The BEAVER MEADOWS CEMETERY
BY CAROL HOOSE BROTZMAN
*** Indicates a veteran: italics indicate headstone
information:
Just sit back and watch the
intermingling of the various families. I
will try to make this easy for you to see, with Historians notes, we are just
one big connected “FAMILY WEB” here at Beaver Meadows.
Lot 247, Francis and Rhea
Brotzman lot
***Ace, Francis (Charles) April 26, 1926 –
August 21, 2003
Rhea (Ann)(Brotzman) August 25, 1926 -
Francis
was the son of Raymond and Genevieve
LaFrance Ace.
Rhea was
the daughter of William
M. and Geneva Smith Brotzman.
Two large stem roses grace the dark onyx colored
headstone. His military bronze plaque adorns the backside of the stone.
Francis
and Rhea were married February 21, 1946 (Brotzman genealogy data)
Their children are as
follows: Gail Ann (Mrs. Frederick Hoyt, Mrs. Thomas Price), Linda Jean (Mrs.
Swede Stackhouse), and Brian who married Donna Arey
Wyalusing
Rocket August 2001
Mr. Francis C. Ace (Acey), 77, of RR 1, Box 1554,
Laceyville, PA., passed away at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital early
Thursday morning, Aug, 21, 2003. He was born on Clapper Hill, Tuscarora Twp.,
Bradford County, PA., on April 26, 1926, the son of the late Raymond and
Genevieve LaFrance Ace. Mr. Ace was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as
a corporal in the Army Air Forces, stationed in Germany, during World War II,
from 1944 to 1946. Acey was employed at the Grange Bank in Lawton, PA., for 11
years as its branch manger. In 1972, Acey and his wife Rhea purchased the
Laceyville Hardware, which they operated until his retirement in 1984. In 1984,
the store was purchased by his son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Donna Ace,
the current owners. Mr. Ace was a director of the Grange National Bank of
Laceyville for 20 years. Acey was a member of the Laceyville Business
Association, and the Rought Hall Post 510 American Legion, in Black Walnut, PA.
He was a past member of the Laceyville Rotary Club, and the Laceyville
Ambulance Association. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, especially for
turkey. He was also an accomplished woodcarver, winning several prizes, at many
shows throughout the country. He also donated many of his carvings, to many
civic organizations, for special raffle prizes.
He is survived by his wife, the former Rhea Brotzman Ace, to whom he has
been married for 57 years. A son and his wife, Brian and Donna Ace, of
Laceyville; and two daughters, Ms. Gail Ace Price of Harrisburg, PA., and Linda
and her husband Wade Stackhouse, of Lake Carey, PA. Two brothers and their
wives, Donald and Lil Ace, of State College, PA., and Howard and Kate Ace, of
Towanda, PA., also a sister-in-law, Mrs. Margo Ace, of Rome, PA. Four
grandchildren, Bret Hoyt of New Albany, PA., Corinne Sherman of Mount Holly Springs,
PA.; Ryan Stackhouse of Hershey, PA., and Aaron Stackhouse of Orlando, Fla.;
and two great-grandchildren, Kacey and Kara Sherman of Mount Holly Springs,
PA.; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in
death by a brother, Lloyd Ace. At the request of the family, a private family
funeral service will be held at their convenience. Interment will be at a later
date in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery in Laceyville, PA. Friends may call at the
Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville, PA., on Saturday afternoon, from 2
to 4 p.m.
In lieu of
flowers, those wishing may make memorial donations to the Tyler Memorial
Hospital, in care of Tyler Memorial Hospital, State Route 6, Tunkhannock, PA.,
18657.
A woodcarvings by Francis Ace. He was famous for them!
A tribute from
a grandchild:
Letter to the
Editor about Grandpa Ace, Wyalusing Rocket August 2001
To most of you,
he was a beautiful, talented, friendly man. To me, he’s just grandpa. A grandpa
who loved his family. A grandpa who taught me how to put a worm on a hook,
catch a fish and then take the fish off the hook. A grandpa who was always
interested in what we were doing and achieving. A grandpa who never had a bad
word about anyone or anything, even things he didn’t always agree with. A
grandpa who always loved and cared for us, no matter what. He was more than any
kid could ever ask for in a grandfather. What’s even better, he was the
Great-Grandpa to my children (or “Pa” as we
called him). A
Great-Grandpa who brought the same joy and teachings to my children as he did
to me. Not only did he help hunt for salamanders, but a grandpa who made the
best animal shaped pancakes in the world, (his talents went way beyond pen,
paper and wood). By not being a part of your local community, I didn’t have the
privilege of knowing my grandfather in the way that many of you did, nor was I
aware of the many ways in which he has touched this community. As I said, to
me, he’s always just been my grandpa. And he was just as good of a grandfather
as he was a good member of your community.
He will be missed in many ways. His memories will always be cherished. I thank
each and every one of you who loved my grandfather. All of these things we read
and hear, mean so much to us.
Corinne Sherman
Mt. Holly Springs, PA.
Daily Review on
October 29, 2011
Rhea Ace, age
85, Tewksbury Hollow Road, Laceyville, Pa., passed away suddenly at home early
Friday morning, Oct. 28, 2011. Her husband of 57 years, Francis, passed away
Aug. 21, 2003. Rhea was born in Tuscarora Twp., Bradford County, on Sept. 25,
1926, the daughter of William and Geneva (Smith) Brotzman. Rhea worked at
Dibble's Supermarket in Lacey
ville for
several years and in 1972 she and her husband Francis (Acey) purchased the
Laceyville Hardware, which they operated until their retirement in 1987. In
1987, the store was purchased by their son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Donna
Ace, the current owners. Mrs. Ace was a member of the Laceyville Business
Association and was, until recently, an active member of the Oldest House in
Laceyville. She enjoyed cooking and baking for family, friends and neighbors
and loved working in her flower and vegetable gardens. Most of all, Rhea
enjoyed spending time with her family. She is survived by a son and his wife,
Brian and Donna Ace of Laceyville; two daughters, Ms. Gail Ace Price of
Harrisburg and Linda and her husband, Wade Stackhouse of Lake Carey; a sister,
Pat, of Montrose; a sister-in-law, Thelma Brotzman of Wyalusing; a brother and
sister-in-law, Donald and Lil Ace of State College; a brother-in-law, Howard
Ace of Towanda; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Margo Ace of Rome; four grandchildren,
Bret Hoyt and Corinne Sherman both of Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., Ryan Stackhouse
of Elizabethtown, Pa. and Aaron Stackhouse of Austin, Texas; three great
grandchildren, Kacey and Kara Sherman of Mt. Holly Springs, and Mya Stackhouse
of Elizabethtown; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was
preceded in death by her brothers, Elston, Reed, Ward, and Bill, and sisters,
Kate Brotzman Brown and Eloise Brotzman Nesslein. At the request of the family,
a private family funeral service will be held at their convenience at the
Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville. Interment will be at a later
date in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those wishing, may
make memorial donations to The Oldest House, c/o Laceyville Hardware, PO Box
116, Laceyville, PA 18623. Contributed by a cousin and friend, Carol Hoose
Brotzman
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records,
1938-1946
Name: Francis
C Ace Birth Year: 1926
Race: White,
citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 4 Nov 1945 Enlistment State: Wisconsin
Enlistment City: Truax Field Madison
Branch: Air
Corps Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Corporal
Grade Code: Corporal
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment Component: Regular
Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or
recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC. Education: 3 years of high school Civil
Occupation: Tinsmiths, coppersmiths,
and sheet metal workers Marital Status: Single,
without dependents Height: 88 Weight: 000
Rhea Brotzman, Barbara Clapper, Marjorie Clapper and Ralph Clapper 1942
Photo courtesy of Douglas Clapper
Photo courtesy of Barbara Brotzman Myers
Lot:
Adams, Kathy M. Bride, married Stephen
A. Adams December 09, 1979
She
was the daughter of Joseph and Lucille
VanNest Bride.
December
30, 1959 - April 25, 2012, buried May
1, 2012
mother
of Brook, Monica and Logan Adams
Stephen A. Adams is the son of Kenneth
and Donna Clapper Adams.
Kathy M. (Bride) Adams
Daily Review April 27, 2012
Kathy M. (Bride) Adams, age 52, of 618 Sterling Hill Rd.,
Wyalusing, went to be with the angels while surrounded by her loving family at
her home on Wednesday evening, April 25, 2012. Kathy was born in Towanda, on
Dec. 30, 1959 the daughter of the late Joseph E. Bride, who passed away in
2004, and R. Lucille VanNest Bride of U.S. Route 6, Wyalusing. Kathy was a
Wyalusing Valley High School graduate, class of 1977. Kathy married her husband
Steve A. Adams on Dec. 9, 1978. She was a loving and caring stay at home mom,
for many years. After all of her children were in school she went back to
pursue her personal care administrative qualifications from Marywood
University, then after receiving her degree, she became the administrative
assistant/activities director at the Wyalusing Personal Care Center. Kathy was
a member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday
school. In addition, she taught Sunday school at the Beaver Meadows United
Methodist Church. She was a leader of the 4-H Wyalusing Horse and Pony Club and
a Girl Scout Leader of the Wyalusing Girl Scout Troop. Being a breast cancer
survivor, Kathy was a Chairperson for the Wyalusing Relay for Life (2010
Honorary Chairperson). Kathy absolutely loved to shop. She also loved to bake
and cook for her family and friends. She took great pleasure in designing and
sewing clothing. She liked being outside, working in her flower gardens and
horseback riding. She enjoyed riding motorcycles with her husband. Kathy was
very fond of going on wine tours and tasting the wine. She thoroughly enjoyed
the great times she had with her family and many friends while hanging out,
dancing, and telling jokes and stories. Kathy worshiped being a MiMi to her
little man, Dante, with their many movie dates and sleepovers. Besides her husband
and mother, she is survived by her children Brooke (Bebe) Hatton and her
husband Joe of Spring Hill, Monica (Mona) Adams of Wyalusing, and Logan (Logi
Bear) Adams of Wyalusing; grandson Dante Hatton of Spring Hill; sister Linda
Porter of Sayre; brother Thomas and his wife Becky Bride of Palm Harbor, Fla.;
nephew Dustin Bride of Panama City, Fla.; nieces Allison Bride of Palm Harbor,
Carrie Zdon and her husband Joel of Sheshequin and Corinne McConnell and her
husband Chris of Virginia; four great nephews; her extended family of her
mother-in-law Donna Harvey of Clapper Hill; as well as many sisters-in-laws and
brothers-in-laws; and her little buddy Greta. Funeral services will be held at
11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the Wyalusing United Methodist Church,
Church Street, Wyalusing, with Rev. Penney Rahm of the Church and Rev. Diane
Prentice, a long time friend, officiating. Interment will be at the Beaver
Meadows Cemetery following the service. Family and friends may call from 1 to 3
p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 30, 2012 at the church. Arrangements were
made through Sheldon Funeral Homes, Main Street, Laceyville. In lieu of flowers
those wishing to make donations, may do so in Kathy's memory, to the House of
Care, 100 N. Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822 or the Susan G. Komen for the
Cure, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.
Lot 121 Clapper, Donna Adams,
lot
*** Adams, Kenneth E. February 26, 1936 – December 25, 1959
Korean War: PA A2C
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, military stone
Rev.
William Reid married Kenneth Adams and Donna Marie Clapper, daughter of Daniel
Orell and Sylvia Repsher Clapper in the Beaver Meadows Church July 17,
1955. Kenneth was the son of Elmer
and Ethel Trowbridge Adams of Windham Township, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. His life was cut short by
cancer.
They were the parents of one
child; Stephen A. Adams who married
Kathy Bride December 09, 1979.
Rev.
Darreld Shoop married Walter Steven Harvey and Donna Clapper Adams
August 13, 1960 in the Beaver Meadows Church. Their children are as follows:
Twins, Gina (Mrs. Timothy Winters, Mrs. Kevin Button, Mrs. Darrell Salsman) and
Julie (Mrs. Anthony Salsman, Mrs. Ronald Millard, Mrs. Richard Bishop) and Lena
(Mrs. Tim Ferguson, Mrs. Anthony Scott Newhart) and Michael who married Brenda
Halstead. Donna and Steve later
divorced.
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1963 about Kenneth E Adams
Name: Kenneth E Adams Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 23 Birth Date: 26
Feb 1936
Birth Place: Windham Township, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 25 Dec 1959
Death Place: Rural Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Elmer Adams Mother Name: Ethel Trowbridge Adams
Spouse Name: Donna Adams Certificate Number: 114112
The wedding of Donna Marie Clapper and Kenneth E. Adams at the Beaver Meadows United Methodist
Church July 17, 1955. Reverend William Reid conducted the service.
The
photo is courtesy of Douglas and Virginia Kelley Clapper. From left to right we
have Midge Clapper (now Mrs. William Kershner), Karen Adams (now Mrs. Frank
Gates), Virginia Adams (now Mrs. Marvin Adams). The bride and groom Donna
Clapper and Ken Adams are in the center. Doug Clapper is the fellow next to the
groom, next is Allen Adams and Daniel Clapper is the fellow on the right.
Lot 128, Harold and Marie
Devine Lot:
Andrea Mae Applebee June
18, 2008 - Sept 1, 2008
Connor Michael Applebee
October 14, 2009 - January 13, 2010
Great grandchildren to
Harold and Louela Rought Devine
Daily Review
on January 16, 2010
Connor
Michael Applebee, infant son of Stacy M. Brown and Jonathan M. Applebee of
Monroeton, Pa., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at Memorial Hospital, N.
Towanda Twp., Pa. Connor was born Oct. 14, 2009 at the Robert Packer Hospital
in Sayre, Pa. Connor brought so much happiness into the hearts of all his
family and friends. He was full of beautiful smiles, giggles, and love.
Everyone loved all the ways Connor would make them laugh. He loved going
shopping with Mommy and his favorite girls, and found it entertaining watching
Daddy play football on the X-box. He was a blessing to us all and the short
time he was with us, he was the key to our hearts and will never be
forgotten. Surviving are: his parents,
Stacy M. Brown and Jonathan M. Applebee of Monroeton, Pa.; maternal
grandparents, Randy and Luella Brown of Burlington, Pa.; paternal grandparents,
Jody and Karen Applebee of Monroeton, Pa.; an aunt, Bobbie Jo Brown, her fiancé
Aaron Neville; and special cousin, Evan Neville, all of Ephrata, Pa.; an uncle,
Jordan Applebee of Monroeton, Pa.; great-grandparents, Vionne Brown of Athens,
Pa., Jackie Baker of Lansing, N.Y., Lenora and George Applebee of Prattsburg,
N.Y.; several great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death
by a sister, Andrea May "Andie" Applebee, on Sept. 1, 2008;
great-grandmother, Virginia Grover; great-grandfathers, Carl Brown, Dr. Robert
Baker and Francis Grover; and an uncle, Andy Grover. The funeral service will
be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home,
217 York Ave. Towanda, Pa., with Pastor Tim Geiger of the Assembly of God
Church, Towanda, Pa., officiating. The family will receive friends from noon to
1 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery, Tuscarora Twp., Pa.
"When
someone comes into our lives and they are too quietly and quickly gone, they
leave footprints on our hearts…and their memory stays with us forever."
Enjoy those angel wings baby Connor and fly high. We all love you and miss you
dearly.
Daily Review
September 4, 2008
Andrea May
Applebee, known as "Andie," infant daughter of Stacy M. Brown and
Jonathan M. Applebee of Towanda, Pa., died Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at the
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa. Andie was born June 18, 2008, at
Memorial Hospital, Towanda, Pa. Andie was a sweet beautiful baby girl full of
smiles, character and passion. Born a premature child Andie was a true fighter
who gave all that she could give. The family always looked forward to visiting
Andie. Just one look or touch could warm your heart forever. Surviving are: her
parents, Stacy M. Brown and Jonathan M. Applebee of Towanda; maternal
grandparents, Randy and Luella Brown of Burlington, Pa., paternal grandparents,
Jody and Karen Applebee of Monroeton, Pa.; an aunt, Bobbie Jo Brown and her
fiancé Aaron Neville of Ephrata, Pa.; an uncle, Jordan Applebee of Monroeton,
Pa.; great grandparents, Vionne Brown of Athens, Francis Grover of Wyalusing,
Jackie Baker of Lansing, N.Y., Lenora Applebee of Prattsburg, N.Y.; several
great aunt, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by a great
grandmother, Virginia Grover and great grandfathers, Carl Brown and Dr. Robert
Baker and uncle, Andrew Grover and his family. The funeral service will be held
at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York
Ave., Towanda, Pa. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, at
the funeral home. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery, Tuscarora
Twp., Pa. "When someone comes into our lives … and they are too quietly
and quickly gone, they leave footprints on our hearts … and their memory stays
with us forever." We all love you baby girl.
Lot
39, David Mitchell lot
Askew,
Jessie Clapper, (August) 1884 –
1961 (December 22) (obit data)
Jessie was the daughter of Daniel and Estella Place
Clapper. She became the wife of Clayton
Stevson Askew June 15, 1904. The Rev. J. Wilkes performed the honors at the
home of her mother, Estella Clapper.
Clayton Askew (October 24, 1883 - December 1963) is buried in the
Woodlawn Cemetery Elmira, New York. They
were the parents of one child Daniel Lee Askew (1905-1983). Daniel and his wife Hazel Hakes Askew were
the parents of at least two children, Norman and Clayton.
This
obit is from the Hettie Marbaker Moore
collection: Askew: Mrs. Jessie Askew, 77, 41 Rosendale Drive, Sunrise
Terrace, Binghamton, New York, died
Sunday at 6 a.m. She is survived by a son Daniel of Sunrise Terrace; a brother Orel Clapper;
Clapper Hill; Pa. two sisters, Mrs.
Bruce Carter of Meshoppen, PA. and Mrs. Guy McLaud of Montrose, PA.; several
grand children and great grandchildren.; several nieces and nephews. The body
was removed to the J. F. Funeral Home 150 Mai Street Johnson City, where the funeral
was held Wednesday at 10. a.m. The Rev. Roswell Lyon, D.D., of the Sarah
Jane Memorial Methodist Church will
officiate, the burial will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery, Clapper
Hill, PA. Friends may call at the
funeral home this evening form 7 to 9 and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Married ---“
at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Estella Clapper, on Wednesday evening
June 15, 1904, at 8 o’clock by Rev. J. S. Wilkes, Clayton Askew of
Stevensville, and Miss Jessie Clapper of Clapper Hill.”
Daniel
Clapper died March 12, 1899, dating this photo after his death
Back
row: Nina McLaud, Jessie Askew, Isilda Carter, Katherine Garris,
Front
row: Estella Place (mother), Marble Clapper and Orell Clapper.
The photo is courtesy of Douglas Clapper
1940
United States Federal Census about Mrs Jessie Askew
Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt
1883
Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Mother
Home in 1940: Binghamton, Broome, New York
Street: Sydia Street House Number: 6
Inferred Residence in 1935: Binghamton, Broome, New York
Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935:
No Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel Askew
35 Her Son
Norman Askew 13
son of Daniel
Dorothy Hakes 30
sister in law to Daniel Askew
Jessie Askew
57
New York, State Census, 1925 about Clayton S Askew
Birth Date: abt 1884 Birth
Place: United States Age: 41
Gender: Male Residence
Place: Elmira Ward 11, Chemung
Relationship: Head Color or
Race: White
Assembly District: 01 House
Number: 207
Line Number: 11 Page Number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
Clayton S Askew 41
Jessie L Askew 41
Daniel Askew 20
Lot
Number 37, William Garris Lot
(Laureen
is buried with her sons who descend from this Woodruff line)
Laureen Norton Sipe died August
13, 2013 of lung cancer, she was cremated and
buried August 25, 2013.
Laureen
was born May 29, 1962, the daughter of Laurence
and Donna Lutitia McLaud Norton. Laureen
was married first to George Albert
(Pete) Ryan on August 17, 1981, son of George
and Janella Ruth Garris Ryan. They have two sons buried in this lot, George Albert Ryan who passed March 24, 1981, and the stillborn twin Teeto Ryan January 26, 1985. Teeto was born a twin to
Chris Ryan. She also had a daughter
Melissa M., who was first married to Bryan Bodie and second Christopher W.
Harris. Her last child was Nico Ryan. Laureen was married second to a Mr. Sipe,
third to David Dalrymple and fourth to
James Auble on July 09, 2011 at Forrest Lake, PA.
Laureen and James Auble
Lot 145, Old Section of the Cemetery
Babcock, Earle N, died December
12, 1897, age 7 months 11 days
Earl was the son of N P
and E H Babcock. (Nathan Perry and Emily Hall Babcock)
A little lamb graces to top of the headstone.
No lot number available, nor is he the old plot book
either.
The
following data was obtained from a military list at the Bradford County
Veterans office, however I have no reason to believe he is buried here! In fact
his family does not believe he is.
*** Babcock, Frank, January 17, 1806 – February 19, 1888, He is
probably buried in Vestal, New York where he allegedly died. Frank separated from his first wife, Catherine
Malvina Johnson (September 18, 1803 – February 8, 1880) sometime after 1850. Catherine
is buried in the Mountain Lake Cemetery.
Frank married a second time April 3, 1881 to Lorena Angell. He was born in Rhode Island to Nathan and
Patty Barber Babcock. The names of the children which I have been able to
locate are as follows:
Nathan
Perry, Harriet M, Emeline, Charles F, Isaac Milton, Daniel Johnson, Caroline
and George.
*Historians
note: Frank Babcock probably was not buried here. He has been on the military list recorded
for Beaver Meadows for many years now, however I find no proof that Frank Babcock is buried here. My family
contacts to Frank are Elizabeth Greene and Tony D’Agostino to whom I owe the
research on this family.
Census of
1850 Spring Hill, Bradford, PA
Franklin
Babcock 44 RI
Katy M
Babcock 46 NY
Harriet M
Babcock 16 NY
Charles F
Babcock 14 NY
Isaac
Mellon Babcock 12 NY
Daniel
Babcock 9 NY
Caroline
Babcock 7 NY
George
Babcock 5 NY
Census of
1860 Tuscarora, Bradford, PA
D D Black
52
Lois Black
47
Melville
Black 19
John Black
18
Franklin
Babcock 54
Lois
Sturdwant 22
Census of
1870 Vestal, Broome, NY
Franklin
Babcock 60
Betsey
Babcock 59
Wesley
Babcock 10
Census of
1880 Vestal, Broome, NY
James
Potts 32
Julia
Potts 28
Emma Potts
9
Gerty
Potts 6
Franklin
Babcock 74 RI RI RI
The following states a
Franklin Babcock received a disability discharge on the same date as Brad Co
Vet affairs says he died. American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Franklin Babcock
Residence: Bradford County,
Pennsylvania
Enlistment Date: 22 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union State
Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a
Private on 22 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company D, 141st
Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 22 Aug 1862.
Received a disability
discharge from Company D, 141st Infantry Regiment
Pennsylvania on 6 Dec 1862.
March 2001 Carol,
I
am descended from Franklin Babcock by his son, Daniel J. Babcock
(1840-1904). Daniel was the father of Guy Lee Babcock
(1880-1957). Guy was the father of
Wallace Lee Babcock (1905-1959). Wallace
was the father of my mother Clara Babcock.
Franklin Babcock was born on Jan. 17, 1806 in
Westerly, RI to Nathan Babcock and Patty Barber. He lived separately from Catherine Johnson
from after some time in the 1850s. From
August 5, 1862 to December 6,1862 he served as a private in Co. D. of the 141st
Penna. Vol. He moved to Vestal Township, N.Y. pre 1870. He married Lorena Angell on April 3, 1881. He died on Feb. 19, 1888. I got his burial as being in the Beaver
Meadows Cemetery off of the Internet. (Joyce Tice’s site) According to the notes of Mary Babcock
Warner, Franklin he "maybe buried at Vestal Center".
Catherine "Katie" Malvina
Johnson was born in New York State on September 18, 1803. She died on February 8, 1880 (probably in
Rome, PA) at age 76 years, 4 mos. and 20 days).
She was buried in Mountain Lake Cemetery, Burlington Township, Bradford
County, PA.
Cordially, Tony D'Agostino
Lot 14, N. P. Babcock lot
Babcock,
Nathan P. (Perry) (November 21) 1857 – 1947 (January 5) (obit data)
Emily H. (Hall) 1859 – 1933 (December 12)
Emily Hall was the daughter of R. (Ruel) J. and Nancy
Hall. Nathan was the son of Nathan Perry
and Mary Culver Babcock. They were married September 05,
1847.
I
have located the following children: Pansy (Mrs. Porter W. Kunes) and Earle N. Babcock
Nathan
Babcock, "United States Census, 1900"
Name: Nathan Babcock, Event Type: Census
Event
Date: 1900 Event Place: ED 84 Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania, United States Birth Date:
Nov 1857
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relationship to Head of
Household: Head
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Marital
Status: Married Years Married: 16 Marriage Year (Estimated): 1884
Mother of
how many children. 2 1 alive in 1900
Family
Number: 130 Reference ID: 13
GS Film
number: 1241488
Digital Folder
Number: 004115232
Image
Number: 00748
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Nathan Babcock M 43 Pennsylvania
Wife Emily Babcock F 41 Pennsylvania
Daughter Pansy Babcock F 13 New York
Boarder Francis Rolles M 14 Pennsylvania
Emily S
Babcock
United
States Census, 1930
Name: Emily S Babcock
Event
Type: Census
Event
Year: 1930
Event
Place: Forest Lake, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 70
Marital
Status: Married
Race: White
Race
(Original): White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship
to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year
(Estimated): 1860
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's
Birthplace: New York
Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Nathan P
Babcock Head M 72 Pennsylvania
Emily S
Babcock Wife F 70 Pennsylvania
*
Historians note regarding family connections: Ruel (R. J.) Hall was the son of the
Methodist Elder, Ruel Hall who died in West Auburn, Pennsylvania March 29,
1871 age 67 years old. (He was found in his barnyard on what we know as the
former Stan Hall farm, now owned by Jacob Sova.) Eventually Ruel’s widow Nancy Bennett
Hall
married Levi Bennett on April 3, 1899. Her first husband R. J. Hall had passed November 21,
1885. Levi Bennett was the son of Ferris and
Nancy Black Bennett.
Lot
142, old section of the cemetery
Babcock, Nathan Perry 1824 – 1888 (August 23,
1824 - January 10, 1888)
Mary Culver (April 24) 1830 – 1917 (February 10) his wife buried February 14, 1917
Mary
and Nathan were married September 5, 1837.
Mary was the daughter of James C. and Margaret French Culver. Nathan was the son of Frank and
Catherine Melvina
Johnson Babcock.
Children
of Nathan and Mary Babcock are as follows: Rose (Mrs. William Corby), Elizabeth
(Mrs. Milo Chamberlain), Emma (Mrs. James Stone), James, Nathan Perry, William
C., Adolphus and Adelbert
1880
Tuscarora Township census
156 158
Babcock N. Perry 52 M hus farmer PA PA PA
156
158 Mary 50 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA
156
158 Elizabeth M. 28 F dau dressmaker PA
PA PA
156
158 Nathan P. 22 M son laborer PA PA PA
156
158 Willie C. 15 M son attend. school PA
PA PA
156
158 Adolphus C. 13 M son at home PA PA
PA
156
158 Adelbert 11 M son at home PA PA PA
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Mary Babcock
Name: Mary Babcock [Mary Culver] Gender: Female
Race: White Age: 86
Birth
Date: 24 Apr 1830 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 10 Feb 1917 Death Place: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: James Culver Father Birth Place: USA
Mother
Name: Margaret French
Certificate
Number: 17443
Lot
53, Dorsey Baker lot
*** Baker, Dorsey (Van), August 28, or June 14, 1891
– June 14 1960
His
headstone records born June 14, 1891 and his funeral Card record October 28,
19891?
PA
PFC AMMO TRAIN DIV WWI
Dorsey
was the son of William and Viola Fish Baker.
The
information regarding Dorsey Baker was taken from his funeral card and headstone.
Dorsey Baker was born in West Auburn, PA. and his wife in Binghamton, N.Y.
according to their son William's death certificate.
Dorsey
married Mabel Anna Ervine on March 4, 1920. Mabel’s dates were: February 27, 1900 - November 27, 1992.
She was married second April 28, 1962 to Guy Marvin Walters, and maybe a third
time to Albert Denner. Mabel is buried
in the Granger lot in the Lawton Cemetery.
She was the daughter of David “Warren” and Emma Granger Ervine. Her daughter Elma Baker Grant and Kay Ervine
provided the basic information regarding this family. Children: Paul, Pauline,
Kenneth, Ida (Mrs. Robert Simmons), Helen (Mrs. LaMore Huffman), Elma (Mrs.
Grant) and William Boyd.
Dorsey Baker in household of William
Baker, "United States Census, 1940"
Name:
Dorsey Baker
Event Type: Census Event Date:
1940
Event Place: Auburn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United
States
Gender:
Male Age: 49 Marital Status: Divorced Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household
(Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Last Place of Residence: Rural District: 58-4 Family Number: 44
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B Line Number: 79 Affiliate Publication Number:
T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3613 Digital Folder Number: 005456775 Image Number: 00047
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William
Baker M 77
Pennsylvania
Son
Dorsey Baker M 49
Pennsylvania
Granddaughter Elma Baker F 14
Pennsylvania
Granddaughter Ida Baker F 12
Pennsylvania
Granddaughter Helen Baker F 6
Pennsylvania
Dorsey V Baker, "United States
Census, 1930"
Name:
Dorsey V Baker Event Type: Census Event
Date: 1930
Event Place: Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Gender:
Male
Age:
39 Marital Status: Married Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891 Relationship to Head of
Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
District:
0009 Household ID: 7
Sheet Number and Letter: 1A Line Number: 26 Affiliate Publication Number:
T626, roll 2151
GS Film number: 2341885 Digital Folder Number: 4639488 Image Number:
00117
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head
Dorsey V Baker M 39
Pennsylvania
Wife Mabel
A Baker F 30
Pennsylvania
Son Paul
K Baker M 9
Pennsylvania
Daughter Elma
M Baker F 5
Pennsylvania
Daughter Ida
M Baker F 2
Pennsylvania
Son W
Boyd Baker M 0
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about
Dorsey V Baker
Name: Dorsey V
Baker Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 68
Birth Date: 28
Aug 1891 Birth Place: W Auburn,
Pennsylvania
Death Date: 14
Jun 1960 Death Place: Rural Plains,
Luzerne, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: William
Baker
Mother Name: Viola
Fish
Spouse Name: Mabel
Dorsey
Certificate Number: 57954
Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial
Cards, 1777-1999 about Dorsey V Baker
Name: Dorsey V Baker Birth Date: 28
Oct 1891
Death Date: 14 Jun 1960
Age: 68 Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: World War I
Cemetery Name: Beaver Meadow Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Tuscarora
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Lot
80, George Baker lot
Baker, George 1864 – no death date recorded on the headstone
(February
22, 1863 - April 16, 1950)
Lorania P. Hall August 27, 1866 – 1926 (July 2)
George
was the son of Hiram and Sally Mosier Baker. Lorania was the daughter of Henry and
Mary Potter Hall. Lorania was probably named for
her grandmother Lorania Palmer Potter, wife of Riley
Potter.
Rev.
Bela Cogswell married George and Lorania Hall Baker at Session, now Silvara,
Pennsylvania August 27, 1887. This marriage was probably done in connection
with the Freewill Baptist Church, as Lorania Potter was a member of that
church. The Rev. Bela Cogswell the
Pastor at that time. They lost a child Vida in 1907; Rev. Johnson records a
funeral from the church at West Auburn, Pennsylvania in February 1907. Many
members of the Potter family are buried here at Beaver Meadows without the benefit
of a headstone. The following data was retrieved from the West Auburn’s gossip
column in the
Montrose
Democrat February 14, 1907.
“The funeral of George Baker’s youngest
child was held at the church here. Rev. Johnson officiating. Burial
Opposition.”
This was a typed
version, not the actual paper, maybe there was a typo and should have read 1906
making this the daughter Vida
1900 United States Federal Census about Lorania P Baker
Name: Lorania P Baker [Louina P
Baker]
Age: 33 Birth Date: Aug 1866 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital
Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George W
Baker
Marriage Year: 1887 Years
Married: 13
Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
HouseholdMembers: Name Age
George W Baker 35
Lorania P Baker 33
Mabel A Baker 7
John D Baker 24
The 1910 Auburn census records that Lorania
had born two children, and lost a child prior to 1910, that child might have
been Vida listed later in this section. They only have a daughter named Mabel residing
with them.
1910 United States Federal Census about George W Baker
Name: George W Baker Age in 1910: 47
Birth Year: abt 1863 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head Marital
Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Loraine P
Baker
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
George W Baker 47
Loraine P Baker 39
Mabel M Baker 1
1920 United States Federal Census about George W Baker
Name: George W Baker Age: 54
Birth Year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Dimock,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married Spouse's
Name: Lorania Baker
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home Owned: Rent Able to
Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
George W Baker 54
Lorania Baker 54
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Loriane Baker
Name: Loriane Baker [Loriane Hall]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 59
Birth
Date: 23 Aug 1866 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 2 Jul 1926 Death Place: Auburn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Henry Hall Father Birth Place: New York
Mother
Name: Mary Patter Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse
Name: G W Baker
Certificate
Number: 79934
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about George Baker
Name: George Baker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 86
Birth
Date: 22 Feb 1863
Birth
Place: Rummerfield, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 16 Apr 1950
Death
Place: Braintrim-(Rural), Wyoming,
Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Herman Baker
Mother
Name: Sally Ann Mosier
Certificate
Number: 35811
Lot
53, Dorsey Baker lot, son
Baker, Kenneth, August 16,1922 - July 29, 1923
Kenneth Baker was the son of Dorsey and Mabel Ervine Baker. He was 11 months old when he expired.
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1944 about Kennith Baker
Name: Kennith Baker Gender: Male
Race: American Age: 11/12
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1922 Birth Place: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 29 Jul 1923 Death Place: Auburn, Susqa, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Dorsey Baker Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Mable Irvin Mother Birth Place: West Auburn Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 81108 Buried July 31, 1922
Lot
80, William Baker Lot
Baker, Orval E. August 27, 1894 – (June 10) 1915
Son
of William
and Viola Fish Baker
Blessed
are the pure at heart for they shall see God
Orval E.
Baker
Event
Type: Census Event Year: 1910
Event
Place: Auburn, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 15 Marital Status:
Single Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Son Birth Year
(Estimated): 1895
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William
Baker Head M 48
Pennsylvania
Viola J
Baker Wife F 50 Pennsylvania
Dorsey V
Baker Son M 18 Pennsylvania
Orval E
Baker Son M 15
Pennsylvania
Boyd W
Baker Son M 12 Pennsylvania
Merle C
Baker Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Raymond L
Hendershot Grandson M 2 New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Orval E
Baker
Name: Orval E Baker
Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 20
Birth Date: 27
Aug 1894
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 10
Jun 1915 Death Place: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: Wm
Baker Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Viola
Fish Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 59740
Lot 53, Dorsey Baker Lot
***Baker, Paul K.,
Sergeant US ARMY, CO A 317 INF 80YH DIV
July 16, 1920 – October 11,
1944 (buried in France)
Paul was killed in action in
France during World War II, he was buried there. He has a memorial
military headstone in Beaver Meadows. Paul was the son of Dorsey and Mabel
Ervine Baker.
