FORKSTON TWP

FORKSTON TWP. WYO. CO.

There are fifthteen cems. or burial plots in Forkston Twp.

Fincke Family Plot

Kasson Brook Cemetery

Henry Site

Koloff Site

Samuel Daddow Site

North Branch or Adams Cemetery

Winslow Family Plot

Robinson Street or Pearson Cemetery

Perle Goodwin Farm Plot

South Branch or Robinson Cemetery

Noah Adams Family Plot

Forkston Cemetery

Eastwood Family Plot

Fassett Family Plot

Cappucci Site

FINCKE CEMETERY

Dutch Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

Banzhaf, Anna D., See F. Charles Fincke

Fincke, F. Charles, 26 June 1853 - 17 Mar 1918;

Anna D. Banzhaf, h/w, 9 Mar 1859 - 25 May 1887;

Clara Louisa, dau., 17 May 1883 - 31 Dec 1899;

Freddie C., infant son, 12 Mary 1880 - 20 Sept 1880

Fincke, F. Gustav, 4 June 1815 - 16 Feb 1884;

A. Ottonia, h/w, 10 July 1831 - 18 Aug 1877

Fincke, Frederick Williams, 12 Sept 1858 - 28 Apr 1931;

Martha M., h/w, 14 July 1856 - 9 Dec 1911

HENRY SITE

Dutch Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

Located on Bellasylvia Gun Club Road, past cabin on right. Go up hill around the corner, grave on left by some trees.

, Henry, No Dates Revolutionary War Marker (Last name might be Casper)(additional note from: Gabbies1@aol.com. The tombstone with Henry, possibly Casper on it is the other way around. It is Casper Henry. He was born in the late 1700's in Knowlton, Hunterdon, New Jersey and moved with his mother, father and many sisters to settle Nescopeck. After being there a while, he moved to Wyoming County where he died. There was an article written about this tombstone.)

SAMUEL DADDOW SITE

Dutch Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

Located on Dutch Mountain, on the right side by a large rock formation.

Daddow, Samuel, 24 Dec 1803 England - 13 Sept 1856 52y 8m 19d "For I know that my Redeemer cometh and That he shall stand at the final day upon the Earth And though after my skin worms destroy this body Yet in my flesh shall I see God."

KASSON BROOK or SOUTH BRANCH CEMETERY

Dutch Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

Foote, Fred, d. 12 Dec 1902 21y

Foote, John H., 1831 - 2 Feb1901 70y;

Juliette, 1836 - 1925; Perry, 1864 -1882

Foote, William Kenneth, 29 Oct 1917 - 3 Apr 1919 "Tiny one remembered"

Gilson, Eliza, See Lewis Rosengrant

Hadsall, John, d. 8 Dec 1894

Kasson, Lillian, dau. of Fred and Eliza, 9 June 1903 - 7 Oct 1905

Peterson, William R., 1842 Canada - 27 July 1898 56y GAR Flag;

Emma,h/w, 1848 - 1920;

Joseph P., son, d. 28 Mar 1880 8y 21d;

William r., Jr., son, 1884 - 1903;

Also two infants no dates

Rogers, Baby Girl, No Dates

Rogers, Claude, No Dates

Rogers, Clayton, son of O. Asman and Eva, d. 29 Aug 1900 1y

Rogers, Marshall, d. 17 May 1898 9m 27d

KASSON BROOK or SOUTH BRANCH CEMETERY

Rosengrant, Lewis, 1850 - 1903;

Almedia, 1856 - 1907; Clint, 1897 - 1897;

Eddie, 1873/6/8 - 1887;

Eliza Gilson, dau., 1875 - 23 Apr 1902/4;

Frank,1882 - 1 Mar 1901/2 20y;

George, 1896 - 1896;

Gracie, 1886 - 1902;

Juliet, 1874 - 1902

Scouton, , male, d. Oct 1879 4y 6m

Sprague, Adoniram J., son of Herman and Betsey, 1852 - 27 Feb 1905 51y

"Father"; Rosetta, 1859 - 1935

"Mother"; Millie Belle, 1891 - 1893

"Sister"

KOLOFF SITE

Dutch Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

Located past the Kester farm, road to left of Moore Cabin Road, down in the

Meadow to the left of the road.

Koloff, Fred K., No Dates Co. A, 52nd N. Y. Inf. Civil War GAR Flag

NORTH BRANCH or ADAMS CEMETERY

Forkston, Penna.

Just off Rt. 87 from Forkston to Goodwin Farm, on left bank as you turn right on the dirt road.

