Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Thomas Cemetery, Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 - Do You Know that you can search just the Bradford County Cemetery Records on the site by using the Cemeteries -Bradford button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? If you use that partition follow these steps to search just one cemetery.  1. Choose Cemeteries - Bradford.  2. Enter part of the cemetery name [ie Ballard or Berrytown] AND a surname.  3. Choose the Find ALL Words option. Then it will find just the pages with that surname in the one cemetery you indicated.  See also - Bradford County Cemetery Addresses

You and your staff should be very proud of this accomplishment. It is the best Genealogical site on the "Net". The photography is outstanding and the indexes are great. I know that you still have lots of work to do.  My Adams family moved from Ct to Smithfield and later into Windham and Forkston, North branch etc.

An interesting note that I found in the Christian Church Cemetery listing by Pat Raymond might need updating. Lucretia HILL Adams, first person buried there was really Lucretia HILL Granger Adams. She was the widow of William Granger and they were neighbors of Ahijah Adams II in DeWitt/ Manlius, NY. They all moved from Ct to Dewitt from CT. Ahijah married the widow Granger in 1805. They had a son Caleb Adams who was b. 06 August 1811 in Manlius, NY. In 1813 Ahijah's first and only legal wife returned from Ct  after an absence of about 20 years.

Ahijah owned property in Smithfield and  Lucretia went there to live. In 1826 young Caleb headed for Smithfield on foot to live with his mother Lucretia. When he arrived she had already been dead for 3 months. Luther Adams a cousin found young Caleb and gave him a home until Caleb was of age. Caleb later married Susan Scott on 10 October 1835. They had a son Leon T. Adams who was a harness maker.

Caleb also had a half brother Benjanin that lived in Smithfield that I need to research more on the newspapers in your website. I will keep checking your cemeteries as you bring them on board to obtain dates of death.

Thanks again for your outstanding work  George Adams

BURLINGAME –EVA L. CHRYSTLER, 79, of 389 Rt. 17C, lot 30, Waverly, N.Y., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995, at the Robert Packer Hospital.  Born Feb. 26, 1916, in East Smithfield, Pa., the daughter of William and Elsie Meeker Burlingame, she was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Waverly, and a Sunday school teacher for over 25 years.  She graduated from E. Smithfield High School.  She is survived by her six children and their spouses; Mrs. Lewis (Connie) Austin of East Smithfield; Mrs. Alley (Carol) Hicks of Tioga Center; Mrs. John (Alberta) Reed of Waverly James and Joann Chrystler of Waverly; Robert and Connie Chrystler of Barton, N.Y. and Miss Vicki Chrystler, at home; 19 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; sister, Lena Hoffman of Barton, N.Y.; Mae Morton of Waverly; and Gertie Hosmer of Corning; a brother, Richard Burlingame of E. Smithfield, Pa.; several nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by her husband, Lorenzo, Jan. 24, 1986, and a grandson, Albert, in 1993.  Friends may call the Lowery Funeral Home, 225 South Main St., Athens, Saturday from noon to 2 p.m.  Funeral and committal services will follow at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Daniel Reed, her pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the Riggs Cemetery, East Smithfield, Pa.  –Towanda Daily Review

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 7/3/99
By Joyce M. Tice
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