate the photo number. Please email Barbara Kaye for more information or requests for photographs. Please include the photo number and the name of the cemetery in your request.

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The Charles R. Hale Collection of Headstone Inscriptions resides at the Connecticut State Library. Charles Hale was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.In 1916, he became involved in locating and decorating the graves of Revolutionary and Civil War veterans in his home town of Rocky Hill. In order to make it easier to find these graves, he decided to record each veteran's name, date of death and military service. He was persuaded by State Librarian George S. Godard to search also for veterans of other wars.

In 1919, the General Assembly made an appropriation to carry on this work throughout the State. In 1933 and 1934, with grants from the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A., Mr. Hale began copying and indexing the essential information from every headstone in the State. Two copies of these listings were deposited in the State Library. Records for individual towns were made available to libraries and historical societies throughout Connecticut.

Old Coram Cemetery 409-1
Route 110, near Constitution Blvd., Shelton, CT
Current condition (January 2004): poor
Established 1831
Copied by Arthur Walker, Oct. 28, 1934
Additional inscriptions (after 1934) added 2004.

0003     Drew, John, died May 6, 1892, aged 92 yrs. 7 mos.
0003     Drew, Pheby Ann Crofut, his wife, died Sept. 7, 1880, aged 77 yrs. 1 mo.
0004     Drew, Asahel, died Jan. 22, 1827, son of Asahel & Grisel Drew.
0004     Drew, Henry, died Nov. 9, 1843, son of Asahel & Grisel Drew.
0006     Drew, Asahel, died Mar. 10, 1827, age 49 yrs. 7 mos.
0007     Drew, Grisel, wife of Asahel Drew, died April 25, 1869, age 93 yrs., 6 mos.
Crofut, Susanna, wife of Samuel, died Jan. 1, 1837, age 63 yrs.
0008     Fairchild, Philena, widow, died Sept. 20, 1826, age 84.
Crofut, Lucy, daughter of Susanna, died Feb. 26, 1823, age 21 yrs.
Crofut, Fanny, wife of Capt. Sommers, died Sept. 5, 1831, age 30.
0010     Banks, David A., died June 10, 1849, aged 39 yrs.
0009     Banks, Sarah E., wife of David A. Banks, died Feb. 15, 1843, age 31.
Banks, David W., son of David A. & Sarah E., died Nov. 19, 1836, age 4 mos.
0012     Wakelee, Gideon, Nov. 27, 1840, age 68.
0011     Wakelee,

Lydia

, wife of Gideon Wakelee, died Sept. 27, 1858, age 82.

Merrill, Ebenezer, died Dec. 13, 1826, age 54.

Merrill, Hannah, wife of Ebenezer, died Sept. 27, 1846, age 88.

Wakelee, Maria, died Jan. 21, 1870, age 49.

0015 Wakelee, Sylvia, wife of Elijah Wakelee, died April 22, 1859, age 71 yrs. 8 mos.
0014 Wakelee, Elijah, died Aug. 11, 1853, age 71.

Wakelee, Agur, son of Elijah & Sylvia, died Apr. 29, 1825, age 20 yrs.

Wakelee, Abijah M., son of Elijah & Sylvia, died Mar. 7 1832, age 24 yrs.

0013 Wakelee, Menzies A., died Sept. 23, 1855, age 33 yrs.

Hurlbut, Dennis, died Jan. 20, 1870, age 74 yrs. 5 mos.

Hurlbut, Almira, wife of Dennis, died Sept. 8, 1858, age 75 yrs.

Munson, Albert, died Mar. 18, 1850, age 62 yrs.

Munson, Charlotte, died Dec. 13, 1865, age 66 yrs.

Mitchel, Charles, son of Charles L. & Abby, died Nov. 4, 1828, age 14 yrs.

Mitchel, Almira, daughter of Charles L. & Abby, died May 1840, age 22 yrs.

