Gilbert M Tompkins (1828 - 1831)

Born 1828 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Died 9 Jan 1831 at about age 3 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Gilbert M. Tompkins was born in 1828 and died January 9, 1831 in Dutchess county, New York.^[1] He was buried in the Poughkeepsie Presbyterian Church Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S383 pp. 261-262.
2. ↑ Source: #S383 CLASSIFICATION: Churchyard. LOCATION: In the city of Poughkeepsie, on the south side of Main street, opposite Corlies Avenue.* CONDITION: In 1911 full of weeds and rank grass; over-run from a nearby poultry yard. Since 1911 all bodies and stones officially removed. INSCRIPTIONS: 40 in number. Copied May 31, 1911, by J. W. Poucher, M. D., and Miss Helen W. Reynolds. Published in the Poughkeepsie Eagle of July 31, 1911. The stone for Colonel Leonard Lewis, who died in 1730, must have been brought to this yard from an earlier location. REMARKS: Prior to the War of the Revolution Presbyterians at Poughkeepsie held services with more or less regularity. They shared the ministrations of a pastor now with the Rombout Church at Brinckerhoff and now with the Pleasant Valley Church. During the war the congregation at Poughkeepsie lapsed out of existence. In 1817 the congregation was revived and in 1826 it was formally organized. This lot of land was given to the church in 1821 for burial purposes. Since 1911 the lot has been sold by the church and a garage built upon it but legal difficulties have been encountered, in connection with passing the title, affording a specific instance of the fact that ground originally set aside for burial purposes can rarely be transferred with clear title. 28. Tompkins, Gilbert M., s. of Jacob S. & Maria, d. Jan. 9, 1831, a. 2 y. 6 m. pp. 261-262.

• Source: S383 Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York, Compiler: J. W. Poucher (1924)
• Source: S445 Notices of Marriages and Deaths About 4,000 in Number Published in Newspapers Printed at Poughkeepsie, New York, Compiler: Helen Wilkinson Reynolds (Dutchess Country Historical Society, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1930)