This information was obtained
from the funeral card and family members.
1930 United States Federal Census
about Paul K Baker
Name: Paul K Baker Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1921 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Home in 1930: Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Dorsey V Baker Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Name: Mabel A Baker Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Dorsey V Baker 39
Mabel A Baker 30
Paul K Baker 9
Elma M Baker 5
Ida M Baker 2
W Boyd Baker 0 [2/12]
Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial
Cards, 1777-1999 about Paul K Baker
Name: Paul K Baker
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1920
Death Date: 11 Oct 1944
Age: 24 Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: World War
II
Cemetery Name: Beaver Meadow Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Susquehanna Township, Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania
Lot 53, Dorsey Baker lot
Baker, Pauline 1920 - 1920
(July 16) 1917 – (September
26) 1920 2 months 10 days buried the 28th
Twin sister to Paul Baker,
daughter of Dorsey and Mabel Ervine Baker
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Pauline Ruth Baker
Name: Pauline Ruth Baker
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 2/12
Birth
Date: 16 Jul 1920 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 26 Sep 1920 Death Place: Auburn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Dorsey Baker Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Mable Irvin Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate
Number: 97829
Lot
80, George Baker lot
Vida M. (Merle), (May 24) 1904 – (January 30) 1907 death
certificate dates
Vida
was the daughter of George and Lorania Hall Baker.
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Vida M Baker
Name: Vida M Baker Gender: Female Race: White Age: 2
Birth
Date: 24 May 1904 Birth Place: West Auburn, Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 30 Jan 1907 Death Place: Dimaca, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
Father
Name: George Baker Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Larance Baker Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate
Number: 9216
Lot
80, George Baker Lot
Viola J. (Fish), born
about December 14, 1860 died March 10,
1929 aged 68 years 2 months and 28 days.
No
headstone, wife of William Baker
She was the daughter of Charles and Marietta Fish
1880 Tuscarora Township census shows Viola with her family.
Charles Fish age 30, his wife Marietta aged 18 years. They have two
children Myron aged 2 and Viola 6 months. He has 50 acres of land.
The
children of Viola and William are: Charles, Eva (Mrs. Raymond Hendershot),
Merle (Mrs. Donald Carter), Nellie (Mrs. Jesse Hawley), Dorsey Van, Boyd, and
Orval E. Baker.
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Viola J
Baker
Name: Viola J Baker
[Viola J Fish]
Gender: Female
Race: White Age: 68
Birth Date: 14
Dec 1860 Birth Place: Monroe County,
Pennsylvania
Death Date: 10
Mar 1929 Death Place: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Father Name: Chas
Fish
Father Birth Place: New
Jersey
Spouse Name: William
Baker
Certificate Number: 38998 Buried March 11, 1929
Lot
80, George Baker lot
Baker, William, Husband of Viola Jane Fish Baker
Plot
book information. Leo Bolles recorded his death date in his diaries.
William
was born March 04, 1862 in Rummerfield, Pennsylvania to Herman/Hiram
and Sallie Mosier Baker. (The LDS records her name as Moger, the daughter of Nathaniel and Anna
Huyck Moger) He died June 26, 1950 age 88 years. Their
children are recorded as being Boyd, Dorsey, Charles, Mrs. Nellie Hawley, Mrs.
Eva Hendershot, and Mrs. Merle Carter
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about William Baker
Name: William Baker
Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 88
Birth
Date: 4 Mar 1862
Birth
Place: Rummerfield-Bradford County,
Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 26 Jun 1950
Death
Place: Aubum Rural, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Herman Baker
Mother
Name: Sally Ann Mosier
Certificate
Number: 53808
Lot 80, George Baker lot
Baker, William Boyd, January 7, 1930 - April 18, 1930. Born and
died in Dimock, PA.
died
age 4 months April 18, 1930. The family
records he was three months old.
William
was the son of William and Viola J. Fish Baker.
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1944 about William Boyd Baker
Name: William Boyd Baker Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 3/12 Birth Date: 7
Jan 1930 Birth Place: Dimock,
Pennsylvania
Death Date: 18 Apr 1930 Death Place: Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Father
Name: D V Baker Father Birth Place: West Aubrurn, Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Mable A Ervin Mother Birth Place: Bmghanton
New York
Certificate Number: 42760
*
Historians note regarding the Baker Family: The children of Herman and Sallie Mosier Baker are as follows: John, George, William, and
Katherine who married George Groover.
George and Katherine Baker Groover were the parents of three
sons Elgie, Edward and Lester. Elgie was
the father of Ellen “Marie” Grover, wife of Clyde Trible. Clyde and Marie own
twelve graves in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
No
Lot Number
Barber, Joseph R. 1833- (1880-1891)
Husband
of Lubilla/Civilla/ Sybilla Ford
April 29, 1836 - December 07, 1914 They married in 1855. She married second on February
02, 1891 to Burton Ross McCumber January 12, 1852 - April 04, 1900 son
of Andrew and Martha Ross McCumber. He is buried in the Camptown
Cemetery with his first wife Mary Keech
January 27, 1851 - May 08, 1890.
Civilla
was the daughter of Uriah and Susannah Bixby Ford.
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Civilla BARBER Self
M Female W
45 PA Keeping House PA
PA
Delaney BARBER Son
S Male W
25 PA Laborer
PA PA
Hattie BARBER
Dau Female W 17 PA
At Home PA PA
Lewis BARBER
Son Male W
15 PA PA
PA
William BARBER Son
S Male W
13 PA At Home
PA PA
Source
Information: 1880 Census Place Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Sibal L
Mccumber
Event
Type: Census Event Year: 1900
Event
Place: Precinct2 1, 3-8 Fredonia,
Caddoa, Prowers, Las Animas, North East, Gagsby Las Animas town (pa, Bent,
Colorado, United States
Gender: Female Age: 64 Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Boarder
Number of
Living Children: 3
Birth
Date: Jan 1836 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's
Birthplace: Vermont Mother's
Birthplace: Vermont
Mother of
how many children: 5
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John H Jay Head M 80 New
York
Sibal L
Mccumber Boarder F 64 Pennsylvania
Subbrlla
Mccumber in the 1910 United States Federal Census
AGE IN
1910: 71
BIRTH
YEAR: abt 1839 BIRTHPLACE: Delaware
HOME IN
1910: Nichols, Tioga, New York
RACE: White GENDER: Female
RELATION
TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Sister-in-law
MARITAL
STATUS: Widowed
FATHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: New Jersey MOTHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Almira
Ford 57
Subbrlla
Mccumber 71
Walter
Sheeler 33
Instrument #: 189130721
Recorded Date: JAN 22, 1998
Instrument Type: MARRIAGE LICENSE
County: BRADFORD
Municipality: NO MUNICIPALITY
Notes: MALE AGE 39 FEMALE
AGE 49 MARRIED FEBRUARY 2, 1891
APPLICANT 1 APPLICANT 2
MCCUMBER,BURTON R
BARBER,SUBELLA M
NAME: Subylla M Mc Amber
GENDER: Female
RACE: White AGE: 78
BIRTH
DATE: 29 Apr 1836 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH
DATE: 7 Dec 1914 DEATH PLACE: W Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania,
FATHER
NAME: Urise Ford FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER
NAME: Susanna Bixby MOTHER BIRTH
PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE
NUMBER: 120834
buried
in the Bixby Cemetery Laceyville, PA
Lot
23, Joseph Marbaker lot
Barber, Lewis L. 1867 – 1943 (November 22, 1943)
He
has a single headstone in the Joseph Marbaker lot. He was the son of Joseph R.
and Civilla Ford Barber. He was married first to a Nora K. Taylor before 1880.
She was the daughter of Josiah
and Kezie Felton Taylor of Gibson
according to the 1880 census. Lewis
and Nora can be found on the Rush Township1900 census with two children Will
and Stella. His son named Freddie, who was born about 1899 according to 1910 census and 1920 census is
not with them. I cannot be sure who the mother of Fred David Baker (1898 -
1949) is? Lewis Barber married second
about 1902 to Mary Pickett. She was a daughter of Samuel Pickett. Lewis
Barber married last April 1, 1925 to Mary Jane Herman Marbaker.
She was the widow of Jimmy
Marbaker who died March 27, 1923. Mary Jane is buried with her first husband
here at Beaver Meadows. Lewis Barber is
also buried in the Joseph Marbaker lot.
Marriage announcement Barber – Marbaker
On April 1st 1925 at the parsonage Rev. L. E. Sanford, united
in marriage Lewis L. Barber and Mary J.
Marbaker, both of Rush. Mr. and Mrs. Barber will reside in Rush.
Name: Lewis L. Barber Event Type: Marriage
Event
Date: 01 Apr 1925
Event
Place: , Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
United States Age: 57
Birth
Year (Estimated): 1868
Father's
Name: Joseph R. Mother's Name: Subella Ford Barber
Spouse's
Name: Mary J. Marbaker
Spouse's
Birth Year (Estimated): 1878
Spouse's
Father's Name: Wm. Herman
Spouse's
Mother's Name: Emma Brown Herman
Reference
ID: CN 40 GS Film Number: 2021636 ,
Digital Folder Number: 0048
Lewis may have been on
census twice in 1880!
In 1880 there is a Lewis Barber working
for the Michael and Mary McDermott family in Rush, PA who is age 15 years old.
There is also a Lewis Barber the right age residing with his mother Civilla who
is a widow in nearby Auburn Township. I can’t prove either way if this is he,
but the possibility exists.
Household:
1880 census Auburn Twp. Susquehanna County, PA
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Civilla BARBER Self
M Female W
45 PA Keeping House PA
PA
Delaney BARBER Son
S Male W
25 PA Laborer
PA PA
Hattie BARBER
Dau Female W 17 PA
At Home PA PA
Lewis BARBER
Son Male W 15 PA
PA PA
William BARBER Son
S Male W
13 PA At Home
PA PA
Or
Household: 1880 Rush Twp. Susquehanna County, PA
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Michael MCDERMOTT Self
M Male W
32 NY Farmer
IRE IRE
Mary MCDERMOTT Wife
M Female W
25 PA Keeping House IRE
IRE
Francis MCDERMOTT Son
S Male W
2M PA NY
PA
Lewis BARBER
Other S Male
W 15 PA
Farm Labor PA PA
In the
1900 Rush census he is listed as Lewis L. Barker, born February 1865 in PA. His wife is Nora K. was born in PA. March
1872. The children are: William (Willie A.) born PA in September 1891 and
Stella M. born in PA September 1893.
1900
United States Federal Census about Lewis L Barker
Age: 35 Birth Date: Feb 1865
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1900: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
[Rush,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania]
Race: White Gender: Male
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Nora K Barker
Marriage
Year: 1891 Years Married: 9
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Lewis L
Barker 35
Nora K
Barker 28
she has born 2 children and has 2 children alive in 1900
Willie A
Barker 8
Stella M
Barker 7
He is divorced
in 1910 working as a servant, Freddie is
with him, not sure who the mother of Freddie is who was born about 1899 since I
can't find him on 1900 census.
1910
United States Federal Census about Lewis Barber
Name: Lewis Barber Age in 1910: 44
Birth
Year: 1866 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1910: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation
to Head of House: Servant Marital
Status: Divorced
Father's
Birthplace: New York Mother's
Birthplace: Germany
Household
Members: Name Age
Wesley J
Devine 65 May Devine 43 Gladys E Devine 12
Freddie
Barber 11 Lewis Barber 44
In 1920 he
is a divorced hired man, still has Fred with him
1920
United States Federal Census about Lewis Barber
Name: Lewis Barber Age: 53
Birth
Year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1920: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Hired Man
Marital
Status: Divorced
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Able to
Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household
Members: Name Age
Wesley J
Devine 74 Allie M Devine 51
Gladys E Devine 22
Lewis
Barber 53 Fred Barber 21
Lyman L
Waterman 86
I find Fred David Barber born in 1899
married to Harriet C. Williams with sons Ward, Lee, Wayne and Paul. He was buried
in the Neath Cemetery.
A note to the first wife Nora Taylor, she was probably married first
to the Attorney John J. Manning, second
to Lewis L. Barber, third to Joseph E, Beaumont and finally last after 1942 to
a Mr. Christfield.
Lot
98, Fred Goodwin lot, step son in law
*** Barrett, James W. (Walter) Junior, March 23, 1917 – June 25,
1988
TEC 5 US ARMY WWII, Social Security Dates, military
headstone
Angie Clara Herman, June 30, 1909 – July 28,
1999
Dear Carol,
My stepfather, James W. Barrett, Jr., was
born on March 23, 1917, in Buffalo, Kentucky, or Russellville, Kentucky the son
of James Walter and Bertie P. Hargholder
Barrett. I have military records, which say Buffalo, Kentucky, but the death
certificate says Russellville, Kentucky. He married just once according to the
marriage certificate April 2, 1966 to my mother Angie Clara Herman Johnson. Lena Wohlschlag
Photo courtesy of Lena
Wohlschlag
Angie Herman was first married to Mahlon
Johnson
(February 16, 1882 - May 04, 1953). Mahlon is buried in the Wysox Cemetery with
his first wife Maude Flossie Chilson (September 03, 1899 -
December 18, 1923). She was the daughter
of John
Warren and Hattie
Molyneux Chilson. He was the son of George W. Johnson and his wife who was known by many names, Katie
“Elizabeth” Woodcock Johnson.
This
was an unusual burial at Beaver Meadows; Angie was first buried on a Saturday
in lot 224, never covered with dirt, just sort of resting there. When her son provided the proper information
that there was a space left in the lot to bury his mother, Angie Barrett next
to her beloved husband second husband James Barrett as she had planned, she was
moved on the following Monday August 2nd. There was confusion as to how many deceased
persons were actually buried in the lot.
Six were already buried there but two children were buried in the same
lot. The lot, lot number 98 is alleged to be comprised of the following
deceased people: a Goodwin child, which died in 1921, Angie and James Barrett,
Fred and Mabel Goodwin, and the two Johnson children, Jerry and Sylvia which
are buried in the same grave lot
Angie
inherited her mother’s cemetery lot, which we assume was purchased about the
same time the infant passed in 1921. Her mother was Mabel Rought. Mabel , she was
married twice, first to Harry Thomas
Herman and second to Fred Lee Goodwin. On a marriage license to James Barrett,
Angie’s father is listed as Harvey Thomas Herman. We know his name was Harry
Thomas Herman so why the discrepancy, we do not know. I am just pointing out
variations in the names regarding this family. History was not always recorded
accurately. We are just glad it was.
James Barrett and his wife
Angie Clara Herman Johnson
Photo by Lena
Wohlschlag before 1988
Daily Review (spelling as recorded) Sayre Evening Times July 30, 1999
Angie C. (Clara) Barrett, 90, formerly of 117 N. East St., Sayre, died
Wednesday (July 28, 1999) at the Bradford County Manor.
Born June 30, 1909 in Silvara,
PA., she was the daughter of Harry and Mable H.
Rought Herman. She enjoyed crocheting and
gardening and loved her family very dearly. She is survived by: A daughter,
Ellen Weckel of Jacksonville, N.C.; daughters and son in law, Eva and Edwin
MacMillan of Apache Jt., Arizona, Gladys and Gardell Moon of Horseheads, Thelma
and Donald Adams of Wytheville, VA., Lena and Dennis Wohlschlag of Riverside,
California: sons, Kenneth Johnson of Milbury, Mass., Arthur Johnson of Athens,
and George Johnson of Athens, Several grandchildren, great grandchildren, great
grandchildren, great great grandchildren: three brothers, Theodore and Louis
Goodwin, both of Rochester and Clyde Herman of Philadelphia; and several nieces
and nephews. She was preceded by her husband James W. Barrett; Sons, Asa
Johnson, Clifford Johnson and Cecil Johnson, a daughter Beatrice Adams;
and three brothers: Jerry Herman, Harry Herman and John Herman. Friends and family may call today from 2 - 4
and 7 - 9 p.m. at the Lowery Funeral Home, 225 South Main Street Athens, PA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10
a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Vaughn Glover Jr. Pastor of the Waverly
United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery, Laceyville, PA. Memorial donations may be made to the Greater Valley
Emergency Medical Services 904 North Lehigh Avenue, Sayre, PA 18840.
Funerals BARRETT
Funeral services for Angie C Barrett, formerly of 117 North East Street,
Sayre, PA will be held from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. at the Lowery Funeral Home,
225 South Main Street Athens, PA. Funeral
services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be
in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery, Laceyville, PA. Memorial donations may be made
to the Greater Valley Emergency Medical Services 904 North Lehigh Avenue,
Sayre, PA 18840.
+++Lot?
No lot number given.
This
information was derived from the Susquehanna County Death Register in
Montrose, Pennsylvania and from his Great Granddaughter Leona Beaumont Martin
(March 2, 2001). There is no headstone.
Beaumont, Joe, died age 74 years, May 14, 1900 which would make
him born about 1825.
He
is not recorded in the plot book.
Joseph Beaumont born 1825 in Tioga,
New York or Pennsylvania? His father was Joseph Beaumont that resided in Athens
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was married to Sarah Walker. They are buried at Merryall. She died in Pike Township Bradford County. Joseph
was married to Amanda Slocum July 4,
1851. She was born September 12, 1831.
Her death date after which was
after 1880 and burial site are unknown,
here or Fowler Hill with her parents Peleg and Roxanne Slocum. Children of Joseph and Amanda Slocum Beaumont:
Sarah Stella, George, Joseph E. (Leona’s grandfather) and Roxie Mae.
A Fowler Hill Cemetery listing can be
found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/cemb/fowlerhill.htm
Source
Information:1880 Census Place Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
*** Joseph BEAUMONT Self M Male
W 54 PA Farmer ENG
ENG
Amanda BEAUMONT Wife M
Female W 50 PA Keeping
House CT CT
George W. BEAUMONT Son M
Male W 26 PA Farmer
PA PA
Rosy BEAUMONT Dau S
Female W 19 PA At
Home PA PA
Adeline BEAUMONT DauL M
Female W 19 PA Keeping
House PA PA
Sarah BEAUMONT Mother W
Female W 84
PA PA
There
are many Beaumont’s n the area; even a Joe Beaumont married to a Lydia
Fassett (died
January 15, 1892) and second to Effie Fowler, which turns out to be his son buried in the
Stevensville Cemetery. We have only to
question why Joseph Beaumont born about 1825 was buried here? One explanation
for his burial here might be is that he was related to the Fowlers. Effie Fowler,
his daughter in law, is the daughter of Leonard and Hattie Brewster Fowler. She married on March 16, 1898 to Joe Beaumont Jr. Leonard is buried here at Beaver Meadows and his
wife Hattie in the Rushville Cemetery. Joe Beaumont Jr. was born March 11, 1859 and passed May 04,
1942. He is buried in Stevensville with his first and second wife. His third wife was Nora Taylor who later
married Lewis Barber who is buried here at Beaver Meadows. There are plenty of
broken flagstone pieces near where Leonard Fowler is buried at Beaver Meadows
to account for Joe and Amanda. There are no records to prove either way where
they are buried. He is probably buried
in this section of the cemetery which was active then, but not many headstones.
Money was very tight then.
Lot
95, A. R . Otis and Nolan Beeman lot
Beeman, Kenneth (Nolan), (November 24) 1928 – 1929
(March 30, 1929, died at age 4 months) The L.D.S. records his name as Kenneth
Nolan Beeman born on November 24, 1928 at Edinger Hill, PA. Kenneth was the son
of Nolan
Clell and Helen Pickett Beeman. Etta was
the daughter of Adelbert and Jessie Pickett Otis. Nolan was the son of Frank and
Mary Gray Beeman. A little history on the
family. There is a student listed as Nolan Beeman in the Edinger Hill School,
class of 1922 with Pearl Messersmith Learn as the teacher. He was born February
10, 1904, and passed September 11, 1962. Helen was born November 18, 1904 in
Laceyville. She died in LeRaysville, PA January 05, 1964. In 1930 they are in
Montrose according to census with a son named Robert. Nolan and Helen are
buried in the Bradford County Memorial Park with another son named Dale
Beeman (June 06, 1937 - January 12,
1998).
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
about Kenneth Beeman
Name:
Kenneth Beeman
Gender:
Male Race: White Age: 4/12
Birth
Date: abt 1928 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 30 Mar 1929 Death Place: Tuscarora, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
acute
indigestion
Father
Name: Nolen Beeman Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Helen Otis Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate
Number: 33450
1940
United States Federal Census about Nolene C Beaman
Name: Nolene C Beaman Age: 36
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1904 Gender: Male
Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in
1940: Burlington, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Street: State St 212 Farm: Yes
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Residence in
1935: Bradford, Pennsylvania Sheet
Number: 3A
Number of
Household in Order of Visitation: 63
Household
Members: Name Age
Nolene C
Beaman 36
Helen O
Beaman 35
Robert D
Beaman 13
Jean Mais
Beaman 10
Barbaray H
Beaman 7
Dale
Beaman 2
Lewis
Holmes 58
Boarder
Lot
112, Bell Lot
Bell, Cecil Melvin, July 11, 1907 – March 6, 1997, Cecil was buried March 10, 1997
Cecil
born the son of Judson C. and Martha Elizabeth Marbaker Bell (later
she married Daniel Rosengrant). He was an avid historian from Union Center, New
York. His stepdaughter Vivian
Herlichy told me he was buried next to his mother where he always wanted to
be. She was the daughter of his last wife.
The” Bell Family Bible” which is in the possession of Sandy Yurgatis Voda records he was
married first to Blanch Mullinex October 20, 1933, second to Bertha
V. Fargo March 20, 1948. She died October 24, 1950. He married a third time to a lady named Rose
September 27, 1953. She died September
4, 1968 and is buried in the Vestal Hills Memorial Park. He was married to Irene Bennett Briggs
at the time of his death. She was 97
years young then. They were married June
6, 1970. She passed away March 7, 2002
at the age of 101 years and was buried in the Nanticoke Valley Cemetery, Union
Center, New York. Although he married
four times, he had no natural born children.
Daniel Rosengrant (November 11, 1868 -March 31, 1943)
with his step son Cecil Bell
Cecil Bell and his sister Lenora Bell Marcy Cooper in
1949
Photo courtesy of Denise Jacobs Collins
* Historians note regarding
the Bell family from the Bell Family Bible:
http://home.stny.rr.com/brown/bib9.htm
Leonora Alpharetta Bell
Marcy Cooper was the only sister of Cecil Bell. She was born September 28, 1903. Aunt Norie,
as local folks graciously referred to her as was first married on May 28, 1921
to George Anthony Marcy, and second to Lester Cooper in September
1962. She was the natural mother of Helen
Fassett Wimberly, the adopted daughter of Olin and Helen Mae Hawley
Fassett. While married to Mr. Marcy,
Leonora bore the following children: Richard Glenn Marcy born August 1, 1922,
Helen Louise Marcy born May 14, 1924, Beatrice Kathryn Marcy (who legally became
Helen Fassett after her adoption) born September 19, 1925, Harry Sylvester
Marcy born September 16, 1926 and Ruth Virgil Bell born December 9, 1928. I include the dates as a formality; these
children were all adopted out. They may
some day have relatives looking for their ancestor.
Note: Helen Beatrice Fassett, the child of
Leonora Bell was actually the child of Floyd Hawley. This is no secret as told
to me by Caroline Fassett Ellsworth. Leonora wrote to me in 1997 that she
intended to be cremated when the time came, and that she wanted to be buried in
the Bell lot. She passed away in Florida
March 24, 2001. Her ashes were spread in
the Halifax River in Daytona Beach not far from the senior assisted living
apartment complex she lived at located at 600 S. Beach St Daytona Beach, FL.
May 5, 2001.
There is another interesting
story recorded in the Bell Bible concerning Leonora. Leonora also told me this story. At the age of nine years, her grandparents Jerome
and Joan Smith kidnapped her and headed north to New York State. Paul
and May Keifer returned her to her father Jud Bell via the depot at Geneva,
New York on August 7, 1912. Joan or
JoAnn was a Pawnee Indian, she was the natural mother of Judson Bell.
Joan married Jerome Smith for her third husband. Joan had previously been married to a Mr.
Webster.
The X in this photo marks the Bell family graves.
The photo is courtesy of Helen Fassett Wimberly
1920
United States Federal Census
Name:
Martha E Rosencrans
Home in
1920: Auburn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Age:
34 years
Estimated
birth year: abt 1886
Birthplace:
Pennsylvania Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Spouse's
name: Darl (Daniel)
Father's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Married Race: White
Sex:
Female
Able to
read: Yes
Able to
Write: Yes Image: 76
Household
Members: Name Age
Darl
Rosencrans 51
Martha E
Rosencrans 34
Cecil M
Bell 12
The next burials are those of
the Bennett Families.
* Historians note: There will be references in this book made to
the Bennett Genealogy regarding many of the Bennett and Culver
families. Wayne C. and Calvin F. Bennett researched the Bennett Genealogy.
Dorothy Bennett, Wayne’s daughter edited and published the book in 1975 after
her fathers death. I myself, as a 9th
cousin to this branch of the Bradford
County Bennett’s have conducted further research on these Bennett’s and other
family branches which were located originally in the East Smithfield area, and
some that could be located in Sullivan County, PA. Much of this book can be
found, contributed to the Internet by Steven Bennett, son of Dale G. and Donna
Tewksbury Bennett at the following url http://homepage.mac.com/sbennett/bennett/
Lot
138, Old Section of the Cemetery, Miles Bennett section
Bennett, Alice September 5, 1870 – September 3, 1871
She was the daughter of Miles
and Mary Elizabeth Gilson Bennett
The plot book records Alice E
Bennett, 11 months old.
They would have been living
in the modern day Stevens Township which was Pike Township yet in 1871. Alice
is right beside her parents.
Lot 7, Arthur Bennett Lot
Bennett, Arthur E. (Elias) (February) 1860 – 1926 (January 30)
Lennie (Culver) (February 18) 1867 - ___ (March 24, 1949)
Craig G. 1899 - 1905 (Aug 29), buried the same day
Arthur and Lennie were married at Dimock, Pennsylvania August 29,
1885. The Bell Bible records August 28th.
Veterinarian is
etched in his headstone. There is
a small-unmarked flagstone adjacent to their headstone. He was born the
first-born son of Miles and Mary Elizabeth Gilson Bennett. Lennie was the daughter of James
Jarvis and Catherine Potter Culver. Children:
Male Child who died 1893, Edna who married Alpheus Gramps, Howard Ivan and
Craig T.
Arthur Bennett (Bennett Genealogy photo)
http://www.joycetice.com/birth/bcbb07.htm
The Birth recorded at the
Bradford County Courthouse: 12/7/1898
Bennett, Craig; Male White father Bennett, A. E. mother Bennett, Lennie; TuscaroraTownship Farmer birthdate 5/17/1898 Tuscarora
The family recorded his death
at the Bradford County Court house as required on December 6, 1905: The
reported that he had passed away August 29, 1905 of diphtheria after a 2 week
illness in Tuscarora Township, the same township of which he was born. He was
buried in the Clapper Cemetery (Beaver Meadows) August 29, 1905. His father was
listed as Arthur E. Bennett.
This diary of Leo Bolles records A. E. Bennett filled the horses teeth in 1916!
Lennie Culver Bennett, her son Howard Bennett, his son
Delos with his son Paul Bennett. Photo credits belong to the Bennett Genealogy
1900 United States Federal Census
about Lennie B Bennett
Age: 33
Birth Date: Feb 1867 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Tuscarora, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Arthur E Bennett
Marriage Year: 1886 Years Married: 14
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 3 Mother: How many children: 3
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur E Bennett 40
Lennie B Bennett 33
Howard I Bennett 9
Edna R Bennett 1 Craig G Bennett 2
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Arthur
E Bennett
Name: Arthur E
Bennett
Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 65
Birth Date: 9
Feb 1861 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 30
Jan 1926 Death Place: Tuscarora,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Miles
Bennett Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Mary
Gilson Mother Birth Place: New York
Spouse Name: Lettie
L Bennett Should be Lennie
Certificate Number: 11340
Buried February 1, 1926
Died of Apoplexy
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about Lennie
Bennett
Name: Lennie Bennett
[Lennie Culver]
Gender: Female
Race: Wh Age: 82
Birth Date: 18
Feb 1867 Birth Place: Silvara
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 24
Mar 1949 Death Place: Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: Jarvis
Culver
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Katherine
Potter
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Arthur
Bennett
Certificate Number: 23816
An obituary clipping from the Hettie
Moore collection:
Death at Silvara: Arthur E. Bennett
passed away at home in Silvara about 8:30 Saturday morning January 30, aged 66
years. Death was the result of a Paralytic stroke which the deceased suffered
last week. Funeral services were held in the Silvara Church on Monday afternoon
with the Reverend T. R. Warnock officiating. Burial was made in the Beaver
Meadow Cemetery Undertaker Gregory of town in charge. Besides his widow the
deceased is survived by one son Howard Bennett of Spring Hill and one daughter
who resides in Wilkes Barre, also one brother Norval Bennett of Clapper Hill.
Mr. Bennett was a well known person here, having collected milk
for the Bradford County creamery for about twenty years. He ---was also
known----clipping ends here
***Lot 181 Boyd and Shirley
Bennett Lot
Boyd Sharer Bennett son of Marion Vernon and Grace
Estella Sharer Bennett was born
September 13, 1928 in the Mills Hospital, Towanda, Pennsylvania. He passed away
May 20, 2016 in Alaska. He married first to Pauline Lucille Beique September 14, 1950 -February 21, 2014 ,
daughter of Eudore Evarexte Beique and Lydia Labbee Beique. She was born March
30, 1928 -21 Feb 2014. They parted. Boyd married second to Shirley Ann Weyand on
January 06, 1967 in El Paso Texas. She was born June 06, 1946.
June 2, 2016 Wyalusing Rocket
Longtime Alaskan resident, Mr. Boyd
Sharer Bennett, passed away peacefully in his Eagle River home on Friday, May
20, 2016, at the age of 87, with his wife and two of his children by his
side. Cause of death was due to
complications from Lewy Body Dementia.
Boyd was born Sept. 13, 1928 in Towanda,
PA, and lived on the family farm in Laceyville until he joined the Air Force at
the age of 18. Through the Air Force, he
found his way to Alaska in 1966 and decided to make this his home.
Boyd had a passion for table tennis and
formed the Anchorage Table Tennis Club in 1967, participated as a player and
coach in the original 1970 Arctic Winter Games, and in 2005 was inducted into
the Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
Another enjoyment Boyd had was to open
his home to friends and family and be a tour guide to anyone wishing to visit
Alaska. He was always able to give
guests a full adventure from halibut fishing to bear watching. When not entertaining guests, Boyd and his
wife, Shirley, enjoyed traveling in their motorhome or filling the freezer with
Copper River Reds from dip netting at Chitina.
He retired as a Chief Master Sergeant,
with nearly 27 years’ service in the Air Force and another 20 years’ civil
service, working for the USGS office.
Boyd was a 20-year volunteer on the Alaska USA FCU Board of Directors
from 1977 to 1996 and for many years enjoyed volunteering his time as a
softball and baseball coach for Little League.
Boyd was preceded in death by his
parents, Marion and Grace Bennett; former wife, Pauline; a daughter, Kathleen
who died at birth and a grandchild, Michael, Jr. He is survived by his devoted wife of 49
years, Shirley A Bennett; eight children, Ken, Mike (Rhoda), Richard (Maggie),
Lorraine, Marlene, Jeanne (Carson), Linda (Tony) and Keith (Dena); 19
grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; sister Margene (Jack) Nittinger;
brothers, Dale (Donna) Bennett, Dean (Dianne) Bennett and his favorite two
pups, Angel and Jimmy.
A memorial service will be conducted at
the United Methodist Church of Chugiak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 1. Please join us in honoring a good friend,
loving husband, caring father and great Alaskan tour guide. In addition, there
will be a celebration of life and burial services at the Beaver Meadows
Methodist Church in Laceyville.
In lieu of flowers, please make
donations to Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska, 1750 Abbott Road, Anchorage,
AK 99507 or Providence Hospice, 4001
Dale Street, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK
99508.
Children of Boyd and Pauline
Beique Bennett
i. Kenneth Boyd Bennett
ii. Michael Gary Bennett
iii. Richard Steven Bennett
iv. Kathleen Dianne Bennett
v. Lorraine Teresa Bennett
vi. Marlene Patricia Bennett
Children of Boyd Bennett and
Shirley Weyand are:
i. Linda Lee Bennett
ii Keith Allen Bennett
1930 United States Federal Census
Name Boyd Bennett Age in 1930 1
Birth Year abt 1929 Gender Male Race
White
Birthplace Pennsylvania
Marital Status Single Relation to
Head of House Son
Home in 1930 Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Street Address Laceyville PA R D 1
House Number in Cities or Towns Rt 3
Dwelling Number 19 Family Number 19
Attended School No
Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace Pennsylvania
Household Members Name Age
Marion V Bennett 29
Grace Bennett 23
Boyd Bennett 1
1940 United States Federal Census Name
Boyd Bennett
Age 11 Estimated Birth Year abt 1929
Gender Male Race White Birthplace
Pennsylvania
Marital Status Single Relation to
Head of House Son
Home in 1940 Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Street 506 Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935
Tuscarora, Bradford, PennsylvaniaResidence in 1935 Same House
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes Sheet
Number 2B
Attended School or College Yes
Highest Grade Completed Elementary
school, 7th grade
Household Members Name Age
Marion Bennett 39
Grace Bennett 35
Boyd Bennett 11
Clayton Bennett Junior 11
Wayne Ervin 19
Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
Name: Boyd Sharer Bennett
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1967
Birth Year: abt 1929 Age: 38
Spouse: Shirley Ann Weyand
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Birth Year: abt 1947
Spouse Age: 20
Marriage County: El Paso
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
Lot 6, D. D. Bennett Lot
Bennett, Byron, son of Davis Dimock and Harriet Hall Bennett
May 16, 1884 – September 28,
1908 He was born Clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township Bradford County, PA and
passed at Forrest Lake, Susquehanna County, PA. His name appears on the same
headstone as Floyd, Ethiel, and Harriet Hall Bennett
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Byron Bennett
Name: Byron Bennett
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 24
Birth
Date: 16 May 1884 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 28 Sep 1908 Death Place: Forest Lake, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: Dimock Bennett Father
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Harriett Hall Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate
Number: 85977
probably
died from internal injuries from lifting in excess September 23, 1908 Buried at
Beaver Meadows September 30th
Lot
58, Chester and Gordon Bennett lot, no headstone located
Bennett,
Chester R.
(Russell) (May 25) 1862 – 1908 (April 2)
1880 census records him as
Russell, not Chester
Minnie R. (Roxy) (Hogeboom) (May 24) 1869 – 1935 (May
20)
There
is an unmarked flagstone between the Hogeboom and Chester Bennett lots.
