 | May 23, 1860 | | Filed incorporation papers with Seneca County Clerk.
Meetings to be held first Tuesday in April.
Elijah Howell - Chairman
James Ferguson - Secretary. |
| May 8, 1875 | | Changed name to Highland Evergreen Cemetery. |
| Apr 19, 1876 | | Meetings to be the first Saturday in June at 3p.m. at whatever place the secretary shall name. |
| Jun 2, 1877 | | First superintendant of grounds was G.W. Freleigh. |
| Jun 7, 1879 | | First motion for building of vault if the cost did not exceed $3,000 – motion for building fence on the north side. |
| Jun 5, 1880 | | Offered $25.00 reward for conviction of the thief that took the tubing and chain from the well. |
| Jun 4, 1881 | | Motion to build tool shed, 16 x 20 feet and the cost not to exceed $100.00. |
| May 1883 | | Gave James Bennett contract to build tool shed. |
| Jun 23, 1883 | | Resolved that grounds be mowed 3 times each year and at such times as the President directs. |
| Jun 7, 1884 | | Bond treasurer for $1,000.00. |
| Jun 6, 1885 | | File maps of new grounds with county clerk. |
| Jun 1, 1889 | | Receiving vault cost not to exceed $500.00 and the material used shall be stone and Portland cement. Such said vault to be finished by the first day of November 1889 with the capacity to hold 12 bodies. |
| Jun 6, 1889 | | Frank Kinne said he owned well on cemetery grounds. Appointed a committee to look into matter. |
| Jun 7, 1890 | | Set up committee to write By-Laws. |
| May 2, 1891 | | The cost of digging graves is to be $3.00 except if ground is frozen then the price is to be $3.50. A cost of 75 cents for receiving and delivering a body to and from the vault. Bodies in vault over 30 days will be charged for by the association. |
| Jul 10, 1893 | | By-Laws adopted. |
| Apr 1898 | | Bequest of Schuyler Coe placed in certificate of deposit. |
| Aug 10, 1898 | | Mr. William L. Eastman’s horse jumped fence and fatally injured it. |
| Jul 14, 1899 | | Mr. Samuel L. Smith gave cemetery land known as “Old Tuttle Place” on east side of property. The only consideration being that the association keeps his lot No. 178 O.P. in good repair forever. |
| Apr 12, 1910 | | Motion was adopted that $50.00 be the least amount accepted as a fund for perpetual care of any one lot. |
| Feb 23, 1911 | | Paid F.E. Allen $500.00 for the purchase of the “Old cider mill lot”. Paid $200.00 for Hendrix lot. Sold house on said lot to D.B. Austin for $1500.00 and he had to agree to remove the house. |
| May 13, 1915 | | Cost of making new maps of the New Part of cemetery grounds was $5.00. |
| Apr 10, 1917 | | New shingle roof on tool shed. |
| Mar 3, 1920 | | Sexton appointed at a compensation for work performed for the association of 30 cents per hour. Raised opening and closing of graves to $6.00. |
| Apr 15, 1924 | | Raised opening and closing of graves to $8.00. |
| Aug 8, 1925 | | Treasurer empowered to bid on Stafford estate which ajoins the cemetery on west side and a portion thereof lies to the north on the opposite side of highway. His bid shall not exceed $1500.00. |
| Apr 13, 1926 | | $2.00 for vault rental for bodies buried in cemetery. $3.00 for bodies committed to vault but not buried in cemetery. |
| Apr 12, 1927 | | Sexton’s fee raised to 40 cents per hour. |
| May 5, 1933 | | An attorney revised the By-Laws and they were approved. |
| Aug 8, 1933 | | Ovid National Bank has been restricted from doing business. |
| Sep 5, 1934 | | Apply for aid together with Holy Cross Cemetery in having certain improvements made to cemetery. Aid to be applied for from the Seneca County Emergency Work Bureau through the cemetery board. |
| Apr 11, 1939 | | Price of single burial to be $10.00. |
| Apr 20, 1943 | | Authorized the treasurer to buy $4,070.00 Series F Savings Bonds. Pay 60 cents per hour for help in cemetery. |
| Apr 12, 1955 | | Resolved all monies collected for perpetual care be deposited and under no condition be used other than interest incurred. |
| Apr 12, 1955 | | Resolution: Opening Graves: $25.00 pine box, $35.00 vault.
Price of lots: $125.00 - 4 burial lots, $200.00 - 8 burial lots. |
| Jul 29, 1958 | | Borrowed $500.00 for 3 months. |
| Aug 16, 1962 | | Borrowed $500.00 for 3 months. |
| Nov 13, 1964 | | Sold house and land to Lloyd Northrup for $2,000.00. |
| Apr 17, 1968 | | Opening graves $40.00 pine box, $50.00 vault. |
| Feb 17, 1969 | | Lloyd Northrup taking care of cemetery at proposed amount of $2,000. |
| Apr 24, 1970 | | Contacted mason (Duffee of Trumansburg) for repair of vault (stonework). |
| Apr 6, 1971 | | Ford Bequest of $10,000.00. Choice of cash or IBM stock. |
| Apr 10, 1973 | | Ceased the sale of perpetual care and now will put 15% of lot sale in Perpetual Care Fund. |
| Nov 29, 1974 | | New maps authorized to be made. |
| Apr 8, 1975 | | New maps completed by Mr. James Close of Interlaken. |
| Jul 14, 1977 | | Proposed all grave markers be placed at ground level in certain areas of cemetery. |
| Jul 2, 1980 | | Fred Nielsen Bequest received. Proceeds were used to expand the vault. |
| 1983 | | 26 Northern Pine Tees Planted. |
| 1985 | | Well cleaned and pump replaced. |
| 1985-86 | | Vault facing installed on expansion. Plaque installed in memory of Fred Neilson. |
| 1991 | | 21 Spruce Trees and 2 Globe Arborvitae planted. |
| 1995 | | Signs were installed at the three entrances to the cemetery. These signs were donated by the Seneca County Highway Department. |
| Oct 6, 2003 | | Long-time Cemetery Association President Wisner Payne Kinne dies at the age of 89. |
| Jun 28, 2007 | | Declining income threatens to close down the cemetery. New Board Members John White, Leonard Reynolds, Sheila Reynolds, Mark Jauquet, Gertrude Fischer and Leon Kelly are elected to try to keep the cemetery afloat. |
| Aug 2008 | | The NYS Department of Transportation donated road millings from its repaving Main Street Ovid. The millings were spread on the cemetery roads by the Trustees to add a much needed base. |
| Aug 26, 2008 | | The Paroles from the Willard Drug Treatment Center (“the Green Machine”) help refurbish the wrought iron fence along Gilbert Road. The fence, originally built in 1879, was reinforced and repainted. |
