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Tioga County
PA History and Genealogy Richmond Township &
Mansfield Borough Cemeteries
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Canoe Camp Cemetery
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Photo of Oldest Stone in Canoe Camp
by Joyce M. Tice
September 2005
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Francis Upton Spencer..d 1813..oldest stone in
cem.. in war of 1812..Spencers (should be more stones) Huntington, Lownsberry,
Gillett, Stratton, all related, and probably some of the other...found
in history of Tioga co. (Note from Linda CORNELL Reese while reading this
cemetery again summer 2005)
Name of Cemetery: Canoe Camp
Cemetery
Read By: Linda CORNELL Reese
Typed By: Pat SMITH Raymond
Date Read: July.14.2005
Location: Richmond Twp, Tioga County
On Rte 15 Business, across from Penelec Bldg.
NOTE: Cared for by Richmond Twp.
Many stones said to have washed out
in 1972 flood. Could be more below surface although we did probe
and dig up several
Canoe Camp Cemetery - Obituaries
Last Name |
First Name |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
AGE |
Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS |
Cass |
Augustine |
1812 |
1858 |
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Cass |
Anjelia |
1812 |
1902 |
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w/o Augustine (on same marker) |
Cass |
Lafayette |
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1872 |
28y10m |
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Cass |
Willis |
Apr.20.1863 |
Jan.5.1882 |
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Huntington |
C. |
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O.T.MIL Rev. War - No dates |
Lownsberry |
Frank D. |
Jun.4.1819 |
Jan.1.1899 |
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Lownsberry |
Sally C. |
Jun.5.1823 |
Mar.15.1905 |
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On stone w/Frank D. |
Lownsberry |
Martha |
Aug.5.1834 |
Sep.30.1873 |
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w/o H.W. Lownsberry |
Lownsberry |
Anna |
1830 |
1917 |
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Lownsberry |
Letson |
Sep.4.1804 |
Mar.4.1886 |
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Lownsberry |
Cynthia |
Oct.22.1805 |
Jan.30.1888 |
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On stone w/Letson |
Lownsberry |
Ira |
1808 |
1887 |
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Lownsberry |
Sophia |
1805 |
1881 |
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w/o Ira (on same stone) |
Lownsberry |
Enos |
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Apr.13.1859 |
19y5m25d |
s/o Letson & Cynthia |
Lownsberry |
Isaac |
1811 |
1896 |
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Lownsberry |
Laura A. |
1812 |
1846 |
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w/o Isaac |
Lownsberry |
Zillah |
1805 |
1852 |
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w/o Isaac |
Lownsberry |
Cora L. Simpson |
1860 |
1885 |
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Gillett |
Amy |
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Aug.20.1878 |
10y6m2d |
d/o Russell & Matilda |
Gillett |
Lura |
Jun.29.1846 |
Sep.16.1860 |
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Gillett |
Anna |
Aug.15.1823 |
Mar.5.1905 |
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Gillett |
Dwight |
Mar.25.1822 |
Jan.2.1913 |
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Gillett |
Luella Bates |
Jul.17.1861 |
Jul.3.1930 |
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Gillett |
Loyd |
May.1.1811 |
Mar.27.1868 |
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Rev. War |
Wilcox |
Ruth A. |
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Nov.8.1869 |
21y8m |
w/o Parris |
Gillett |
Aaron |
1788 |
1860 |
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Gillett |
Ziba |
1791 |
1859 |
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w/o Aaron |
Gillett |
A. V. |
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Jun.13.1870 |
39y?m10d |
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Gillett |
Laura A. |
Mar.10.1850 |
Mar.10.1858 |
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d/o A.V. & Irene |
Lownsberry |
Hiram |
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1842 |
12 yr |
s/o Letson & Cynthia (2005 did not
find this stone) |
Lownsberry |
Susannah |
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Feb.17.1845 |
78y6m2d |
w/o Isaac |
Rowley |
Nathan |
1759 |
1833 |
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Rowley |
Anna |
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w/o Nathan (Stone flat, in front of Lownsberry's
big stone all that is left is "Our father & Mother Nathan & Anna"
Rest of stone is gone |
Lownsberry |
Levi |
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1858 |
13y6m5d |
s/o Ira & Sophia |
Lownsberry |
Isaac |
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1851 |
93 yr |
Stone broken 1/2 gone |
Lownsberry |
Zillah |
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Dec.8.1852 |
17y2m29d |
Wife of Isaac Lownsberry |
Lownsberry |
Laura A. |
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Dec.19.1847 |
34y10m28d |
Wife of Isaac Lownsberry |
VanDeren |
