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Union Valley
Bailey Cemetery
Carmel, NY
| Current Status: | |
| Description: | All surveys find 14 grave plots. Only 13 stones at 14 plots were identified and mapped in 2005. At some time, Isaac Smith's stone was moved from its actual grave, where Kottas describes it as imbedded in the maple, to a seemingly open plot in the front row; perhaps that plot #7 has a downed stone for Stephen Baily under the soil. There is no known record of the number of people buried in the Cemetery. The number actually buried could differ from the number of headstones because of the common practice of burying servants and others (i.e., Indians, and the indigent), and marking the grave with a simple fieldstone. Some such fieldstones were found in the Cemetery when restoration work began and have been left in place. |
| GPS: | N41° 21.325 ' W 073° 43.185' |
| Location: | East side of West Lovell Street on a high bank on the corner of the road to Union Valley. |
| How To Access: | 290 West Lovell Street, at Union Valley Road. |
| Tax Map No.: | 87.6-2-15; |
| Owner of Record: | |
| Size & Use: | 1/2 acre |
| Earliest Gravestone: | Stephen Bailey, d. 27 March 1812 |
| Most Prominent: | |
| Current Condition: | It was restored 1988-1991 by TCHS and townspeople; almost all work was vandalized or fell apart before 2004. A large branch of the maple fell 2010, and the tree was in bad condition. |
| Maintained By: | Town of Carmel |
| Repairs Needed: | |
| Troy #: | 1A |
In the Fall of 1988, the Carmel Historical Society began the renovation and beautification of the Bailey Family Cemetery which is located directly across the road from the original Bailey residence at W. Lovell and Union Valley Roads in Carmel. In the intervening three years, a large body of information was gathered on that branch of the Bailey Family that made its home in Carmel. We want to share this information with you in the hope that it will stimulate your interest in local history and whet your appetite for more information on the pioneers who settled the community we all call "home." None of the engraved headstones was standing when work began three years ago, and most were broken, some in many pieces. In addition, large pieces of headstones and footstones were missing. Also, the Cemetery and the adjoining poperty were totally covered with brush and dead or dying trees. Clearing and beautifying the property and searching for missing headstones consumed more than half the time required to restore the Cemetery.
Visitors to the Cemetery can plainly see a transition from BAILY to BAILEY. All six headstones dated 1842 and before are engraved BAILY, while those stones engraved in 1864 and later use the BAILEY spelling. Earlier spellings also include BAYLY, BAYLEY.
References: Fisher p.11, Fisher #41, Buys p.236, Courier 8/9/1989, 5/5/1991, 8/11/1991, Kottas 1991, Troy 2005.
Below, we identify each of the known-buried in the Cemetery and furnish the visitor with researched data on each of the individuals. Click on a name below for photo of headstone and location in cemetary. A rough map of this cemetery layout can be viewed and printed by clicking here.