Several years ago a caller reported that while visiting a home on Main Street he had noticed a tomb-stone in the basement.  He asked the home owner about it and was told that it had been dug up in the back yard and was probably from the Robb Cemetery which had been located very close to his home.

The tomb-stone is now at the Museum and Nelly Wood’s name appears on the tombstone. We don’t know much about Nellie Wood except that she died in September 1838 at the age of 84 years.  The epithet, which is only partially readable, refers to her as “Mother”.  Census records at that time did not list the names of women.  However, the Penfield/Ontario records for the year 1820 do include the name of Andrew Robb and on the same Census Page are the names of Henry Wood and Benjamin Wood.

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