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Read By: J. Kelsey JONES - 1984; Fay TILLER Morgan and Anita MORGAN Osgood 1997;
Audited by :Ken & Kevin Chapman, Pat MOTT Gobea, Connie SIMS Petris, Pat SMITH Raymond May 2001
Date Read: started May 12, 2001
Typed By: Fay TILLER Morgan and Connie SIMS Petris
Location: Troy Township, Bradford County
The following is a listing of tombstone inscriptions copied July 1984 by J. Kelsey Jones in the old section of the Glenwood Cemetery. The old section being the entire area encircled by the gravel road. "The Old Baptist church stood in the center of the cemetery. The more modern cemetery contains about twenty acres - - the old one has only about two acres." Reference: History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania by Bradsby, p 358. The oldest tombstone found was that of Rev. E. Rich Died Mar 16 1812 Age 72. According to local histories Rev. Elisha Rich was the first to be buried in the cemetery. Tombstones were found for the following Revolutionary soldiers, Seth Adams, Jabez M. Baldwin, William Furman,Laban Landon, Thomas Merritt, Solomon Morse, Eli Parsons, Elisha Rich, Samuel Strait, John Wilber, and Calab Williams. Any item appearing in parenthesis is added information by the compiler for clairification and does not appear on the tombstone. J Kelsey JONES.
| Born | Died | Age | |||
| Porter | Eliza A w/o Uel | Jun 24 1863 | 56y | ||
| John | Aug 25 1858 | 60y 3m 18d | sacred is the memory of our father | ||
| Martha | Jun 14 1873 | 76y | w/o John | ||
| Martha H | Jun 28 1841 | 3y 1m 26d | d/o John & Martha | ||
| Furman | Jan 15 1858 | 24y 4m 2d | |||
| Abby w/o George | Jun 18 1858 | 23y 10m 29d | in ground | ||
| Thomas | July 19 1824 | 74y | large spire | ||
| Hannah | May 23 1840 | 84y | w/o Thomas | ||
| Uel | Apr 30 1886 | 80y 4m 15d | small arch stone | ||
| Eliza A | June 24 1863 | 56y | w/o uel | ||
| Mary J | Sept 22 1876 | (age illegible) | 2nd w/o Uel Porter | ||
| Mary J d/o Uel | Apr 12 1858 | ||||
| Stephen V | Oct 26 1853 | 27y | s/o Uel | ||
| Ezra E | May 9 1844 | 8m | s/o Uel Porter | ||
| U | another small arched stone - cornerstone? | ||||
| Potter | Sarah | Dec 29 1853 | 72y | ||
| Andrew S | Nov 16 1844 | 24y | |||
| W H | Sep 13 1862 | 15y 1m 19d | |||
| G | July 9 1853 | 2y 5m 10d | |||
| J A | Jul 26 1853 | 9y 3m 17d | |||
| R___ | L R (footmarker) | ||||
| R___ | A H R (footmarker) | ||||
| R___ | J R (footmarker) | (possibly a Rockwell, near Walter & Ella Rockwell lot) | |||
| Rich | Rev E | M\r 16 1812 | 72y | ||
| Rich plaque | Elisha Rev | 1740 | 1812 | 1st Pastor of the Baptist Church Organized Nov 16 1808 The first church site was adjacent to this burial plot | |
| Rich | Elisha - Rev | Oct 11 1845 | 65y 10m 1d | ||
| Rickliff | Elisabeth | wife - old stone | |||
| Rockwell | Rufus C - MD | Aug 7 1869 | 40y 9m 4d | ||
| Rufus G | Oct 15 1868 | 12y 6m 10d | s/o E C & M A . All our hopes lie buried here | ||
| twin daus | twin daus/o E C & M A two doves on stone | ||||
| Mary A | 1838 | 1896 | w/o E C | ||
| Samuel | Jul 24 1848 | in the 86th yr of his age | flat stone | ||
| Hannah | Jan 17 1819 | in the 54th yr of her age | w/o Samuel - flat stone | ||
| Rufus M | Jun 2 1801 | Dec 21 1873 | Father- | ||
| Mary A | Aug 2 1860 | 57y 10m 23d | Mother- w/o R M | ||
| F W M | with R M & M A Rockwell | ||||
| Luther | Aug 14 1793 | May 9 1856 | In hope of a glorious immortality beyond the Grave | ||
| Joanna | Dec 21 1796 | Oct 9 1838 | w/o Luther -inscription | ||
| Amey H | Jun 5 1868 | 69y 7m 26d | 2nd w/o Luther d/o Isreal & Hannah Pierce | ||
| Elvira | Nov 25 1851 | 25y 9m | w/o D W C Herrick & dau/o Luther & Joanna Rockwell Blessed are the dead Who die in the Lord | ||
| J M | Nov 25 1819 | May 11 1890 | on spire | ||
| Rebecca - R M R | Jun 23 1858 | 35y 7m 20d | w/o J M - s(stone fallen) | ||
| L L R(footmarker) | (on J M & Rebecca Rockwell lot) | ||||
| Walter E | 1850 | 1926 | with Ella W | ||
| Ella W | 1853 | 1946 | |||
| see Wilson | |||||
| Roe | Elizapeth | 1853? | 58y 5m __d | w/o Timothy Shaking hands on top of stone Farewell-stone laying flat | |
