from Ancestry database: DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS Lying on the east bank of the Hudson River in New York, Dutchess County was one of the original counties created by the British in 1683. This database is a collection of cemetery inscription records from the county prior to 1914. Each record may provide the decedent's name, birth date, death date, and age. Additionally, other persons listed on the stone are listed along with any relationship details. Information regarding the cemetery is also included, such as name, location, and brief history. Surname: ROTHERY Given Name: Joanna Middle Name/Initial/Maiden: SHANNON Death Month: Jan Death Day: 24 Death Year: 1878 Age Years : 34 Relationships Inscribed on Stone: wife of Henry Cemetery Name: St. Luke's Churchyard, Matteawan Type of Cemetery: Churchyard Location of Cemetery: St. Luke's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Beacon (Matteawan) Condition of Cemetery in the Early 1900s: Well cared for. # of Inscriptions in 1914: 707 Remarks on Cemetery: Copied October 18 and 26, 1914, by J. W. Poucher MD, Mrs. Poucher, Miss Mabel Cooley, Miss Cleona Glass. St. Anna's Church (Protestant Episcopal) of Matteawan, organized in 1833, erected a building in the center f the village, west of the N.D.&C. railroad station, and also opened a small cemetery in the valley east of the railroad. The Presbyterian Church of Matteawan (also organized in 1833) soon after opened a burial ground adjoining St. Anna's. In 1868 twelve acres of land, immediately south and west of these two cemeteries, were given to St. Anna's. The church in the village was then razed, the present church built on the new site and the name of the parish changed to St. Luke's. The division fence has been taken down between St. Luke's property and the Presbyterian lot and the whole forms and exceptionally beautiful spot, the care of which is proportionally shared in by the two churches. Township of Cemetery: Fishkill