Chester was the son of D. D. and Harriet Hoadley Bennett. Minnie was
born in Herrick Township the daughter of James and Roxy Fowler
Hogeboom. They were married April
19, 1888. Minnie was married second to Allen
LaFayette Pruyne. Children: Gordon James and Denzil H. Bennett
June 05 (1903/2003) 100 years ago column Montrose newspapers, Montrose
Historical Society
Birchardville - The friends and
neighbors of Chester Bennett gave him a pleasant surprise May 21st, it being
his 41st birthday. Dinner was served at 1 P.M., followed by ice cream and cake
and soon the friends took leave, wishing him many returns of the day, leaving
him money for a rocker for his declining year. Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Pickett and son, Mrs. V. E. Cobb, Mrs. N. C. Babcock and
daughter Pansy, Hazel Potter, Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Baker and son, of
Birchardville; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Colver (Culver) and son, of Opposition; A.E.
Turrell, Mrs. Frank Turrell, Mrs. Newell Turrell, of Forest Lake; Fred Webb,
Mrs. J. E. Webb, who is 84 years old, Mrs. Hulda Green and daughter, Bina, of
Montrose.
Chester Bennett, Bennett
Genealogy Photo
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates,
1906-1944 about Chester Bennett
Name: Chester
Bennett Gender: Male Race: White Age: 45
Birth Date: 25 May 1862
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 2 Apr 1908 Death Place: Forest
Lake, Susquehanna, PA.
Father Name: Dimock
Bennett Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Harriet Hoadley
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 37253
died due to a Bowel obstruction
buried at Beaver Meadow
April 8
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
about Minnie R Pryne
Name: Minnie
R Pryne [Minnie R Hogeboon] Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 65
Birth Date: 24
May 1868 Birth Place: Herrick PA Heshbone
Death Date: 20
May 1935 Death Place: Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: James O Hogeboon
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name Foley Fowler Mother Birth Place: Snow
County, Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Rogh Pryne
Certificate Number: 46797
May 23, 1935 buried at Beaver Meadows from
diabetes
Chester Bennett family before 1908
Chester, Minnie (Roxy) Hogeboom, Denzil, Gordon and Myrtle
Bennett genealogy photo's
Minnie Hogeboom Bennett
Gordon, Minnie, Denzil and Chester Bennett, Bennett
Genealogy
Photo courtesy of Alden
Brown
Mrs. Minnie Bennett Pruyne died at her home in Athens yesterday
after an illness. She would have been 66 years old if she had lived until
Friday of this week. She was born in Herrick Township, and later lived at
Beaver Meadows and Clapper Hill. For the past ten years she has been residing
in Athens. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of Bumpville. Mrs.
Pruyne is survived by her husband; one sister Mrs. Blanche Whitney of Fowler
Hill; one brother Harry Hogeboom of Endicott; one son Denzil Bennett of Edinger
Hill and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday from the home
of Mrs. (LaMar) Whitney and at 2:30 o’clock at the Clapper Hill Church (Beaver
Meadows). The Reverend Clarence Andrews of Camptown officiated. Burial will be
in the Clapper Hill Cemetery
1900
United States Federal Census about Charles Bennett
Age: 38 Birth Date: May 1862 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1900: Bridgewater, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's
Name: Minnie R Bennett Marriage Year:1888 Years Married: 12
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Charles
Bennett 38 Minnie R Bennett 31
Gordon J
Bennett 10
Denzil H
Bennett December 1892
***Lot 158, Dale and Donna Bennett lot
Bennett, Dale (Gordon) born August
29, 1942 -
Bennett Donna (Mabel) born June 15, 1944
-
They were married October 10,
1964 in the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church by Rev. R. Woodall
Dale was born the son of Marian Vernon and Grace Estella Sharer
Bennett.
Dale Gordon Bennett and Donna
Mabel Tewksbury, were married in the Tunkhannock Methodist church October 10,
1964. She was the daughter of Kenneth
Lloyd Tewksbury and Pauline Mary LaFrance. Donna's middle name is in honor
of her Aunt Mabel. They were the parents of two sons, Dr. Steven Dale and Scott
Kenneth Bennett. Donna and Dale have been very active in the Beaver Meadows
church activities since returning to the area in the early 1970's. Dale served
in the United States Army as did both his sons.
The Bennett family at the
wedding of Steve Bennett and Laura Stitt
in Ann Harbor, Maryland November 24, 2006. Seated are Donna and Dale Bennett
with Mitchell Bennett, son of Scott seated on Dales lap. Back row left to
right: Bryan, the son of Steve Bennett and his first wife Julie Sands, the
bride and groom, and Scott Bennett. Photo courtesy of a Bennett cousin. They have since added one
more grandson to Steve and Laura, another grandson Joshua Miles Bennett was
born July 31, 2013.
Lot
6, D. D. Bennett lot
Bennett,
D. D. (Davis Dimock) (July 16) 1834 – 1901 (April 29), buried May 1, 1901
He
was the son of Ferris and Nancy Black Bennett.
He
was married first to Harriet
Hoadley, by the Elder D. D. Gray August 28, 1861. Harriet was the daughter
of Peleg and Polly Hoadley.
She
died about November 1, 1863, and is buried in the Fowler Hill Cemetery. There
were two children by his wife Harriet Hoadley: Chester, who married Minnie Roxy
Hogeboom, and Charles that died young and is buried with his mother in the
Fowler Hill Cemetery.
D.D. Bennett married second, November 11, 1868 to Mary
Cornelia Very at her parents' home in Fairdale, PA She was the daughter of Russell and Lucy Wood Very, born February 15, 1837 in Susquehanna County and
died June 15, 1877 in Pike Township.
Mary Cornelia Bennett was laid to rest in the Fairdale Cemetery with her
parents.
Children: by Mary Cornelia Very: Wavie S. married
Chester Culver, Very D. married 1st to Mary Lucina Woodruff and 2nd to
Florence James Howland Place, and Annis who married Marion C McLaud.
D. D. married third to Harriet Hall
1857 – May 12, 1922. (Headstone reading)
Harriet was actually born in September 1858. Hattie is buried in Beaver Meadows.
Children of D. D. Bennett and Harriet Hall: Byron,
Vesta who married Bruce Dimon, Floyd, Ferris, Bradley and Ethiel.
The death of Harriet Hall Bennett is recorded as
Harriet Loudman.
1920 United States Federal Census about Hattie Bennett
Name: Hattie Bennett Age: 61 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Middletown,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Race:
White Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Hattie Bennett 61
Bradley H Bennett 26
Ethiel L Bennett 25
Mary
Cornelia Very Bennett, 2nd wife of D.D. Bennett, Bennett genealogy
D.
D. Bennett grave with the flagstone adjacent to it.
1900 United States Federal Census about ??Isnmock Bennett
Age: 65 Birth Date: Jul 1834 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married Spouse's
Name: Hattie Bennett
Marriage Year: 1883 Years
Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
??Isnmock Bennett 65
Hattie Bennett 41
Byron Bennett 16
Vesta Bennett 14
Flid Bennett 12
Bradley Bennett 7
Ethiel Bennett 5
The
headstone of Hattie/Harriet Hall Bennett with her sons
Lot 5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett
Bennett, Dorothy Anne
August 2, 1931 – March 21, 2000
Dorothy Anne, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth Sharer Bennett
was an avid genealogist. Her mother died
shortly after her birth at the Robert Packer Hospital. Dorothy was responsible
for the completion of the Bennett Genealogy started by her father. She
contributed many articles for the New Bradford County History, which was
published in 1995. Dorothy did much to preserve our local history.
Daily Review March 23, 2000
DOROTHY ANNE BENNETT, 68, of Wyalusing, passed
away on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Dorothy was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Sayre,
daughter of the late Wayne C. and
Ruth Sharer Bennett, who were at the time
residents of Capital Heights, Md. As her
mother died a few days after her birth, she grew up in the home of her
grandparents, L. E. and Angeline Sharer on Clapper Hill, Stevens Township. Dorothy attended Stevensville Elementary
School and the Camptown High School. In
1947, she moved with her father to Gaylord Street in Wyalusing and graduated
from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1949. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State
University in 1955 with a BA in liberal arts.
She remained an avid Penn State football fan. After working part-time as a feature writer
for the Wyalusing Rocket, and serving as secretary for Wyalusing Borough, in
1962, she joined the staff of the Bradford County Assistance Office as a
caseworker. She later became a
supervisor and was the Agency’s income maintenance manager when she retired in
1991. In 1970, Dorothy moved to
Hornbrook, Sheshequin Township, where she lived until 1986, when she purchased
a home on Front Street, in Wyalusing.
She vividly remembered the June day in 1972 when her home, along with
thousands of others, fell victim to the Hurricane Agnes flood. Since her retirement, Dorothy has continued
her involvement with local civic organizations.
She was the founder of the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association and
served for a number of years on its board of directors, holding the office of
president, vice-president and secretary.
She was a member and past president of the Wyalusing Lioness Club. Dorothy was an active member of the Wyalusing
United Methodist Church, where she served as the church’s outreach chairman and
historian and in several other offices.
She was very active with the Girl Scouts and a volunteer for the Red
Cross and a former member of the Towanda Branch AAUW. The funeral service will be held on Friday,
March 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale
Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery. Friends may call at the P.
Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, on Thursday, March 23,
2000, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials
are directed to the Wyalusing Museum Association, Wyalusing, Pa.; Wyalusing
United Methodist Church, or the charity of one’s choice.
Dorothy
Anne Bennett (Photo from the Bennett Genealogy)
I would like to add a
little precious memory of Dorothy by Toot Cobb
Carol,
I
didn't know Dorothy all that well, but I recall on incident that happened at
the Wyalusing High School, the old two story building. When she came to the
school, she of course had to use crutches. All of upper grade classes were
located on the second floor. The principal at that time called about 8 of
seniors in to his office and showed us how to make a chair linking our hands
together so we could carry her from the building when we had a fire alarm.
On the first time that the alarm sounded after
that another fellow and myself happened on to her standing at the top of the
stairs. We formed the chair and step up behind her to lift her up to take her
out of the building, unfortunately the principal hadn't informed her of what
was to take place. The scream that issued forth was enough to raise the dead up
from their grave at the Wyalusing Cemetery.
After we got her calmed down and explained
what was going on thing went along just fine.
It was that year that I graduated from school and went off to the
military. For all intents and purposes, I have been absent from the Wyalusing
area since that time. My wife, Ruth, and I were married on March 7, 1953. I
left the area shortly afterwards to work near Phila, then to school at Penn
State. Going to teach in southern PA and then on to Wellsboro. I think the scream was the start of my
hearing lose, but I chuckle when I think of what happened and what she must
have thought when our hands came up behind her knees.
Lot 6, D. D. Bennett
Bennett, Ethiel (Levi) ,
August 26, 1894 – March 29, 1939, buried April 3, 1939
Ethiel was the son of D. D. and Hattie
Hall Bennett
Ethiel
Levi Bennett, Photo form the Bennett Genealogy
Name: Ethiel Bennett
Event Type: Census Event Year: 1900
Event Place:Pike Township,
Election District 2, Bradford, Pa. United States
Gender: Male Age: 5
Marital Status: Single Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household
(Original): Son
Birth Date: Aug 1895
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
?Isnmock Bennett Head M 66
Pennsylvania
Hattie Bennett Wife F 42
Pennsylvania
Byron Bennett Son M 16
Pennsylvania
Vesta Bennett Daughter F 14 Pennsylvania
Flid Bennett Son M 12
Pennsylvania
Bradley Bennett Son M 7
Pennsylvania
Ethiel Bennett Son M 5
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about
Ethiel Bennett
Name: Ethiel
Bennett Gender: Male Race: White Age: 44
Birth Date: 26
Aug 1894 Birth Place: Stevens Twp,
Pennsylvania
Death Date: 29
Mar 1939 Death Place: Middletown,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
Father Name: Drinock
Bennett Father Birth Place: Stevensville,
Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Hattie
Hall Mother Birth Place: Lynn,
Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 30981
Buried April 3, 1939 died from a heart attack,
Tuberculosis under lying cause.
Name: Ethiel Levi Bennett
Event
Type: Draft Registration
Event
Date: 1917-1918
Event
Place: Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth
Date: 26 Aug 1894 Affiliate Publication
Number: M1509 , Affiliate Publication
Lot 6, D. D. Bennett Lot
Bennett, Ferris, son of D. D. and H. L. Bennett
He was the son of Davis Dimock and Harriet Hall Bennett.
March 11, 1890 – September 15, 1893.
Lot 137, Old Section of the
Cemetery, behind the church and down the hill just a little
Bennett, Ferris, died May 13, 1890, age 89
years 12 days
Nancy Black, died February 29, 1872, age 68
years 1 month
Ferris was born May 1, 1801 in Connecticut the son
of Thomas
and Sarah Stratton Bennett. There is a headstone in the
Beaver Meadows Cemetery, however it is probably monument only. Ferris and his wife Nancy Black
Bennett are
alleged to be buried in Fowler Hill Cemetery, Rush Township, Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania. There is no proof either way but there are stones near
Lucy Bennett’s marker there in Fowler Hill that record “Mother” and
“Father”. The Bennett Genealogy
records Rev. John Soapworth married Ferris Bennett and Nancy Black September 1, 1823 in Wyalusing,
Pennsylvania. The Tuscarora Township
Historical Society records they were married by the Justice of the Peace John
LaPorte. I do not know which is correct.
Dorothy Bennett recalls the story being told by two of his grandchildren that Ferris Bennett was married twice. Since he was
about 22 years old when he married Nancy Black, he could have been married
previously. Crafts History of Bradford County reveals that a Ferris Bennett married
Betsey Haywood Stone. The Bradford Argus dated March 13, 1873 records Ferris
Bennett of Stevensville married on March 5, 1873. did not say WHO? Betsey
allegedly died in 1885 and is buried alongside her husband Calvin Stone who
had passed March 27, 1869. They are buried in the East Herrick Cemetery,
however she is not on a cemetery listing there. Betsey Haywood was born January 05, 1801 in Westminster, Massachusetts. She is not on 1880 census as Betsey Stone
in Herrick Township Bradford County, PA. The 1880 Pike census shows Ferris with a wife
named Nancy born 1800 in Connecticut, not a good match!
Ferris Bennett, "United States Census, 1850" Event Place: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Gender: Male Age: 48 Birthplace: Connecticut, United States Birth Year (Estimated): 1802 House Number: 311
Family Number: 321 Line Number:
35 Household Gender Age Birthplace
Ferris Bennett M 48
Connecticut, United States
Nancy Bennett F 46
Pennsylvania, United States
Charles Bennett M 23
Pennsylvania, United States
Mahala Bennett F 21
Pennsylvania, United States
Miles Bennett M 20
Pennsylvania, United States
Darnock Bennett M 15
Pennsylvania, United States
Sarah Bennett F 14
Pennsylvania, United States
Jane Bennett F 12
Pennsylvania, United States
Rhoda Bennett F 10
Pennsylvania
Lydia Bennett F 8
Pennsylvania
Census 1880 Pike Twp Bradford County, PA
Name Relation Marital Status
Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Ferris BENNETT Self
M Male W
79 CT Farmer
CT CT
Nancy BENNETT Wife
M Female W
80 CT Keeping House CT
CT
There are two separate large white headstones placed
side by side directly behind the Beaver Meadows Church.
Ferris and Nancy Black Bennett headstones at Beaver
Meadows
Ferris Bennett died May 13, 1890 aged 89 years and 12
days
Nancy Black Bennett died February 29, 1872 aged 68
years 1 month
Bennett, Nancy Black, wife of Ferris Bennett, born June 29, 1804 died
February 29, 1872 aged 68 years 1 month.
She was born in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to Joseph
and Alice Wells Black. Children of Ferris and Nancy Black
Bennett: Samuel Bennett married Adelia Melvina Maxfield. After he died
Adelia married John Clapper, Charles Bennett, Mahala Bennett married William
Whitney, Miles Bennett married Lucy Bishop and Mary Elizabeth Gilson, Olive
Bennett, Davis Dimock Bennett married Harriett Hoadley, Mary Cornelia Very and
Harriet Hall, Sarah Olive Bennett married Ezekiel Avery Pickett and Anson
Pickett, Jane Elizabeth Pickett married George Peet, Rhoda Cecilia married Asa
Carlin and Lydia Bennett married William Bradshaw.
Nancy Black Bennett, a photo
from the Bennett Genealogy
Lot 6, D. D. Bennett Lot
Bennett,
Floyd, son of D. D. and Harriet
Hoadley Bennett
The
Bennett Genealogy records May 4,
1888 – May 7, 1904
I
did not find his death recorded at the Bradford County Courthouse; perhaps he
died in Susquehanna County?
Lot
81, Howard Bennett lot
Bennett,
Freeman (Arthur), the headstone
records 1911 – 1911
September
10, 1910 - June 20, 1911
Son
of Howard and Lena, Howard and Lena LaFrance
Bennett
Mother 1891
– 1928 The inscription mother must be referring to Lena Bennett. She was included on the family headstone,
which was placed as a memorial at a later date. The Tuscarora Township Historical society
recorded Freeman dates to be 1910 – June 20, 1911 aged 9 months, 1 day.
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about
Fremont Bennett
Name: Fremont
Bennett Gender: Male Race: White Age: 9/12
Birth Date: 18
Sep 1910 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 20
Jun 1911 Death Place: Tuscarora
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Howell
Bennett Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: La
France Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 62053
Keith and Freeman Bennett
(Photo from the Bennett Genealogy)
Lot 16 and 17, V. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, Glenn Ferris (May 6) 1905 – (October)
16, 2005
Florence M.
(Marie) Beckman (October 30) 1903 – 1995 (December 18)
Married 5 – 6 – 1932, Glenn, a schoolteacher farmer was the son of Very Dimock and Mary Lucina Woodruff Bennett. Flo, his
wife, also a schoolteacher was born the daughter of George and Anna O’Halloran Beckman in
Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Because Flo
was a schoolteacher, they had to keep their marriage a secret. In that day and
age married women were not allowed to teach!
There is a large family
headstone etched BENNETT on the lot. Glenn decided just before Florence died that
they would etch their names, dates and marriage date on the base, no need to
buy a headstone when one already exists was his remarks to me.
Children: Robert Glenn, Suzanne
Mary (Mrs. Alfred Sagrati), Dr. John Very, and James George. All are deceased
except Suzanne Sagrati. Dr. John Bennett passed away July 18, 2013 in Atlanta,
Georgia. He was cremated.
* Historians note: Mr.
Glenn, as I joyfully refer to him
was responsible for keeping many of the church and cemetery records. He was the first man to try to straighten out
the burials in the cemetery. His
handwriting is most prevalent in the original plot book. It appears that Mae
Fassett and Mr. Glenn collaborated in her search for history also. He retired from church and cemetery work in
the late 1970’s. I’ve enjoyed a few nice
visits with this talented historian. He will be quoted many times in my church
historical records. He has shared with me what ever he could remember at his
advanced age from 1994 – 2000.
* Historians note: I found a
site on the Internet by his grandson Thomas Bennett that refers to the Bennett
Homestead on Clapper Hill as the “Castle”.
http://www.mindspring.com/~tbennett/index.html
Many treasured memories are
shared and kept by his children and many grandchildren at the Castle.
The
Bennett home known as the “Castle” in
July 2006. Now owned by Wayne and Jamie
Crawford MacNelley family. The farm was
purchased by George and Dawn Edsell Bolles.
Mary Woodruff Bennett with her son Glenn
Below the
Bennett family, John, Glenn, James, Florence and Robert 
Daily Review
October 16, 2005
Glenn Ferris
Bennett, age 100, longtime area resident and respected teacher of Tuscarora
Township, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 at the Memorial Hospital, Towanda,
Pa. He was born May 6, 1905 in Tuscarora
Township in the house on Clapper Hill Road across the road from his present
residence on Bennett Acres, a designated century farm. He was a son of Very
Bennett and Mary Woodruff Bennett. Glenn attended local schools and graduated
from Laceyville High School, Class of 1923 and from Mansfield Normal School,
Class of 1924. He began his career as a teacher at the age of 19 in the
one-room schoolhouse on Clapper Hill in 1924, and had 17 students at the time.
He later taught history and English in Skinner’s Eddy, was an English teacher
for many years and the principal at Laceyville High School for two years until
consolidation. He taught English to the upper grades at Wyalusing Valley High
School for over 15 years. His combined total was 44 years of teaching.
Glenn met his
wife-to-be, Florence Beckman of Coudersport, Pa., during summer school at Penn
State, and on May 6, 1932 Glenn and Florence were married. Since the Depression
had begun, they kept the fact a secret in order for Florence to keep her job.
By 1938, there were three small children in the house and Glenn needed to
complete his degree so he took classes at Mansfield State Teachers College
while Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School. The couple also
managed a lunch-counter gas station at Powers Corner near Mansfield. Florence
was a Spanish, Latin, French, science, social studies and chemistry teacher for
many years, retiring from Wyalusing Valley High School in 1969. “Mr. and Mrs.
B.,” as the couple were affectionately called by students, were exceptional
teachers and a devoted couple. They enjoyed a long retirement together,
traveling to visit family and remodeling their home. Glenn and Florence were
married 63 years before Florence passed away on Dec. 18, 1995. An avid reader and farmer, Mr. B’s interests
and memberships over the years include: Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church,
the Mayflower Society, John Howland Society and the sons of the Civil War and a
member of the Masonic Lodge. Surviving
are: his sons, Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, Calif., Dr. John Very Bennett
of Atlanta, Ga., and James George Bennett of Columbus, Ohio; his daughter,
Suzanne Marie Bennett-Sagrati of Cincinnati, Ill.; and 21 grandchildren and 32
great-grandchildren. Funeral services
will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the Beaver Meadows
United Methodist Church with the Rev. William C. Nelson, his pastor,
officiating. Interment will be in Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the Church on Tuesday,
Oct. 18, 2005 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Wednesday
morning from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials may be directed to the Bennett
Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o First Liberty Bank, 101 E. Main St., Laceyville,
Pa., 18623. To send condolences or sign
the e-guestbook, please go to www.homerfuneralhome.com.
The Wyalusing
Rocket, just a clipping no date
Mrs. Glenn
(Florence Beckman Bennett), 92, a longtime area resident and respected school
teacher, died at the family home on clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford
County, PA, on Monday, Dec. 18, 1995. She
was born Florence Marie Beckman in Coudersport, PA. on October 30, 1903 to
George and Ann O'Halleran Beckman. She was the fourth in a family of eight
children. Florence fondly recalled a happy childhood and cherished her close
knit family ties. She was always an
excellent student and able to vividly recall the day when she first shockingly
became aware of the power of the written word. She was reading a passage out
loud fluently when her first-grade teacher and asked her to explain what she
had just read. Her embarrassing inability to do so taught her that words hold
meaning and started her on a lifelong
adventure with learning and education. In 1922, her father died and 17
year old Florence was required to help support her family as she studied at
Mansfield State Normal School with some financial support from her brothers.
She received her teaching certificate with honors in 1923, and returned to
Coudersport to begin her notable career. She taught French and English there
for five years and during that time helped her younger brothers and sister
complete their high school education.
During summers she continued her education at Penn State, and upon
receiving her B.A. degree, she accepted a new position at Tyrone High
School. During those summers at Penn
State she met her future husband Glenn Bennett. They were married in May of
1932. and spent their honey moon in summer school. Florence taught for a year and a half after their
marriage and then moved to Glenn's family farm on Clapper Hill outside
Laceyville. This remained her primary residence for the remainder of her life. By
1938 they had three little children and needed for Glenn to earn his bachelor's
degree. Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School while he took classes at
Mansfield. At this time , Florence and Glenn managed a lunch counter gas
station at Powers Corners near Mansfield. When Glenn had completed his
requirements Florence remained at home,
and one more child completed their family.
In 1941, George Warner, the school director at Edinger Hill, asked
Florence to assume the responsibilities of the one-room school. Mrs. Bennett
accepted and taught grades one through eight while innovating such programs as
hot lunches. These creative programs
earned commendations from Bradford County, Penn State University and the state
Departmet fo Education. When the
Edinger Hill school closed during World War II Florence accepted a position
with the Laceyville High school, where she taught Latin, French, Spanish,
general science literature and chemistry. To illustrate her superb teaching
abilities, one has to examine what former students have written about her. In
1984 , an article in the Daily Review, Wes Skillings gave an eloquent testimony to her teaching
skills. He called her the "ultimate teacher." She was, he add "a
true virtuoso owning both a master of her subjects and her students."
Robert Dibble, and educator and former student described her as "one who
demanded your utmost respect and expected you to learn what was presented in class."
Florence felt that the time would never come "I won't wish to take just
one more course." She proved this true by attending sessions in Syracuse
University, Penn State and West Chester State College and ultimately earned a
Master degree in education at the University of California Long Beach. The honors Florence received were
numerous. A partial list of hem
includes: 1956: National Science Institute Fellowship at Penn State: 1960 -
Pearl Buck Scholarship form Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor-outstanding teacher of
the year in Pennsylvania, and she was presented a golden apple by Gov.
Shaffer. Mrs. Bennett was active in
numerous educational and civic organizations such as : Bradford County
Education Association (former treasurer) Wyalusing Valley High School Education Association: Bradford
County Science teachers Association;
Laceyville Women's club: Wyalusing PTA; American Field Service Program; Board of
directors of the Laceyville Public Library; Spring Hill Grange; Rotarian; and
Order of the Eastern Star. Florence was
proud of her many fundraisers she organized to finance educational trips for her students. The
extra-curricular activities she encouraged and sponsored at personal cost and
donated time are too numerous to be enumerated here. but will be keenly
remembered by whom the students she
mentored. Mrs. Bennett was able to couple an intense seriousness and devotion
to teaching with a quick wit and a willingness to find humor in the midst of
adversity. Her energy and conveyance of the excitement of discovering knowledge
will be remembered by those fortunate enough to have known her. Former students
will recall her firm conviction that all students could and would master
subject matter sufficiently to earn passing grades. Mrs. Bennett was a world-class teacher and
devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has
touched thousands of lives and has indelibly impressed the formative minds of
those who knew her. She was a unique
individual who cannot be replaced. Perhaps her message to those of whom she has
left would be in this note she jotted down in her memory book. "time
remembered is grief forgotten." Florence survived all her brothers and sister
and is survived by a grieving husband following their 63 years of marriage and
four children: Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, California, Suzanne Marie Sagrati of Chicago,
Illinois, John Very Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, and James George Bennett of
Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grand children,
and numerous nieces and nephews also grieve her parting. The funeral will be
held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1995, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home,
1 Grove Lane, Wyalusing, with Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Beaver
Meadows United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mark King co-officiating. Burial will be at the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Homer
Funeral home in Wyalusing Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. There will
be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home by
member sof the Meshoppen Chapter 70.O.W.S. The Glenn Bennett family wishes to
establish a college scholarship foundation in her memory for the benefit of
Wyalusing Valley High School students.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to remember
Florence in this manner can send donations to : Florence Bennett Memorial
Scholarship Fund, c/o Grange National Bank, Attn.: Tom McCullough, 101 E. Main
St. Laceyville, PA 18623. RHW 21
Dec.1995 Contributed by Carol Hoose
Brotzman
Notes from their daughter Suzanne
Oh dear...... Carol,
Mother had her best, happiest moments when she
was with her own family or in her classroom.
She came from a family of eight and they were always so close even
though most of them were in California.
It was wonderful when she was science teacher of the year
Mother was the world's best
grandmother. She just couldn't wait to
get our children up on the farm without benefit of parental presence. She gave them snicker-snacks every
night before bed and they would come home five pounds heavier. But she was ever
the teacher and made them toe the line.
They just loved being there with Mom and Dad, but it was the Bolles
family that made in really fun and a learning experience for them. Bob and Anne were wonderful to all of them
and they still feel close to especially George and Kathy. All the grandchildren, not just mine.
Sue Bennett Sagratti
Dear Carol, Rev. Bill had organized a drive through
party. After church , people came to the
farm and drove in the top driveway, Dad sat in his wheelchair in the door to
the family room, and they exchanged greetings, and then drove out the bottom
door of the garage. Dad gave out
lollipops and these letters to each car.
What a happy day that was for him!
Hope all is well with you. We're getting slowly better. Remember me to anyone who'd be
interested. How is Pearl (Repsher)? I think of her often. Love, Sue
Dad's little dog, Chico, was
a Belington Terrier. He was just darling
and good company for Dad and Jim.; He
was so old and infirm, blind and arthritic, the Vet came and picked him
up. She had been telling us for years
that he would be better off asleep, but They just couldn't take him. He was 18
years old. That was in February 2005. I
wanted to get Dad another, but the vet cautioned us that another dog might
outlive Dad and then who would be able to take him..... Sue
OK Here's the
letter:
Recollection of
Walking to Beaver Meadow for Church in 1915
Sue Bennett sent me this
When I was
about ten years of it was fun to go to church in good weather. Mother, Dad and I would start walking and as
we passed out neighbors' homes they would join us. All the way to church everyone would be
laughing, talking and all the kids would be running and playing. Clifford,
Ernest, Daniel Clapper and I always played together. We would pass my Aunt Wavie and Uncle Chet
Culver's house, but they would have already gone ahead in their buggy. Aunt Wavie often played the organ.
The Pickett's
and the Bennett's and Sharers came from the opposite side of the hill., We'd all meet in the church yard, but I can't
recall if they had walked. The last one
to join our procession was "Crazy" Dennison. He lived alone in a big house in a cow
pasture on the hill above the church.
Walking home , when we would reach the top of his hill, Dennison would
start to preach his own sermon. All the
adults would stand around to listen, and we children had to be quiet until he
finished.
The church
services then were much like those of today.
The children attended Sunday School while their parents were in
church. I( remember Lena Clapper and
:"Aunt Joey" Carter as our teachers,
"Aunt" Joey's son, Herbert, had a beautiful voice and sang in
church.
It was about
this time that I can remember Reverend Trible who first opened the basement
under the church and dug the drainage ditch.
In later years, I remember Reverend Reid gratefully because he would
come regularly and take my own children to Youth Fellowship. Oh yes, there is one other minister very
important to this congregation. It's
"Wild Bill - working to beat hell".
Over the years,
I can't remember any sermons or any specific Bible lesson, but I can remember
and appreciate the love and fellowship of our neighbors. That hasn't changed over the years. The people whom I recall from those summer
Sundays have gone on to glory, and are deeply missed. They are resting in peace
in Beaver Meadows Cemetery, but somehow, I'm still here - still having a good
time. Thank you for coming to celebrate
my birthday! I hope that your procession
today brings you as much joy as ours brought us eighty six years ago and as much
pleasure as you have given me on my 96th
birthday. You're all invited back for my
Hundredth... if you're still around.
I'm grateful to
God, to all of you and to my family. God
Bless You. GFB
Name: Glenn Bennett
Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place District:
8-57 Family Number: 27
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head
Glenn Bennett M 34
Pennsylvania
Wife Florence
Bennett F 36
Pennsylvania
Son Robert
Glen Bennett M 6
Pennsylvania
Daughter Susann Bennett F 5
Pennsylvania
Son John
Bennett M 4
Pennsylvania
Hired man Robert Diamond M 23
Pennsylvania
Name: Florence Beckman
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age:
1 Marital Status: Single
Race: White Race (Original):
White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household
(Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Harry Beckman Head M 31
Russia
Mollie Beckman Wife F 28
Russia
Katie Beckman Daughter F 7
Pennsylvania
Annie Beckman Daughter F 5
Pennsylvania
Florence Beckman Daughter F 1
Pennsylvani
Lot 58, Chester and Gordon
Bennett lot No headstone that I can find
*** Bennett, Gordon James, (June 30) 1889
– 1931(August 10) WORLD WAR I
Luratte (Luraette) C., (August 20) 1893 – 1956
(July 29)
He was the son of Chester
and Minnie Hogeboom Bennett. He married March 29, 1919 to Luratte Edith
Coleman, daughter of Elmer and Margaret Platt Coleman. Children: Ruth (Mrs. Emerson Kelley), Alice Erdine (Mrs. Stanley Tillotson, Mrs. Howard Watson),
Norma Edith (Mrs. Edgar Chubbuck) and Blanche Arlene.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bennett,
Bennett genealogy photos
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about Gorham Bennett
Name: Gorham Bennett
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 42
Birth
Date: 30 Jun 1889 Birth Place: Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 10 Aug 1931 Death Place: Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Chester Bennett
Father
Birth Place: Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Minnie Hoyebon
Mother
Birth Place: Herrick, Pennsylvania
Spouse
Name: Luraette Coleman Bennett
Certificate
Number: 77290
Name: Gordon J Bennett
Event
Type: Census Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United
States
Gender: Male Age: 40 Marital Status:
Married Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head Birth Year
(Estimated): 1890
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Gordon J Bennett M 40 Pennsylvania
Wife Luraette E Bennett F 36 Pennsylvania
Daughter Ruth E Bennett F 10 Pennsylvania
Daughter Alice E Bennett F 8 Pennsylvania
Daughter Norma E Bennett F 2 Pennsylvania
Daily Review
Funeral
services for Mrs. Luaraette C. Bennett of Monroeton, who died Sunday evening,
will be held Wednesday at 2 o’clock at the Pinnock Funeral Home, LeRaysville.
The Rev. R. A. Merrifield will officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Meadows
cemetery.
She is
survived by four daughters, Mrs. Emerson Kelley of LeRoy, Mrs. Alice Tillotson
of Monroeton, Mrs. Edgar Chubbuck of Potterville and Miss Blanche Bennett of
Monroeton; her mother, Mrs. Margaret Coleman of Stevensville RD; 10
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Clark Warner of Rush and Mrs. Charles Hicks of
LeRaysville RD; four brothers, George and Carl Coleman of Stevensville RD, Fay
of Ford Street and Guy of Tunkhannock; several nieces and nephews. Submitted by
Carol Hoose Brotzman
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1963 about Luraette C Bennett
Name: Luraette C Bennett [Luraette C Coleman]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 62
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1893 Birth Place: Le Raysville, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 29 Jul 1956 Death Place: Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Elmer Coleman
Mother Name: Margaret Platt
Spouse Name: Gorden Bennett
Certificate Number: 61017
Lot
6, D. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, Harriet Lodierca "Hattie" Hall
, 3rd wife of D. D. Bennett
(September 03, 1858) 1857 –
1922 (May 12)
She was born to Sheffield W.
Hall and Ann Chamberlin/Chamberlain.
This is a multiple
family headstone installed much later after their deaths.
Mr. Glenn Bennett lists her as Hattie Loudman in the plot book. She must have been married to a Mr. Loudman at
some point, She died May 12, 1922 age 63 years. The Bennett Genealogy
does not record her data.
