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04 JULY 2000
Name of Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery - Old Section
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
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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.
Update and notes by Fay TILLER Morgan and Anita MORGAN Osgood 1997

    Born Died Age   SRGP 
ID
Dart Esther Ann   Mar 29 1848 10d dau/o E (H?) & Esther
Davison Edward   Dec 20 1855 69y 4m 5d on spire
  Olive B   May 16 1867 69y 14m on spire
  George Bennett   Mar 13 1909 73y 4m 14d on spire 77144
  Henriette   Jan 10 1876 33y 4m 12d w/o George B- spire 77143
  Fannie Bell-dove   July 26 1864 10m 15d d/o George B & Henrietta B 77189
  see Pomeroy        
Day Helen   May 6 1869 27y 8m 6d w/o Milo S
Dewey Maro.     July 27 1867 s/o L & O M Dewey
  see Grant        
Dillin Lydia M Smith 1846 1877   w/o Joseph Dillin
Dobbins Marion    Dec 9 1860 24y 2m 23d w/o John H Grant & dau/o W S & Nancy Dobbins At eventime it shall be light -in memory of Marion 
  Leaphie A    Dec 10 1874 31y 9m 4d w/o James N sleep sweet now and take thy rest God called thee home when He thought it the best 
           
  Rebecca   Feb 17 1832 50y w/o John Esq
Dodge Emily Sep 29 1803 Dec 15 1882    
  see Taylor        
Dunbar Zina Morton Aug 20 1845 Jun 30 1912    
  Frankie C   May 7 1871   s/o Z M & C M
  Roswell   Jan 26 1874 69y 8m 7d  
  Abenath   Dec 13 1850 43y 11m 20d w/o Roswell
  Mary J   Mar 13 1870 20y 4m 15d w/o Amasa Dunbar
Dwyer Amanda D   Sep 30 1853 33y w/o W H H -Virtue is imortal
Eastabrook S 1818 1881    
  Lucy J 1822 1887    
Easter Harriett T   Fb 15 1850 20y 1m w/o Charles
Eglin Sarah Bentley Nov 25 1803 Oct 8 1876   w/o John Eglin- died at Troy Pa born at Epton Brigg England
  ? John       (large stone face down-next to Sarah-probably John Eglin)
  Ellen   Oct 29 1852 8y 10m 4d d/o John & Sarah
  Cornelia Apr 28 1838 May 18 1862   d/o John & Sarah
Eighmey Lola Gates Dec 29 1864 Apr 30 1947   d/o Marcus A & Alice Fiitch Gates
Elliott Andrew J Apr 27 1827 Apr 3 1854   only s/o B Jj & Jane
Farned Clarence E   Aug 22 1871 9m 20d s/o B. S. & M. R. L.
Farnsworth Wm F Aug 24 1824 July 1 1860 (in ground)  
  little Hattie   Jun 7 1862 3y 9m 5d dau/o W F & Sarah
  little Nora   May 30 1862 5y 7m 7d dau/o W F & Sarah
Fielding Edward Jan 13 1851 May 19 1892    
Fitch Erastus Sep 13 1805? Nov 5 1878   MD- E M F
  Lydia M-L M F   Jul 12 1844 28y 7m 7d w/o Erastus MD 
  Ezra E   Mar 24 1841 5y 9m 6d s/o Doct. E & L M- broken stone
  Sarah   Mar 30 1841 8m 7d d/o lewis H & Polly M -suffer little children to come unto Me
  Stephen H Feb 25 1814 Feb 11 1890   S H F
  Lucina Manley Jun 16 1821 Feb 24 1907   w/o Stephen H -L M F To know her was to love her
  Melville U Jun 20 1845 Oct 8 1852   s/o S H & L M
  see Armstrong        
  see Eighmey, Gates        
Fletcher Fannie P 1823 1899   with Dennis
  Dennis 1817 1912   with Fannie P