Corson, Hannah |
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Nothing else on stone |
Newell |
Rachel E. |
Aug.12.1836 |
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w/o Perry |
Noble |
Lovica R. |
May.16.1810 |
Jan.15.1861 |
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w/o Orin |
Noble |
Orin Eugene |
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Apr.22.1851 |
2y7m3d |
s/o Alonzo & Mary |
Bentley |
Mary |
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Apr.29.1860 |
74y9m2d |
w/o Bethuel |
Bentley |
Darius |
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Oct.5.1824 |
2m1d |
s/o Bethuel & Mary |
Masecar |
Lewis |
1885 |
1958 |
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Masecar |
Mabel |
1878 |
1960 |
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On stone w/Lewis |
Masecar |
Marion Obourn |
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1917 |
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Masecar |
Josephine |
1848 |
1932 |
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Masecar |
William J. |
1844 |
1922 |
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GAR Marker |
Stratton |
Lydia Ann |
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Feb.5.1846 |
23y5m1d |
d/o Seymour & Susan |
Stratton |
Susan |
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Sep.18.1867 |
65 yr |
w/o Seymour |
Stratton |
Seymour |
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Jul.11.1876 |
80y10m10d |
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Spencer |
Fr. U. |
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Feb.26 1813 |
23 yr |
Oldest stone in cemetery |
Stratton |
Juliett |
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1842 |
2 yr |
d/o Seymour & Susan (Did not find
this stone) |
Stratton |
Rosciana |
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1842 |
7 yr |
d/o Seymour & Susan (Did not find
this stone) |
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Gazette Wellsboro, Pa., Thurs., June 20, 1974
Photo Caption: HOWARD HAGER and Ted Besanceny place a stone in the Canoe
Camp Cemetery Photo by Loveland
The Cemetery Without a Name
When Hurricane Agnes and the resulting flood hit this area [1972] ,
it demolished a small cemetery along Rt. 15 at Canoe Camp. After
the waters had subsided all the grave stones that could be found were piled
along the river band and there they remained for almost a year while the
cemetery was covered with trash and the area residents bemoaned the fact
that no one was putting it back to rights. Theodore Besanceney and
others from the Canoe Camp area began trying to find out who had been buried
there, who owned the cemetery and what its name was. The have been
discouragingly unsuccessful. No one remembers the name. There
was no plot of graves. Even The DAR which has plotted many cemeteries
in the area had no information and no budding genealogist has come forward
with information. No one knows who owns it. Mrs. Joseph Chance
of Sebring had the most information to give. They have discovered
that it was originally on the old Lonsberry Farm whose farm house once
stood near the Edwin Trask home. Frank Lownsbery, Howard Hager, Fay
Killgore, Stuart Nays, Ed Trask, and the Richmond Township Supervisors
(John McGraw) have all help in the restoration. There is no money
to reset the stones, so those that had no bases are being placed flat and
the area seeded so that it can be kept mowed and looking nice. Bentley,
Lonsberry, Mosecar, Cass and Stratton are the family names of most of those
buried there. The oldest grave is a boy age ten, buried in 1823.
The marker is a field stone carved by hand, apparently with a chisel.
“This little bloom nipped in the bud,” is part of the inscription.
The thanks of the community goes to those who have worked to restore the
cemetery with no name. If anyone has information about this cemetery
and those buried there, please contact Theodore R. Besanceny, RD 3, Mansfield.
Obituaries:
BAILEY - Tamazon Bailey Green Gillett
Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA - Wed., March 14, 1906, Pg 5
Mrs. Tamazon Gillett, aged 94, died at her home at Canoecamp on March
3d. She was born at Smithfield, Bradford County, Nov. 11, 1811, and came
to this county in 1823. Her eight children survive her. They
are: Mrs. M. A. Cass, of Mansfield; Mrs. John Walker, of Somers
Lane; Mrs. Letson Lownsbery, of Elmira; Mrs. Daniel Lownsbery,
of Jackson Summit; Aaron Gillett and Andrew Gillett, of Canoecamp;
Frank Gillett and Clinton Gillett, of Mansfield.
Isaac Lownsberry [SRGP 39958] d. Canoe Camp Sep 18th, b.
Schoharie, Ny., Feb 9th 1811, came here about 1818. 1st m. Laura A. Gillett,
dau. of Aaron and Ziba. They had: George W. of Col. (dead); Sarah
Morehouse, state of Washington; Lucy H. Kephart of Kansas (dead); Julia
A. Morehouse of Minnesota; John of Canoe Camp. 2nd wife Mrs. Gillah J.
Edsall of Southport, Ny., who d. 1852. Last of 11 children himself
- they were: John of Oregon; Anna (Peter) Zimmer, Schoharie Co.,
Ny.; Lydia (Daniel) Holden, Mansfield; Ruth (Peter) Whittaker,
Canoe Camp; Mary (Bethnel) Bentley, Mill Creek; Susan (Seymour) Stratton,Canoe
Camp; Letson L., Canoe Camp; Wright L., Illinois; Ira L. of Canoe Camp;
Eneas L.
Published on Tri-Counties 02 OCT 2005
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