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
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Born |
Died |
Age |
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| Grist |
Freddie |
July 4 1862 |
Dec 7 1876 |
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s/o Mrs C Grist |
| Grohs |
Samuel |
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Dec 2 1848 |
2y 6m 7d |
s/o ____(c 4 letters)& Elizabeth |
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Christianna |
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Mar 29 1873 |
79y |
w/o Isaac |
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Gordon J |
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1861 |
2y 6m |
s/o Charles & Deborah |
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Charles N |
Mar 13 1832 |
Apr 12 1900 |
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Deborah Viele |
Oct 11 1830 |
June 23 1898 |
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Charles Vviele |
Sep 15 1862 |
Sep 15 1909 |
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s/o C N & D V |
| Hoffman |
Mary Grohs |
Jan 4 1857 |
June 9 1940 |
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d/o C N & D V |
| Gustin |
Jesse |
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Apr 19 1842 |
73y 9m 24d |
Partner dear and children near Weep not
for me and pray The dust shall rise above the skies In the last coming
day |
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Mary |
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Jan'y 22 1861 |
86y 7m 4d |
w/o Jesse Her coffin is consigned to
earth The last sad look is given Her soul was of immortal birth And that
has gone to Heaven |
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Jane A |
Oct 27 1815 |
May 3 1902 |
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with Jesse & Mary |
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Maria |
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Mar 4 1844 |
in her 38th yr |
d/o Jesse & Mary |
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William A |
1794 |
1864 |
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with Mary C |
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Mary C |
1802 |
1879 |
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footstone Mary C |
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Nancy |
1842 |
1852 |
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with Mary C |
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Charlotte P |
1825 |
1851 |
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with Mary C |
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Margaret A |
1840 |
1858 |
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with Mary C |
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Grant H MD |
1868 |
1927 |
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with Fannie McMahan |
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Fannie McMahan |
1886 |
1977 |
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w/o Grant H MD |
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Joseph O |
1837 |
1904 |
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Co I 7 Regt NJ Inf - J O G |
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Amy Newell |
1842 |
1914 |
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w/o Joseph O |
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Floy |
1886 |
1871 |
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chi/o Joseph O & Amey |
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Richard |
Jan 5 1827 |
Apr 12 1877 |
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Capt Co C 12 Regt Pa |
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Apr 27 1866- Col Mar 1 1963 |
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Brevet Col Mar 1865 |
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Maria H White |
1839 |
1922 |
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w/o Col Richard |
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Eva I |
1866 |
1958 |
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Eliza Jane |
1833 |
1871 |
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Harold Horatio |
1894 |
1971 |
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with Isadore |
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Isadore |
1893 |
1927 |
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with Harold Horatio |
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Montgomery |
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infant |
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May 27 1922 |
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s/o H H & Isadore |
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July 11 1838 |
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s/o S & H |
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with broken Gustin? stone |
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John H |
Jan 23 1835 |
Jan 3 1917 |
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George R |
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Jan 27 1864 |
3m 1d |
child/o John H & Jane J |
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Wm W |
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Feb 2 1867 |
5m 15d |
child/o John H & Jane J |
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Jane J |
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Feb 10 1868 |
30y 4m 7d |
w/o John H |
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Nettie Wood |
Dec 19 1864 |
Jun 6 1929 |
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DAR |
| Gustin? |
only visible -stin |
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Aug 12 1839 |
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broken stone |
| Gustin |
Grant M |
1924 |
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with Helen M |
| Haight |
Sarah Kinyon |
1820 |
1861 |
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on Kinyon spire |
| Hall |
Almaann R |
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Oct 1 1843 |
14m 7d |
d/o Calvan & Lydia |
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Jonathan Wade |
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Jun 11 1841 |
7m 14d |
s/o Calvan & Lydia A |
| Harris |
Eva Elmira |
|
Feb 22 1860 |
5y 1 or 4m 5d |
d/o George & Elmira |
| Hart |
Louisa B |
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Dec 13 1865 |
6y 11m 11d |
d/o ___ & ___ (partially illegible) |
| Herrick |
Elvira |
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Nov 25 1851 |
25y 9m |
w/o D W C & d/o Luther & Joanna
Rockwell blessed are the dead who died in the Lord |
| Hickok |
James |
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Apr 5 1835 |
57y |
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Polly |
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Mar 14 1817 |
71y 4m 29d |
w/o James |
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Heman R |
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Apr 19 1864 |
63y 11m |
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Ruth w/o H R |
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Feb 22 1832 |