1920
United States Federal Census about Hattie Bennett
Name: Hattie Bennett Age: 61 Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Middletown, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital
Status: Widowed
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home
Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household
Members: Name Age
Hattie
Bennett 61
Bradley H
Bennett 26
Ethiel L
Bennett 25
Bennett Genealogy photo,
sister-in-laws
Lib Bennett (Mrs. Miles
Bennett) and Harriet Hall Bennett
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1944 about Hattie Todierca Bemett
Name: Hattie Todierca Bemett [Hattie Todierca Hall]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 63
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1858 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 12 May 1922
Death Place: Middletown, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Sheffield Hall
Mother Name: Elizabeth Chamberlin
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania Certificate Number: 50401
died of Anemia,
Buried May 16, 1922
Lot
81, Howard I. Bennett lot
Bennett, Howard I. (Ivan),
(November
4) 1889 – 1958 (January 15)
Lena LaFrance, (June) 1891 – 1928 (June 20), his wife
Howard was
the son of Arthur and Lennie Culver
Bennett, and Lena the
daughter of Freeman and Laura Ann
Brotzman LaFrance. I would like to note here that Laura Brotzman was the daughter of Anthony and Permeila Bump Brotzman referred to in
other sections of this book.
After Lena died in 1928 Howard married Laura Ruff/Taylor Gross, they parted after a short while.
Children by his first wife were: Keith Gilson Bennett, Freeman Arthur
Bennett, Delos Bennett, Myrna Bennett (Mrs. Douglas Stevens), Alverta Irene
Bennett (Mrs. Richard Bennett, Mrs. Lewis Robinson, Mrs. Earl Carter) and
Evangeline Bennett (Mrs. Edward Williams and Mrs. Otto Tannenbaum)
Pearl Tyler obituary collection
Mrs. Lena LaFrance Bennett
Mrs. Lena LaFrance Bennett of Indian Hill passed away at the Robert
packer Hospital in Sayre, June 20, 1928 at 5:30 o'clock. She was 36 years, 22
months and 11 days of age and is survived by her husband and 5 children, Keith
of Springfield, Mass., Delos, Myrna, Alverta and Angeline at home; also her
mother Mrs. Laura LaFrance, two sister Mrs. A.H. Comstock and Mrs. George
Benninger all of Skinners Eddy. Mrs. Bennett was a kind wife and lovely mother
who will be greatly missed in her home. Funeral services were held in the home
with Rev. Heller officiating. Burial was in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. The
friends and relatives form out of town attending the services were Mr. and Mrs.
M.J. Riley and John Reese of Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. M.R. Tryrell, Mrs. William
Breeze, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beach and daughter Helen, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood,
Mrs. Minnie Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savers, Mr. and Mrs. Al Grange and son
Arthur all of Wilkes Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brotzman of Ashley, Mrs. Guy
Champion and son Raymond of Sayre. Contributed by Carol Brotzman
In regards to his second wife. Laura, she was
actually born June 17, 1908 in Wyalusing, PA. as Laura L. Ruff, but
she often used her mother's maiden Taylor. Her obituary records her
maiden name as Taylor. She used the last name Ruff on her marriage record
October 24, 1929 to Howard Ivan Bennett. They divorced in 1942. Her mother was Dora Mae Taylor daughter of Joseph
and Nancy Juliet Hitchcock Taylor. She married on April 30, 1892 to George Ruff. In 1910 she is living with Constant Brewer
as his wife. I can find no marriage record. She was buried in the Wyalusing
Cemetery as Dora M. Ruff 1874 - 1954.
The
Bennett genealogy refers to Howard Ivan Bennett as marrying Laura Taylor Gross
on page 49. It also records they divorced. Therefore Laura Ruff might have been
first married to a Mr. Gross. However I find no marriage record. Regarding her
marriage to Howard I. Bennett, the marriage application data records Laura Ruff was married to Howard Ivan Bennett August 24,
1929 in Towanda, PA. by the Rev. H. R. Pitman. They divorced in 1942. She
married third to Otto Arthur Kasson. He died
April 22, 1952 . She married last on January 02, 1953 in Ulster, PA. to Lewis Andrew Wandell. Laura
passed away at the Bradford County Manor in Burlington October 03, 1993 with Alzheimer's
disease. She was buried in the Wyalusing
Cemetery with her mother.
1930 United States Federal Census about Howard Bennett
Gender: Male Birth
Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Home in 1930: Tuscarora,
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Spouse's
Name: Laura Bennett
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Howard Bennett 39
Laura Bennett 21
Delos Bennett 17
Merna Bennett 14
Alverta Bennett 11
Evangeline Bennett 9
Porter Moore 42 Lodger
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about
Howard I Bennett
Name: Howard I Bennett
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 68
Birth
Date: 2 Nov 1889 Birth Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford
Death
Date: 15 Jan 1958 Death Place: Auburn, Susquehanna County, PA
Father
Name: Arthur E Bennett
Mother
Name: Lennie Culver
Certificate
Number: 9934
Howard Bennett and his
horse
Howard
and Lena LaFrance Bennett (Bennett Genealogy photo's)
Wedding
Day February 02, 1908 at Spring Hill, PA
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about
Lena LaFrance Bennett
Name: Lena
LaFrance Bennett [Lena LaFrance LaFrance]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1890 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 20
Jun 1928 Death Place: Sayre, Bradford,
Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Freman
LaFrance Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Lora
Brotzman Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Howard
Bennett
Certificate Number: 66055
Buried June 22, 1928 Beaver Meadows
\
Lot 7, probably the Arthur
Bennett lot
Infant Bennett, son of Arthur E. Bennett
Died October 26, 1893 Clapper
Hill, PA Bennett genealogy information
Lot 16 and 17, V. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, James George,
April 13, 1940 - February 01, 2012
1/2 of his ashes were
Buried February 10, 2012 in Beaver Meadows
There is no headstone. He
was buried next to his brother Robert, on the outer edge of the lot. No headstone
Daily
Review on February 8, 2012
James
George Bennett, 71, of Monroeton, Pa., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa. following a brief illness. Jim was born
April 13, 1940 in Laceyville, Pa. to Glenn F. and Florence M. Beckman Bennett.
Jim will be remembered for his humor, practical jokes, storytelling abilities,
countless hours of playing chess, and love for football and baseball. Jim took
an early retirement from a Security Company in Ohio to care for his father in
Laceyville and always enjoyed coming home to spend time with family. Jim moved
to Monroeton in 2009. Jim is survived by his wife, Terry Arthur Bennett of
Monroeton, Pa.; his children, Kim Shimkus, William Bennett, Kay Patterson, and
Kathy Vara, all of California and their mother, Carolyn Hawley Bennett
Pedersen, of California; grandchildren Anthony Bennett, Jennifer Patterson,
Michelle Bennett, Stephanie Vallejo, Sarah Keeley, and Branden Vara, all of
California; siblings Sue Bennett Sagrati of Ohio and Dr. John V Bennett of
Georgia; sisters-in-law, Myrna Bennett of California and Regna Bennett of
Georgia; and brother-in-law Al Sagrati of Ohio; many nieces and nephews;
stepchildren Joshua Bartholomew, Gary Bartholomew, Jr., and Nicole Heeman; and
step-grandchildren Logan and Alyssa Bartholomew and Elizabeth, Rylee, and
Katelyn Heeman. Jim was preceded in death by parents Glenn F. Bennett and
Florence M. Beckman Bennett, brother, Robert G. Bennett and grandson Samuel
James Shimkus. A memorial service for James will be announced at a later date.
James
Bennett
2012-03-08
Wyalusing Rocket
James
G. Bennett, 71, of Monroeton, PA, passed away on Feb. 1, 2012, at Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville, following a brief illness. A celebration of his life
will be held on Saturday, March 10 at 2 p.m. with a viewing at 1 p.m. at the
Beavers Meadows Church, Laceyville, with Rev. Tom Blackall and Pastor Patricia
Newhart officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery following the
service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Florence M.
Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o First Liberty Bank & Trust in
Towanda or Wyalusing, PA.
This
Bennett lot he is buried within, next to Robert on the right
Dr. John Very Bennett, son of Glenn and
Florence Bennett
Honorary
Burial with his family.
Mr. John Very Bennett, age 77, of Atlanta, GA
Remembering Mr. John Very Bennett, age 77, of
Atlanta, GA: January 21, 1936 to July 18, 2013
Mr. John Very Bennett, age 77, of Atlanta, GA,
died Thursday, July 18, 2013. Private
services are being arranged by Mr. Bennett's family.
Charles Beckman wrote in the guest book
Mom often talked about driving cross-country
(Laceyville to Long Beach) in 1938 with Aunt Beanie, Auntie Flo and Baby Jack.
Always Uncle Bob's favorite; always the light
of his Father's eyes. I remember when Uncle Glenn tutored me in biology so I
too could have hopes of going to Princeton.
Never a brother was loved more by a sister.
A giant has left our family.
With love and prayers,
Cousin Charlie
John Very Bennett, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist in Atlanta,
Georgia
Practice Location
Rollins Sch Of Public Hlth
1518 Clifton Rd NE Rm 470
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-2317
Dr. John Very Bennett — Profile Summary
Dr. John Very Bennett practices Infectious
Disease in Atlanta, GA
Dr. Bennett graduated from Jefferson Medicine
College-Thos Jefferson University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania with an MD 52
years ago. He had his residency training of Internal Medicine at University
Washington Medicine Center and Flexible Oregon Transitional Year at
Pennsylvania Hospital-Uphs.
Lot 74, Marion Bennett lot
Bennett, Marion V.
(Vernon), (November 8) 1900 – 1977 (January 27)
Grace S. (Estella Sharer), (May 1) 1906 – 1999 (March
7)
He
was the on of Norval and Lucy McLaud Bennett. Grace was the daughter of Llewellyn and
Angeline Corby Sharer. They were
married May 16, 1927.
Children: Boyd Sharer Bennett married 1st
Pauline Beique and 2nd to
Shirley Weyand, Margene Marion (Mrs. John Andrew Nittinger), Dale Gordon
married Donna Mabel Tewksbury, and Dean Rexford married Dianne Marie Bowman.
Marion V. Bennett (Bennett
Genealogy photo's)
The Bennett's, Marion, Grace, Dale, Boyd and Margene
Historians
bible study photo about 1990
Tribute to Grace:
Grace Estella Sharer was born the second child, first daughter of
Llewellyn E. and Angeline Corby Sharer at Clapper Hill on May 1, 1906. She had an older brother Donald, who passed
away on April 9, 1981, and a younger brother Walter, who passed away on
September 6, 1998. Grace had two younger
sisters. Ruth who married Wayne Bennett, she passed away after a difficult
childbirth August 11, 1931, and her remaining sister Anna, resides on Spring
Hill. She is the widow of Harry Cobb. Grace married Marion Bennett on May 17,
1927. Marion, the son of Norval and Lucy
McLaud Bennett purchased a hillside farm on the Board Road in 1923. It is there, they began housekeeping. She farmed right along beside her husband
until they sold their farm to their son Dale, and his wife Donna about 1970.
They then moved to Silvara. Grace and Marion were the parents of four children,
Boyd born in 1928, Margene born in 1942, Dale born in 1943, and Dean born in
1946. Grace began her association with
the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church at an early age, but as was the
custom of the day, she was not baptized until an adult, and joined the church
the same day May 10, 1931. In her
younger years she served as organist, which was an elected position. She held
various positions in Sabbath School. She
was never officially elected as Historian, but recorded church history in a
book kept in the sanctuary. She was
secretary - treasurer of the church and held other offices. In the Ladies Aide she was also secretary -
treasurer, taking over this position from her mother Angeline Sharer who passed
away in 1948. She continued the job
until 1997, quite a record. Grace not
only served her church but her community too.
She served as the Tuscarora Township auditor from 1960-1997. She was a great lady always ready to lend a
helping hand. Many times Mary
Schweitzer, Grace Bennett and Alice Sivers cleaned our church! A "Thank you Grace" is just not enough
to say to someone who served our church like she did. If it needed doing, she
did it without a qualm. On cold blustery day, March 10th, she was laid to rest
beside her husband M. V. Bennett who had passed away on January 27, 1977. The
ladies of the church served a lovely luncheon to the family following the
committal service conducted by the Rev. William Nelson in the church
cemetery. (contributed by Carol Hoose
Brotzman, the church historian at that time).
Wyalusing Rocket, date unknown
Mrs. Grace S. (Sharer) Bennett, aged
92, formerly of Laceyville R.D.#1, Silvara, PA., passed away on Sunday morning
(March 7, 1999) at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Towanda Memorial Hospital.
She had been a resident there for the last five months. She was born at Clapper
Hill, Bradford County on May 1, 1906; she was the daughter of the late Llewellyn
and Angie Corby Sharer. Mrs. Bennett was a graduate of the Camptown High
School, Class of 1924. She later graduated from the Mansfield Normal School,
Class of 1926, after which she taught school at Camptown for one year. On May
16, 1927 she married Marion V. (Vernon) Bennett. From that time on, she and her
husband owned and operated a large dairy farm on the farm in Silvara (Board
Road). Mr. Bennett passed away on January 27, 1977. She was a member of the
Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and was also a member of the church’s
Ladies Aid Society; a Tuscarora Township auditor for 40 years retiring in 1997
and was a past member of the Shiloh Grange of West Auburn. Survivors include a
daughter and son-in-law, Margene and Jack Nittinger of Sayre; three sons and
their wives, Boyd and Shirley Bennett of Eagle River, Alaska, Dale and Donna
(Tewksbury) Bennett and Dean and Diane (Bowman) Bennett, all of Laceyville; a
sister Mrs. Anna Cobb, Spring Hill; 16 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren,
and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister Mrs.
Ruth (Wayne) Bennett in 1931, and two brothers, Donald Sharer in 1981 and
Walter Sharer in 1998. Funeral and committal services were held from the
Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville with the Rev. William Nelson of
the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church officiating. Internment was in the
Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Family and Friends called at the funeral home on
Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requested
donations to be made to the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, R.R.#1 Box 1184, Laceyville,
PA. 18623 in care of Mrs. Donna Bennett; or the Wyalusing Personal Care and
Retirement Home R.R.#1, Box 168, Wyalusing, PA. 18853 or to the Towanda Skilled
Nursing Unit, Towanda Memorial Hospital, One Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA.
18848.
Wyalusing Rocket M. V. Bennett funeral (Marion Vernon Bennett)
Largely attended funeral
services were held Sunday for M.V. Bennett of Silvara (R.D. # 1 Laceyville),w who passed away last
Thursday, January 27, 1977. He had been ill after sustaining severe
injuries in a tractor accident on his
farm in 1966. For the past several weeks, prior to his death he had been quite
well and had followed his daily routine of activities on the day of his death. On
Thursday afternoon Mr. Bennett walked from his home to the barn to feed some
ponies and on arriving at the latter place had suffered a fatal heart attack.
When he did not return to the house, Mrs. Bennett went in search of her husband
but could not find him. She was joined in the search by her son Dean, who found
his father lifeless on some bales of hay.
Mr. Bennett was born November 8, 1900, at Clapper Hill, PA. in what was
Pike Township at that time, now known as Stevens township. He was the youngest
son of Dr. Norval and Lucy McClaud Bennett, on May 16 1927 he married Grace
Sharer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sharer of Clapper Hill. M.V. Bennett,
prior to his retirement in 1966 was one of the area's most prominent dairy
farmers and was widely known as an outstanding Jersey Cattleman. In 1923 after he purchased his farm in
Tuscarora Township he began to build the Jersey herd which was to earn him local and state honors. He believed that good
stock was the basis of a good herd and he meticulously selected his early stock
for type and production. From them, he developed his own excellent herd which
he maintained for years after. His
cattle were consistently sited for high production in the Wyalusing testing
area and in the early 1940's he was recognized for having the highest herd
production in Pennsylvania and one cow named Bendale Dora, was the highest
producing Jersey cow in the entire state. Although he entered his animals in
several area competitions, where they won many awards Mr. Bennett felt it was
detrimental to the animals to transport them any great distances such as to the
State Farm show. In 1955 however he was
persuaded to enter the farm show competition and sent twelve animals to exhibit
at Harrisburg where they were awarded seventeen prizes including one reserve
grand champion, one senior grand champion, as well as other first, second and
third place awards. In late 1966, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett sold their farm to their
son Dale, and purchased a home in Silvara. Following his retirement from
farming, Mr. Bennett continued to work actively in his community. He was a
member and past president of the Bradford County Jersey Cattle Breeders and
active in the state and national units of that organization. He was a member of
the Shiloh Grange, Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and Cemetery
Association. In the past several years, Mr. Bennett was essential in reviving
that organization and bringing about many improvements in its reorganization. Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by
three sons; Boyd, of Eagle River, Alaska; Dale and Dean both of Beaver Meadows;
one daughter; Mrs. John (Margene) Nittinger of Sayre; a brother; Dr. Calvin
Bennett, of Pomona, California. 15 grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by the following brothers and sisters: Dr. Clayton J.
Bennett of Yuma, Colorado; Richard C. Bennett of Camptown, Wayne C. Bennett of
Wyalusing, Miles Bennett, of Clapper Hill; Mrs. Ray (Hazel) Ervine of Rush
Township; and Mrs. David (Mary) Taylor of Herrickville. The funeral services were held from the
Sheldon Funeral home in Laceyville with burial in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Rev. Raymond VanStone, Pastor of the Campton Methodist church officiated at the funeral service and
grave and committal services. Serving as Pallbearers were nephews of the
deceased: Richard Bennett, Ty Cobb, Gene, Gary, Howard, and Ronald Sharer.
Marion
Bennett, "United States Census, 1940"
Event
Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 39 Marital Status:
Married Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1901 Last Place of Residence: Same House
Digital
Folder Number: 005456583
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Marion Bennett M 39 Pennsylvania
Wife Grace Bennett F 33 Pennsylvania
Son Boyd Bennett M 11 Pennsylvania
Nephew Clayton Bennett M 11 Colorado
Nephew Wayne Ervin M 19 Pennsylvania
Lot
138, Old Section of the Cemetery
***
Bennett, Miles, May 25, 1830 – January 25, 1901 GAR CIVIL WAR
Lucy C. Bishop, his wife February 29, 1832 – June
23, 1958
Mary
E. (Elizabeth) Gilson, his wife November 14, 1835 – April 4, 1922
Miles married Lucy Bishop
November 14, 1852. Lucy died giving birth to their son James Ferris
Bennett. Lucy was born in
Spencer, New York to James and Sally Bishop. Upon her death, Miles needed some one to
help care for his baby. He married 2nd
on April 2, 1859 to Mary “Lib” Elizabeth Gilson, the daughter of Elias
and Elizabeth Smith Gilson. Born at
Carpenters point Orange County, New York. James is said to have placed the
headstone for his father, mother and stepmother in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
He included his mothers name on that particular headstone even though she is
alleged to be buried in the Fowler Hill Cemetery. There is a small broken headstone with a bird, with the inscription, OUR DEAR --- near the main headstone.
There are footstones with Mary, Lucy and Miles present.
A small footstone type stone for “Lucy O.” can be found at the Fowler Hill
cemetery giving credence to the legend.
Miles
and Lib were early members of the Silvara Freewill Baptist Church.
The three Children of Miles and Lucy Bennett were: Mary Alice Bennett, August 27, 1853 – Oct 12,
1856; Elva Marsha Bennett, May 13, 1856 – October 5, 1856. The Rev. D. D. Gray preformed a double
funeral service on October 14, 1856 for these girls. They were laid to rest in
the Fowler Hill Cemetery. This information comes from Reverend D. D. Gray’s funeral records.
James
Ferris Bennett was their last child.
Children
of Miles and “Lib” Bennett: Arthur Elias Bennett, Norval Cecil Bennett,
Alice Bennett, adopted daughter Myra Lynette Bennett (Mrs. John R. Zeiser) August 18, 1872 - October 4, 1927 and Edith Gazella
Bennett (Mrs. Milton Payne) October 8,
1874 – August 29, 1936. You can find
Alice, Arthur and Norval in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery listings.
The Susquehanna County Historical Society present One Hundred Years Ago
in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania collected from local newspapers of 100
years ago January 23 (1903/2003)
Military benefits for the service Miles Bennett provided in the Civil
War: Elizabeth Bennett, widow of Miles Bennett, late of Stevensville, $12 a
month;
From the Bennett genealogy
"Lib Bennett"
Miles and Elizabeth
"Lib" Mary Gillson Bennett
(Bennett Genealogy photo)
*
Historians note regarding the Fowler Hill Cemetery: There are footstones for Lucy
O (Bennett) who died June 23, 1858 in the Fowler Hill Cemetery. It does
support the allegation she is buried there. There is also a footstone that
records Mary A., daughter of Miles and Lucy Bennett died October 12, 1856 age 3
years. I have found no headstone for Marsha.
There are 2 small flagstones and 1 larger flagstone in what appears to
be the plot of Miles Bennett.
Household:
1880 Census Place Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Name
Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Miles BENNETT
Self M Male
W 50 PA
Farmer CT PA
Mary E. BENNETT Wife
M Female W
44 NY Keeping House NY
NY
Arthur E. BENNETT Son
S Male W
20 PA At Home-Farming PA
NY
Norval C. BENNETT Son
Male W 15
PA At Home-Farming PA
NY
Myra L. BENNETT Dau
S Female W
8 PA At Home
PA NY
Edith G. BENNETT Dau
S Female W
6 PA At Home
PA NY
Myra CULAEN
Other S Female
W 50 PA
Servant PA PA
1860
United States Federal Census about Miles Bennet
Name: Miles Bennet Age in 1860: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male Post Office: Stevensville
Household
Members: Name Age Miles Bennet 30 Mary
Bennet 24
Jas
Bennet 2 Arthur Bennet 4/1
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1963 about Mary E Bennett
Name: Mary E Bennett [Mary E Billson]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 86
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1835 Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 4 Apr 1922 Death Place: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Elias Billson Should be Gilson
Father Birth Place: New York
Mother Name: Elizabeth Smith
Mother Birth Place: RI
Certificate Number: 41563
Miles Bennett service
documentation Civil War
*
Historians note regarding James Bennett: He was born July 23, 1858 in
Pike Township, Pennsylvania. He passed away in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He
married Josephine Kramer, daughter of Abraham and Melissa Kramer
on July 19, 1879. They adopted a daughter Lucy Mabel Bennett.
James Bennett (Photo from
the Bennett Genealogy)
Lot
5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett lot
Bennett,
Norval C. (Cecil), (December 19) 1864 – 1935 (April 13) Veterinarian
Lucy
L. (Lucinda) McLaud, (August16) 1867 – 1937 (February 2) his wife
Miles D. (Dewey) Bennett, son of N. C.
and Lucy
May 25, 1899 – November 9, 1901
Miles Dewey Bennett drowned in the pond behind
the barn. His grandmother Lib Bennett had that premonition, it came true.
Norval was the son of Miles and Mary Elizabeth Gilson
Bennett. Lucy was born in South Auburn, Pennsylvania the daughter of
Calvin and Hannah Carter McLaud.
Norval Cecil Bennett married to Lucy Lucinda McLaud on March 29,
1890. Norval was born while his father Miles was serving in the Civil War. Mary (Lib) chose not to name him for quite
awhile. Miles kept asking her in his
letters what she named him, after all, according to the letters; a son was
“worth keeping”. There were many letters Miles wrote to Lib, his companion
during the Civil War preserved. I have copies, as do many of the local family
members. Miles always referred to his
wife as his “companion”. They enlighten
us with much information on what was going on here, and in the war. Miles kept in touch with many of our local
boys while there. Even sold a little butter in one letter regarding Thomas
Potter of Stevensville.
Obituary
clipping: Veterinarian: Norval C. Bennett D.V.M., son of the late Miles and
Mary Bennett, died at the Robert Packer Hospital on Saturday April 13, 1935.
Mr. Bennett was born on December 19,
1864 on what was then Pike Township and
he spent his whole life there on this farm which he owned, he was the third
generation to own his home which has been in the Bennett family since
1833. Dr. Norval Bennett was married to
Miss Lucy McLaud March 29, 1890 and they were the parents of eight children.
Seven of whom survive him. Clayton J. Bennett M.D. of Yuma, California, Calvin
Bennett D.V.M. of Corry, PA., Richard C. and Wayne C. Bennett at home. Marion
Bennett of Silvara, Mrs. Mary Taylor of Herrickville and Mrs. Hazel Ervin of
Lawton and twenty grandchildren. Dr. Bennett is survived by his widow. Dr.
Bennett was very active in his profession until a short time before his death
when he had to give up his work because of ill health. He was a very kind
neighbor and friend to those who knew, he leaves many friends to mourn their
loss. Funeral services were held in his
home Tuesday afternoon and his spacious home was thronged by his many friends.
Although the day was very stormy.
Services were in charge of the Rev. C. L. Andrews Pastor of the Beaver
Meadows M.E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bennett sang two duets. Interment was
made in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery The floral offerings were many and
beautiful.
Obituary Clipping
for Lucy McLaud Bennett: Wyalusing: February 2.
Mrs. Lucy McLaud Bennett, widow of the late Dr. Norval Bennett; died
Tuesday afternoon at her Clapper Hill home. Death resulted from a few days of
illness. She was born August 16, 1867 at
South Auburn, Susquehanna County and was married to Norval Bennett March 29, 1890. She has lived
at the Bennett homestead since that date. Her husband preceded her in death two
years ago this April. She is survived bu
the following sons; Dr. Clayton Bennett Yuma, California, Dr. Calvin F. Bennett
Cory, PA. , Richard at home, Wayne and Marion at Laceyville, daughters Mrs. Ray
Ervine of Rush and Mrs. David Taylor of Herrickville. Also by three brothers
Jonas P. McLaud of Gastonia North Carolina, George N. McLaud and Marion C.
McLaud of Laceyville R.D. She was a member of the Beaver Meadows Methodist
Church and associated with the Association of the American Legion. Funeral services will be
held at her home Friday at 1:30 , the Rev. Clarence Andrews of Camptown
officiating. Burial will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Obituary Clipping for Lucy McLaud Bennett
from the Hettie Marbaker Moore collection; Mrs. Lucy McLaud Bennett, widow of
Dr. Norval Bennett passed away from this life February 2, 1937 after a few days
of complications. Mrs. Bennett, the daughter of Calvin and Hannah McLaud was
born at South Auburn, Susquehanna County on August 16, 1867, being one of
eleven children to reach maturity. On March 29, 1990, she was united in marriage
to Norval C. Bennett of Stevensville, in Bradford County and went to the
homestead where she has since resided.
To this union eight children were born; Dr. Clayton Bennett Yuma, California,
Dr. Calvin F. Bennett Cory, PA. , Richard at home, Wayne and Marion at
Laceyville, daughters Mrs. Ray Ervine of Rush and Mrs. David Taylor of
Herrickville. Twenty-two grandchildren
also survive as well as three brothers Jonas P. McLaud of Gastonia, North
Carolina, George N. McLaud and Marion C. McLaud of Laceyville R.D. In early
life Mrs. Bennett was united with the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church to
which she was a devoted member. She was
also a member of the Ladies Aid and the Auxiliary of the American legion. Her
life was one of loving service to the sick,
and aged, and unfortunate, as well as her home and family. Her sweet smile and deeds of loving service
will be missed by a host of friends and relatives. The many beautiful floral
tributes testify to the high esteem of which she held. Funeral services were held Feb. 5th at the home were largely attended, being
conducted by the Rev. Clarence Andrews who used as his text Romans XII, XIII
being selected by the deceased, as were the hymns "Just as I am" ,
"The old Rugged Cross" and
"Close, Close To Thee" which were beautifully rendered by Mrs.
C. L. Andrews and Mrs. Carl Taylor.
Burial was in the family plot at Beaver Meadows. Members of the Auxiliary assisted in the committal services.
A clipping preserved
by Hettie Marbaker Moore: Dr. Norval C.
Bennett a highly regarded Veterinarian, died at the Robert Packer Hospital in
Sayre April 13, 1935. He had been a patient sufferer for the past year and had
entered into that institution April first where everything available to modern
science was done, but to no avail. Dr. Bennett was born on the farm of which he
owned at the time of his death, his entire life being spent there, being the
third generation to do the same. He was born
December 19, 1864, the son of Miles and Elizabeth Gilson Bennett. March
29, 1990 he was united in marriage to Lucy McLaud of Auburn of which seven
children survive. Namely Clayton, a physician and surgeon of Yuma, Colorado,
Calvin, Veterinarian of Corry, PA., Richard, Wayne and Marion of near
Laceyville; Mrs. Mary Taylor of Herrickville and Mrs. Hazel Ervine of Rush, PA.
Twenty Grandchildren also survive. Despite the stormy day and bad road conditions
, friends of near the number of two
hundred and fifty gathered at the home of the late on Tuesday April 16th, where
funeral services were held. The Rev. Clarence Andrews officiated. Two
appropriate hymns were rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Carter. Relatives from a
distance attended. The Gramps family of
Wilkes Barre, J.R. Zeiser of Endicott, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bond and daughter, Mrs. Herman Bradt and daughter of
Schenectady, N.Y., Dr. and Mrs. C.F. Bennett and family of Correy, PA., Mrs.
Nellie Thomas and son of Moosic.
1900 United
States Federal Census about Norval C Bennett
Name: Norval C Bennett Age: 35 Birth Date: Dec 1864 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1900: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Male Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucy
Bennett Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10
Father's Name: Miles Bennett Father's Birthplace: PA.
Mother's
Name: Marry Bennett Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Norval C
Bennett 35
Lucy
Bennett 32
Claton
Bennett 9
Calvin
Bennett 8
Richard
Bennett 6
Hazel
Bennett 4
Wayne
Bennett 3
Miles
Bennett 1
Miles
Bennett 70 father
Marry
Bennett 66 mother
1910 United
States Federal Census about Norval C Bennett
Name: Norval C Bennett Age in 1910: 45 Birth Year: abt
1865
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1910: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Race:White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Lucy
Bennett
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Norval C
Bennett 45
Lucy
Bennett 42
Clayton
Bennett 19
Calvin
Bennett 17
Hazel Bennett
14
Wayne
Bennett 13
Marion
Bennett 9
Mary
Bennett 6
1920 United
States Federal Census about Norval C Bennett
[ Age: 55
Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1920: Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Lucy
Bennett Father's Birthplace:
Pennsylvania Mother's Name ; Mary Bennett Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household
Members: Name Age
Norval C
Bennett 55
Lucy
Bennett 52
Wayne
Bennett 23
Marion
Bennett 19
Mary
Bennett 16
Mary
Bennett 84
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about Dr Norval Bennett
Name: Dr Norval Bennett
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 70 Birth
Date: 19 Dec 1864
Birth
Place: Stevens Twp, Pennsylvania
Death
Date: 13 Apr 1935 Death Place: Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania,
Father
Name: Miles Bennett Father Birth Place: Bradford
County, PA.
Mother
Name: Mary Gilson Mother Birth
Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse
Name: Lucy Bennett
Certificate
Number: 36361
Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963 about Lucy L Bennett
Name: Lucy L Bennett [Lucy L McLaud]
Gender: Female Race: White Age: 69
Birth
Date: 16 Aug 1867 Birth Place: South Auburn Susquehanna, PA.
Death
Date: 2 Feb 1937 Death Place:Stevens,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father
Name: Calvin McLaud
Father
Birth Place: South Auburn Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Mother
Name: Hannah Carter
Mother
Birth Place: South Auburn Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Spouse
Name: Norval C Bennett
Certificate
Number: 16088
Norval
and Lucy Bennett made their home where Lynn Campbell presently
resides. It has always been known as the
“White Birch Farm”. The White
Birch School was located nearby. The White Birch Schoolhouse was moved to what
we refer now to as the Walter Sharer farm about the time Walter married Mabel
Wootton. They raised their family in
there, it became a home. It was the little house located adjacent to
the big house where Ronny and Ralph Sharer at present. Angie and Llewellyn Sharer resided
there at that time.
The little house pictured here was removed in the
spring of 2004.
Photo by Carol Brotzman October 1, 2003
Dr.
Norval Bennett was one of the first
people in the area to have a telephone, let alone having two telephones. For convenience to his customers, as the
local veterinarian he had one telephone for the Camptown exchange and one for
the Laceyville exchange.
The White Birch farm formerly owned by Dr. Norval
Bennett, below the same farm in the fall of 2013 (Photos from the Bennett
genealogy and Carol Brotzman)
The following
are children of Norval and Lucy Bennett: Dr. Clayton James Bennett M.D,
Dr. Calvin Forrest Bennett D.V.M., Richard Curtis Bennett, Hazel Lynette (Mrs.
Ray Ervine), Wayne Cecil, Miles Dewey,
Marion Vernon and Mary Hannah (Mrs. David Stewart Taylor)
Norval Bennett Family about 1907 at the “White Birch Farm” Clapper
Hill.
Left to right, Wayne,
Hazel, Marion and Richard make up the front row.
The Back row: Calvin, Dr.
Norval C Bennett, Mary, Mrs. Lucy Bennett and Clayton
(Bennett Genealogy Photo)
*
Historians note regarding Miles Dewey Bennett: He was 2 years 5 months
and 16 days old when God called him home.
His grandmother “Lib” had a premonition that something bad was going to
happen to Miles. “They would not hold that child again.” It did, he drowned in the
family pond.
Bennett family headstones
Dr. Norval and Lucy McLaud Bennett
A Bennett Genealogy photo
Lot
124, Richard Bennett lot
***
Bennett, Richard C. (Curtis), December 19, 1893 – February 20, 1967
PA. 2ND LT. BATRY A 40TH
ARTY WORLD WAR I, military stone
Richard was the son of Norval
and Lucy McLaud Bennett. Richard
married 1st June 29, 1917 to Catherine Courtney. They parted. He married 2nd in
1937, (no date available) to Alverta Irene Bennett, daughter of Howard
and Lena LaFrance Bennett. After
Richard passed in 1967 she married Lewis Robinson. Again she became a widow.
She later married Warren Rogers and Earl Carter.
From the Bennett genealogy
Daily Review, A Celia Benscoter clipping ( Hand written February 20,
1967)
Richard C,. Bennett, Retired
Laceyville Manufacturer, Dies
Richard C. Bennett, 73, a retired Laceyville Manufacturer, dies Monday
at the Tyler Memorial Hospital Meshoppen, PA after an extended illness. Mr.
Bennett, the son of Norval and Lucy McLaud Bennett was born December 19, 1893 at Clapper Hill,
Stevens Township Bradford County. He was a graduate of the Camptown High School
class of 1913 and attended Penn State College prior to his enlistment in the
Army in 1917 for World War I service. He was a Lieutenant in A. Battery, 40th
Field Artillery. Following his honorable discharge in 1918, he was employed as
a contractor for Shell Energy Company, and during this period he traveled
extensively throughout the country. He returned to the family farm in 1933 which
he operated until 1947, when he and his family moved to Laceyville. Mr. Bennett
was employed by Whipple Brothers for several years. He patented the two way
panel saw, and in 1955 began manufacture of the saw in Skinners Eddy. Mr.
