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Corydon Cemetery
Elk Township

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Corydon Cemetery, relocated from its original site, is one of three cemeteries located on a grassy knoll in the extreme northeast corner of the county. As you enter the gate into the grounds, the cemetery will be on your left.

Take a walk through the cemetery...

		Looking back toward the gate from the middle of the cemetery.
Many old grave markers dot the grounds which slope gently away from the road.
Wakeman Avery Died Apr 9, 1864   The 1850 census lists Wakeman Avery, age 30, in Corydon township with his family: Hannah, wife, age 20; Jeremiah, son, age 3; Florence, daughter, 2 months old. He was a farmer and, along with his wife, was born in New York state. The two children were born in Pennsylvania. On the 1860 census, Wakeman Avery and wife Mary are living in Corydon township. He was 42, a farmer, born in New York state. Wife Mary was 32, also born in NY state. No children are listed.
		L to R, inscriptions read: Our father Isaac Williams. Died May 5, 1855, Aged 78 years, 9 mos, & 5 days. Our mother. Susannah wife of Isaac Williams Died Jan. 9, 1859 Aged 80 years, 1 mo, & 4 days.
The cemetery's most famous burial is Philip Tome, author of Pioneer Life or Thirty Years a Hunter.
This, however, is not the original grave marker. His first tombstone is now held by the Warren County Historical Society.
		Lucretia Tome, wife of Philip Tome, Jr., died June 8, 1860. She left behind her husband, 28, and children Jacob, 6, Byron, 5, and Mary, 1.
Follow the road straight in and turn left on the paved road to find this large marker next to a flag pole.
		Veterans of WW II Honor Roll
From Corydon, PA Clayton M. Swift Joseph L. Whyte David D. Whyte C. Leo Russell * James C. Whyte * Frank D. Black W. Craig Browne Kenneth E. Baker Doris E. Baker Thom Anthony C. Roy Bennett Donald K. Bennett C. Stuart LaDow Gale W. Smith William C. Crooks Clifford N. Crooks S. Lance Gardner Robert B. Rice Elizabeth M. Riley Marion R. Edwards Benjamin L. Crooks C. Kenneth Mason Charles H. Clawson Benjamin F. Blauser, Jr. Edwin F. Tome Malcolm N. Sparks Carl F. Laubach Lee D. Baker Clayton M. Hansen Betty Jane Leichner Joseph N. Black C. Eugene Harding Marion P. Williams * Killed in action - Italian campaign
		From Willow Creek Florence L. Cobb Albert T. Cobb Leon C. Cobb Paul W. Cobb James M. Cobb Glenn W. Holsinger Robert T. Holsinger James H. Borst Hiram L. Borst James Fedick Lawrence Alv...cannot read this Harold E. Tr... cannot read this George Black Frank E. Rodgers Donald Brooks Philip R. Dewyer Donald E. Williams Kenneth G. Halsaver Catherine Woodruff Gordon Jarrett Ronald Davidson Charles Smith, Jr. Carl B. Brown Francis Schaffner
Below, an overview of the cemetery with one of the paved roads on the right.
All photographs contributed by Penelope Repko

Regretably, burials in this cemetery are listed on Find-A-Grave together with the other two cemeteries, Cornplanter and Riverview, under the name Riverview Cemetery, making it difficult to sort out who is buried where.

Perhaps of more help is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, website Kinzua Cemetery Relocations, which "will allow family members to locate their loved ones by name and determine which cemetery and plot number they were moved from, and to which cemetery and plot number they had been moved."

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