BOWEN FAMILY CEMETERY

CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP TIOGA COUNTY, PA.

The following list is part of the Tioga County Cemetery Inscriptions– Volume 7. Readings were done in the 1970s.

Copied May 8, 1975. The Bowen Family Cemetery is located on Route 646 Mudge Road off Route 660 about 1.9 miles. Turn off on Miller Hill Road. On Property owned by M.D. Rose, R. D. 1 Mansfield, Pa.

Earlier information placed this cemetery in Richmond township, but it is on the Charleston side of the town line. I (Joyce M. Tice) have been to the cemetery and it is several miles from the Charleston-Richmond line well within Charleston.

Note from Joyce in 2012. This is also called Bowen Cemetery. Most cemteries are referred to by multiplke names. 

 

 

Read By:  Linda CR
Typed By: Pat Smith Raymond
Date Read:   April.29.2005
Location:  Charleston Twp, Tioga County
NOTE: Well maintained-Stones in good shape
Rte. 646, up from corner of Mudge Rd & Miller Hill Rd.--On Miller Hill Road, Not Mudge Road
Note from Joyce in 2012. This is also called Bowen Cemetery. Most cemteries are referred to by multiplke names 

HARRY R. ATHERTON age 98 a resident of the Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro, PA, Monday August 18, 1986 at the nursing home.  Friends may call at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, Wellsboro, PA, Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Funeral and committal services will be held there, Wednesday 2 p.m.  The Rev. S. Wade Stewart officiating.  Burial, Bowen Cemetery.  Survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Robert (Jane) Curry of Puxsutawney, PA, Mrs. Allan (Margaret) Davis of Wellsboro, PA; son, Harry D. Atherton of RD 2, Beaver Dams, NY; 2 foster daughters, Mrs. Barbara Heck of Wellsboro, PA and Mrs. Marian Losinger of Westfield, PA; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; 1 step-great-grandson.  Mr. Atherton was born April 6, 1888 in Wellsboro, PA, the son of Gilbert and Margaret McInroy Atherton.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Jennie (Whittemore) who died April 12, 1970.  He was a retired merchant.  He owned and operated a sporting goods store on Crafton St., Wellsboro, PA.  He was a member of the Wellsboro Presbyterian Church.  –Elmira Star-Gazette 8/19/1986

BOWEN MARGARET
Wellsboro Gazette, Tioga, PA-- Thursday, January 17, 1929
After a long illness, Mrs Margaret Bowen Douglas aged 82, died at the home of Sanford Copp, on the Mansfield Rd., Tuesday night. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Mrs Douglas was born near Cherry Flats and lived in that section all her life. She was a staunch member of the Baptist Church, in which body she was an earnest and active worker. Neighbors and friends loved and respected Mrs Douglas as an intelligent friendly woman. She is survived by one sister Martha Kimball; two sons, Will Douglas of Covington and Lewis Douglas; and one daughter, Mrs Sanford Copp of Wellsboro. Miss Leona Copp and Mrs Harry Atherton of Wellsboro are grandchildren.

COPP, Graydon S.
Age 75, of RD 1 Mansfield, Pa, passed away July 7, 2002 at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro, Pa. He was born November 27, 1926 in Charleston Township, the son of Stephen and Minnie Bowen Copp. Graydon was a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Charleston Township. He is survived by several cousins, including Hazel Copp of Charleston Township and special friends, Leonard and Barbara Gee of Covington, PA; and Alfred and Louise Smythe of Cherry Flats. In addition to his parents, he was p0redeceased by a brother, William Bowen Copp, and a sister, Ida Mae Blanchard. Friends are invited to call at the Wilston Funeral Home, 18 N. Main St., Mansfield, PA, Tuesday, Noon – 1 p.m.. Funeral services will follow there Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Kirk Smethers officiating. Burial in Bowen Cemetery.
 

 

KIMBALL, Edith Baity -  Mrs. Edith Kimball Baity, aged 35 years, died Jan. 16 at her home in New Jersey.  The remains were brought here Saturday and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. Kimball, at Roundtop, Rev. E. S. Cole of Delmar, officiating.  She is survived by her husband, Carl Baity, her mother and one sister.  Wellsboro Agitator, 22 Jan 1919

LEONARD LORENA G. COPP
Lorena G. (Leonard) Age 69, of Mansfield, PA, died on Monday, June 11, 2007, in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA. Lorena was born on February 18, 1938 in Tioga, PA, the daughter of John and Mazie (Evarts) Leonard. She was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence M. Copp, on June 29, 2000. Lorena is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jim (Sheryl Boccaleri) and Bob Copp of Mansfield, PA; four daughters and sons-in-law, Susan (Gary Woodruff) Hilfiger of Mansfield, PA, Missy and William Stebbins of Killeen, TX, Tammi Eddy of Lancaster, PA, Vicki (Donald Johns) Copp of Mansfield, PA; one brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Rose Heilman of Williamsport, PA; two sisters and brother-in-law, Vivian and Maynard Mosher of Lawrenceville, PA, Mary M. Keeney of Farmington, NY; sixteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to call on Saturday, June 16, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Jacquelyn A. Buckheit Funeral Chapel, Crematory & Monuments, PC, 637 South Main Street, Mansfield, PA 16933. A funeral service will be held immediately following the viewing at Noon at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bowen Cemetery, Tioga County, PA. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the funeral home to assist with expenses.

SPENCER –MRS. OLIVE M. COPP, 49, of Wellsboro RD 3, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1958.  She was a member of the Church of Christ, Grover, Pa.,  Survived by husband, Linden Copp; daughters, Mrs. William McCauley of Grover and Mrs. Stuart Copp Jr. of Wellsboro; son, Bradley Copp at home/ father, Benjamin F. Spencer of Beaver Falls, Pa.; sisters, Mrs. Lyle Davenport of Hawthorne, Fla., Mrs. Clyde Palmer of Alba, Pa., Mrs. Dale Davenport of Beaver Falls, Mrs. Harry Bennett of Waverly and Mrs. Desmond Morgan of Toledo; brothers, Benjamin Spencer Jr. of Waverly, James Spencer of Sylvania, Ohio and Cecil Spencer of Elmira; three grandchildren.  Body at Shaw & Robena Funeral home, Mansfield.  Calling hours after 5 p.m. today.  Funeral there Friday at 2 p.m.  Burial in family plot in Charleston Twp.  (Bowen Family Cemetery) –Elmira Star-Gazette 1/29/1958

WARD Hazel W. Copp

88, of Mansfield, died Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at home. She was born Jan. 15, 1925, in Lewis Run, the daughter of Burley and Dorothy Lent Ward. Hazel is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Linda Copp of LaSelva Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Sandra West of Wellsboro; a brother, Robert (Leona) Ward of Wellsboro; a grandson, Robert (Cynthia) West of Mansfield; three granddaughters, Susan (George Knapp) West of Wellsboro, Sara (Trent) Miller of Pleasant Hill, Calif., Erin Copp of Santa Cruz, Calif.; six great- grandchildren, Tilly and Bryan Miller, Justin Whelchel, Cole Knapp, William and Courtney Wilson. She was predeceased by her husband, Aaron in 1994; two brothers, Kenneth and Edgar Ward; and a sister, Elizabeth Rae. Private funeral services will be held at the Gary W. Wilston Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 130 S. Main St., Mansfield, with the Rev. Eugene Charsky officiating. Burial will be in Bowen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Hazel's memory may be made to the Animal Care Sanctuary, 11765 Rt. 6, Wellsboro, Pa. 16901.  Wellsboro Gazette – November 14, 2013