Bennett's company employed many local residents and was considered an important
contribution to the Laceyville Community. He retired in 1960 and moved to
Camptown where he resided until the time of his death. Survivors include his wife Alverta, a son, Richard of Maine New York. Two
brothers Dr. Calvin F. Bennett of Pomona California and M. V. Bennett of
Laceyville, and a sister Mrs. David Taylor of Herrickville. Private funeral
services will be held Wednesday at Beaver Meadow United Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Norman P. Case, pastor, officiating. Burial with Military services
will be at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Courtesy of Steve Wagner
2LT Richard Curtis Bennett
Enlisted 14 JUN 1917 at
Allentown, PA
Section 530 U.S. Ambulance
Service Camp Crane, PA
Discharged 31 MAY 1918 to
accept commission
Commissioned 1 JUN 1918
A Battery 40 Field Artillery
14 Division
Discharged 4 DEC 1918 at Camp
Custer, MI
Enlisted Army service #
1776410
Feb. 14, 2013 Rocket-Courier
Alverta Irene Bennett Carter, 93, formerly of Transue, PA, went home to
be with the Lord and Savior Monday, Feb. 10, 2013, at the Golden Living Center
in Tunkhannock, PA surrounded by her loving family. Alverta had been a resident
at the Golden Living Center since December 2008. While there she made many
friends with the caring and loving staff and came to regard them as her
extended family. She was born on March 11, 1919 in Skinners Eddy, PA. She was the
daughter of the late Howard I. and Lena LaFrance Bennett. Some of her fondest
school years memories were when she attended the Spring Hill School and
Camptown High School where she made many friends and had great admiration for
her teachers during those years. She married the late Richard Curtis Bennett in
1937 and they resided on the family farm on Clapper Hill for 10 years. They
then moved to Skinners Eddy where they together established the Bennett 2 Way
Panel Saw business, which had worldwide sales until it was sold to Black &
Decker Corp. The Bennett 2 Way Panel Saw is still in use today in many building
supply stores. Alverta also was employed at Bendix of South Montrose, for
several years. Richard passed away in 1967 after 30 years of marriage. Her
lifelong interests were family and genealogy. She loved to travel, as well as,
feed the birds and raise flowers. Alverta genuinely cared about the needs of
others and over her long life did many unknown acts of kindness. Whatever her
many interests were she did them with great enthusiasm. Surviving are: her
daughter Charlotte Bennett Place and her husband, Richard of Transue;
daughter-in-law, Nancy Jayne Bennett of Crow Hill; six grandchildren, Charlotte
Rene Brigham (Randy) of Laceyville, Constance Ruth Patterson (Charles) of Glen
Rock, Carol Rae Mallory of Uvalde, TX, Adam Calvin Bennett (Christian) of
Sayre, Lyle Grady Place of Transue and Jesse Curtis Place (Toni) of Meshoppen.
Also surviving are 13 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
She loved and adored each and every one of them and was always very interested
in every aspect of his/her lives. Alverta’s two surviving sisters are Myrna
Stevens of Westfield, MA and Evangeline Tannenbaum of Wallingford, CT plus
several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents and husband, Richard, she was
preceded in death by her son, Richard Calvin Bennett in 2009; three brothers,
Delos, Keith and Freeman Bennett and her husband, Earl K. Carter, who passed
away in 2000. A quiet graveside service was attended by her family on Tuesday,
Feb. 12 at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery on Clapper Hill, with Rev. Thomas Davis
of the Braintrim Baptist Church officiating. Arrangements were made through
Sheldon Funeral Homes, Main St., Laceyville. In lieu of flowers, those wishing
to make memorial donations may do so in Alverta’s name to the Braintrim Baptist
Church Library, PO Box 281, Laceyville, PA 18623.
Richard
Bennett, "United States Census, 1940"
Event
Place: Stevens Township, Bradford,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 46
Marital
Status: Married Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Last
Place of Residence: Same House
District: 8-47
Family
Number: 72
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Richard Bennett M 46 Pennsylvania
Wife Alverta Bennett F 21 Pennsylvania
Son Richard C Bennett M 2 Pennsylvania
Sister-in-law Evangline Bennett F 19 Pennsylvania
Sisters, courtesy of the
Bennett Genealogy, Alverta Bennett, Evangeline
Bennett Tannenbaum, Myrna Bennett Stevens
Bennett Brothers
Marion, Richard and Clayton
in the back, Calvin and Wayne in the front
***
Lot 16 and 17, V. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, Robert Glenn December 30, 1933 - April 23, 2008
buried
May 5, 2013
Ventura County
Star on 4/27/2008.
Robert Glenn Bennett passed away peacefully at home April 24, 2008,
after a lengthy illness with his family near his side. Always the fighter, even
during his last day with us, was making plans to get up and get things done. He
was born Dec. 30, 1933, in Bradford County, Pa., to Glenn F. and Florence
M.(Beckman) Bennett of Laceyville, Pa. He was raised on the family's
fourth-generation dairy farm and learned the true meaning of a hard day's work.
After graduating from high school there, he accepted an appointment to West
Point Military academy, where he attended two years. After leaving West Point,
he attended Penn State University, then moved to California in 1954 to complete
his degree at Long Beach State, where he met his wife to be, Myrna Foley, and
received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He
subsequently went to work for Vickers Aerospace Hydraulics in Long Beach as a
purchasing agent and then found employment more to his liking in the construction
industry. In 1965, he negotiated with John Coggins of C & W Fence Co. in
Ventura and purchased that business. Now that he had ownership of his own firm,
he put his sharp wit and inherent business skills to work, and the company
expanded quickly. In 1972, he founded Ventura Fence Co., known today as Fence
Factory Corp., which quickly expanded even further. At the time of his death,
with his family also at the grindstone, his enterprises include approximately
200 employees (some of whom stayed with him more than 30 year) and 12
divisions, including Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
counties. As a local contractor, he oversaw the completion of several regional
landmarks such as the pedestrian/bike paths on Harbor Boulevard and on Channel
Islands Boulevard over the Channel Islands Harbor, Pasadena's historic Colorado
Street Bridge, The Ojai Trail, River Ridge Golf Course, Rincon Freeway and
Glendale Freeway Fencing Projects. He received the Associated General
Contractors California Constructor of the Year award in 1989 for innovation in
technique or materials for the Channel Islands Harbor bike/pedestrian path. His
passions for life included anything from a good poker game or chess game to
wrapping himself around a good history book, especially if it was an accurate
accounting of World War II as we grew up hearing news clips and radio reports
of the battles and it always appealed to him as a strategist. He was also known
for his trips to the casino and especially enjoyed any vacation or getaway that
included his family. From the late 1960s through the late 1980s, he served on
the board of directors for International Fence Industry Association (which
later became the American Fence Association), EGCA (Engineering and Grading
Contractors Association) and AGC (Associated General Contractors). He knew that
there was benefit to heavy involvement in the trade associations and devoted a
lot of energy in doing so. As a result, he received awards and recognition from
each association in which he was involved, including but not limited to
chairmanships, committee leaders and board of directors positions. He was
preceded in death by his mother and father and his daughter-in-law, Nicci
Bennett of Ventura. He will be greatly missed by many friends and associates as
well as his wife of 49 years, Myrna of Camarillo; sons, Michael of Ventura,
Steven (wife Holly), Charles (wife Cindy); daughter, Laurie, all of Camarillo;
stepdaughters, Cherie Schmid (husband Paul) of Ojai and Charlene Alsup of
Oxnard; brothers, Dr. John (wife Regna) of Atlanta, Ga., and James of Columbus,
Ohio; sister, Suzanne Sagreti (husband Alfred) of Cincinnati, Ohio;
grandchildren, U.S. Army Spc. 4 Brian, Glenn, Julie, Justin, Samantha, Karen,
Christopher, Bryan and Noah; as well as two great-grandchildren. Visitation
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at Griffin Family Funeral Chapel,
1075 E. Daily Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010. A service will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 1, at Griffin Funeral Chapel. A reception will immediately follow
at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010. Burial will
be at the family plot near Laceyville, Pa., after a service at 11 a.m. Monday,
May 5, at Beaver Meadows Church. Arrangements are under the direction of
Griffin Family Funeral Chapels, 1075 E. Daily Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010; phone
805-482-1166.
Lot
5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett Lot
Bennett,
Ruth (Elizabeth) Sharer, July 9, 1909 – August 11, 1931
She
was the young wife of Wayne Cecil Bennett that died shortly after giving
birth to a daughter, Dorothy Anne Bennett at the Robert Packer Hospital,
Sayre, Pennsylvania. She was the
daughter of Llewellyn and Angeline Corby Sharer.
Obituary Clipping:
Mrs. Wayne Bennett; Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. L. E. Sharer of Clapper
Hill died at the Packer Hospital, Sayre, Tuesday morning August 11, aged 22
years. She leaves to Mourn her loss her
husband, and infant daughter Dorothy Anne; her parents, her brothers; Donald
and Walter. Two sisters Mrs. Marion Bennett and Miss Anna Sharer. Funeral
services will be held at the home of her parents Friday August 14 at 2'o'clock
p.m. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Mrs. Bennett, formerly
Miss Ruth Sharer graduated from the Camptown High School in
1928. She was valedictorian of her class. She was active and loved by all that
knew her. Since her marriage May 12,
1930 they have resided at Clapper Hill.
The rest of the obit is illegible.
Photo courtesy of the Bennett Genealogy
NAME: Ruth Sharer Bennett [Ruth Sharer
Sharer]
GENDER: Female RACE: White AGE: 21
BIRTH
DATE: abt 1910 BIRTH PLACE: Stevensville, Pennsylvania
DEATH
DATE: 11 Aug 1931 DEATH PLACE Sayre,
Bradford, Pennsylvania,
FATHER
NAME: Lew Sharer FATHER BIRTH PLACE:Stevensville,
Pennsylvania
MOTHER
NAME: Augie Cosby MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Eastoville-PA
SPOUSE
NAME: Wayne Bennett
CERTIFICATE
NUMBER: 77292
Lot
16 and 17, V. D. Bennett Lot
Bennett,
Very D. (Dimock), (June 17) 1876 – 1952 (September 6)
Mary (Lucina) W (Woodruff)
September 20, 1886 – 1935 (July 12)
Very
married
second on December 15, 1938 to Florence James Howland Place (1880
– 1959) the widow of Sherman Howland and Charles A Place. For further information regarding Florence,
please refer to Charles A. Place.
Very and Mary Bennett had just one son, Glenn.
Very
was the son of Davis Dimock and Cornelia
Very Bennett. Mary Lucina
was the daughter of Calvin and Juliet Ross
(Snell) Woodruff. Mary died of from complications of a broken
hip the Robert Packer Hospital. There is an interesting burial note regarding
Mary Bennett. She has a flagstone vault.
Vaults did not become popular until about 1950.
Additional Information on this family comes from
the Leo Bolles Diaries
and Douglas Clapper.
The Bennett Farm about 1960. Glenn Bennett was born
here in 1905. Robert and Anna Labzentis Bolles began running the farming
operations of the farm in 1952. Their son George, and his wife Dawn Edsell
Bolles were in charge of operation in 2005 when Glenn passed. They have since
purchased the farm from the Glenn Bennett estate. The farm had been left to his children with
the passing of the grandfather Very D. Bennett.
Very D. Bennett obituary Clipping:
Very D. Bennett, age 76 years passed away at
his home on Clapper Hill (Laceyville R.D.) early Saturday morning after a long
illness. He was born in Stevens Township June 17, 1876: a son of David and Mary
C. Very Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a
retired farmer and reside don Clapper Hill and vicinity all of his life. He is survived by his wife the former Florence James Place; one son Glenn Bennett
and four grandchildren all of Laceyville. Three sisters, Mrs. Annis McLaud and
Mrs. Wavie Bennett of Laceyville R.D. and Mrs. Vesta Dimon of Middletown, PA.
Four steps sons: Otto and Emery Place of Laceyville R.D. Arthur Place of Johnson City, and Lyle Place of Norwich, N.Y.
Funeral services were held this Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Beaver
Meadows Church with the Rev. William Reid. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery.
Very Bennett
Very,
Glenn and Mary Woodruff Bennett about 1915
1910 United States Federal Census about V*Y D Bennett
Age in 1910: 33 Birth Year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home
in 1910: Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married Spouse's
Name: Mary L Bennett
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Neighbors: View others on
page
Household Members: Name Age
V*Y D Bennett 33
Mary L Bennett 22
Glenn Bennett 15
NAME: Very
D Bennett
GENDER: Male RACE: White
AGE: 76
BIRTH DATE:17 Jun 1876 BIRTH PLACE:Stevens
Township, Bradford County, Pa.
DEATH DATE: 6
Sep 1952
DEATH PLACE: Tuscarora
Rural, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Davis
D Bennett
MOTHER NAME: Mary
C Very
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 76170
Mrs Mary Bennett [Mrs Mary Woodruff]
GENDER: Female
RACE: White AGE: 49
BIRTH DATE: 20
Sep 1885 BIRTH PLACE: Tuscarora
Twp, Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 11
Jul 1935 DEATH PLACE: Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Calvin Woodruff
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Tuscarora
Twp, Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Julia
Snell
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Tuscarora
Twp, Pennsylvania
SPOUSE NAME: Very
Bennett
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 62866
She fell and broke her hip, then other health
issues set in
Lot 5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett lot
*** Bennett, Wayne C.
(Cecil), (December 10) 1896 – 1958 (October 18)
WWI, 109th 28
div INF. PA. NATIONAL GUARD, BATTERY B., Wayne was wounded by an Australian “88”shell that landed very close to him
September 7, 1918. He lost a leg in the
service of his country.
Wayne Bennett
was the son of Norval and Lucy McLaud
Bennett.
He was elected to the Bradford County Treasurers
office and the Recorder of Deeds and Wills. He married Ruth Sharer (July
9, 1909 – August 11, 1931) on May 12, 1930. She is listed on a separate
headstone.
There is a FLT
and a military WWI placard
with the USA flag gracing his headstone.
Handwritten on the clipping October 21, 1958 ( a summary of the
clipping)
Paper dated November 9, 1958, Last rights for
County official.
A
largely attended funeral for the recorder and register of Bradford County since
1948 were held yesterday at the Tiffany Funeral home. Rev. Theodore Stone of
the Camptown Methodist Church officiated.
The interment was in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. The Laceyville Legion
provided military services at the grave. Pallbearers were all nephews: Ralph,
Howard, and Donald Sharer, Richard Bennett Jr., Calvin Bennett and Robert
Taylor. The Laceyville 100F. Wayne Bennett served as their treasurer for 4
years. He served Bradford County for 11 years as register and recorder of
deeds. The courthouse closed at 2 p.m. so many could attend the funeral. It
remained closed the remainder of the day.
Wayne lost a leg in World War I. The obituary records his greatest asset was
COURAGE!
Leo Bolles
recorded in his diary there were 30 soldiers participating in his funeral
service. Wayne was very active in the
Memorial Day services at Beaver Meadows, delivering many a speech. Clyde Trible, who placed the U.S. Flags on the Military graves before Memorial
Day for Wayne recalls he personally inspected each grave to see the flags were
placed where they were supposed to be!
By
Brian Keeler
CPL Wayne Cecil Bennett
Born 10 DEC 1896 in Bradford County, PA
Parents were Norval & Lucy Bennett
Enlisted 20 APR 1917 at Wilkes-Barre, PA
Overseas 19 MAY 1918 - 13 FEB 1919
B Battery 109 Field Artillery 28 Division
Fought at Fismes, Oisne-Aisne
WIA severely 6 SEP 1918 crossing Vesle River
Discharged 22 SEP 1919 at US Hospital #3 in NJ
Army service # 1253376
courtesy of Steve Wagner
NAME: Wayne
C Bennett
GENDER: Male
RACE: White AGE: 61
BIRTH DATE: 10
Dec 1896 BIRTH PLACE:Stevens Township, Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 18
Oct 1958 DEATH PLACE:Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Norval
C Bennett
MOTHER NAME: Lucy
Mc Laud
SPOUSE NAME: Ruth
Sharer Bennett
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 90113
These three photos were from the Bennett genealogy.
1940 United States Federal Census about Wayne Bennets
Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896 Gender: Male
Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widowed Relation
to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1940: Stevens,
Bradford, Pennsylvania Occupation: Clerk
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High
School, 4th year
Class of Worker: Wage or
salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on
page Household Members: Name Age
Leoland Sharer 66 Angie Sharer 58
Wayne Bennets 44 Dorothy Bennets 9
* Historians note regarding the Bennett Families of Beaver Meadows: They all descend from Ferris and Nancy Black
Bennett. There ancestry descends as follows: Lt James Bennett was born in
England and came to the USA. He married Hannah Wheeler; their son was Thomas,
he married Elizabeth Thompson. His son
Thomas married Sarah Hubbard; their son Thomas married Mary Rowland, and their
son Nathan married
Hannah Struges. Nathan’s son Thomas married Sarah
Stratton. Nathan and Sarah were the
parents of the Ferris Bennett that married Nancy Black. Nathan and Sarah Bennett have other that
settled in our area of Pennsylvania: Charles married Hannah Morse and moved to
Rush Township. Abigail married Harry Ackley of Spring Hill. Deborah married
Daniel Putnam of Spring Hill. Sarah
married Martin Lyon of Spring Hill. Ester became Mrs. Morris Montgomery of
Wheelerville. Charity married Jonathan Stevens.
These families left many area descendents including Eleanor Stevens
Smith and Marcella Whitney, wife of Carl Whitney here at Beaver Meadows. I do
not know much about their last two children Fannie and Alfred Bennett. The
Bennett families of Athens and East Smithfield, Pennsylvania, and the Gerould
families of that area are all descendents of the common ancestor Lt. James
Bennett
Lot 131 b, Gerald Benscoter lot, His grandson
Bradley resting on top of his grandfather
Benscoter, Bradley,
July 1, 1987 – August 25, 1987
Bradley was the son of Duane Allen
Benscoter and Tammy Reider. He
was buried on top of his grandfather, Gerald
Benscoter. He has two
younger sisters Rebecca and Amber Benscoter (Mrs. Micky Sible).
Gerald
and Bradley Benscoter headstones 2006
Wyalusing Rocket
Bradley Howard Benscoter, two month old died Tuesday at his home
on Hazle Street Wilkes Barre. Born in Sayre, July 1, 1987 He was the son of
Duane A. Bensocter and Tammy Reider. Surviving in addition to his parents are
his paternal grandmother Mrs. Bessie Benscoter, West Auburn and his paternal
grandfather Mike Reider, Towanda. Maternal great-grandparents Richard and Daisy
Morris Owego, N.Y., George and Lucy Reider Towanda, PA. Maternal great-great
Grandparents Ray and Olive Garrison, Owego, N.Y. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday at 2 form the Sheldon Funeral Home Laceyville with the Rev.
William Nelson, retired Minister officiating. Interment will be at the Beaver
Meadows Cemetery. there will be no calling hours.
Lot 102, Fred Benscoter (3 graves only) and Paul
Shook lot
Benscoter, Fred R. (Raymond)
(July 3) 1902 – 1974 (September 26)
Lena E. (Enola) H. (Hall)
(April 7) 1904 – 1953 (July 30)
Fred was the son of William R. and
Etta Crawford Benscoter. Lena was the daughter of Fred and Frances Larish Hall. They were married about 1923. Fred
was married second on November 12, 1955 to Celia May Nichols
Donahue (June 9, 1909 – January 27, 1987). Celia was the daughter of William Ira and Bessie O’Hart Nichols. She is buried with her first husband Matthias (Matthew) Allen Donahue (June 16, 1889 –
February 16, 1953) in the Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany, Pennsylvania.
Children of Fred and Lena
Enola Hall Benscoter: Gerald (married Bessie Donahue) Joyce (Mrs.
Glenn Hunsinger), Bernice (Mrs. Edward Owen) and Boyd (married Mary
LaFrance). Fred’s son Gerald Benscoter
married Celia’s daughter Bessie Donahue in December 10, 1949.
Lena Hall Benscoter with Eleanor Sutton
Fred and Lena Hall Benscoter with their
granddaughter Eleanor Benscoter ca 1951, photo's courtesy of Eleanor Benscoter
Sutton
Funeral card
Fred R. Benscoter July 3, 1902 - September 26,
1974. Born West Auburn, buried Beaver Meadows; Casket bearers: Francis
Brotzman, Clyde Trible, Robert Bolles, Vernon Parker, Max and Carl Whitney
A Celia
Benscoter clipping, probably from the Wyalusing Rocket
Fred
Benscoter, West Auburn Succumbs
Fred
Benscoter of West Auburn, Laceyville died Thursday morning at Tyler Hospital
Tunkhannock following an extended illness. He was born in Auburn Township the
son of the late William and Etta Crawford Benscoter. He spent most of his life
in the West Auburn vicinity were he owned a dairy farm. He retired a few years
ago from farming. Surviving are his wife, the former Celia Nichols Donahue: Two
daughters, Mrs. Edward (Bernice) Owen of Endicott and Mrs. Joyce Hunsinger of
Laceyville: two sons, Gerald Benscoter of Laceyville and Boyd Benscoter of
Endicott: three step children, Miss Margaret Donahue, Mrs. Gerald Benscoter and
Randall Donahue all of Laceyville. 17 grandchildren, a sister Mrs. Ruth Wood of
Laceyville, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday at
2 p.m. from the B.O. Sheldon Funeral Home Laceyville. Gilmore Haydon will
officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
A clipping
from the Celia Benscoter collection
Mrs. Fred
Benscoter
Mrs. Lena E.
Benscoter 49, of West Auburn Laceyville
R.D. died Thursday July 30, 1953 at Tyler Memorial Hospital Meshoppen after a
long illness. Born in West Auburn the daughter of the late Fred and Frances
Larish Hall and a lifelong resident of
Auburn Township. She is survived by her husband Fred, two daughters Mrs. Glenn
Hunsinger of Laceyville R.D and Mr. Bernice Owen of Endicott, N.Y., two sons
Gerald of Montrose R.D. and Boyd at home. A brother Stanley Hall Laceyville R.D
and three grandchildren.
Lena E Benscoter [Lena E Hall]
GENDER: Female
RACE: White AGE: 49
BIRTH DATE: 7
Apr 1904
BIRTH PLACE: Amberson
(West Auburn Susquehanna, County PA
DEATH DATE: 30
Jul 1953 DEATH PLACE: Meshoppen, Wyoming, PA
FATHER NAME: Fred
Hall
MOTHER NAME: Fransis
Larish
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 66776
Lena/Lina Hall attended the Halltown School near the
former Cecil Repsher home on the Board Road. This is her report card the year the school
closed in 1917.
1940 United States Federal Census about Fred R Benscoter
Name: Fred R Benscoter Age: 37 Estimated Birth Year abt 1903
Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital
Status: Married
Home in 1940: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in
1935: Auburn, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania Residence in 1935: Same
House Occupation: Farmer
House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3500
Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary
school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 70 Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Fred R Benscoter 37 Lena Benscoter 36
Gerald Benscoter 16 Bernice Benscoter 10
Joyce Benscoter 8
Boyd Benscoter 6
Lot,
131b, Gerald Benscoter lot
***
Benscoter, Gerald H. (Howard), (April 13) 1924 – 1977 (January 11)
AS U S NAVY WORLD WAR II,
military headstone
Buried
January 14, 1977
Bessie
Jane Benscoter July 23, 1930 - June 02, 2006
buried June 6, 2006
Gerald
was born on the old Jim White farm in Auburn Twp. Susquehanna County, PA. He
died of a heart attack on Indian Hill Bradford County, PA.
Gerald Benscoter
was married to Bessie Donahue December 10, 1949 at the Fairdale United Methodist Church by Rev
Reuben Radar.
Wyalusing
Rocket clipping belonging to Celia Benscoter January 1977
Gerald H.
Benscoter, 52 of West Auburn, Laceyville R.D.1 passed away unexpectedly of a
heart attack early Tuesday evening January 11. Mr. Benscoter suffered a seizure
while en route home from work at Cornell Manufacturing Company, and was then
involved in an automobile accident. He was taken to Tyler Memorial Hospital
following the accident where he was
pronounced dead. He was born in West Auburn the son of the late Fred and Lena
Hall Benscoter. He attended Rush High school and spent his entire life in this
region. He had been employed by the
Cornell Manufacturing Company as a welder for approximately 20 years. He was a
veteran of World War II having served in the United States Navy. Mr. Benscoter is survived by his wife the
former Bessie Donahue, one son Duane at home, one daughter Mrs. Calvin (Eleanor) Sutton of West Auburn, one brother Boyd Benscoter of Endicott, two
sisters, Mrs. Glen (Joyce) Hunsinger of Laceyville and Mrs. Edwin (Bernice) Owen of
Endicott. Two Aunts, Mrs. Ora (Ruth)
Wood and Mrs. Hilda Benscoter of Laceyville., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held January 14 at the Sheldon funeral home.
The Daily
Review January 13, 1977
Gerald H.
Benscoter, 52 of West Auburn, Laceyville R.D.1 passed away unexpectedly of a
heart attack early Tuesday evening January 11. Mr. Benscoter suffered a seizure
while en route home from work at Cornell Manufacturing Company, and was then
involved in an automobile accident. He was born in West Auburn the son of the
late Fred and Lena Hall Benscoter. He was a veteran of World War II having
served in the United States Navy. Mr. Benscoter is survived by his wife the
former Bessie Donahue, one son Duane at home, one daughter Eleanor, Mrs. Calvin
Sutton of Laceyville R.D., one brother Boyd Benscoter of Endicott, N.Y., two
sisters, Mrs. Edwin Owen of Endicott and Mrs. Glenn Hunsinger of Laceyville
R.D. Funeral services eere held January 14,
at the Sheldon Funeral home Laceyville. The Reverend William C. Nelson
of the Retta United Methodist Church
will officiate. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery Laceyville
R.D.2.
West
Auburn news column
December
17, 1949 Wyalusing Rocket
Gerald Howard
Benscoter and Bessie Jane Donahue were united in marriage at 8.p.m. Saturday
December 10, in a candlelight ceremony
in the church at Fairdale with the Reverend
Reuben Rader officiating, and members of the immediate family present. The
happy couple will live at Birchardville where they have a house already
furnished, and the groom is employed by the Crossley Lumber Co. (photo courtesy of Eleanor Benscoter Sutton)
From a clipping of Leo Bolles
Gerald Howard Benscoter and Bessie Jane Donahue were married December
10, 1949 by the Reverend Reuben Rader in the Fairdale Church. Gerald is
employed by Crossley Lumber. It is in the same column as Leo Bolles, Mr. and
Mrs. MaGee visited his mother here. It is reported that Mrs. Fred Benscoter is very surprised to become a
mother in law to twins just a week apart. Fred himself passed the ordeal very
calmly. (Note Bernice Benscoter , another daughter of Fred and Lena Benscoter ,
married December 3, 1949 a week earlier
to Edward H. Owen)
Times Leader June 3, 2006
Mrs. Bessie Jane Benscoter, 75, of RR1, Box
1418, Laceyville, Pa. (West Auburn), passed away at the Beverly Health Care,
Tunkhannock, on Friday morning, June 2, 2006. She was born in Jenningsville, Pa., on July
20, 1930, a daughter of the late Michael and Celia (Nichols) Donahue. She was
the wife of the late Gerald H. Benscoter, who passed away on Jan. 11, 1977.
Bessie was a graduate of Laceyville High School, Class of 1948. For many years
she was employed as a sewing machine operator at the Meshoppen Manufacturing
Co. She is a member of the Retta United Methodist Church. In her spare time,
she enjoyed sewing and working in her flower garden. She enjoyed being
surrounded by her family and being with her pet cat Troubles. Surviving are a daughter, Eleanor A. Sutton,
West Auburn, Pa.; son Duane A. Benscoter, Laceyville, Pa. Also surviving are
her sister, Margaret M. Donahue, West Auburn, Pa.; brother Randel A. Donahue,
Laceyville, Pa.; four grandchildren, Gerald Sutton and Brett Sutton, West
Auburn, Pa.; Rebecca Jean Benscoter and Amber Lynn Benscoter, Canton, N.Y.;
several nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 11 a.m. from the Sheldon
Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville, Pa., with the Rev. Tim Barnett of the
Auburn Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening from 7
to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and 10 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may make
memorial donations to the Retta United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Audrey
Marbaker, RR4, Montrose, PA 18801; or the Auburn Baptist Church, c/o Mrs. Char
Barnett, RR1 Laceyville, PA 18623.
The following is a Gerald Benscoter tribute in the Wyalusing Rocket Handwritten
June 18, 1981
A friend
of mine handed me the following letter she received from a neighbor at the time
of her husband's death. She asked me to print it because it is nearly "Dad
Day" (that's the 21st). Now seems to be the right time.
"Dear Bessie and family, Let us not remember the way Gerald died
or why, but let us remember the way he lived. Gerald was a soft, quiet, gentle
man. He was not a die hard to church man, but the way he lived showed us his
firm Christian belief. There was no man he wouldn't help, there almost nothing
he couldn't do. I would like to share some things I remember him by. When my children were little he accepted them
into his house. Fed them and I am sure, never complained when you had to sew up
their clothes. As they grew older he still showed pleasure in seeing them and
talking to them. When my car wouldn't work he tried and tried even though he
had a bad back, he had to try one more time, that time it got fixed. Gilbert
got his shirt caught in the power take off of the tractor. We went through a
pair of shears, two knives and a half hours worth of work, and couldn't detach
it. Who should come biking through the woods on his motorcycle, but Gerald and
a friend. Up through the cherry orchard they came. Gerald whipped out his
jack-knife and in less than 5 minutes the tractor was working again. He fixed
everything and anything I ever asked him
to, and always with love and care.
Gerald was one of the greatest men I ever knew, not only because of what
he did for me and how he did it, but because I knew how he lived for his family
and friends. Today you committed his body to the ground but please don't
remember that. Remember that his soul, the real person has been in a place of
peace, beauty and rest free of pain and always comfortable since Tuesday
evening January 11, 1977. Because of this I feel no grief for Gerald but for you and all the people who
knew him, I deeply sympathize with you.
All our lives are better for we can say we knew Gerald. This I believe is the
way he lived. He has a family that can not only carry his name but also carry
his way of life and teach his grandchildren what a wonderful man he was. Bless
you all and please find that all things work by God's will."
Thank you for your father's day contribution Bessie Donahue Benscoter
Have a good week Hand written June 18, 1981
*Historians note regarding the Benscoter family history: William, the father of
Fred Benscoter was the son of Arthur and Sarah Boyd Benscoter. Etta Crawford, his wife, was the daughter of
Alpheus and Harriet Fuller Crawford of Silvara, Pennsylvania. Alpheus and
Harriet were the parents of three children: Grant (who died young and is buried
in Cogswell Cemetery, Silvara, Pennsylvania, Ruth (Mrs. Ora Wood) and
Fred. Alpheus and Harriet are buried in the North
Flat Cemetery, Laceyville, Pennsylvania. The William Benscoters are buried in
the Jersey Hill Cemetery.
The
original Dutch Benscoters originated before 1630 with Elias. His son Tunis Eliasen Van Bunschooten married
Gerritje Gerrit. Thier son Gerritt Van
Bunschoten married Antjie Delva. His son Anthony VanBunschotten married Margrit
Weis. The next generation was Jacobus
Jans Benscoter that married Elizabeth Carmer (Kermer). The next generation in
the lineage is Abraham Benscoter that married Barbara Hontz. His son John came
to Beech Grove, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania where he married three times. His lineage to this branch is through his
second wife Sally Masters. He also had children with his third wife Jane Coates
that leave area descendents. John and Sally were the parents of Arthur
Benscoter that married Sarah Boyd. They had at least two children John and
William.
Lot,
141, Old Section of the Cemetery, just inside the main gate.
Benz,
Gail (Alice) S. (Stevens) (September 12) 1898 – 1950 (July 22)
Harry S. Benz, husband of Gail, (Dec
29) 1885 – 1954 (June 9)
There
was a DAR marker next to her headstone, It has disappeared again. They had no
children, however the 1920 census depicts a son named Harry born in 1908 in New
Jersey with his first wife Grace.
Harry
Benz, "United States Census, 1920"
Name: Harry Benz
Event
Year: 1920 Event Place: , Hudson, New Jersey
Gender: Male Age: 37
Marital
Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: New Jersey
Birth
Year (Estimated): 1883
Relationship to Head of Household:
Self
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Harry Benz M 37y
New Jersey
WIFE Grace Benz F 35y
New Jersey
SON Harry Benz M 12y
New Jersey
Gail Benz
in the 1930 United States Federal Census
NAME: Gail Benz
BIRTH
YEAR: abt 1899
GENDER: Female RACE: White
BIRTHPLACE: Connecticut
MARITAL
STATUS: Married RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Wife
HOMEMAKER?: Yes
HOME IN
1930: Bainbridge, Chenango, New
York
STREET
ADDRESS: Pearl Street
WARD OF
CITY: x BLOCK: x
INSTITUTION: x
DWELLING
NUMBER: 44
FAMILY
NUMBER: 47
AGE AT
FIRST MARRIAGE: 29
ATTENDED
SCHOOL: No
ABLE TO
READ AND WRITE: Yes
FATHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
ABLE TO
SPEAK ENGLISH: Yes
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Harry
Benz 44
Gail Benz 31
Harry S
Benz, "United States Census, 1940"
Event
Type: Census Event Date: 1940
Event
Place: Masonville Town, Delaware, New
York, United States Gender: Male
Age: 53 Marital Status: Married Race:
White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: New Jersey Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Last Place
of Residence: Same Place District: 13-31
Family
Number: Sheet Number and Letter: 61A
Line Number: 1 Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate
Film Number: 2521 Digital
Folder Number: 005458188
Image
Number: 00629 Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Harry S Benz M 53
New Jersey
Wife Gail S Benz F 41 CT
NAME: Harry S Benz
DEATH DATE: 9 Jun 1954 DEATH PLACE:Danbury,
Fairfield, Connecticut
AGE: 68 Years BIRTH DATE: abt
1886
MARITAL STATUS: Widowed
SPOUSE: Fail STATE FILE #: 08952
RESIDENCE : Out-of-State, New York
GENDER: Male RACE: White
Gail Stevens Benz
The Stevens family resided in Torrington,
Connecticut. Gail was the daughter of Fred E. and Verna Bradshaw Stevens. They were
married December 12, 1927.
This
photo of the Sisters, Gail and Eleanor
Stevens
photo's courtesy of the Bennett genealogy
She
is buried next to her sister and husband in the cemetery
Benz
view
Lot 149, Old Section of the Cemetery
Bixby, Jonathan,
April 8, 1822 – August 16, 1887
Mary (Elizabeth), his wife,
October 2, 1825 - no death date
He might be the son Richard and
Mary Brige Bixby in the Rush Township 1850 census. They had the following children with them on
the 1850 census: Jonathan, Jerusha,
Augustus, Fanny and Mary
There
is a small illegible stone adjacent to the headstone.
She may have remarried after Jonathan passed away.
Her daughter, Mary Maxfield Devine's death certificate records her mother's
maiden name as Ford as does her daughter Martha Adeline Miller's death
certificate. I am still trying to verify her last name at this point. In 1880 a
Joseph Ford is living with them, probably the son of Ransom Ford and Hannah
Bump who were divorced by this time.
She was previously married to Joseph Maxfield
1809-1868 who is buried in the Osborne Hill Cemetery Windham Township Bradford
County, PA.
