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Lent (Lent Hill) Cemetery
Cohocton, Cohocton, Steuben County

Cemetery:       Lent Cemetery
Other:          Lent Hill Cemetery
Sign:           No
Street:         Avery Hollow Road
City:           Cohocton
Township:       Cohocton
County:         Steuben
State:          New York
Nation:         USA
Zip:            14826
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Small
Directions:     Corner of Lent Hill Road and Avery Hollow Road
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Hillside
Watersource:    No
Features:       Surrounded by trees on 3 sides, dirt road in front of
cemetery
Property:       Public
Access:         Open
Enclosure:      None
Gate:           None
Established:    1817 ?
Gravestones:    22
Oldest:         1817
Newest:         1904
Removed:        Yes
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        No
Methods:        Adhesives
Restoration:    Unsure
Association:    No
Records:        Yes
Inventory:      No
Availability:  
Landscaping:    No
Paths:          No
Trees:          Yes6
Crypts:         No
Fencing:        No
Brickwork:      No
Ironwork:       No
Sculpture:      No
Fountains:      No
Roads:          No
Buildings:      No
Cement:         Unsure
Granite:        Unsure
Marble:         Unsure
Native:         Unsure
Slate:          Unsure
Others:         Unsure
Wood:           No
Materials:      Unsure
Architectural:  Yes
Angels:         Unsure
Draperies:      Unsure
Fraternal:      Unsure
Hands:          Yes
Lambs:          Unsure
Monograms:      Unsure
Plants:         Unsure
Photos:         Unsure
Religious:      Yes
Scrollwork:     Unsure
Urns:           Yes
Carvings:       Yes
Condition:      Cemetery vandalized
Unmarked:       Yes
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Yes
Weather:        Yes
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     Yes
Report:         No
VA1:            Gravestones-Overturned
VA2:            Gravestones-Broken
VA3:            Gravestones-Stolen
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:    Problem-Access
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:   
GroundCover:    Yes
Moss:           Yes
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Problem-Seasonal
Problem1:      
Problem2:      
Owner:          Cemetery
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Agricultural
Change:         Same
Reason:         Roads
Visited:        Rarely
Archeology:     No
Habitat:        Unknown
Contacted:      Cohocton Town Supervisor, Jack Zigenfus (he had cemetery
mowed)


Surnames:

Atwell, Elizabeth
Atwell, M.D., E_____ (?)
Finch, Mahala
Finch, Mary Jane
Finch, Rhoda Arvilla
Lent, Abigail
Lent, Abram
Lent, Annetta
Lent, Ben
Lent, Cornelius
Lent, Elizabeth
Lent, Elizabeth M.
Lent, Harriet M.
Lent, Jane
Lent, Philip
Lent, Rachel M.
Lent, Rebecca
Lent, Rosetta
Lent, S.L.
Lent, Samuel E.
Lent, Susan
Smith, Angeline

Other_Information:

Most of the gravestones have been stolen from the cemetery as they're no
longer visible.  They may be covered from vegetation, but I'm not sure.
Abram Lent is buried here.  He is the first settler in this area and this
land is named after him "Lent Hill". 

Support:

Judith Hunter, County Clerk
Steuben County
3 East Pulteney Square
Bath, New York 14810
Telephone: (607) 776-9631 Ext. 3210


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Name:           Rene Meyer-North
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Date:           8/30/04



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