| Phebe S | Jul 22 1853 | 23y 11m 22d | d/o Timothy & Elizapeth | ||
| Ruggles | J E | Dec 11 1827 | Dec 8 1892 | father | |
| Melissa | Feb 6 1831 | Dec 27 1911 | mother | ||
| Louisa L | Oct 14 1861 | 53y 6m | w/o Jehial McKean & former w/o John W Williams | ||
| Runyon | Ettie | Dec 23 1872 | 4y | d/o C W & Sarah A | |
| Elijah | Sep 5 1853 | 54y 24d | |||
| Layton | Sep 3 1852 | 1y 4m 3/5d | s/o Elijah & Augusta A (partially illegible) Father & son mingle their ashes in one | ||
| Henrietta S | Sep 9 1866 | 46y 10m 6d | w/o Layton | ||
| Sadler | John | Mar 1 1874 | 65y 4m 28d | J S large stone | |
| Sarah A | Dec 19 1885 | 70y 4m 21d | w/o John S A S | ||
| Robert C | Jul 13 1884 | 35y 1m 28d | s/o John & Sarah A-R C S | ||
| Martha T | Feb 6 1846 | 7m 8d | d/o John & Sarah A-M T S | ||
| John E | Oct 27 1851 | 3y 5m 15d | s/o John & Sarah A-J E S | ||
| Sayles | Charles F | Dec 18 1820 | May 1 1904 | ||
| Caroline F Crouch | Dec 18 1822 | Aug 26 1891 | W/o Charles F Sayles | ||
| Lemuel H | Sept 9 1848 | Mar 30 1855 | s/o Charles F & Caroline | ||
| Mary A | 1850 | 1872 | |||
| Grace N | 1861 | 1920 | |||
| Schamahorn | Matthew S | Oct 23 1859 | 20y 1m 22d | s/o Matthew & Ann | |
| Scott | Emily | 1820 | 1884 | with Vanhorn | |
| see Wheeler | |||||
| Sherman | Ira | 1811 | 1889 | ||
| Maria P | 1812 | 1889 | |||
| Maria M | Nov 26 1851 | 1y 1m 122d | dau/o Ira & Maria | ||
| Henry S | 1845 | 1869 | next Maria's stne | ||
| Francis M | 1836 | 1895 | Co F 6th Regt Pa RC | ||
| Ruth E | 1840 | 1923 | |||
| Shoemaker | Polley | Apr 22 1839 | Mar 16 1880 | on Peters spire -P S | |
| Shotts | Abram | Jan 1 1851 | 31y | ||
| Angeline M | 1819 | 1894 | |||
| John Edgar | 1847 | 1911 | |||
| Henrietta | 1846 | 1926 | |||
| Osmun | Skinner Henry | May 27 1941 | May 27 1941 | *** osmun skinner? | |
| Osmun | see Skinner | ||||
| Smead | Francis | Jul 20 1853 | his 63rd year | ||
| Pricella | Nov 27 1861 | 69y 6m 13d | |||
| Miss Hannah | May 28 1860 | 47y 5m 5d | ( May 28 A.D. 1860) | ||
| Eleanor | Nov 12 1847 | 25y 2m 5d | d/o Francis & Priscilla -inscription | ||
| Fowler | Feb 21 1849 | 28y 6m 8d | s/o Francis & Priscilla | ||
| William W | Oct 1 1864 | 33y 7m 22d | stone sunk | ||
| 8 on spiree | |||||
| Elihue | Sep 4 1800 | Dec 6 1878 | Smead spire | ||
| Elizabeth | Feb 15 1812 | w/o Elihue -Smead spire | |||
| Thomas | Aug 4 1849 | Jun 1 1864 | Smead spire | ||
| Reuben | Jul 2 1839 | Smead spire | |||
| Josiah | Mar 27 1836 | Dec 14 1875 | Smead spire | ||
| Satirie | Jan 27 1842 | Jul 20 1844 | Smead spire | ||
| Lydia | Jul 10 1845 | Feb 4 1846 | Smead spire | ||
| J S - on spire | Co H 10th NY Cal | ||||
| Smith | Francis | Sep 13 1808 | Nov 25 1868 | Father | |
| Laura | Mar 18 1811 | Nov 5 1891 | w/o Francis- Mother
Died Nov. 5, 1891 - obit |
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| Lucy A | 1838 | 1923 | |||
| Comfort | 1856 | 1926 | with Addie | ||
| Addie Morse | 1858 | 1901 | with Comfort | ||
| Jabez | Jan 26 1872 | 72y 3m 26d | broken stone | ||
| Sarah | Jan 19 1885 | 77y 3m | |||
| Mary Ann | Oct 4 1860 | 15y 9m 6d | do Jabez & Sarah | ||
| Lorena | Sept 26 1860 | 13y 10m 20d | do Jabez & Sarah | ||
| Sarah H | Sept 27 1860 | 8y 5m 11d | do Jabez & Sarah | ||
| Here lie three sisters | |||||
| Smith/Dillin | Lydia M | 1846 | 1877 | w/o Joseph Dillin | |
| Smith | see Dillin, Morse | ||||
| Snyder | Mary | Oct 5 1863 | 22y | w/o Andrew May her soul rest in peace- Amen | |
| Spalding | Mrs Lucy | Oct 28 1786 | May 8 1860 | near Howad -on ground | |
| Douglas H | Apr 3 1862 | 2y 3m 14d | s/o S N & S J Little Duglas blooms in Heaven | ||
| Howard | Aug 9 1904 | 84y 5m 26d | large stone | ||
| Susan M | Mar 23 1886 | 65y 9m 23d | w/o H - - Spalding stone | ||
| Sarah E | Jan 17 1841 | 7m 21d | H Spalding stone | ||
| Floyd F | Oct 18 1859 | 17y 10m 12d | H Spalding stone | ||
| Lucien H | Mar 11 1860 | 16y 9m 15d | H Spalding stone | ||
| Nellie D | May 10 1872 | 10y 7m 5d | H Spalding stone | ||
| Lucy E Allen | 1845 | 1919 |