Marriage
records support she was born a Pickett:
NAME:
Mary E Pickett
GENDER:
Female
BIRTH
PLACE: NY
BIRTH
YEAR: 1825
SPOUSE
NAME: Joseph S Maxfield
SPOUSE
BIRTH
PLACE: PA
SPOUSE
BIRTH YEAR: 1808
NUMBER
PAGES: NAME: Jonathan Bixby
GENDER:
Male
BIRTH
PLACE: NY
BIRTH
YEAR: 1822
SPOUSE
NAME: Mary E Pickett
SPOUSE
BIRTH
PLACE: NY
SPOUSE
BIRTH YEAR: 1825
MARRIAGE
STATE: of PA
NUMBER
PAGES: 1
1850
Mary Maxfield in the 1850 United States Federal Census
NAME: Mary Maxfield
AGE: 26
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1824
BIRTHPLACE: New Jersey
HOME IN 1850: Sergeant, McKean, Pennsylvania
GENDER: Female
FAMILY NUMBER: 242
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Joseph S Maxfield 42
Mary Maxfield 26
Adaline Maxfield 4
Mary Maxfield 2
The first 4 of these children are are Maxfield's not Bixby children,
not sure of the last 2 mentioned.
Jonothan Bixby
United States Census, 1860
Name: Jonothan Bixby
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Windham, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Page: 223
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Jonothan Bixby M 38 Pennsylvania
Mary Bixby F 34 New Jersey
Adeline Bixby F 14 Pennsylvania
Mary Bixby F 12 Pennsylvania
John Bixby M 10 Pennsylvania
Smith Bixby M 9 Pennsylvania
Ruama Bixby F 8 Pennsylvania
Mary E Bixby in the 1870 United States Federal Census
NAME: Mary E Bixby
AGE IN 1870: 45
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1825
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOME IN 1870: Windham, Bradford, Pennsylvania
GENDER: Female
POST OFFICE: South Warren
VALUE OF REAL ESTATE: View image
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Jonathan Bixby 45
Mary E Bixby 45
Smith Bixby 19
John Mansfield 9
Roama Bixby 17
Household Record 1880 United
States Census
Name Relation Marital Status
Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Johnothan BIXBY Self
M Male W
58 PA Farmer
NY NY
Mary E. BIXBY Wife
M Female W
54 NJ Keeping House PA
PA
Joseph FORD Other
S Male W
18 PA Farm Labor
PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Family History Library
Film 1255197
NA Film Number T9-1197
Page Number 365A
Regarding Jonathan Bixby
1950 census depicts a wife named Joanna. She
probably is Joanna DeKay 1833-1853(July 18) that is buried in the
Nichols New York Cemetery..
He was the son of Richard and Deliverence
Reynolds Bixby in the Rush Township 1850 census. They had the following
children with them on the 1850 census: Jonathan, Jerusha, Augustus, Fanny and
Mary .
The second wife of Richard Bixby was Mary
Brige
The
view from the Bixby graves
***Lot 22, E. L. Blakeslee
Blakeslee, Earl E. (Edson) (April 8) 1887 – 1978 (July 20) aged 91years
Katherine L. (Laretta Garvine) wife of Earl E. (April 1) 1888 – 1953 (October 21) both passed away in Arlington, Virginia
There are two separate footstones with their names
World War I Veteran
Katherine first married William Knowels Burke in Chester Delaware October 14, 1911. He died shortly after they married. She married second to Earl Blakeslee in the 1920's. Katherine was the daughter of Norris and Ann Johnson Garvine. I have no children listed for Katherine and Earl.
Earl was the son of Edward Lewis and Ella Marbaker Blakeslee. Ella Marbaker was the daughter of Joseph and Susan Cottrell Marbaker of Fowler Hill. They were the parents of three children:
Ida, Earl and Zeltha.
Ida died of typhoid and is buried here at Beaver Meadows
Earl and his wife Katherine are buried here at Beaver Meadows. Zeltha
(April 01, 1899 - January 1984 ) married William Aggas. She died in New Jersey. They have a daughter Sarah.
1900 United States Federal Census about Edward Blakeslee
Age: 45 Birth Date: Apr 1854 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ella A Blakeslee Marriage Year: 1882 Years Married: 18
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age Edward Blakeslee 45 Ella A Blakeslee 41
Ida L Blakeslee 16 Earl E Blakeslee 13 Zelthia L Blakeslee 6/12
Katharine Blakeslee in the 1930 United States Federal Census
NAME: Katharine Blakeslee [Katherine Blakeslee]
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1888 GENDER: Female RACE: White
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania MARITAL STATUS: Married
RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Wife HOMEMAKER?: Yes
HOME IN 1930: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
STREET ADDRESS: Whitby Avenue WARD OF CITY: 40th BLOCK: 30
HOUSE NUMBER IN CITIES OR TOWNS: 5528
DWELLING NUMBER: 591 FAMILY NUMBER: 596
AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE: 35 ATTENDED SCHOOL: No
FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH: Yes
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Earl E Blakeslee 42
Katharine Blakeslee 42
Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948
Name Earl E Blakeslee
Residence Age 46 Birth Date 8 Apr 1887
Birth Place Lacyville, Pennsylvania
Residence Date 9 Feb 1934
Residence Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Military Branch Army Record Type Application
Their names are etched on the back of the family headstone
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name Katharine A Blakeslee
Gender Female Race White
Age at Death 65
Birth Date 1 Apr 1888
Death Date 21 Oct 1953
Death Place Arlington, Virginia, USA
Registration Date 26 Oct 1953
Father Norris Garvine
Mother Ann Johnson
Spouse Earl E Blakeslee
There is nothing to indicate Earl served as a Veteran at Beaver Meadows: But he proudly served in World War I the burial card is in error, Should be Bradford County, PA.
NAME: Earl E Blakeslee
BIRTH DATE: 8 Apr 1887
DEATH DATE: 19 Jul 1978
AGE: 91
VETERAN OF WHICH WAR: World War I
CEMETERY NAME: Beautiful View Cemetery
CEMETERY LOCATION:
Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania
Earl Edson Blakeslee
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name: Earl Edson Blakeslee
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Columbia County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 08 Apr 1887
Birthplace: Laceyville, Pennsylvania, United States
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 , Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards , GS Film Number: 1877881 , Digital Folder Number: 005266954 , Image Number: 05799
Lot 22, E. L. Blakeslee lot
Blakeslee, Edward Lewis,
1855 – 1938 (January 26) He was buried
January 29th.
Inscription: PEACE PERFECT PEACE
Blakeslee, Ella A. (Marbaker), wife of Edward, 1858 – 1952 (February 10)
Ed was the son of Seth and Ester M. Lewis Blakeslee. Rev. J. R. Angel married Edward and Ella Marbaker Blakeslee June 4, 1881 in the Camptown
parsonage. Ella was the daughter of Joseph and
Susan Cottrell Marbaker.
Children
of Ed
and Ella:
Ida and Earl Blakeslee
marriage clipping:
Blakeslee-Marbaker at the M.E. parsonage in Camptown June 4, 1881by Rev.
J. R. Angel Mr. Eddie Blakeslee of Rushville and Miss Ella Marbaker of West
Auburn, Susquehanna County, PA
Clipping from the Whitney
collection
Ella, wife of Edward Blakeslee, a farmer who resides on what is known as
Blakeslee Mountain, about three miles North of Silvara, drove down to the that
village about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening after leaving her horse at
Place's blacksmith shop, started to
cross the street to Clappers store, and with her head down she walked directly
in front of a swiftly approaching truck receiving serious injuries the
termination of which is still in doubt. The truck is owned by Reynolds store of
Springville and was driven by a young man who picks up eggs around the country
and takes them to the Scranton markets.
It is said that he tried hard to avoid but was unsuccessful on account
of the high rate of speed of which the car was traveling. Mrs. Blakeslee was
struck on her right side and while no bones were broken her right shoulder,
knee and ankle were badly sprained. She being thrown considerable distance by
the impact. She was badly cut around the head and face and is injured
internally. Her condition is considered very grave. The injured woman was
carried to the home of Judson Carter and Dr. Austin was called to attend
her. Later she was removed to her home.
NAME: Edward
L Blakeslee
GENDER: Male
RACE: White AGE: 82
BIRTH DATE: 16
Apr 1855 BIRTH PLACE: Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 26
Jan 1938 DEATH PLACE: Rush,
Susquehanna, PA
FATHER NAME: Seth
Blakeslee FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Etter
Lewis MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
SPOUSE NAME: Ella
A Blakeslee
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10294
Lot
22, E. L. Blakeslee lot
Blakeslee, Ida, died October 23, 1903, age 19 years 10 months 9 days
Ida
was the daughter of Edward and Ella Marbaker Blakeslee, she was the
tragic victim of typhoid
Lot
178, Howard, Doris and Karen Bond lot
***Bond,
Howard, October 10, 1920 - July 21, 2006, Buried July 25, 2006
His
wife Doris Louise Bellmont, January 21,
1927 - July 18, 2009
Buried
January 22, 2009
I
would like to note what a musical talent this man had for singing. He sang at
many social events all over the area with Doris usually accompanying at the
piano.
Howard C
Bond in the 1930 United States Federal Census
NAME: Howard C Bond
BIRTH
YEAR: abt 1921
GENDER: Male RACE: White
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MARITAL
STATUS: Single
RELATION
TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Son
HOME IN
1930: Middletown, Bucks,
Pennsylvania
MAP OF
HOME: View Map
DWELLING
NUMBER: 331
FAMILY
NUMBER: 334
ATTENDED
SCHOOL: Yes
FATHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Howard C
Bond 44
Sara K
Bond 44
Frank Bond 19
Lewis P
Bond 17 [19]
Rebecca W
Bond 15
Mary E
Bond 13
Mabel Bond 11
Howard C
Bond 9
Dorothy S
Bond 7
Ruth C
Bond 5
Doris Bellmont in the 1940 United States
Federal Census
NAME: Doris Bellmont AGE: 13
ESTIMATED
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1927
GENDER: Female RACE: White
BIRTHPLACE: New Jersey
MARITAL
STATUS: Single RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Daughter
HOME IN
1940: Lower Makefield, Bucks,
Pennsylvania
MAP OF
HOME IN 1940: View Map
SHEET
NUMBER: 10B
ATTENDED
SCHOOL OR COLLEGE: Yes
HIGHEST
GRADE COMPLETED: Elementary school, 7th
grade
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Robert
Bellmont 39
Amelia
Bellmont 40
Doris Bellmont 13
Robert
Bellmont 11
Howard Bond, photo courtesy of Karen Bond
7/27/2006 Wyalusing Rocket
Howard C. Bond Jr., 85, of Beaver Meadows, PA passed away on Friday, July
21, 2006 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock.
He was born in Fallsington, PA on Oct. 23, 1920, a son of the late
Howard, Sr. and Sarah Stradling Bond.
Howard served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married the former Doris
Bellmont of Woodside, PA on June 12, 1948. They resided in Bucks County where
Howard was employed as a steel hauler. They retired to Beaver Meadows in 1982.
After retiring, Howard worked for the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home in Wyalusing
for the past 20 years. He was a member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church and
was active in the Lackawanna Presbytery, having served on several committees,
as well as being a delegate for the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. He was also
a charter member of Boy Scout Troop 96. Howard was a member of the Franklin
Lodge No 263 F&AM, having served as past Master of both Franklin Lodge in
Laceyville and Newtown Lodge in Bucks Co.; was past associate Worthy Patron of
the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 70 of Meshoppen; a lifetime member of
the Allentown Consistory and was a member of the Wyalusing American Legion Post
534. Surviving are his spouse, Doris Bond and daughter, Karen Bond at home;
sister, Rebecca Worrell of Kunkletown and several nieces and nephews. He was
predeceased by two brothers, Frank Bond and Lewis Bond, and five sisters:
infant sister, Irene Bond, Mary Bond, Mabel Fesmire, Dorothy Rumpf and Ruth
Cooper. Funeral services were held at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church on
Monday, July 24 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Barry R. Ballard, his pastor,
officiating. Interment was in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends called from
6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale
Lane, Wyalusing.
Graveside military services were accorded by members of Wyalusing Post
#534 American Legion, Wyalusing. Meshoppen Chapter 70 Order of the Eastern Star
Services were held at 6 p.m. Wyalusing American Legion Post #534 passed in
review at 7 p.m. Franklin Lodge No. 263 F&AM held a service at 8 p.m. In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Wyalusing Presbyterian
Church, PO Box 25, Wyalusing, PA 18853.
Daily Review Monday, July
20, 2009
Mrs. Doris Louise Bond, age 82, of
Beaver Meadows, passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at the Bradford
County Manor where she had been receiving rehabilitation for the past 3 days.
Doris was born in Abington, Pa., on Jan. 21, 1927, a daughter of the late
Robert & Amelia Kilbourn Bellmont. She graduated from the Morrisville High
School and received her training as a Licensed Practical Nurse from the Bucks
County Technical School. During WWII she worked as payroll clerk at a defense
plant in New Jersey. She married Howard C. Bond on June 12, 1948. Howard
predeceased her on July 21, 2006. Doris and Howard lived in Bucks County, where
Howard was employed as a steel hauler. Doris worked as an LPN at the Lower Bucks
Hospital, the Delaware Valley Hospital and the Pickering Manor Nursing Home in
Newtown, Pa. They both retired to Beaver Meadows in 1982. Doris was a very
active member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church where she was an elder and
the past president of the Fideles Class and was an adult Sunday School Teacher
for many years. She was a past Matron at Newtown Chapter OES and was very
active with the Meshoppen Chapter No. 70 O.E.S. Surviving are a daughter, Karen
Bond, of Beaver Meadows; sister-in-law, Ruth Bellmont, of Bradenton, Fla.;
several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 22, at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Barry R.
Ballard of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be at
the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July
21, at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane in Wyalusing. Meshoppen
Chapter No. 70 O.E.S. will conduct a service at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening at
the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials are directed to the Wyalusing
Presbyterian Church, PO Box 25, Wyalusing, PA 18853.
Doris
Louise Bellmont Bond
Lot 135, Old Section of the
Cemetery
Bond, Rosa (Marie) Rinker, (June 6) 1855 – 1933 (July 8) she was buried by Rev
Andrews July 10, 1933.
Wife of Lyman Pickett and
Jacob Bond both buried in Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Clapper Hill,
July 12 ___(she died July 8, 1933)
Rosie Marie
Rinker was born June 16, 1855 (hard to read might be June 15) in Carbon County.
At the age of 22 she united in marriage to Lyman Pickett of Clapper Hill and
they made their home in that community until his death on July 8, 1885. To this
union was born one son, Leon Avery, who with his wife still survives. In 1895
Mrs. Pickett married Jacob Bond, continuing her residence here until his death
about 15 years ago when she went to York State to be near her son. During her
residence in this community, Mrs. Bond made a host of friends. Enduring herself
to all who met her. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Church and never
failed to avail herself of an opportunity to serve God. It really did seem as
though a kind Providence guided her home to die among her friends and amid
scenes of happy days she had spent there. She was visiting at the home of
Marcus Pickett and family, calling on old neighbors for the past two weeks
when she was stricken with a shock, which resulted in death Saturday, July 8,
at 11:15 a.m. the day being the 48th anniversary of the death of her first
husband. She retained her habitual
cheerfulness until the very last returning Friday evening in the spirit. When
she failed to appear for breakfast as usual Mrs. Pickett went to her room and
found her unconscious. She at once summoned friends and the doctor, but nothing
could be done, and she never regained consciousness, but gently passed on. Mrs.
Bond is survived by her son Leon of Newark Valley N.Y., two sisters near
Millville, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held
July 10 at the Beaver Meadows Church. Reverend C L Andrews officiating assisted
by Mrs. Bonds nephew Reverend Richard Rinker of Pittston, with internment in
the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. A trio, Mrs. Bruce Carter, and her two daughters
sang "When Jesus Cares".
The window in the Beaver Meadows Church
that was purchased by Rosa Rinker Bond in honor of her two husbands.
1860 United States Federal
Census about Rose A Runker
Age in 1860: 5 Birth Year: abt 1855 Birthplace:
Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Packer, Carbon,
Pennsylvania Gender: Female
Post Office: Beaver Meadows Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Solomon Rinkle 36 Elizabeth Rinkle 31 Henry
Rinkle 11 William Rinkle 11
Emmely Rinkle 9 Caroline Runker 7 Rose A
Runker 5 Jonas Runker 1
1920 United States Federal
Census about Rose M Bond
Name: Rose M Bond Home in 1920: Berkshire, Tioga, New York
Age: 64 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House:
Mother Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place:
Pennsylvania Marital Status:
Married
Race: White Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Leon A Pickett 41 Edith I Pickett 33 Rose M
Bond 64
1930 United States Federal Census about Rosa Bond
Home in 1930: Newark Valley, Tioga,
New York Age: 74
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Birthplace:
Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House:
Servant Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Ella Dickerson 67
Rosa Bond 74
Roseanna Bond in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates,
1906-1963
NAME: Roseanna
Bond [Roseanna Wrinkler]
GENDER: Female RACE: White AGE: 78
BIRTH DATE: 16
Jun 1855 BIRTH PLACE:Carbon County, Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 8
Jul 1933 DEATH PLACE: Stevens, Bradford, Pennsylvania,
FATHER NAME: Wrinkler
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Carbon
County, Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Elizabeth
Fast
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Carbon
County, Pennsylvania
SPOUSE NAME: Jacob
Bond
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 61844
Regarding her first marriage:
Lyman Pickett's headstone
lies flat on the ground
He was born November 18,
1848. Lyman was married to Rosa Marie Rinker about 1877. He was the son of
Ezekial Avery Pickett and Eliza Eastabrooks. He was a brother to Marcus Pickett
who was one of the main founders of the at Beaver Meadows Church. Rosa and
Lyman were the parents of one son Leon Avery Pickett born November 24, 1878 - May
28, 1958 buried in the Hope Cemetery Newark Valley, Tioga County, N.Y.
*Historians Note: Susie Bond Pickett (Mrs. Marcus Pickett) was
the daughter of her second husband, Jacob Bond and his first wife Catherine P.
Brink. Jacob’s daughter Susan was married to Lyman Picketts’s brother Marcus.
The whole family was active in the church here at Beaver Meadows. The Pickett’s
and the Bonds are all buried together directly behind the church. All have
separate headstones.
Lot 135, Old Section of the
Cemetery
Bond, Jacob, (July 36) 1836 – 1918 (February 22)
Jacob was the husband of Rosa Rinker Pickett. He
passed away in Pike Township Bradford County, PA. . He was born in Lackawanna
County, PA. His first wife was Catherine P. Brink 1835 - August 29, 1887 (buried in the LaGrange, Jackson Cemetery, Osterhout, PA,
they resided in Brinktown, Wyoming County (near Eatonville). They were the
parents of children, Susie, Harry and George Bond, maybe more. Susan Edith Bond
married Marcus Pickett. Jacob was married September 02, 1888 in
Tunkhannnock, PA, by Rev G. Benson
to Susan Hattie Miller (1843 -
April 01, 1894). She is buried in the same cemetery as his first
wife. He married third to Rosa Marie Rinker
Pickett about 1895.
Jacob Bond in the 1860 United States
Federal Census
NAME: Jacob Bond
AGE IN 1860: 23 BIRTH YEAR: abt
1837
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOME IN 1860: Falls, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
GENDER: Male POST OFFICE: Falls
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Jacob Bond 23
Catharine Bond 25
Susannah Bond 3
Mary Bond 12
Jacob Bond in the 1870 United States
Federal Census
NAME: Jacob Bond
AGE IN 1870: 34 BIRTH YEAR: abt
1836
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania HOME IN 1870: Tunkhannock,
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
GENDER: Male POST OFFICE: Tunkhannock
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Jacob Bond 34
Catharine Bond 36
Susan Bond 13
Harry Bond 9
George Bond 7
Wm Graham 30
Jacob Bond in the 1900 United States
Federal Census
NAME: Jacob Bond
AGE: 63
BIRTH DATE: Jul 1836 BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOME IN 1900: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania
RACE: White GENDER: Male
RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Head
MARITAL STATUS: Married
SPOUSE'S NAME: Rosie M Bond
MARRIAGE YEAR: 1885
YEARS MARRIED: 15
FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
OCCUPATION: View on Image
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Jacob Bond 63
Rosie M Bond 44
George M Bond 37
NAME: Jacob
Boul
GENDER: Male RACE: White AGE: 84
BIRTH DATE: 7
Jul 1836
BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 26
Feb 1918
DEATH PLACE: Tuscarora,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Jacob
Boul St
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Anna
Sigle
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 19899
I have nothing to show that
he served in the Civil War
Jacob Bond in the U.S., Civil
War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
NAME: Jacob
Bond
RESIDENCE: Falls,
Pennsylvania
CLASS: 1
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 13th
AGE ON 1 JULY 1863: 28
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt
1835
RACE: White
MARITAL STATUS: Married
PLACE OF BIRTH: Pennsylvania
Old Section of the Cemetery
Not in the Plot book
Charlotte Mary
Bradshaw March 5, 1932-January 14, 1933
NAME: Charlotte
Bradshaw
GENDER: Female
RACE: White
AGE: 10/12 BIRTH
DATE: 5 Mar 1932
BIRTH PLACE: Stevensville,
Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 14
Jan 1933
DEATH PLACE: Sayre,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME:John FATHER BIRTH PLACE:Saganew Mich
MOTHER NAME: Isabelle
Carling
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 4360
Died from Influenza
Lot 141 Old Section of the
Cemetery
Bradshaw, William C. April 8, 1837 –
July 7, 1910
Lydia (Bennett) his wife December 17, 1843 – May 23, 1882
William and Lydia were
married either December 16th or 25th, 1860 in Pike
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest daughter of Ferris
and Nancy Black Bennett. William was the son of Daniel and Jane
Campbell Bradshaw.
Their
Children: Willis Miles Bennett (married Charlotte Amelia Cobb), Daniel Elmer
Bradshaw (married twice and resided in Joplin, Missouri), Walter Henry Bradshaw
(married Vena, and resides in Joplin, Missouri), and Verna Isabell Bradshaw
(Mrs. Frederick E Stevens). Verna is
buried here at Beaver Meadows.
1880 Pike
twp. Bradford County, PA census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William BRADSHAW Self
M Male W
43 PA Farmer
PA PA
Lydia BRADSHAW Wife
M Female W
37 PA Keeping House CT
PA
Willis BRADSHAW Son
S Male W
16 PA At Home
PA PA
Daniel BRADSHAW Son
Male W 15
PA At Home PA
PA
Walter BRADSHAW Son
S Male W
9 PA At Home
PA PA
Verna BRADSHAW Dau
S Female W
5 PA At Home
PA PA
Daniel MAGEE
Other S Male
W 36 PA
Farm Labor PA PA
Jacob BENNETT
Other W Male
W 50 PA
Farm Labor PA PA
1900
United States Federal Census
Name:
William M Bradshaw
Home in
1900: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania Age:
63 Birth Date: Apr 1837
Birthplace:
Pennsylvania Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace:
Pennsylvania
Spouse's
Name: Lucy R (should be Lydia) Marriage
Year: 1863
Residence
: Pike Township, Election District 2, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Occupation:
View on Image
William M
Bradshaw 63
Lucy R
Bradshaw 54
James T
Denson 16 single boarder
William C. Bradshaw
was born April 08, 1837 in of Stevensville, PA, and died July 07,
1910. He married first to Lydia Bennett, daughter of Ferris Bennett and
Nancy Black. She was born December 17,
1842 in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and died May 23, 1882 in
Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
He married second to Lucy R.
Doolittle August 13, 1885, Rush church records record they were married
by Rev. Jacobs at the Rush parsonage.
She was the daughter of Almon Doolittle
and Adaline. Lucy was born August 12, 1844 in Stevensville, PA,
and died Aft. 1915. Lucy was first married to Aden Stevens, then Wm. Bradshaw
and last to Calvin Perle Fassett
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about William C Bradshaw
Name: William C
Bradshaw
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 73
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1838 Birth
Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 7 Jul 1910
Death Place: Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania,
Father Name: Daniel
Bradshaw Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: James
Campbell Mother Birth Place: New Jersey
Certificate Number: 67891
Heart disease Buried July 11, 1910
*
Historians note regarding the Bradshaw families: The
ancestry can be traced to Lancashire, England. There was a William Bradshaw
born in 1784 that married Polly Taylor. Their son Daniel married Jane
Campbell. He was the father of William
Bradshaw that married Lydia Bennett. Polly and William had another son William,
that had a son John who married Isabelle Carlin, yet another descendent of Ferris
and Nancy Bennett. These appear to be the same Bradshaw lineage as Ida Bradshaw
that married Marvin Brotzman.
The view from the Bradshaw graves
Old section of the cemetery
behind the church
Bradshaw, Gerald , Gerald never married.
Gerald
Carlin Bradshaw June 27, 1930 - May 5, 2004
Geraldine Myra Bradshaw
White March
05, 1929 -
Robert White June 29, 1934 -
Children
of John Daniel and Isabelle Carlin
Bradshaw
The
parents are buried in the Camptown Cemetery, but their children Gerald, Geraldine
and Charlotte have Plots in Beaver Meadows Cemetery
Daily Review
Gerald
Bradshaw, age 73, of
Stevensville passed away on Wednesday morning, May 5, 2004, at the Carpenter
Care Center in Tunkhannock, Pa. He was
born on June 27, 1930, in Wyalusing, a son of the late John Daniel and
Isabelle Carlin Bradshaw. Gerald was a graduate of Wyalusing High School
and was a member of the F.F.A. while at Wyalusing. He lived his entire lifetime
in Bradford County, and was a self-employed dairy farmer. He retired after an
accident when he was 60 years old. Gerald enjoyed farming and working in the
outdoors. He leaves surviving a sister and brother-in-law, Geraldine and Robert
White of Stevensville, and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his
parents, and an infant sister, Charlotte Bradshaw. A graveside memorial service
will be held in Beaver Meadows Cemetery, with the Rev. Virginia Miner
officiating, and will be announced by the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St.,
Wyalusing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the HOPS Ambulance
Association, c/o James Seipler.
Bennett genealogy photo
In
the same lot is a stone for his sister Geraldine Bradshaw White.
She
was alive as of February 2014
Bennett genealogy photo
John
Bradshaw
United
States Census, 1940
Name: John Bradshaw
Event
Type: Census
Event
Date: 1940
Event
Place: Stevens Township, Bradford,
Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Marital
Status: Married
Race
(Original): White
Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Michigan
Birth Year
(Estimated): 1897
Last Place
of Residence: Same House
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John
Bradshaw Head M 43 Michigan
Isabell
Bradshaw Wife F 40 Pennsylvania
Gearldine
Bradshaw Daughter F 11 Pennsylvania
Gearld
Bradshaw Son M 9 Pennsylvania
Lottie
Carlin Mother-in-law F 73 Pennsylvania
District:
8-47 , Family Number: 70 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5A , Line Number: 3 ,
Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 3443 , Digital
Folder Number: 005456583 , Image Number: 00372
The
headstone is in the old section of the cemetery. Geraldine Myra Bradshaw
White was born March 05, 1929 in Stevensville, PA. The daughter of John Daniel Bradshaw and
Isabell Maud Carlin. They are buried
in the Camptown Cemetery. She was the
wife of Robert White born June 29, 1934 of Whites Ferry, PA. the son of William
McComb White and Irene Besteder. They were married October 05, 1985
in Stevensville, PA. Through her mother
she is related to the Bennetts and Culvers buried in Beaver Meadows. Her mother
was the daughter of Charlotte
(Lottie) Maud Cobb and Levi D. Carlin. Her father is a son of Rhoda Cecilia Bennett and Asa
Freeman Carlin buried in the Lynn Cemetery.
Lot
100, Clarence and Raymond Marbaker Lot
Augusta Clara Beebe
Valentine Marbaker Peck Bried
February
11, 1894 - July 03, 1973 (Binghamton,
N.Y.)
She
was recorded as Augusta Breid in the Plot book
Bried, Augusta Clara Beebe, daughter of Edson O.
and Rachel Angeline Worden Beebe, wife of Clarence Marbaker February 11, 1894 – July
1973, Social Security data records she died in the Binghamton, New York
area. Augusta was married four times, First
to Frank Valentine June 27, 1914 in Montrose, PA. His dates are January 15, 1894 -October 06,
1919, buried Montrose, PA. She married second
July 23 1921 to Clarence Edward Marbaker. His dates are September 26,
1896 - September 10, 1936, buried in Beaver Meadows. In 1940 census she is a
widower in Broome County, N.Y. She married third to a Arlie Peck born
about 1892 in New York. Augusta married
last to WilliamT. Bried 1903-1963 buried in the Floral park Cemetery
Johnson City, New York. Augusta was
buried with her second husband, Clarence
Marbaker in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. She bore at least one child Doris Valentine
born about 1918
Marriage record
Augusta Beebe
Name: Frank Valentine
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Jun 1914
Event Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United
States
Age: 20
Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Name: John Valentine
Mother's Name: Martha Cox Valentine
Spouse's Name: Augusta Beebe
Spouse's Birth Year
(Estimated): 1894
Spouse's Father's Name: Edson Beebe
Spouse's Mother's Name: Angeline Worden Beebe
Reference ID: cn115 , GS Film
Number: 1994517 , Digital Folder Number: 004838989 , Image Number: 01304
1900
United States Federal Census
about
Augusta Beebe Name: Augusta Beebe
Home in 1900:
Green, Sussex, New Jersey Age: 6
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1894 Birthplace: New York Daughter
Father's
Name: Edson O
Mother's
Name: Angie Race: White
Household
Members: Name Age
Edson O
Beebe 37
Angie
Beebe 25
Augusta
Beebe 6
Belle
Beebe 3
Cristine
Beebe 2
1910
United States Federal Census
about
Clara A Beebe Name: Clara A Beebe
Age in
1910: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace:
New York
Relation
to Head of House: Daughter
Father's
Name: Edson A Father's Birth Place:
Pennsylvania
Mother's
Name: Rachel A
Mother's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Home in 1910:
Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Single
Race:
White Gender: Female
Household
Members: Name Age
Edson A
Beebe 48
Rachel A
Beebe 36
Clara A
Beebe 16
Martha B
Beebe 14
Christine
R Beebe 13
Josephine
V Beebe 8
1920
United States Federal Census
about
Augusta Valentine Name: Augusta
Valentine
Home in
1920: Union, Broome, New York
Age: 26
years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace:
New York
Relation
to Head of House: Boarder
Father's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Widow Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to
read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image:
17
Household
Members: Name Age
Frederick
B Webster 45
Anna M
Webster 33
Kenneth B
Webster 20
Florence
Webster 4 10/12
Augusta
Valentine 26
Darris
Valentine 1 9/12
1930
United States Federal Census
about
Augusta Marbaker Name: Augusta Marbaker
Home in
1930: Union, Broome, New York
Age:
36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation
to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's
Name: Clarence E Race: White
Household
Members: Name Age
Clarence E
Marbaker 33
Augusta
Marbaker 36
Doris
Valentine 12
1940 United States Federal Census about
Augusta Marbaker
Name: Augusta Marbaker
Respondent: Yes Age: 46
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1894
Gender: Female Race: White
Birthplace: New York Marital Status: Widowed
Relation
to Head of House: Head
Home in
1940: Union, Broome, New York
Street: N Harrison Street
House
Number: 9 Farm: No
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Union, Broome, New
York
Residence
in 1935: Same House
Sheet
Number: 61A
Number of
Household in Order of Visitation: 78
Occupation: Vamper
House
Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of
Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 2500
Attended
School or College: No
Highest
Grade Completed: Elementary school,
8th grade
Hours
Worked Week Prior to Census: 32
Class of
Worker: Wage or salary worker in
private work
Weeks
Worked in 1939: 44
Income: 700
Income
Other Sources: Yes
Household
Members:
Name Age
Augusta
Marbaker 46
Social Security Death Index
about Augusta Bried
Name: Augusta Bried
Last Residence: 13901 Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States
of America
Born: 11 Feb 1894
Died: Jul 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: New
York (Before 1951
+++Lot,
not in the plot book or cemetery records.
Brink, Baby, buried May 27, 1938
Brink, Male baby died May 20, 1932
The
information regarding the first Baby listed comes from the Diary of
William Hawley who dug the grave for the baby. The diary states, “I buried Mr. Brinks
Baby today”.
This might be a child of Walter Avery Brink
and his second wife Mary McGovern Brink.
I cannot find a death certificate.
Excerpts from the diary of Bill Hawley. They lost
another baby also not in the plot book May 20, 1932
***MAY 26, 1938 DUG GRAVE FOR MR BRINKS BABY IT RAINED
***MAY 27, 1938 BURIED THE BABY
Walter Brink lot
NAME: Stillborn Brink
GENDER: Male AGE: 0
BIRTH DATE: 20 May 1932 BIRTH
PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 20 May 1932 DEATH
PLACE: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Walter A Brink
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Mary E McGovern
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 52395
Lot
106, Leonard Brink lot
Brink, Leonard (Reginald) (December 31) 1912 – 1987
(December 23)
Mearl C. (Clara) (Brotzman) (November 11) 1918 – 2003
(January 28)
Leonard was the son of Fay and Daisy Cole Brink. Mearl was the daughter of James Clark and Florence Sink Brotzman. Rev. Clarence Andrews married them according
to the Camptown Methodist Church Ledger in the parsonage June 12, 1937.
Children:
Helen Louise (Mrs. Joseph Roberts), Janice Ruth
(Mrs. Warren Roberts), Joyce Faye
(Mrs. Robert Taylor) and Fay Clark Brink who married Patricia Killar.
Mearl
retained her membership at the Beaver Meadows Church even though they resided
in the LeRaysville, Pennsylvania area.
*
Historians note: Robert Taylor, who
married Joyce Brink is a son of Mary Hannah Bennett, the daughter of Norval and
Lucy McLaud Bennett buried here in the Beaver Meadows cemetery.
Photo courtesy of Fay Brink
Daily Review
Leonard Reginald Brink, 74, of
North Orwell, Rome RD 1, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1987 at the Troy Community
Hospital, following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Brink was well-known and possessed a host of friends. He was born Dec. 31, 1912, in East Herrick,
Pa. He was a son of the late Fay and
Daisy Cole Brink. On June 12, 1937, he
married the former Mearl Brotzman. They
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past June. In early years, Mr. Brink was employed in
farming and also worked at the Alderson Saw Mill in LeRaysville. He was later employed for many years by the
Giffen Construction Company in LeRaysville.
Leonard enjoyed hunting, gardening and helping his family. He is survived by his wife, Mearl, at home; a
son and daughter-in-law, Fay and Pat Brink of North Orwell; a daughter, Helen
Roberts of Clifford, Pa.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Warren
Roberts of LeRaysville and Joyce and Robert Taylor of Allis Hollow; 14
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Florence
Brotzman of Tunkhannock; two brothers, Calvin Brink of Allis Hollow and Kenneth
Brink of Towanda. Nieces, nephews and
cousins also survive. He was predeceased
by three brothers, Merle in 1975, William in 1973 and Alvin in 1977. The funeral service will be held Saturday at
11 a.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda. The Rev. Rebecca Sweet, pastor of the North
Orwell Union Church, will officiate.
Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday
(Christmas night) from 7 to 9 p.m. and also one hour prior to the service
Saturday morning at the funeral home.