Munson, William, died June 29, 1847, age 80.

Munson, Sarah, wife of William, died Oct. 2, 1845, age 80.

Slie, Philo Anson, son of Levi & Maria, died Apr. 8, 1847, age 7 yrs. 7 mos.

Baldwin, Mary, wife of George, died Mar. 14, 1842, age 60.

Baldwin, George, died Dec. 14, 1846, age 68 yrs, 6 mos. 1 day.

0021 Blackman, Samuel B., Oct. 26, 1826, age 67 yrs.

Blackman, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Oct. 30, 1827, age 72 yrs.

Blackman, Sally, wife of Isaac B. Blackman, died Nov. 20, 1816, age 67 yrs.

0022     Moulthrop, Adonijah, died Aug. 8, 1833, age 59.
0022     Moulthrop, Charity, his wife, died Aug 25, 1832, age 51.
0023     Moore, Elvin P., wife of John C. Moore, born 1888, died 1951.
0024     Moore, William S., PFC,

Army, born Apr. 3, 1933, died Apr. 15, 1994.
0025     Bush, James S., Sr., born Sept. 13, 1941, died Jan. 21, 1989.
0026     Bironc, C. Ferdinand, born Mar. 11, 1847, died June 9, 1917.
0027     Anderson, Anders P, “Father” born Aug. 9, 1844, died June 5, 1924.
0028     Benson, Lovisa, born 1839, died 1926.
0029     Thomas, Emma, born Aug. 16, 1839, died Aug. 4, 1926.
0030     Peterson, Helen, born Feb. 26, 1832, died July 14, 1925.
0036     Gustafson, Anna S., born 1848, died 1929.
0037     Anderson, Mina B., born Dec. 24, 1844, died Dec. 14, 1929.
0038     Salstrom, Christina Johnson, wife of John Salstrom, born 1860, died 1930.
0039     Anderson, Christina, born June 20, 1855, died Sept. 7, 1930.
0040     Gustafson, A. G., born 1853, died 1937.
0040     Gustafson, Mathilda, born 1870, died 1945.

Anderson, Anna C., born 1835, died 1922.

Anderson, Anna C., born 1845, died 1925.

Anderson, Olof, born 1861, died 1929.

Appelberg, Carolina, born Feb. 18, 1851, died Apr. 12, 1924.

Benson, Lovisa, born 1839, died 1926.

Blackman, Sally, wife of Isaac B. Blackman, died Nov. 20, 1846, age 67.

Bush, Eugene M., born Feb. 10, 1894, died Apr. 7, 1966.

Bush, Helen, born Feb. 17, 1919, died June 17, 2004

Bush, James S., Sr., born Sept. 13, 1941, died Jan. 21, 1989.

Bush, Shelly Lee, born Sept. 20, 1969, died Dec. 11, 1973.

Carlson, Hanna M., born 1885, died 1920.

Carlson, Sofia, born Jan. 2, 1848, died Oct. 20, 1931.

Forsby, Charles, born 1847, died 1929.

Hagstrom, Eric E., born Apr. 1866, died May 7, 1928.

Hagstrom Augusta W., his wife, born Jan. 5, 1864.

Hakanson, Dorothea, born 1844, died 1923.

Johnson, Anna Lovisa, born 1845, died 1932.

Johnson, Carl August, born 1855, died 1934.

Nelson, Ingrid, born July 19, 1848, died Mar. 29, 1925.

Nilson, Clara L., born 1846, died 1930.

Nordstrom, Johanna, born Jan. 9, 1845, died Feb. 19, 1931.

Nyberg, Augusta, born 1863, died 1935.

Petterson, Sofia, born 1856, died 1938.

Runberg, Alma, born 1840, died 1926.

Vansteenburgh, Frank, born Mar. 3, 1914, died Feb. 7, 1978.

Westerdahl, Karin,”Matron of Elm Park 1925-35,” born 1877, died 1938.