Foster Harriet T   Feb 15 1850 20y 1m 23d w/o Charles Foster
Franklin Elizabeth   May 27 1866 74y 6m 19d w/o Solomon Morse & widow of Rev Wm Franklin
Fredericks see Maxwell        
Fries Jacob Feb 4 1812 Se[ 13 1897   J F -large stone
  Catherine Apr 4 1814 Jun 6 1877   w/o jacob -C F
  Barbara S Nov 6 1863 Aug 17 1866   d/o A & M M-at rest
Furman William   1818 60y  
  Abby Halleck   1849 92y w/o Wm Furman
  Julia Ann   Nov 28 1848 35y 9m 23d 2nd w/o J H
  Mary C 1879 1944    
  Nellie A 1899 1920   (Mary C & Nellie A Furman on same lot as Andrew J & Nellie J Stuart)
G____ A G       (old style footmarker)
Garabrant Rhoda  Mar 10 1807 Feb 18 1853   w/o Peter -large flat stone- tipped
Garrison Richard A   Dec 22 1845 32y 10m 13d inscription
  Frances   Jul 13 1847 6y 1m 6d d/o Richard A & Eley
Gates Marcus A Jan 3 1836 Feb 8 1905   Co B 26 Pa Vol Mil- M A G footstone
  Alice A  Apr 16 1843 Nov 6 1873   w/o M A Gates & d/o S H & L M Fitch
  see Eighmey        
Gifford Stephen D    Feb 9 1866 23y who died on his 23rd birthday In Memory Death came to me And snatched away A husband from my side Just in the morning of his day When full of hope he died
Gilmore John E Apr 21 1852 Mar 8 1870   s/o Thomas & Eunice
Gilmore/Stiles stone        fallen on face
Godard/Goddard Mary    Mar 2 1841 75y 2m 12d w/o Ezra
  Elam W   Maar 15 1834 35y 8m 19d s/o Ezra & Mary
  Hiram    Jan 15 1870 66y with Roxana
  Roxana    Jun 28 1870 72y w/o Hiram
  Frank 1836 1881   Co C 151st Pa
  Mary L 1842 1882    
  Emory H 1869 1936    
Grant John H Jan 5 1834 Jun 10 1908    
  Marion    Dec 9 1860 24y 2m 23d w/o John H Grant d/o Wm S & Nancy Dobbins
  Orpha M Dewey Jan 5 1849 Nov 2 1911   w/o John H Grant
  Freddie   Jan 27 1861 2y 7m s/o J H & Marian
  Edwin H Jan 19 1877 Oct 12 1912    
  Helen M 1924     with Grant M
  see Dobbins        
Graves Eleanor    May 22 1848 47y 2nd w/o Elisha
Greeno/Greno Henry L   Mar 2 1868 46y 2m 13d inscription
  Clarence L Jun 27 1857 Sept 1 1891    
  Harry S Dec 18 1821 Mar 2 1900   Father
  Ladorna L May 8 1840 Jan 20 1914   Mother- w/o Harry F
  Burt M   May 17 1874 11y 7m 3d s/o Harry F & L A 'our boy'.
  Grace   Feb 22 1871   infant dau/o H S & L A Greeno
  F G       (on lot with above Greens)
  Leonard   Jan 26 1852 61y 1m ?d broken -portion missing
  Clarissa   Mar 22 1858 62y 2m 28d w/o Leonard
  Calvin N   Oct 2 1864 48y 3m 17d  
  Warren ? (initial)     __m __d s/o Calvin M & _____
  Anna    Jan 26 1845 72y w/o Moses
  Hiram C   Jul 1875 63y 8m 13d with Harriet L
  Harriett L   Dec 17 1871 59y w/o H C
  Laura A   Jun 25 1870 1y 10m 6d d/o H P & H A
  Eldrick   Jun 23 1861 8y 7m 2d s/o H C & Harriet
  Winfield E   Dec 23 1894 33y 3m stone like John H
  Lovina N 1867 1947    
  John H   Dec 12 1886 72y 10m 2d with Lucy A
  Lucy A       with John H (partially illegible)
  see Case, Lucas        

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 07/01/2001
By Joyce M. Tice
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