Daily Review
Mearl C.(Clara) Brink, 84, widow of Leonard R. Brink, formerly a
long-time resident of North Orwell and LeRaysville, passed away Tuesday
morning, Jan. 28, 2003, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda. Mearl was born Nov. 11,
1918, in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County, a daughter of the late Clark and
Florence Sink Brotzman. On June 12,
1937, she married Leonard R. Brink. In June of 1987 the couple celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary. She was preceded in death by her husband on Dec. 23,
1987. Mearl served as an Avon representative in the area for many years. Her
dedication in life was to her family and home.
Mearl was a member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and the
Rushville Birthday Club. She enjoyed crocheting and crossword puzzles.
Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Fay and Pat Brink of North Orwell;
her daughter, Helen Roberts of Warren Center; her daughters and sons-in-law,
Janice and Warren Roberts of Warren Center and Joyce and Robert Taylor of Allis
Hollow; 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; her twin sister, Pearl Repsher, and her husband,
Cecil Repsher, of Laceyville; her sister, Ruth Cobb, and her husband, Robert
Cobb, of Monroeton; two sisters-in-law, Viola Brink of Stevensville and Phyllis
Brink of Wyalusing RR 3; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was
preceded in death by two grandsons, William Roberts and Joseph Roberts Jr., and
by two brothers, Francis and Bryce Brotzman. The funeral service will be held
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, at 11 a.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York
Ave., Towanda, with the Rev. William Nelson, pastor of the Beaver Meadows
United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery, Tuscarora Township. The family will receive friends Friday evening
from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. The
family suggests that memorial contributions may be directed to the Beaver
Meadows United Methodist Church in care of Donna Bennett, RR 1, Box 1184,
Laceyville, Pa. 18623, in Mearl C. Brink's memory.
1920
United States Federal Census about Leonard Brink Jr.
Age: 7 Birth Year: abt 1913 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1920: Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital
Status: Single Father's
Name: Fay L Brink Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's
Name: Daisy Brink Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Fay L
Brink 42 Daisy Brink 33
Merle
Brink 15 Alvin Brink 8
Leonard
Brink 7 Kenneth Brink 4
[4
10/12] William Brink 2 [2 6/12] Leonard Brink 76
1940
United States Federal Census about Mearl Brink
Name: Mearl Brink Respondent: Yes
Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Female Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Married
Relation
to Head of House: Wife
Home in
1940: Auburn, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Auburn, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Residence
in 1935: Same Place Sheet Number: 5B
Attended
School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school,
8th grade
Weeks
Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: 0
Household
Members: Name Age
Leonard
Brink 27 Mearl Brink 21
Helen L
Brink 1
Robert
Cobb, with his wife Ruth Brotzman Cobb in pink. Cecil Repsher in the middle in
back with his wife Pearl Brotzman Repsher in the middle, Leonard Brink and his wife
Mearl Brotzman (Twin to Pearl) Brink on the right. The photo is courtesy of Elwood Cobb
Lot
95, Walter Brink lot
Brink, Mary E.
November 11, 1902 – March
13, 1991. Social Security records her
last check was sent to Binghamton, New York, Second wife Walter Brink.
Daughter of J.A. and Martha Kelly McGovern. Married
June 11, 1924 in Susquehanna County, PA
1930 United States Federal Census
about Walter A Brink
Name: Walter A Brink Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Home in 1930: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Brink
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Walter A Brink 41
Mary Brink 27
Keneth M Brink 17
Vera E Brink 16
Walter J Brink 4
Clifford F Brink 2
Mary E
Brink
United
States Census, 1940
Name: Mary E Brink
Event
Type: Census
Event
Date: 1940
Event
Place: Rush Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
United States
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Marital
Status: Married
Race
(Original): White
Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship
to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year
(Estimated): 1905
Last Place
of Residence: Same House
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Walter A
Brink Head M 51 Pennsylvania
Mary E
Brink Wife F 35 Pennsylvania
Walter J
Brink Son M 14 Pennsylvania
Clifford F
Brink Son M 11 Pennsylvania
Irving G
Lisenby Son-in-law M 27 New York
Vera E
Lisenby Daughter F 26 New York
Dolores E
Lisenby Granddaughter F 5 New York
Donald C
Lisenby Grandson M 4 New York
District:
58-39 , Family Number: 104 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6A , Line Number: 38 ,
Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 3613 , Digital
Folder Number: 005456775 , Image Number: 00827
Walter A. Brink
mentioned in the record of
Walter A. Brink and Mary E. Mcgovern
Name: Walter A. Brink
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jun 1924
Event Place: , Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Father's Name: T. H.
Mother's Name: Emma Pickett Brink
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Mcgovern
Spouse's Birth Year
(Estimated): 1903
Spouse's Father's Name: J.A.
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Kelly Mcgovern
Reference ID: CN 92 , GS Film
Number: 2021636 , Digital Folder Number: 004838994 , Image Number: 00435
Lot
97, Theodore Brink lot no headstone in the cemetery
Brink, Pherma by plot book, Phernia, She died December 2, 1946
age 53 years. No headstone, she would
have been born about June 1893.
Phernia was the daughter of Theodore and Emma J. Pickett Brink. The old plot book records
she was buried in lot 102 Paul Shook and Fred Benscoter. There might be an error, both families deny
knowing anything about her being buried there. Each family owns 3 lots. Fred
and Lena Bensocter only used two lots, and the Shooks only used one lot for
their daughter. She is probably in the Theodore Brink lot.
1940
United States Federal Census about Phernie Brink
Name: Phernie Brink Age: 47
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1893
Gender: Female Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Single
Home in
1940: Whitesboro, Oneida, New
York
Map of
Home in 1940: Street: Main Street
House
Number: 40 Inferred Residence in
1935 Whitesboro, Oneida, New York
Residence
in 1935: Same House
Institution: Anchor Colony (Rome State School)
Attended
School or College: No
Highest
Grade Completed: Elementary school,
5th grade
Hours
Worked Week Prior to Census: 03
Household
Members: Name Age
Phernie
Brink 47
1930
United States Federal Census about Phernie Brink
Name: Phernie Brink
Gender: Female Birth Year: abt
1893
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Home in
1930: Rome, Oneida, New York
Marital
Status: Single
Father's
Birthplace: United States
Mother's
Birthplace: United States
Household
Members: Name Age
Phernie
Brink 37
Phernie
Brink in the 1900 United States Federal Census
NAME: Phernie Brink
AGE: 6 BIRTH DATE: Jul
1893
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOME IN
1900: Forest Lake, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
RACE: White GENDER: Female
RELATION
TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Daughter
MARITAL
STATUS: Single
FATHER'S
NAME: Thedore Brink
FATHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER'S
NAME: Emma Brink
MOTHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Thedore
Brink 39
Emma Brink 38
Aubrey
Brink 16
Cora Brink 13
Walter
Brink 11
Phernie
Brink 6
Minnie
Brink 1
Lot
97, Theodore Brink Lot
Brink, Theodore (March 14) 1861 – 1925 (July
21) Buried July 23
Emma
J Pickett, his wife 1862 – 1923
Daughter
of Ezekial Avery and Eliza
Eastabrooks Pickett
Son
of Ruel W. and Ruslenda Daugherty Brink buried in the Wysox Cemetery.
His
second wife was Myrtil Mitchell Conrad.
The Montrose Republican Newspaper recorded the following article:
T H Brink died July 20 from gas poisoning, which emanated from an
engine running at the Auburn – Rush Poor Farm where he was the steward.
100 years ago column
December 28 2005 Montrose Independent
Birchardville - T. H. Brink
lost two horses recently within a few minutes of each other. It is thought they
were poisoned by somebody. He had never fed any meal, but found a little meal
in their mangers that day.
Theodore and Emma were the
parents to Aubrey, Pherma, Minnie and Walter.
Theodore Brink married Emma J Pickett September 28, 1882.
Scrapbook clipping
At the M.E. parsonage,
Camptown, Sept. 28, 1882, by Rev. J. R. Angel, Mr. THEODORE BRINK of Wysox, and
Miss EMMA J. PICKETT of Stevensville.
Emma Brink
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
NAME: Emma Brink
AGE: 38
BIRTH
DATE: Apr 1862
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
HOME IN
1900: Forest Lake, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
RACE: White GENDER: Female
RELATION
TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Wife
MARITAL
STATUS: Married
SPOUSE'S
NAME: Thedore Brink
MARRIAGE
YEAR: 1882 YEARS MARRIED: 18
FATHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER'S
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER:
NUMBER OF LIVING CHILDREN: 5
MOTHER:
HOW MANY CHILDREN: 5
HOUSEHOLD
MEMBERS: NAME AGE
Thedore
Brink 39
Emma Brink 38
Aubrey
Brink 16
Cora Brink 13
Walter
Brink 11
Phernie
Brink 6
Minnie
Brink 1
1910
United States Federal Census about Theodore Brink
Age in
1910: 49 Birth Year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1910: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Emma Brink
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Theodore
Brink 49 Emma Brink 48
Walter
Brink 21 Phernie Brink 16
Minnie
Brink 10 Lloyd Tompkins 20 servant
1920
United States Federal Census about Theodore Brink
Age: 58 Birth Year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1920: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania Race: White
Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Emma J Brink
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home
Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household
Members: Name Age
Theodore
Brink 58 Emma J Brink 57
Phernie
Brink 26 Harvey Juser 21 single hired man
NAME: Theodore Brink
GENDER: Male RACE: White
AGE: 64
BIRTH DATE: 14 Mar 1861 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 21 Jul 1925 DEATH PLACE: Sayre, Bradford, PA
FATHER NAME: Ruel Brink
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: USA
MOTHER NAME: R Dougherty
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: USA
SPOUSE NAME: Myrtil Mitchell
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 73660
Lot
95, Walter Brink lot
Brink, W. A. (Walter) (August 22) 1888 – 1972 (May 26)
Florence McLaud his wife (May 21) 1892 –
February 7, 1922
Married
November 29, 1911
Stillborn
son Walter Avery Brink February 6 - February 6, 1922 buried the 7th, the
same day his mother passed. There is no memorial
Florence
was the daughter of George and Myrtie Sharer McLaud. A daughter Vera Evelyn (later to be Mrs.
Irving Lisenby) and a son Kenneth M. survive her.
Cemetery records record Walter Avery Brink Jr. died February
06, 1922.
The
1940 census shows us Walter Avery Brink has a second wife named Mary and two
more children, Walter J. and Clifford Brink. Mary is buried here with her own
single headstone.
Walter
Avery Brink was born at Forrest Lake, Susquehanna County, PA to Theodore
Brink and Emma Jane Pickett Brink.
Clipping in the Hettie Marbaker collection (she died February 2, 1922)
Mrs. W. A. Brink, aged 29 years, died of complications at her home on
Clapper Hill about 8:30 o'clock Tuesday night after an illness of only two or
three days. Mrs. Brink gave birth to a child on Monday, which lived but a short
time. The funeral was held yesterday at the Beaver Meadow Church. Besides her
husband, the deceased is survived by two small children, a boy and a girl. Her
father and mother Mr. and Mrs. George McLaud, one brother and one sister. Paul
and Vera McLaud of Clapper Hill also survive. Mr. Brink was engaged in the mercantile
business down in Skinners Eddy for about two years and sold out to W.F. Weiss & C. last fall and moved to a
farm on Clapper Hill. The bereaved family have many friends in this section who
deeply sympathize with them in their bereavement.
1920
United States Federal Census about W A Bunk
Name: W A Bunk [W A Brink] [N A Brenk]
Age: 31 Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1920: Braintrim, Wyoming,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation
to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married Spouse's
Name: Florence Bunk
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home
Owned: Rent Able to Read: Ye Able to Write: Yes
Household
Members: Name Age
W A Bunk 31
Florence Bunk 27
Kenneth
Bunk
7 Vera Bunk 5
1930
United States Federal Census about Walter A Brink
Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Home in
1930: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's
Name: Mary Brink
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Walter A
Brink 41
Mary Brink
27
Keneth M
Brink 17
Vera E
Brink 16
Walter J
Brink 4
Clifford F
Brink 2
1940
United States Federal Census about Hatter A Brink
Name: Hatter A Brink Age: 51 Estimated Birth Year abt
1889 Gender: Male
Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital
Status: Married
Relation
to Head of House: Head, Home in 1940: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Rush, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Residence
in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 6A Number of Household in Order of
Visitation: 104 Occupation: Laborer House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1000
Attended School or College: No
Highest
Grade Completed: Elementary school,
8th grade Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks
Worked in 1939: 30 Income: 480
Income
Other Sources: No; Household Members:
Hatter A
Brink 51 Mary E Brink 35
Walter J
Brink 14
Clifford F Brink 11
Irving G
Lesenky 27 son in law Vera E
Lesenky 26 daughter
Dolores
Lesenky 5 Grand Daughter Donald C Lesenky 4 Grandson
Walter Avery Brink
United States World War I
Draft Registration Cards
Name: Walter Avery Brink
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United
States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1888
Birthplace: Herrick, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth Coleman Sharer sitting
To the left Is Myrtie Sharer Mcalud, Florence Mclaud Brink with baby Vera
Brink . The photo is courtesy of Vera's family. Taken about 1915
NAME: Florence Brink
GENDER: Female RACE: White AGE: 29
BIRTH DATE: 21 May 1893 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 7 Feb 1922 DEATH PLACE: Pike, Bradford, PA
FATHER NAME: George Mc Claud
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Myrtie Sharer
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 18374
Stillborn Brink in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: Stillborn Brink GENDER: Male
RACE: White AGE: 0
BIRTH DATE: 6 Feb 1922 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 6 Feb 1922 DEATH PLACE: Pike, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Walter A Brink
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Hoseace Mc Claud [Florence Mc Claud]
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 18375
Walter A. Brink and Florence
E. Mclaud
Name: Walter A. Brink
Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 29 Nov 1911
Event Place: Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United
States
Spouse's Name: Florence E. Mclaud
Spouse's Birth Year
(Estimated): 1892
Spouse's Father's Name: George M. Mclaud
Reference ID: 222-452 , GS
Film Number: 1994516 , Digital Folder Number: 004838988 , Image Number: 01140
Walter A. Brink and Mary E.
Mcgovern
Name: Walter A. Brink
Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 Jun 1924
Event Place: , Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 35 Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Father's Name: T. H.
Mother's Name: Emma Pickett Brink
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Mcgovern
Spouse's Birth Year
(Estimated): 1903
Spouse's Father's Name: J.A.
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Kelly Mcgovern
Reference ID: CN 92 , GS Film
Number: 2021636 , Digital Folder Number: 004838994 , Image Number: 00435
Lot
125, Alan Brotzman lot (five graves)
Brotzman, Becky Ann (Rebecca Ann by birth certificate)
October 29, 1976 – November
30, 1977
Becky
was born with heart problems to Alan Eugene and Beverly Carol Sutton Brotzman at the Towanda Memorial
Hospital. She underwent open heart surgery
at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, New York January 13, 1977.
Celia Benscoter collection, probably from
the Wyalusing Rocket
Laceyville infant passes away at Tyler, daughter of Alan and Beverly
Sutton, of Laceyville R.D.1 passed away
at Tyler Memorial Hospital on Wednesday November 20, 1977. She was born on
October 29, 1976 in Towanda. Other
survivors are her sister Amey, at home; paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brotzman of
Laceyville R.D.1., Maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sutton of
Camptown; paternal great grandmother Mrs. Florence Brotzman of Laceyville, and
maternal great great grandmother Mrs. Elsie Sutton of Lawton. Funeral services
were held December 2, 1977 from the Sheldon Funeral home in Laceyville with the
Reverend Daniel Herron of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church officiating.
Burial was in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Lot
50, Clark Brotzman and Robert Cobb lot
Brotzman, James
"Clark" (January 5) 1892 – 1967 (February 27)
Florence
R. (Ruth) (Sink) (January 2) 1898 – 1997 (December 29)
His
name was actually James Clark, however, he was always known as “Clark”. Clark was born at South Auburn, Pennsylvania
to Elisha
B. and Rose Culver Brotzman. Florence was born in West Auburn,
Pennsylvania to Soloman and Sara Etta Westbrook Sink. Rev. L. W. Karshner married Clark and Florence in the
Skinners Eddy Parsonage January 17, 1917. Florence was buried on her 100th
birthday January 2, 1998.
Children:
Ray (stillborn, born breach, with a broken neck), twins Pearl Grace (Mrs. Cecil
Repsher) and Mearl Clara (Mrs. Leonard Brink), Francis Arthur married Jeanette Amanda
Salsman, Ruth Anna (Mrs. Robert Cobb) and Bryce Clark who married Betty Roof
and Doris Montgomery.
Clark
lost his right thumb in a farming accident.
They
made their where Dale and Carol Brotzman presently reside. The original house
burned January 13, 2004. Clark and
Florence purchased their home from his parents, Rose and Elisha Brotzman who
went to live there about 1904. Clark in turn sold it to his son Francis, and
his wife Jeanette, who in turn sold it
their son Dale, and his wife Carol
Brotzman. It has been in the family since about 1902. This photo depicts the house in 1955
The
Clark Brotzman Family in the 1930's, Clark and
Florence in the back, twins daughters Mearl and Pearl, Francis in the
middle, Bryce and Ruth are front. Both photo's are courtesy of Rose Brotzman
Hemenway.
The old Pear tree is still
out there behind our house.
Clark and Florence Brotzman
with their youngest children Bryce and Ruth
1940
United States Federal Census about Clark Brotzman
Name: Clark Brotzman Respondent: Yes Age: 48
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1892 Gender Male Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in
1940: Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania Street: 506
Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Tuscarora, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Residence
in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 4B Number of Household in Order of
Visitation: 19 Household Members: Name Age
Clark
Brotzman 48
Florence
Brotzman 42
Francis
Brotzman 19
Ruth
Brotzman 12
Bryce
Brotzman 10
1900
United States Federal Census about James C Brotzman
Age 9 Birth Date: Jan
1891 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1900: Rush, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation
to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single
Father's
Name: Elisha Brotzman Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's
Name: Rosa C Brotzman Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Elisha
Brotzman 39
Rosa C
Brotzman 29
Foster
Brotzman 10
James C
Brotzman 9
William
Brotzman 4
Marvin
Brotzman 2
Katie
Brotzman 9/12
1900
United States Federal Census about Dollie B Sink
Name: Dollie B Sink Age: 42
Birth
Date: Dec 1857 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1900: Auburn, Susquehanna,
Pennsylvania
Race: White Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Ellie Sink
Marriage
Year: 1892 Years Married: 8
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members:
Name Age
Dollie B
Sink 42
Ellie Sink 27
Bessie E
Sink 15
Lee W Sink 13
Dana T
Sink 11
Rozanna
Sink 9
Clara Sink 6
Grace Sink 4
Florence
Sink 2
*****
Daily Review
Florence Ruth Sink, 99, formerly of RR 1, Laceyville, Pa. (Beaver
Meadows), passed away on Monday evening, Dec. 29, 1997, at the Carpenter Care
Center in Tunkhannock, Pa., where she had been a resident since 1984. She would have celebrated her 100th birthday
on Friday, Jan. 2, 1998. Born in West
Auburn, Pa. on Jan. 2, 1898, she was the daughter of the late S. B. and Etta
Westbrook Sink. Mrs. Brotzman was the
wife of the late Clark J. Brotzman who passed away in February of 1967. Mrs. Brotzman and her husband owned and operated
a dairy farm in Beaver Meadows for many years.
She was a member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and for
many years she was a regional writer for the Wyalusing Rocket Courier
newspaper. She is survived by a son
Francis A. Brotzman of Beaver Meadows, Pa.; and daughters, Mrs. Cecil (Pearl)
Repsher of Beaver Meadows, Mrs. Mearl Brink of the Wyalusing Personal Care
Home, and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Cobb of Monroeton, Pa.; also 25 grandchildren, 74
great-grandchildren, 52 great-great-grandchildren and two
great-great-great-grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sons, Ray
James Brotzman in 1917 and Bryce Brotzman in 1991. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan.
2, 1998 (her 100th birthday) at 2 p.m. from the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main
Street, Laceyville, Pa. with Rev. Ann Blair of the Skinners Eddy United
Methodist Church officiating. Interment
will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1 p.m.
until the time of service. In lieu of
flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Beaver Meadows United Methodist
Church or to the church of the donor’s choice.
Daily Review
Clark J. Brotzman, 75, of Beaver Meadows, Laceyville R.D. #1 passed away Monday
morning, February 27 1967 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital Tunkhannock R.D.
following several months of illness. He was born in South Auburn, a son of
Elisha and Rose Culver Brotzman and had lived most of his life on a dairy farm
at Beaver Meadows. He retired ten years ago. He is survived by his wife, the former
Florence Sink: Three daughters: Mrs. Cecil Repsher, Laceyville R.D.#1; Mrs.
Leonard Brink, Leraysville; Mrs. Robert Cobb Sayre, PA.; Two sons Francis,
Laceyville R.D. #1.; and Bryce of Wyalusing, PA.; two brothers: Foster of
Indian Hill and Marvin of West Auburn; six sisters: Mrs. Joseph White of
Meshoppen R.D.; Mrs. Mrs. Melvin King of Tonawanda, New York; Mrs. Pauline
Nealy of Endicott, New York; Mrs. Sheldon King of Vestal, New York; Mrs. Paul
Cobb of LeRyasville and Mrs. Jennette Shultz
of Staten Island, New York. twenty three grand children; 11 great grand
children; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1
p.m. at the Sheldon Funeral home, Laceyville, with Rev. Norman Kase of the
Beaver Meadows church officiating. Burial was in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Clark Brotzman's family at his funeral
Francis, Bryce
and Ruth in the back, Pearl on the front right with Mearl on the right side of
her mother Florence in the center.
A clipping
in the collection of Mae Fassett
married
At the M.E.
Parsonage, at Skinners Eddy, PA.
Wednesday January 17, 1917, by Rev. L. W. Karschner married Clark J. Brotzman
of Laceyville, R.D. and Florence Ruth Sink of West Auburn.
July 31,
1952 Wyalusing Rocket
Mrs. Clark
Brotzman of Silvara was inflicted with typhoid fever from a New York State
restaurant.
Florence Brotzman and her
family about 1979
Photo courtesy of Fay Brink
Francis Brotzman and Bryce
Brotzman in the back row
Mearl Brink, Florence
Brotzma and Pearl Repsher in the middle
row
with Ruth Cobb in front
Lot
125, Alan Brotzman lot, brother
Brotzman, Dennis James, February 17, 1955 – June
30, 1997
Dennis died unexpectedly in a logging
accident on the farm of Dale and Carol Brotzman. He was born in Meshoppen, the son of Francis Arthur and Jeanette Amanda
Salsman Brotzman. He married Dorothy Ann Jacobus July 6, 1974 in the East Troy Baptist
Church. Dorothy was the daughter of Herbert and Gertrude Burgess Jacobus.
The headstone has deer, fish and a cloud over
head. It also states Uncle of Beck across the bottom.
(Those words have sunk in the ground before 2013)
Becky
was the youngest child of his brother Alan and Beverly Sutton Brotzman. . She rests adjacent to him in
the lot. Dennis and Dorothy have one
child, Dennis James Brotzman Jr. Dennis Jr. has two sons, Dennis James the
third with his first wife Cathy Proof and John Michael Brotzman with Karyn
Bennett.
Wyalusing Rocket
Dennis James Brotzman, Sr., 42 Laceyville, PA (Beaver Meadows) passed
away June 30, 1997 on the Brotzman Family farm in Beaver Meadows from injuries
sustained from a logging accident. Born
in Meshoppen, PA, on February 17, 1955, he was the son of the late Jeanette A.
Salsman Brotzman, who passed away on May 3, 1992 and Francis A. Brotzman,
Beaver Meadows. Mr. Brotzman was a
graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School, Class of 1973; and was employed by Taylor
Packing of Wyalusing. Since October 9f
1974, he was a dressing floor line leader.
He attended the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and in his spare
time, enjoyed horseback riding and also hunting and fishing. Besides his father, he is survived by his
wife, the former Dorothy Jacobus with whom he would have celebrated their 23rd
wedding anniversary on July 6; son, Dennis James (D.J.) Brotzman, Jr., age 14,
at home; stepson, Herbie Jacobus, Troy; stepdaughter, Althea Jacobus, West
Auburn; sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Norma Jean) Ahlbrant, Mehoopany and Mrs. Rick
(Sue) Teeter, Ulster; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ray and Karen Brotzman,
Tunkhannock, F. Dale and Carol Brotzman, Beaver Meadows, Alan and Pam Brotzman,
Canton and Randy Brotzman, Beaver Meadows; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Florence
Brotzman, Tunkhannock; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins; and
special friends, Joseph and Martha Yanavitch.
Funeral services were held July 3 from the Sheldon Funeral Home,
Laceyville, with Rev. Ruth Breitweiser, retired Methodist minister,
officiating. Interment was in the Beaver
Meadows Cemetery. In lieu flowers, those
wishing to may make memorial donations to the Wyalusing Boy Scouts, Troop 96 in
care of Mrs. Gary Neiley, RR3, Wyalusing, Pa. –Canton Independent Sentinel.
Ray,
Francis (father) Francis "Dale" in the middle, Jeanette (mother)
Norma "Jean" on the right, Dennis the little fellow in front and Alan
on the right side. Photo taken in front of their grandparents home (Clark and
Florence Brotzman)
Lot
43, Elisha and Rose Brotzman lot
Brotzman, Earl 1906 – 1919 (September 28)
Earl
was the son of Elisha and Rose Culver Brotzman. Earl died of Typhoid
according to Grandma Florence Brotzman, but the death certificate records
diphtheria.
Should
be Earl Brotzman
Carle
Brotzman in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: Carle Brotzman GENDER: Male
RACE: White AGE: 13
BIRTH
DATE: 10 Jun 1906 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH
DATE: 29 Sep 1919 DEATH PLACE: Tuscarora, Bradford , PA
FATHER
NAME: Elisha Brotzman FATHER BIRTH
PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER
NAME: Rose Culver MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE
NUMBER: 96542
Diphtheria
Lot
43, Elisha and Rose Brotzman lot
Brotzman, Elisha (B.), (June 26) 1870 – 1950
(February 28)
Rose C. (Culver)(April 5) 1871 – 1956 (November 11)
Elisha was the son of Anthony and Permelia Bump Brotzman. Rose was the daughter of James Jarvis and Catherine Potter
Culver. They were married February
28, 1889.
12
Children: Catherine married Joseph White, Mattie, Earl, James Clark married
Florence Sink, William married Geneva Smith, Permelia married Melvin King,
Jeannette married three times to Guy Tucker, Earl Jump, and Earl Schultz,
Marvin married Ida Bradshaw, Foster married Annis Hall, Anna married Sheldon King, Blanche married Paul
Cobb and Pauline married twice to Jake
Jayne and Eugene Nealy.
Glancing Backward Locally Daily Review
75 years ago---1933 Wednesday, April 5, being the 62nd birthday of Mrs. Rose
Brotzman of Silvara, many people tendered her a surprise party and left her
many nice gifts.
Aisha
Brotzman, "United States Census, 1920"
Event
Place: Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania, United States
District: 49 Gender: Male Age: 48 Marital
Status: Married
Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write:
Yes
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head Own or Rent: Own
Birth Year
(Estimated): 1872 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Aisha Brotzman M 48 Pennsylvania
Wife Rosa C Brotzman F 48 Pennsylvania
Son Marvin W Brotzman M 21 Pennsylvania
Daughter Katie E Brotzman F 20 Pennsylvania
Daughter Blance Brotzman F 17 Pennsylvania
Daughter Permelia Brotzman F 15 Pennsylvania
Daughter Pauline Brotzman F 11 Pennsylvania
Daughter Anna Brotzman F 10 Pennsylvania
Daughter Janet Brotzman F 8 Pennsylvania
Elisha
Brotzman, "United States Census, 1900"
Event
Place: ED 104 Rush Township,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Birth
Date: Jun 1870 Birthplace Pennsylvania Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male Years Married: 12 Marriage Year (Estimated): 1888
Mother of
how many children: 5, 5 alive in 1900
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Elisha Brotzman M 30 Pennsylvania
Wife Rosa C Brotzman F 29 Pennsylvania
Son Foster Brotzman M 10 Pennsylvania
Son James C Brotzman M 9 Pennsylvania
Son William Brotzman M 4 Pennsylvania
Son Marvin Brotzman M 3 Pennsylvania
Daughter Katie Brotzman F 1 Pennsylvania
1910
United States Federal Census about Elisha Brotzman
Age in
1910: 39 Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1910: Tuscarora, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital
Status: Married Spouse's Name: Rosa C Brotzman
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Elisha
Brotzman 39 Rosa C Brotzman 39
Clark J
Brotzman 18 [19] William Mck Brotzman 13
Marvin M
Brotzman 11 Katie Brotzman 10
Blanche
Brotzman 6 Pernelia Brotzman 5
Earl
Brotzman 3 Pauline C Brotzman 2
Anna
Brotzman 1 [1 6/12]
Towanda PA
Daily Review Glancing Backward
06/28/2007
left in the year. Glancing
Backward Locally: 75 years ago -- 1932
Elisha Brotzman of Silvara celebrated his 62nd
birthday on Sunday last, with many guests present. It was a complete surprise
to him.
Elisha and
Rose Culver Brotzman moved around a lot. Just as many other folks fo that time
zone did. Church records show they
belonged to Beaver Meadows, West Auburn, and Skinners Eddy Methodist
Churches. They even belonged to the last
two at the same time! They were simple
farmers who resided primarily in the Beaver Meadow to Silvara area. There last home was on the "Creek
Road," Route 367 on the sharp curve
also known as "Grandpa's Brotzmans place" to many.
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates,
1906-1963 about Elisha Brotzman
Name: Elisha Brotzman Gender: Male
Race: White Age: 79
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1870
Birth Place: Auburn Township, Susq, County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 5 May 1950
Death Place: Tusearara, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Anthony Brotzman
Mother Name: Permelia Bump
Certificate Number: 40297
Pennsylvania, Death
Certificates, 1906-1963 about Rose Brotzman
Name: Rose Brotzman [Rose Culver]
Gender: Female
Race: White Age: 85
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1871
Birth Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford C
Death Date: 11 Nov 1956
Death Place: Tuscarora, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Jarvis J Culver
Mother Name: Catherine Potter
Certificate Number: 96664
Lot
249, Elisha and Linda Brotzman lot, Bryce Sutton, the last husband of
Linda holds the deed to this lot.
Brotzman, Elisha J. (John) September 4, 1931 – August 31, 1989
Linda C. (Myers) September 28, 1944 –
December 7, 2000
The
headstone records: married 5-14-1983, together forever
They had no children together. Elisha was the son of Marvin and
Ida Bradshaw. Linda
was born the daughter of Edwin K. and Irene Thomas Myers.
Both had been previously married. Elisha
has children Elaine and Marvin with his first wife Beverly
Beebe. Elaine was buried next to
him October 17, 2013. Beverly remarried Charles Murray. Linda had been
previously married to William Morris Allen. After Elisha passed away, Rev. Bill Nelson married Linda and Bryce
Sutton May 6, 1996 here at the Beaver Meadows Church. Bryce was the son of Ralph and Marion
Springer Sutton. He is also the
brother of Calvin Sutton that was married to Eleanor Benscoter,
daughter of Gerald and Bessie Donahue Benscoter.
Elisha
Brotzman, photo courtesy of Eleanor Benscoter Sutton
1940
United States Federal Census about Elisha Brotzman
Age: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1932
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Single
Relation
to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Auburn,
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Map of
Home in 1940: View Map
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Rural Residence in
1935: Rural
Sheet
Number: 2B Attended School or
College: Yes
Highest
Grade Completed: Elementary school, 2nd
grade
Household
Members: Name Age
Marvin
Brotzman 41
Ida M
Brotzman 39
Helen
Brotzman 10
Elisha
Brotzman 8
Melvin
Brotzman 6
A clipping form the Bessie Benscoter
collection, probably the Wyalusing Rocket
Elisha J. Brotzman, of Meshoppen died Thursday
morning August 31, 1989 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock after a long illness. Born in Laceyville September 04, 1931, he
was the son of the late Marvin and Ida Brotzman. He was currently working as a
diesel mechanic for Norm Wood Trucking of Laceyville for the past year. Before
that he worked for Bub Kintner Trucking of Meshoopen for ten years. He was a
member of the Meshoppen Rod & Gun Club, Meshoppens Men's Club, Black Walnut Rod & Reel Club, Tunkhannock
Moose and was a social member of Rought Hall Post # 510, American Legion, Black
Walnut. He is survived by his wife Linda, the former Linda Myers to whom he had
been married 6 years: A son Marvin Brotzman, Laceyville, a daughter Elaine
Gunton, Sweet Valley. A nephew Stephen Allen at home. A brother Melvin
Brotzman, Partysville; a sister Helen
Gregerson, Laceyville, 10
grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Sheldon
Funeral Home Meshoppen, with the Reverend Kenneth Bitler of the Meshoppen
United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral home today (Friday) from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m.
( I was told by his sister Helen he was
actually born at Fowler Hill, PA)
Montrose, PA - Susquehanna County Independent
December 13, 2000
Linda Brotzman Myers Sutton, 56, Laceyville,
PA passed away December 7, 2000 at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. Born in
Tunkhannock, PA., on September 28,1944, she was the daughter of the late Edward
and Irene Thomas Myers. Linda was the wife of the late Elisha Brotzman, who
passed away on August 31, 1989. She was graduate of Tunkhannock High School,
Tunkhannock, PA., class of 1962. She was employed for 12 years as the manager
of the Rite Aide Store, Tunkhannock, PA. She also worked in the shipping
department of the Meshoppen Dress Factory, Meshoppen, PA and was last employed
by Staff Management at Proctor and Gamble Paper Products Plant, Mehoopany, PA.
Through out all of that time she was a real estate agent for Kintner Agency,
Tunkhannock, PA. She attended the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church. In
her spare time, she enjoyed collecting teddy bears. She is survived by her
husband of six years, Bryce R Sutton, Laceyville, PA.; a son, Chris Stephens,
Juneau, Alaska; step-sons Marvin Brotzman, Laceyville, PA., Bryce E Sutton and
Christopher E Sutton both of Forest Lake, PA., step daughters Elaine Washer,
Rushville, PA., Denise Van Tassel, Forest Lake, PA., Bonnie Sutton Camptown,
PA.; three sisters Sharon Smoyer, Mertzown, PA., Beth Feenin and Judee Hammond
both of Morth Tonawanda, NY.; 14 grand children; several great-grandchildren
and many nieces and nephews. Funeral and committal services were held December
11, 2000 from the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main ST, Laceyville, PA. with the Rev.
William Nelson of the Beaver Meadows Methodist Church officiating. Interment
was in Beaver Meadows Cemetery, Tuscarora Township, Bradford Country, PA.
Family and friends called December 10, 2000 at the funeral home. Those wishing
may make memorial donations to the Moses Taylor Dialysis Unit of the Tyler
Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock,. PA. 18657 or to the Beaver Meadows United
Methodist Church RR #2, Laceyville, PA. 18623.