Adams, Adelia H., See Jacob Bartolet

Adams, Fanny, 11 Apr 1832 - 11 June 1898

Adams, Fred F., 10 Sept 1872 - 27 June 1906

Adams, Gilbert, d. 22 Nov 1866 y;

Betsey, h/w, d. 19 May 1870 63y 5m 3d

Adams, O. R., 19 Sept 1842 - 28 Dec 1919 Co. B, 52, PV Civil War;

Jane, h/w, 8 Aug 1847 - 12 July 1897

Adams, Richard, d. 4 Sept 1868 67y 1m 22d;

Polly, h/w, d. 3 July 1875 70y 3m 25d "Asleep in Jesus Peaceful Rest "A mother kind lies here at rest Whose waking is supposedly blest With earthly cares no longer pressed In fear no woe shall dim that hour Her soul we trust by pardoning grace That manifests the Saviour's Power." Finds now with Saints a resting place."

Aaron James, son, d. 9 Nov 1857 17y 1m 25d

Adams, Rodah, See Rodah Adams Krewson

Adams, William S., 1824 - 1896;

Sally A., h/w, 1831 - 1906;

Francis H., 1852 - 1852;

Frank W., 1854 - 1865;

Mary B., 1869 - 1878

Ashcraft, Susan J., See Byron J. Burgess

Bartolet, Jacob, son of Samuel and Hannah, 9 Nov 1823 Chester Co. - 10 Jan 1905;

Adelia H. Adams, h/w, d. 16 Dec 1881 46y 10m 12d "You be good. Meet me in Heaven."

Bowman, Elijah, 5 Aug 1785 - 7 Feb

Burgess, Byron J., 1852 - 1923;

Susan J. Ashcraft, h/w, 1849 - 1916;

Bessie, dau., 1876 - 1903

Burgess, E. (C/G), d. 9 Mar 1877 46y 1m 28d (Stone broken)

Burgess, Edwin N., 1828 - 1912;

Sarah E., h/w, d. 15 June 1878 47y 9m 13d;

Frederick S., son, d. 16 Oct 1861 4y 6m 26d;

Infant son, d. 14 Jan 1873 4m 3d;

Mira, d 26 July 1878 7y 4m

Burgess, John S., son of O. R., and E. A., d. 11 Mar 1895 24y 1m 27d

Burgess, Russell P., 8 Dec 1823 - 14 Aug 1898;

Mary A., h/w, 8 Mar 1827 -16 Nov 1888 'Tis with believers well;

Grattan W., son, d. 15 Jan 1862 6y 5m 26d

Burgess, Seth, d. 7 June 1887 84y 11m 21d;

Eliza, h/w, d. 22 Jan 1887 86y 3m 26d

NORTH BRANCH or ADAMS CEMETERY

Estes, James, 1850 - 1926;

Mary, h/w, d. 19 Oct 1947;

Lemuel G., son, 21 Apr 1894 - 19 Apr 1905

Frost, Maude, dau. of George O. and Anne, d. 27 Oct 1877 9y 3m

Krewson, Rodah Adams, wife of Harford, 29 Aug 1835 - 24 Jan 1906

Leroy, Parney M., dau. of Major and Mary, d. 15 Aug 1904 52y

Leroy, Teunis V., d. 6 July 1877 82y 2m 21d;

Asenatha, h/w, d. 29 June 1886 86y 7m 11d;

Helen J. A., dau., d. 26 Aug 1879 36y 8m 25d;

Jackson E., son, d. 6 Feb 1883 56y 1m 24d

Lott, Myra L., dau. of E. W. and R. E., d. 1 Oct 1885 2y 1m 15d

Shoemake, John, d. 28 Dec 1889 67y "Gone but not forgotten"

ROBINSON STREET or PEARSON CEMETERY

(Old Forkston Creek Cemetery)

Mehoopany, Penna.

Located along Rt. 87 just before the Forkston Township Line.

Barros, Parney, See Jonas Farr

DeWolf, Amasa, d. 3 Nov 1859 78y 5m 2d;

Diantha, h/w, d. 11 Aug 1853 61y;

Diantha N., dau., d. 4 Apr 1834 15y 15d;

Mary T., dau., d. 11 Apr 1843 19y 11m 18d;

Sylvania B., dau., d. 10 Jan 1863 38y 3d

DeWolf, Amasa R., d. 29 Jan 1869 38y 4m 4d Co. H, 52nd Reg. PV (Enlisted 1861, served 3 years) Civil War;

Margarete, h/w, d. 12 Apr 1889 52y 7m 22d

DeWolf, Betsey, See Abner Kneeland Farr

DeWolf, Mark A., d. 3 May 1865 52y 3m 21d

DeWolf, Philo H., d. 21 Aug 1861 36y 4m 13d

Farr, Abner Kneeland, 1812 - 1884;

Betsey De Wolf, h/w, 1814 - 1882

WINSLOW FAMILY PLOT

Forkston, Penna.

Located on the roger Otten farm off the main road from Forkston to Lovelton. First dirt road to the right off Lovelton Bridge, up in a pasture to the left of the road.

