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The Photo at Left, taken May 11, 2000 by Joyce M. Tice, shows
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| See the Story of the Gate | See also 1970s Listing of Brace Cemetery | Obituaries for Brace Cemetery |
1999 Listing of the Brace Cemetery of Springfield in Bradford County
PA
NAME OF CEMETERY: Brace Cemetery
READ BY: Kenneth Chapman, Jr.
DATE:
June 25, 1999
TYPED BY: Pat Raymond
LOCATION: On a hill, on the southern end of
Bentley Creek Road Rt. 08059
NOTES: Wm. S. Brace died in 1898 cyclone (See obits
#48 Joyce Tice Website) w/o Wm. S. Brace was Francis Maria Phillips
d/o Judson K. Phillips
NOTE: The owner of the property took extensive care of the cemetery,
then in the 1980's the gate came up missing (See Joyce Tice Notes).
Ken Chapman talked to the owner of the land and he was most cooperative.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Age | RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS |
| Brace | Wm. | Feb.10.1872 | 87y 16d | ||
| Brace | Polly | Nov.16.1877 | 88 yr | w/o Wm Brace (Polly Furman) | |
| Brace | Alfred | Nov.26.1819 | Oct.29.1896 | ||
| Brace | Eliza B. | June 19.1828 | Jan. 9.1894 | Unreadable in 1999 | |
| Brace | Wm Brace & wife | No dates - old stone | |||
| Brace | John H. | Dec. 10.1870 | 46 yr | "My Husband" - Erected by his wife Mary A. Brace | |
| Brace | Luclla Smith | 1841 | 1919 | ||
| Brace | Wm. S. | 1873 | 1898 | ||
| Blakeslee | Angeline S. | Apr.20.1852 | 23-6-2 | w/o G. Blakeslee | |
| Gates | Harriet G. | Apr.20.1898 | 85 yrs | Our Mother | |
| Watkins | Henry C. | Co. F 11th Pa Cav. GAR Marker | |||
| Field Stone - Unreadable |
When the early Brace Family members created this burial ground, they added a beautiful and ornate fence and gate to it to commemorate their deceased family members and to protect the burial ground. It no doubt cost them a great deal of money and required some financial sacrifices to accomplish. It stood for many years doing its duty marking and protecting the graveyard. Sometime back, in the 1980s, a local descendant of the Brace family, I do not know the person's name but the woman who now has the gate does, convinced himself that as a descendant he was entitled to do as he pleased with the gate. At that time cemetery gates of this quality would bring a high price in the antique market. He did not contact any of the other hundreds of Brace descendants whose claim was equal to his. but on his own removed the fence and gate and sold it to a dealer. Fortunately, very shortly, another Brace descendant found the gate in a local antique shop and purchased it. The dealer let her have it for considerably less than he could have made had he taken it to a larger market, because she is a Brace descendant. It now stands in her garden in New York State not terribly far fomr Bradford County. I think we all agree that it belongs where it was originally placed by the early family, but returning it would only give another opportunity to sell it. While the gate is located and preserved, the rest of the fencing is long gone and untraceable.
On May 11, 2000, I stopped in unannouned at 9:30 in the morning at the home of this woman. I had not seen nor been in contact with her for four or five years. She and her husband welcomed me and let me photograph the gate in spite of the early hour. They are as nice a pair of people as can be and well deserving of the gate. They even take it in in the winter so they don't scratch it with the snow shovel. They are taking good care of it and that is about the best we can expect when there are unscrupulous scavengers around. I think the theft is even worse considering that it was taken by a family member. Joyce M. Tice
June 2005
Just for your info, I went to the Brace
Cemetery today, and you can no longer see it from the road. You have
to know where you are going, and cannot see any monuments until you are
almost at the top of the hill. The yellow honeysuckle bushes have
taken over. I went there to take pictures for a site guest, and actually
drove by it without seeing it (and I knew where it was).
Pat SMITH Raymond
i did receive those Brace family cemetery pictures from Pat thanks to
your help.
if you don't mind i'd love to have you post them on your site...i will
send
these as an attachment in a seperate email... if you can't use them them
then please just disregard email.... the pictures are fairly
hard to read the engravings ..but from your site with inscriptions
transcribed .... they should be fine.....what dates i did have from primary
records do match what's on the headstones.
Thanks again for your help - and if you wish to include .
Maybe a big thank you again to Pat for obtaining the photo's !
lori driver
Joyce-
oops forgot inscriptions !
William Brace Died Feb. 20, 1872
Aged 87 years & 16 days
Polly his wife Died Nov. 16 1877
Aged 88 years
lori driver
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Hello Joyce,
I am a friend of the folks that own the farm where the Brace Family cemetery is located. I have been asked to send a current photo of the cemetery. As you can see, there is quite a change from last June 2005! This winter, Mr. Kisner has devoted many, many hours to clearing the overgrown brush and trees at the cemetery. He has done this to honor the final resting place of the loved ones who lie there. (By the way, Mr. Kisner is not related to the Brace family...he is a good man just doing a good deed.) We were absolutely thrilled to find your website with all the history and information about the cemetery. We are especially excited (and relieved) to know that the long lost gate is in safe hands. We knew that is had been stolen, and doubted it would ever been seen again. Thank you once again,
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PALMER -- Mrs. Maude (Palmer) Saunders died Monday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Palmer, in Springfield, aged 32 years. Death followed a long illness with tuberculosis. Besides her parents she leaves one sister, Miss Mertie Palmer and three young children. The funeral was held at 2 Wednesday afternoon. Interment was in the Brace cemetery.TGR 1913 {This name is not on the listing, nor are others using either of the surnames, so am not sure this is the right place. The obit may be incorrect or the name may be an alternate name for another cemetery???] Eleanor LENT Wolfe sent the following to support this.
271 279 BROWN Daniel Head M W 71 D NY NY NY Farmer George G. Brother M W 58 S PA NY NY Farm Laborer SAUNDERS Maude Hired girl F W 27 M1 10 3 3 PA PA PA Servant Sibyl H. Boarder F W 3 S PA PA PA BRACE Alfred Grandson M W 12 S PA PA PA Carlton Grandson M W 8 S PA PA PA
Above shows Maude Saunders living with Daniel & George Brown as
a servant.
She is suppose to be buried in Brace cemetery. It does list a
grandson Alfred Brace in this household. Maude only 27 in 1910,
her age in1913 obit 32.
Reid Brace lived next door.
Also found her father Reuben Palmer and mother in 1910 census Springfield with a granddaughter Mary Saunders age 8..
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