22y 11m |
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Ruth's infant son |
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Feb 22 1832 |
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Ira |
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May 12 1839 |
7m |
s/o H R & C M-in bushes |
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Lydia M |
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Jun 2 1838 |
19y 5m |
w/o J H |
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Leandeer O |
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Mar 21 1897 |
85y 1m 2d |
Father |
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Sarah A |
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Jul 25 1889 |
68y 4m 7d |
w/o L O |
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Charles M |
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Mar 7 1878 |
25y 5m 7d |
s/o L O & S A |
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Marshall J |
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Nov 13 1862 |
17y 7m 9d |
s/o L O & S A |
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Frances |
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Jul 8 1848 |
2m 18d |
d/o L O & S A |
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William H |
1841 |
1920 |
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Elizabeth Mallory |
1843 |
1898 |
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Ida R |
1866 |
1873 |
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Alice S |
1868 |
1918 |
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Maria |
1809 |
1892 |
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see Stiles |
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| Hill |
Eliott S M |
1820 |
1871 |
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Mary E |
1827 |
1884 |
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Mary H |
1859 |
1923 |
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holder |
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Virginia J |
1851 |
1873 |
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Emma A |
1869 |
1955 |
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holder (above Hills bur in Newbury lot) |
| Himes |
Charles Franklin |
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Apr 15 1838 |
3y 11m |
s/o Charles & Laura Himes |
| Hitchcock |
Marion |
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Feb 2 1852 |
22y 7m 4d |
w/o Col. E |
| Hoff |
Frances L |
1837 |
1908 |
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with Wm B |
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William B |
1857 |
1907 |
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with Pomeroys |
| Hoffman |
Mary Grohs |
Jan 4 1857 |
Jun 9 1940 |
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d/o C N & D V Grohs |
| Holcomb |
see Bloom |
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| Hopkins |
Julia E |
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Apr 2 1861 |
55y 8m 7d |
w/o John F |
| Howe |
J Scott |
May 17 1840 |
Jun 4 1894 |
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Co C 7 Regt Pa Vol Cav -at rest |
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Sarah A |
Jan 29 1835 |
Jan 19 1898 |
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w/o J Scott howe -flag GAR |
| Howland |
Martha J |
1836 |
1923 |
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| Hoyles |
John S |
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Jan 20 1865 |
45y 12d |
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Clarissa J |
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Sep 16 1856 |
11m 23d |
infant d/o John & Melissa |
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Sevellin E Sr |
1905 |
1973 |
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Dorothy |
1922 |
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| Humphrey |
Olin P |
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Feb 7 1859 |
1m 21d |
s/o G F & P A |
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Louis M |
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Sep 30 1862 |
2y 8m 14d |
s/o G F & P _ |
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Lieut Geo H |
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Co B 26 Pa Inf |
| Hunter |
James D |
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Mar 27 1895 |
65y |
Co H 30 NY Eng |
| Huntington |
H W |
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Dec 13 1863 |
37y 11m 17d |
many hopes are buried here |
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Jane A |
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Jan 15 1861 |
6y 7m 26d |
d/o H & L Our Jane blooms in Heaven |
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Emma L |
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Jan 4 1861 |
4y 11m 20d |
d/o H & L Our Emma blooms in Heaven |
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Mary E |
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Jan 2 1861 |
8y 4m 18d |
d/o H & L Our Mary blooms in Heaven |
| Jackson |
spire -5 names |
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with J and design-5 footstones |
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Hiram |
Dec 15 1800 |
Oct 25 1870 |
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Father -Jackson spire |
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Experience |
Dec 21 1802 |
Mar 17 1886 |
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Mother -Jackson spire |
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Joseph |
Aug 18 1838 |
Nov 29 1914 |
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Joseph - Jackson spire |
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Clarissa |
Nov 9 1841 |
Jan 6 1924 |
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Clarissa -Jackson spire |
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Thomas H |
Apr 27 1864 |
Apr 23 1904 |
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Hugh -Jackson spire |
| Jenks |
see Morse |
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| Jewell |
Sarah E |
Nov 4 1843 |
Nov 30 1855 |
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w/o E S The Lord is my Shepard I shall
not want |
| Johnson |
Simon |
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Nov 1 ____ |
__y 2m |
(partially illegible) |
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Eliza |
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Jan 1 1854 |
47y |
w/o Simon Johnson |
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Betsey E |
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Nov 29 18__ |
__y 8d |
d/o Simon & Eliza (broke, portion
missing) |
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Freddie P |
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|
3y 7m 6d |
here sweetly rests our little Freddie |
| Joralemon |
family stone |
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Joseph |
1834 |
1906 |
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Melissa E |
1842 |
1914 |
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Mertin E |
1860 |
1878 |
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