Allen, Nathan, d. 14 Apr 1877 74y 7m 7d "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

Otten, John G., d. 1 Jan 1892 "Gone but not forgotten";

Harriet, h/w, d. 6 Mar 1897 66y

Vose, Oliver, 16 Dec 1792 - 27 Feb 1855

Winslow, Perry, d. 6 Nov 1875 y 5m 25d

Winslow, Zeruah, wife of Azariah, d. 8 Jan 1853 88y 7m 28d

PEARLE GOODWIN FARM

Mehoopany, Penna.

Anson, Martin, 26 Feb 1818 - 1 Sept 1835 17y 6m 6d

SOUTH BRANCH or ROBINSON CEMETERY

(Windy Valley Road Cemetery)

Forkston, Penna.

Located on the dirt road that goes from Forkston over Dutch Mountain, just past Windy Valley Farm.

Adams, Aaron, d. 10 Apr 1844 75y 6m;

Huldah, h/w, d. 15 Jan 1851

Bronson, Jerusha e., wife of L. B., d. 24 Feb 1848 39y 3m 18d "She died in the triumphs of faith and universal salvation"

Burgess, Grant, d. 14 Mar 1845 20y 2m 18d

Burgess, John P., d. 2 Feb 1870 71y 5m 7d;

Sally, h/w, d. 15 Oct 1824 26y 11m 13d;

Nancy, h/w, d. 14 June 1827 24y 8m 22d;

Susanna, h/w, d. 1 Mar 1845 37y 1m 13d

Catlin, Lewis d., 1876 - 1952

Catlin, Riley, 1886 - 1958

DeWolf, Charles, d. 16 Dec 1814 67y

Goetchius, Catherine, dau. of R. (P.) and Tahihanna, d. 7 Apr 1845 19y 7m 3d

Kasson, W. C., no dates Co. B, 58th PA Inf. GAR Flag

Robinson, Ira, d. 12 June 1881 72y 8m 3d;

Zerua, h/w, d. 23 Mar 1845 33y 4m 21d

Robinson, Jared, Capt., 1742 - 1826 Lt. in the Rev. War "Loyal Au Mort";

Mary Thompson, h/w, 1743 - 1826;

Mary, dau.

John, son

Sybil, dau., d. 2 Nov 1830 18y 10m 15d

Scouton, Leslie, son of T. and , d. 17 Feb 1822

Scouton, Major, no dates Co. B, 58th PA Inf. GAR Flag

Scouton, William, d. 6 Feb 1846 54y 5m 8d;

Hannah, h/w, d. 19 Aug 1830 31y;

Joseph H., son, d. 30 July 1828 2y 7m 11d

Thompson, Mary, See Capt. Jared Robinson

NOAH ADAMS FAMILY PLOT

Forkston, Penna.

Adams, Noah, 27 Aug 1747 - 1834 Pvt. Conn. Troops, Rev. War

EASTWOOD FAMILY PLOT

Forkston Mountain

Forkston, Penna.

(David Eastwood, Jr.)

Located on John Eastwood Farm on Forkston Mountain.

Eastwood, John (Buried on farm along with his wife no dates)

FASSETT FAMILY CEMETERY

Located between the Forkston Bridge and Jenningsville.

Fassett, David W., 8 Feb 1820 - 19 July 1898;

Phoebe B., h/w, 23 Apr 1824 - 5 Feb 1882;

Mary P., dau., d. 17 Apr 1862 6y 11m 25d;

Perry C., son, 21 Sept 1856 - 13 Jan 1886

Fassett, N. R. B., d. 24 June 1893 43y

Taylor, W. Z., d. 24 Nov 1895 53y 2m 5d;

Delia B., dau. of W. Z. and Z. C., d. 17 June 1872 3y 7m 28d;

Steven D., son, d. 22 Aug 1875 2y 2m 9d;

Perry N., son, d. 11 Sept 1886 1y 6m 16d

Wright, Ella A., dau. of W. R. and J. M., d. 8 Apr 1871 1y 3m 29d

Wright, Otto, son of M. W. and J. M., d. 29 Jan 1882 5d

ASHCRAFT FAMILY PLOT

Past Cappucci Farm on Heath Hill between Mehoopany and Forkston.

Ashcraft, Emoline, dau. of James and Sarah, d. 8 May 1866 35y 5m 28d

Ashcraft, James, 25 Oct 1785 - 12 Apr 1860 75y 5m 18d;

Sophia, h/w, d. 16 June 1864 73y 5m 20d

Fell, Betsy, See David Rose

Fellbush, Dorothy, wife of John, d. 19 June 1851 82y 5m 10d

Fellbush, Lucinda, wife of John, d. 20 May 1866 54y 5m 7d

Ross, David, d. 16 Mar 1885 77y 9m;

Betsy Fell, h/w, d. 31 Aug 1887 78y 1m 6d

Ross, George, d. 13 Dec 1895 61y 1m 4d

Submitted by: Elizabeth

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