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Obituaries & Clippings Collected from Scrapbooks by Joyce M. Tice For her Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project. Please submit any additional clippings that you have available. Bakersburg Cemetery Listing |
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Reading a series
of obituaries from a single cemetery, as they are presented here, is like
reading the multi-generational history of a community. These people were the
local populace at a particular time. The people buried here knew each other,
were neighbors, relatives and school mates. They attended church together
and engaged in "trade" or business. All people are listed in alphabetic
order by surname at BIRTH. Women identified by a married alias only and
for whom a birth surname can not be identified, are listed on the last page
for the cemetery's obituaries.
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Miss Josie E. BIXBY [SRGP 51909]
At Gilmore, Pa., October 17, 1878, Josie E., daughter of Daniel and
Elizabeth Bixby, of Sullivan, Pa., in the 26th year of her age. (Tuesday,
October 29, 1878, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
HOWARD L. BRYAN
Howard L. Bryan, 75, of Mainesburg RD 1, died Thursday, March 27, 1958.
Survived by nephew, Wade Bryan of Elmira; several cousins. Funeral was in
Troy Monday at 11 am, the Rev. Glenn Dewey officiating. Burial was in
Bakersburg Cemetery.
BUTTON - Hiram [SRGP 69450] - Late Hiram Button was Popular Citizen
Mansfield, Sept. 11 - Hiram Button, aged 61 years, died
recently, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eva Letts, of Troy. He is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Letts; Mrs. Edward Wood of Mansfield and Mrs. Henry
Fisher of Wellsboro, and several grandchildren. The funeral was held at the
Church of Christ, Troy, Rev. O.W. Young officiating; burial in the Bakerburg
cemetery. Mr. Button was a gentleman of the old school, courteous, kind and
pleasant to all. He had a sunny disposition which, endeared him to all who had
the pleasure of his acquaintance. - Wellsboro Gazette, September 12, 1929, p.15
RIPLEY, Ella - Gafford
Mrs. Ella B. Gafford [SRGP 45312] died at her home in Spencer, N.Y.,
aged 54. She was a daughter of the late Alfred Ripley of Armenia.
The body was taken to the Bakerburg Cemetery for burial and services were held
in the Bakerburg Church on Sunday, June 25th, conducted by Rev. Mr. Smith of Elk
Run. She was a cousin of Jesse Ripley of Sylvania and was known to many of
the older people of these communities.
A daughter from Spencer, N.Y., and a son from Susquehanna accompanied the
body and helped with tender hands to lay away the form of the mother to mingle
with kindred dust in the old cemetery by the side of the Bakerburg Church.
Eunice M. SLINGERLAND (SRGP 00723) - Mrs. Ensie Woodward, 68, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Olan Chamberlin of Troy, Pa., Sunday evening. She is survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Edith Bradford, Columbia Cross Roads; Mrs. Grace Early, Mainesburg, Pa.; Mrs. Cora Van Ness, Mansfield, Pa., and Mrs. Mary McClure, Barnsboro, Pa. The funeral will be held Tuesday at the home in Sullivan Township, where Mrs. Woodward was a former resident. The Rev. Glenn Dewey will officiate. Burial in the Squire Cemetery, Gray Valley. (handwritten on article Sept 2, 1931) Ensie is actually buried at Bakerburg Cemetery down the road from this one. The obituary is in error.
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