Lot 103, Francis Brotzman lot , the deed for the three
remaining graves in this lot is in the possession of Dale and Carol Brotzman
being reserved for Mary Ellen Brotzman
Brotzman,
Francis A. (Arthur) Brotzman, (September 6) 1920 – 2000 (July 4) buried July 7, 2000
Jeanette (Amanda) Salsman (January 27)
1925 – 1992 (May 3) buried May 6, 1992
Francis
was born at West Auburn, Pennsylvania the son of James Clark and Florence
Sink Brotzman. Rev. George Snyder married this couple at the Skinners Eddy United Methodist Parsonage
November 25, 1942. Jeannette was born on
Indian Hill the daughter of Hayes Augustus and Amanda Jeanette Kelley
Salsman.
They
were the parents of seven Children: Ray who married first to Julie Rau and second to Karen Shoemaker Tice Springer,
Norma Jean married Gerald Ahlbrandt,
Francis "Dale", married Carol Ann Hoose, Alan married first to Beverly
Carol Sutton and second to Pamela Barnes Schoonover, Dennis married Dorothy
Jacobus, Sue Marie married Ricky Lee Teeter and Randy never married
This photo was taken in
February 1990
November 1967, The 25th
wedding anniversary
Dennis, in the red grey
sweater, Ray, Jeannette, Francis, Alan, Sue in the white dress, Norma Jean in
pink holding Randy and Dale on the right.
Daily Review July
2000
Francis A.
Brotzman, 79, of RR1, Box 1206, Laceyville, Pa. (Beaver Meadows), passed away
at his home on Tuesday afternoon, July 4, 2000.
Born in West Auburn, Pa., on Sept. 6, 1920, he was the son of the late
Clark and Florence Sink Brotzman. His
wife was the former Jeanette A. Salsman Brotzman, who passed away on May 3,
1992. Mr. Brotzman was a dairy farmer all
of his life and owned and operated a farm in Beaver Meadows. His entire life revolved around his family
and farm. He is survived by two
daughters and their husbands, Norma Jean and Gerald Abtbrandt, of Mehoopany,
Pa., and Sue and Rick Teeter of Ulster; four sons and their wives, Ray and
Karen Brotzman of Tunkhannock, Pa., Dale and Carol Brotzman of Beaver Meadows,
Alan Brotzman of Canton and Randy Brotzman at home. Three sisters, Mrs. Mearl Brink of Laporte,
Mrs. Cecil (Pearl) Repsher of Beaver Meadows and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Cobb of
Barclay Mountain; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandsons; several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by a
son, Dennis J. Brotzman Sr., on June 30, 1997; a granddaughter, Becky Brotzman,
in 1977; and two brothers, Bryce Brotzman and Ray Elwood Brotzman. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July
7, 2000, at 2 p.m. at the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville. Calling hours will be held one hour prior to
the service. Interment will be in the
Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Jeanette A. (Salsman) Brotzman, Beaver
Meadows, Laceyville RR#1, Tuscarora Township passed away Sunday evening, May 3,
1992 the Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA. She was born at Indian Hill, Tuscarora
Township, January 27, 1925, a daughter of the late Hayes Augustus and Amanda
(Jeanette) Kelley Salsman. She was a member of the Beaver Meadows United
Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 49 years Francis A.
Brotzman; two daughters Mrs. Gerald (Norma) Ahlbrandt of Mehoopany, and Mrs.
Rick (Sue) Teeter of Ulster; Five sons, Ray Brotzman of Tunkhannock, F. Dale
Brotzman, Dennis J Brotzman and Randy L Brotzman all of Laceyville; and Alan E.
of Canton, PA; Three sisters; Mrs. Hazel May of Elmira, N.Y. and Mrs. Lillian
Ham of Horseheads, N.Y. and Mrs. Berneta Newman of Pittston, PA; a brother
Augustus Salsman of Tunkhannock; 11 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
A granddaughter Rebecca Brotzman predeceased her in 1977. The funeral services
will be held at the Sheldon Funeral home, Main Street Laceyville, with the Rev.
William Nelson, Pastor of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church
officiating.
Francis Brotzman purchased his farm on the Board Road, Tuscarora
Township, Pennsylvania in 1939. He later
purchased his father's farm right next door.
Francis and Jeanette resided there all their married lives, raising a
family of seven children. His father Clark had purchased the farm next
door from his father Elisha, who before,
had moved there about 1902. The entire
farm is now in the possession of Francis Dale and Carol Brotzman making five
generations of Brotzmans that have lived there.
Clipping from
Mae Fassett (late summer 1966)
Cattle
destroyed by lightning bolt, ten head of cattle, two cows and eight heifers
that belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brotzman of Beaver Meadows, Laceyville
R.D. were struck by lightning about 9 last Saturday evening. All valuable
animals due to freshen before mid August. All were Jerseys that had gathered
under a tall pine tree just before the electrical storm. There were eight more
animals in the field unharmed. This is not the first time the Brotzman's have
suffered from lightening. On July 2,
1955 five of the Brotzman's cows were killed lightening and were not found for
two days. ( They cremated the first set,
but Doug Clapper, with his dozer buried the last set that died by lightening
right where they died.)
Francis,
Jeanette, Ray, Jean and Dale Brotzman at the Shumway farm where Leonard and
Mearl Brotzman Brink were living at the time about 1950.
(Newspaper Clipping,
spelling is as recorded)
United in
Marriage at Skinners Eddy, Laceyville, Dec. 1, Francis Arthur Brotzman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Brotzman of Beaver Meadows, and Miss Janette Salsman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bus Salsman of Laceyville, were married in marriage on
November 25, 1942 at the Methodist
parsonage at Skinners Eddy by the Rev. George Snyder.
1940
United States Federal Census about Jeanatte Saloman
Name: Jeanatte Saloman Age: 15
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1925 Gender: Female
Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in
1940: Laceyville, Wyoming,
Pennsylvania
House
Number: 56
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Laceyville, Wyoming,
Pennsylvania
Residence
in 1935: Same Place
Household
Members: Name Age
Haye
Saloman 63
Ananda
Saloman 53
Thoedore
Saloman 30
Augustus
Saloman 20
Jeanatte
Saloman 15
Lila
Saloman 13
Betty
Saloman 10
1940
United States Federal Census about Francis Brotzman
Name: Francis Brotzman Age: 19
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1921
Gender: Male Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in
1940: Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Street: 506
Inferred
Residence in 1935: Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Residence
in 1935: Same House
Sheet
Number: 4B
Household
Members: Name Age
Clark
Brotzman 48
Florence
Brotzman 42
Francis
Brotzman 19
Ruth
Brotzman 12
Bryce
Brotzman 10
Lot
106 B. Francis Dale and Carol Brotzman
Honorary
Burial, The burials are on the Brotzman Pennsylvania Century farm, their
home but Dale and Carol do own this lot of 6 graves
Francis Dale
Brotzman November 20, 1948 - April 7, 2014
Carol Ann
Hoose March 21, 1954 -
Married March 24, 1973 by Rev. Al. B. Jayne at the Beaver Meadows U.M.
Church
Francis was the son of Francis Arthur and Jeannette Salsman Brotzman
Carol Was the daughter of Charles Frederick and Mildred 'Louise' Hoose
Shelfer.
Wyalusing
Rocket April 10, 2014
Francis
‘Dale’ Brotzman April 7, 2014
Dale
Brotzman Dale Brotzman On Monday, April 7, 2014, in the afternoon the Lord
called another of His children home. Francis “Dale” Brotzman died at Scranton
Regional Hospital, Scranton, PA. He would tell us “Do not stand at my grave and
weep, for I am not there.” He was born in Meshoppen, PA on Nov. 20, 1948, the
son of Francis Arthur and Jeanette Amanda Salsman Brotzman. He resided his
entire life on the Brotzman family dairy farm. Farming became his way of life.
He lived for his Jerseys, his family and his farm. He graduated from Wyalusing
Valley High School in May 1968 and immediately began farming with his father.
He met the love of his life, Carol Ann Hoose, at the Troy Fair in July 1970,
and the Rev. Al B. Jayne married them March 24, 1973 in the Beaver Meadows
United Methodist Church. They began housekeeping in the old farmhouse in which
his grandparents had resided. The next year their family began to grow with
Amanda being born in June 1974. They purchased interest in the family farm two
days after Charles was born in November 1975, and two days after Mary Ellen was
born in October 1977, they purchased the farm that his grandparents, Clark and
Florence Sink Brotzman, had purchased from his father, Elisha and Rose Culver
Brotzman in 1902. The farm grew, as did their lives. Jersey cattle covered the
hillsides numbering as high as 125. Farming was their life. After his father
died, they purchased the remainder of the family farm and his brother, Randy
came to live with them— the only home he too had ever known. In July 2002 both
farms were declared Pennsylvania Century farms. The original farm in Tuscarora
Township had been purchased by James C. and Margaret French Culver before 1845.
Dale was a member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church and the
Cemetery Association there. He was always helping someone do whatever needed to
be done. Even after his death, his corneas will help someone else see. In
October 2011 when his health was failing, Dale and Carol found a home for all
their Jerseys on Rock Hill with the Jimmy Milliron family. They had to go
together. They were a family too. Dale is survived by his wife of 41 years,
Carol; his daughter, Amanda Louise Kingsbury and her husband, Kevin. They have
two sons, Alex and Storm who reside in Gouveneur, NY. Their son Francis
“Charles” resides on the family farm and married Jennifer Hunsinger. They have
two sons, Damien and Tyler. Mary Ellen Brotzman resides in Berwick with her two
Rotties. He is also survived by his siblings, Ray Brotzman and his wife, Karen
of Tunkhannock, Norma Jean Ahlbrandt of Mehoopany, Alan Brotzman of Grover and
Sue Teeter of Ulster; brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Donna Spencer of
Ulster. There are many nieces, nephews and cousins that survive. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Francis Brotzman on July 4, 2000 and his
mother, Jeanette on May 3, 1992; brothers, Dennis Brotzman on June 30, 1997 and
Randy Brotzman on May 24, 2005; brothers-in-law, Gerald Ahlbrandt on Oct. 1,
2006 and Ricky Teeter on March 20, 2008; his in-laws, Charles F. Hoose on Nov.
23, 1991 and Louise Shefler Hoose on Oct. 12, 2011. It is Dale’s wish that
there be no formal services. A small private service will be held at the family
farm with a friend, Bill Beebe, officiating. Burial will be on the family farm
he loved so very much. Pallbearers that will be carrying Dale to his final
resting place will be Charlie Brotzman, George Bolles, Kevin Kingsbury, Alex
Kingsbury, Storm Kingsbury, Tyler Brotzman, Damien Brotzman, Marvin Brotzman,
Sr., Jerry Clapper and Clyde Trible. Arrangements were entrusted with Sheldon
Funeral Homes, Main Street, Laceyville. Online condolences may be made at
www.sheldonfuneralhomes.com. We are all God’s children, Thank you Lord for
letting us borrow Dale Brotzman for a short time.
If you feel
the need for donations, please donate to a local person in need or a local
charity.
The family of Dale Brotzman wishes to thank each and every one of you
that has helped us throughout his long illness. Tammy Hemmerly, his sister
Norma Jean Ahlbrandt and George and Dawn Bolles who took us where ever we
needed to go on a moment's notice. He would have never made it this long
without his favorite "Doc" Betsy Gaffney and her staff Alysha and
Nancy. A huge thank you to all our friends and neighbors who helped him
accomplish little things, that weren't so little to him. A special thank you to Dawn Bolles who held
my hand and his too as he started his new journey into that peaceful mist. Sheldon's funeral home did a fine job helping
us bring him home, to his final resting
spot on the forks of his favorite John
Deere tractor, right here on the farm he loved so much. May God bless you all
for all your help and support. His loving family, Carol, Amanda and Kevin,
Charles and Jenny and Mary Ellen. Peace
be with you all
The
Northeast Eye bank reported on April 24, 2014, that Dales eyes are helping a 77
year old gentleman in PA see and a 69 year old female in New Jersey see.
Lot
65, Jennie Brotzman and F. C. Comstock
lot
Brotzman, Jennie Culver (February 18) 1867 – 1957
(August 18)
Wm. M. Brotzman 1872 – 1926 (November 1)
Lavere son of Wm. and J. E. Brotzman, (November 3) 1903 – 1914
(September 13) Death certificate has 1902 for birthdate
Lennie and Jennie were twin daughters of James Jarvis
and Catherine Potter Culver.
Jennie
was married first on August 4, 1886 to Fernando (Nan) Comstock. He died young of a tumor May 17, 1894 and was buried in
Beaver Meadows May 19, 1894 . They had
two children Essie and Austin Comstock.
Essie married Howard Allen, and
Austin married Frances LaFrance. Jennie married second December 20, 1900 to William
Brotzman,
the son of Anthony and Permelia Bump Brotzman. They were the parents of two children Margaret and Lavere. Margaret
married Guy Champion. Lavere Brotzman died young and was buried at
Beaver Meadows.
William Brotzman had been previously married to Mary
LaFrance.
Glancing Backward of the Towanda paper...2-20-2009 75 years ago — 1934
Mrs. Jennie Brotzman and Mrs. Lennie Bennett, twin sisters, were given a
birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brotzman in Silvara a few
days ago. A delicious chicken dinner was served and birthday presents appeared
in profusion.
1910
United States Federal Census
Name:
William Brotzman [William Wotzman]
Age in
1910: 37 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace:
Pennsylvania Relation to Head of House:
Head
Father's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's
Name: Jennie Home in 1910: Falls,
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Marital
Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male
Household
Members: Name Age
William
Brotzman 37
Jennie
Brotzman 43
Lavere
Brotzman 6
Margret
Brotzman 4
May
Shragus 17 Hired girl
Harry
Gramps 23 hired man
William Brotzman in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: William Brotzman
GENDER: Male RACE: White
AGE: 56
BIRTH DATE: 27 Jun 1870 BIRTH PLACE: Auburn Twp, Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 1 Nov 1926 DEATH PLACE: Washington,
Washington, PA
FATHER NAME: Anthony Brotzman
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Permelia Bump
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
SPOUSE NAME: Jennie Brotzman
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 112405
Jennie Brotzman in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: Jennie Brotzman [Jennie Culver]
GENDER: Female RACE: White AGE: 90
BIRTH DATE: 18 Feb 1867
BIRTH PLACE: Silvara-Tuscarora Township, PA Bradford County
DEATH DATE: 16 Aug 1957
DEATH PLACE: Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: Jarvis Culver
MOTHER NAME: Catherine Potter
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 70362
Lavere Brotzman in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: Lavere Brotzman
GENDER: Male RACE: White
AGE: 11
BIRTH DATE: 3 Nov 1902 BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE:13 Sep 1914 DEATH
PLACE:Tuscarora, Bradford County PA
FATHER NAME: Wm Brotzman
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
MOTHER NAME: Jamie Culver
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 91735
Nephritis
Lot
120, Stan Hall and Marvin Brotzman lot
Brotzman, Marvin
(Merrie) (August 16) 1898 – July 24, 1980
Born
in an old farm house at Fowler Hill, Rush Township, Susquehanna County, PA.
Ida (Mae)
Brotzman (Bradshaw) January 28, 1900 – February 27, 1963
Born
at Stevensville, PA
Marvin
was the son of Elisha B. and Rose Culver
Brotzman. Rev. Harry M. Savercool
married the couple March 21, 1927 in the Camptown Methodist Parsonage by
Rev. Harry M. Savacool. Ida was the daughter of John and
Wealtha Graham Bradshaw.
They
had three Children: Elisha who married twice, first to Beverly Beebe and second to Linda Myers Allen,
Helen (Mrs. Louis Gregerson) and Melvin who married Agnes Schagen. Marvin was
born with a cleft Pallet, but he never let it hold him down.
His
daughter Helen shared with me the following: Ida and Marvin spent most of their lives in the Laceyville address
area. He was employed by the state
highways for many years. On a paving crew for a construction company. With his job he did much traveling, much to
his delight. His wife Ida was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, hiking, and
playing the organ.
A clipping from Mae Fassett
Marvin Brotzman, Carpenter Care
Center, Tunkhannock, formerly of West Auburn R.D.#1 Laceyville, passed away
Thursday (July 24, 1980) at Tyler Memorial Hospital Tunkhannock following an
illness. Born August 16, 1898, Fowler Hill, Laceyville. He was the son of the
late Elisha and Rose Culver Brotzman. He worked as a farmer and construction
worker. He is survived by his two sons Elisha J. Brotzman of Meshoppen and
Melvin W. Brotzman of Pardeesville, PA.; a daughter Mrs. Louis
"Helen" Gregerson of West Auburn R.D.#1 Laceyville. Four sisters:
Mrs. Katherine White R.D. Meshoppen, Mrs. Pauline Neeley and Mrs. Anna King both of Endicott, New
York, Mrs. Jeannette Schultz of Staten Island, New York. 14 grandchildren and
several great-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday from the
Sheldon Funeral home, Inc. in Laceyville with the Rev. William Nelson of the
Retta United Methodist Church officiating. He was buried in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery Laceyville, R.D.#2.
Clippings from the Celia Benscoter collection:
Brotzman, Mrs. Ida 63, of West Auburn died Wednesday. Funeral services
will be held Saturday from the Sheldon Funeral home Laceyville Saturday at 1
o'clock with burial in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home form 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m.
Sheldons Funeral home.
West Auburn
Brotzman, Mrs. Ida 63, of West Auburn Laceyville R.D.1 died Wednesday at
Tyler Memorial Hospital Meshoppen following a long illness. She was the wife of
Marvin Brotzman. She was born in Stevensville the daughter of John and Wealtha
Graham Bradshaw and lived in the Laceyville area most of her life. Besides her
husband she is survived by one daughter Mrs. Louis Gregerson, Laceyville R.D.1,
two sons, Elisha of Laceyville R.D. and Melvin of Drums, PA. Two sisters Miss
Mary Bradshaw of Johnson City and Mrs. Frank Donald of Horseheads; two brothers
William Bradshaw of Laceyville and John Bradshaw of Stevensville. 10
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday from the Sheldon Funeral home in
Laceyville Rev. Daniel Davis of the West Auburn Methodist Church will
officiate. Burial will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Marvin
Brotzman, "United States Census, 1940"
Event Place: Auburn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
United States
Gender: Male Age: 41 Marital Status:
Married Race: White
Relationship
to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year
(Estimated): 1899 Last Place of
Residence: Rural
District:
58-4 Family Number:42 Sheet Number and Letter:
2B Line Number: 68
Affiliate
Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 3613
Digital
Folder Number: 005456775 Image
Number: 00047
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Marvin Brotzman M 41 Pennsylvania
Wife Ida M Brotzman F 39 Pennsylvania
Daughter Helen Brotzman F 10 Pennsylvania
Son Elisha Brotzman M 8 Pennsylvania
Son Melvin Brotzman M 6
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Marvin Merrie Brotzman
County: Bradford State:
Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1898 Race:
White
Roll: 1877742 DraftBoard: 2
Ida Brotzman in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
NAME: Ida Brotzman [Ida Bradshaw]
GENDER: Female RACE: White AGE: 63
BIRTH DATE: 28 Jan 1900
BIRTH PLACE: Stevensville, Pennsylvania
DEATH DATE: 27 Feb 1963
DEATH PLACE: Meshoppen, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, USA
FATHER NAME: John Bradshaw
MOTHER NAME: Weltha Graham
SPOUSE NAME: Marvin Brotzman
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 22242
A Celia Benscoter clipping, Wyalusing Rocket Probably
West Auburn
Brotzman, Mrs. Ida 63, of West Auburn Laceyville R.D.1 died Wednesday at
Tyler Memorial Hospital Meshoppen following a long illness. She was the wife of
Marvin Brotzman. She was born in Stevensville the daughter of John and Wealtha
Graham Bradshaw and lived in the Laceyville area most of her life. Besides her
husband she is survived by one daughter Mrs. Louis Gregerson, Laceyville R.D.1,
two sons, Elisha of Laceyville R.D. and Melvin of Drums, PA. Two sisters Miss
Mary Bradshaw of Johnson City and Mrs. Frank Donald of Horseheads; two brothers
William Bradshaw of Laceyville and John Bradshaw of Stevensville. 10
grandchildren. Funeral services will be
held Saturday from the Sheldon Funeral home in Laceyville Rev. Daniel
Davis of the West Auburn Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the
Beaver Meadows Cemetery.
Lot,
43, Rose and Elisha Brotzman lot
Brotzman, Mattie 1902 – 1902 (January 3) The funeral records
record 1 month old. This is not possible
with a death date of January 3 and a birth date of 1902! So you must draw your own conclusions here. Mattie was the daughter of Elisha B.
and Rose Culver Brotzman.
Lot
103, Francis Brotzman lot
Brotzman, Randy Lee, November 28, 1960 –
SON, headstone information
Randy was born the last child born to Francis
Arthur and Jeanette Amanda Salsman Brotzman.
Wyalusing Rocket- 5/26/2005
Randy Lee Brotzman, age 44, of
RR1, Box 1206 Laceyville, PA (Beaver Meadows) passed away at the Beverly Health
Care in Tunkhannock on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Randy was born in Meshoppen on
Nov. 28, 1960, the son of the late Francis A. Brotzman, who passed
away on July 4, 2000 and Jeanette A. Salsman Brotzman, who passed
away on May 3, 1992. While he was able, Randy attended school in Towanda, where
he was also a member of the Towanda Boy Scouts. Surviving are two sisters and
their husbands, Norma Jean and Gerald Ahlbrandt of Mehoopany and Sue and Rick
Teeter of Ulster; three brothers and their wives, Ray and Karen Brotzman of
Tunkhannock, Dale and Carol Brotzman of Beaver Meadows and Alan Brotzman of
Canton; also several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Besides his
parents, a brother, Dennis J. Brotzman, Sr., preceded him in death on June 30,
1997 and a niece Rebecca "Becky" Brotzman November 30, 1977. Funeral
services will be held on Friday, May 27 at 2 p.m. from the Sheldon Funeral
Home, Main St., Laceyville, with Chaplain Karen Brotzman of the Tunkhannock
United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1 p.m.
until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, those wishing, may make
memorial donations to the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church Building Fund,
c/o Kathy Sperry, RR3, Box 53, Meshoppen, PA 18630 or to the Special Olympics.
I would like to make a note here
that Randy resided with Dale and Carol Brotzman in the only home he had ever
known, the Brotzman farm until September 2004 when his health deteriorated to
the point of needing nursing home care. He may have been born with Downs
Syndrome but he never let it get him down. Incidentally this farm was the Culver
homestead, of J. C. and Margaret
French Culver when they
arrived here before 1845. The farm was declared a Pennsylvania
Century farm in August 2001.
Randy Lee Brotzman age 14
Randy with his favorite nieces and nephews
Mary Ellen Brotzman, Curtis Teeter, Charlie Brotzman, Randy Brotzman in the
center, Amey Brotzman, Heidi Teeter and Amanda Brotzman
Lot 67, Soloman Sink lot,
grandson
Brotzman, Ray James, died at birth November 2, 1917
From a conversation with
Florence Sink Brotzman I learned he was breech birth. He died of a broken neck
which occurred while he was being born..
NAME: Stillborn Boy Bootzman
Should be Brotzman
GENDER: Male RACE: White AGE: 0
BIRTH DATE: 2 Nov 1917 BIRTH PLACE: Silvara Brad Cou
DEATH DATE: 2 Nov 1917 DEATH PLACE: Tuscarora, Bradford
Pennsylvania, FATHER NAME: Clerk Bootzman should be Brotzman
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Bradford County
MOTHER NAME: Florence Sink
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Bradford County
CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 121945
Lot 129, William Brotzman
lot
Brotzman, William M., (Mckinley) (May 9) 1896 – 1964 (October 26)
buried the 29th.
Geneva S. (Smith) (November 11) 1899 – 1922 (January 6) buried the 8th.
William was the son of Elisha and Rose
Culver Brotzman. He married August
9, 1916 to Geneva Smith the daughter of Ward and Iva Maxfield Smith.
Children: Elston Smith
Brotzman married Thelma Green; Eloise E. married Kermit (nee Temple) Nesslein;
William McKinley married Cora Morse first and second to Allie Florence Clark; Ward
Thurston Brotzman married Marie Becker, Reed Lee married Shirley Whipple; Rhea
Ann married Francis Ace; Kathryn Euleta
married Robert Brown and Regina married
Paul Baldwin. In 1944, Reed Brotzman was
killed over Holland in WWII. Shirley, his widow married second to Glenn
Brotzman a son of Foster and Annis Hall Brotzman.
Bill and Geneva Brotzman 1934 by their
cabin in Silvara, PA.
Photo from the Smith collection
William Brotzman, "United
States Census, 1940"
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 43 Marital
Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of
Household: Head Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1897 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Head
William Brotzman M 43
Pennsylvania
Wife Geneva
Brotzman F 40
Pennsylvania
Daughter Eloise Brotzman F 22
Pennsylvania
Son William
Brotzman M 21 Pennsylvania
Son Ward
Brotzman M 18 Pennsylvania
Son Reed
Brotzman M 16
Pennsylvania
Daughter Rhea Brotzman F 14
Pennsylvania
Daughter Kathryn Brotzman F 11
Pennsylvania
Daughter Regina Brotzman F 8
Pennsylvania
Obituaries from the collection
Geneva S. (Smith) Brotzman, of the
Bradford County Manor, West Burlington. PA, formerly of Silvara died Monday,
January 6, 1992 at Memorial Hospital, Towanda. She was born November 11, 1900
in Geneva, New York. She was the daughter of the late Ward and Ivah Maxfield
Smith. She was a member of the Silvara United Methodist Church, and also
attended the West Auburn Baptist Church, West Auburn. She was also a member of
the Silvara Ladies Aid Society. She will be buried in the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery January 08, 1992.
A Partial clipping states she was
preceded in death by her husband William Sr. in 1964 son Reed in 1944: brothers
Ben, Nathan and Max Smith. Surviving are sons Elston and William Jr. both of
Silvara: ward ofMitchell South Dakota. Daughters Mrs. Kermit (Eloise) Nesslein,
Silvara; Mrs. Francis (Rhea) Ace, Laceyville; Mrs. Robert (Kathryn) Brown,
Sugar Run; Mrs. Paul (Pat) Baldwin, Lawton; sisters: Mrs. Almeda Ferris,
Treasure Island Florida; Mrs. Neoma Bunnell, Lewisburg; Mrs. Leola Melan,
Laceyville; 26 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, from the Sheldon Funeral home, Main street Laceyville, with the
Rev. Timothy Barnett, pastor of the Auburn Baptist Church officiating.
Internment, Beaver Meadows.
Silvara man taken by death
Hand written October 26, 1964
William M. Brotzman 68, of Silvara,
Tuscarora Township, Laceyville R.D. , passed away Monday morning at the Tyler
Memorial Hospital in Meshoppen following several months of illness. He was born
in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County the son of the late Elisha and Rose
Culver Brotzman. He spent most of his
life in the Silvara area where he worked as a carpenter and a stone mason. He
is survived by his wife the former Geneva Smith; three sons, Elston of
Laceyville R.D.#1, Senior Master Sergeant William McKinley Brotzman Jr. United
States Air Force Waco, Texas and Ward Brotzman, Plankington, South Dakota; four
daughters, Mrs. Kermit Nesslein of Midland Park N.J., Mrs. Francis Ace Laceyville R.D., Mrs. Robert
Brown Newport News, Virginia, and Mrs. Paul Baldwin of Lawton; three brothers,
Foster, Clark and Marvin all of Laceyville; six sisters, Ms. Joseph White
Meshoppen R.D., Mrs. Paul Cobb LeRaysville, Mrs. Melvin King Buffalo, Mrs.
Sheldon King Laceyville, Mrs. Pauline
Nealy Endicott and Mrs. Jeanette Shultz of Long Island; 27 grandchildren, and 2
great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the
Sheldon Funeral home Laceyville, with the Rev. Harry Rosengrant of the Skinners
Eddy Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Beaver Meadows. Laceyville
R.D.
at Wilkes
Barre, PA
At Watkins
Glenn NY
A quilt block made by Geneva
Brotzman for the Silvara Ladies aide quilt
1920 United States Federal Census
about Geneva Brotzman
Name: Geneva Brotzman
Home in 1920: Wilkes-Barre Ward 6, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Will Brotzman
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Race: White Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Will Brotzman 23
Geneva Brotzman 20
Elston Brotzman 3
[3 2/12]
Eloise Brotzman 1
[1 8/12]
Lot 270, William and Allie
Brotzman
Florence and Bill Brotzman, their son Reed
McKinley Brotzman and son in law Clinton Allen Myers are still sitting on the shelf where their
granddaughter Tiffany Kuhn resides with her family on Route 367. They may someday be buried here.
***William McKinley Brotzman January
27, 1920 - January 26, 2003 cremated
Allie
"Florence" "Flo" Clark
March 19, 1925 - February 13, 2011 cremated
Bill proudly served in the
United States Army retiring after 29 years. Bill was known to many of his
cousins as "Jinx".
Wyalusing
Rocket January 39, 2003
Mr. William
McKinley Brotzman, Jr., who would have celebrated his 83rd birthday on Monday,
Jan. 27, 2003 of RR1, Box 1110, Laceyville, PA, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26,
2003 at his home in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA. Born in
Wilkes-Barre on Jan. 27, 1920, he was the son of the late William McKinley,
Sr. and Geneva Smith Brotzman. Mr. Brotzman was a graduate of the
Laceyville High School, Class of 1938. After high school, he entered the U.S.
Army and began his career, serving his country in the military services. During
World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater. He also served in the Korean
War and later in the Vietnam Conflict. For 29 years, he served his country,
retiring in 1969 from the U.S. Air Force, as a chief master sergeant. During
his military career, he was stationed in Greece, Morocco and Hawaii. He was a member
of the West Auburn Baptist Church. Also, every year, he enjoyed the annual
reunion with his military friends of the 8th Fighter Control Squadron. In his
spare time, he enjoyed traveling, gardening, square dancing and playing with
his grandkids and great-grandkids. He also enjoyed feeding and watching birds
in his yard. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, the former Allie Florence
Clark of Laceyville; a son, Reed McKinley Brotzman of Laceyville; a daughter,
Barbara Ann Myers of Kingston; a brother, Elston Brotzman of Silvara; two
sisters, Rhea Ace of Laceyville and Pat Baldwin of Wyalusing; eight
grandchildren, Tari Kelley of Clapper Hill, Ali Rene Aberle of Laceyville,
Greggory D. Shotwell of Laceyville, Jeffrey Shotwell of Springville, Tiffany
Shotwell of Laceyville, Nathaniel Brotzman of Lynchburg, VA, Verien Brotzman of
Plymouth Meeting and Thane Brotzman of Laceyville; five great-grandchildren,
Destiny Aberle of Laceyville, Timothy Kelley, Pamela Kelley and Jonathan
Kelley, all of Clapper Hill and Brianna Shotwell of Tunkhannock. Besides his
parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Reed Brotzman and Ward
Brotzman and two sisters, Eloise Nesslein and Kate Brown. Abiding with Mr.
Brotzman’s wishes, there will be no viewing or funeral service. Those wishing,
may make memorial contributions in memory of Mr. Brotzman to the Auburn Baptist
Church, RR1, Laceyville, PA 18623. Arrangements were made through the Sheldon
Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville.
Daily Review on
February 14, 2011
Mrs. Allie Florence Brotzman went home to be her Lord and Savior, on
Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at her home in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, Pa.
She was born in Wilburton, Okla., on March 19, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Barton Clark. Allie
was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Mr. William McKinley Brotzman, who passed away on Jan. 26, 2003.
Surviving are a son, Reed McKinley Brotzman Jr. of Laceyville, Pa.; and a
daughter, Barbara Ann Myers of Ocean City, N.J. Also surviving are two brothers,
Dennis Clark of Little Rock, Ark., and Orville Clark of Ariz. Allie has eight
grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Allie
was a member of the New Hope Ministries of West Auburn, Pa. She was privileged
to be a stay at home mother and grandmother for most of her life. While
traveling in Morocco, Africa, with her military husband, she served as
president of the NCO's wives club, and captain of the ladies base softball
team. While stationed in Hawaii, Allie trained in the art of Hula and
subsequently taught a dance school. Retirement found Allie and her husband in
Silvara, Pa., where she enjoyed long walks, gardening, and square-dancing. They
were co-founders of the Yellow Rock Square Dance Club in Wyalusing, Pa. A
memorial service will be held at New Hope Ministries Church in West Auburn,
Pa., with a fellowship dinner to follow. Interment will be at Beaver Meadows
Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, those wishing may make memorial
donations to the New Hope Ministries Church, 1575 SR367, Laceyville, PA 18623.
Arrangements were made through the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville,
Pa.
William Brotzman in the U.S., Department of Veterans
Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: William
Brotzman
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27
Jan 1920
Death Date: 26
Jan 2003
Branch 1: AF
Enlistment Date 1: 17
Feb 1941
Release Date 1: 23
Jul 1945
Branch 2: AF
Enlistment Date 2: 27
Apr 1946
Release Date 2: 31
Oct 1968
WILLIAM MCKINLEY Jr Brotzman in the U.S. Veterans
Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: WILLIAM
MCKINLEY Jr Brotzman
Service Info.: CMSGT
US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 27
Jan 1920
Death Date: 26
Jan 2003
Cemetery: Beaver
Meadows Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Laceyville,
PA 18623
Bill and Flo Brotzman
Photo's Courtesy of Tiffany Shotwell Kuhn, their
granddaughter
William Brotzman, "United
States Census, 1940"
Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male Age: 43 Marital
Status: Married
Race (Original): White Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 8-57
Family Number: 27 Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Line Number: 10 Affiliate Publication Number:
T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3443 Digital Folder Number: 005456583
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head
William Brotzman M 43
Pennsylvania
Wife Geneva
Brotzman F 40
Pennsylvania
Daughter Eloise Brotzman F 22
Pennsylvania
Son William
Brotzman M 21 Pennsylvania
Son Ward
Brotzman M 18 Pennsylvania
Son Reed
Brotzman M 16
Pennsylvania
Daughter Rhea Brotzman F 14
Pennsylvania
Daughter Kathryn Brotzman F 11
Pennsylvania
Daughter Regina Brotzman F 8
Pennsylvania
Left to right, The Smith cousins
Edward Melan, Ward Brotzman, Eloise
Brotzman, Bill Brotzman
and Leo Melan is the baby
I would like to
note that their daughter Barbara Ann Brotzman, a Registered Nurse was married
first to Wayne Wisecarver. Their children are Tari Kim Wisecarver married first
to Monte Kelley and second to Thor Trowbridge and Ali Rene' Wisecarver married
first to Hector LeyHan, second to Jeffrey Sweet Aberle and third to Bobby Valentine. Barbara married second to Greggory Shotwell and bore three
children, Greggory Dale married to Mary Louise Seidel, Jeffery William and
Tiffany Ann wife of Issac Kuhn. Barbara was married third to Douglas Bowman,
and last to Clinton Allen Myers May 21, 1994 by Rev. William Nelson in the
Beaver Meadows Church.
Florence Clark Brotzman and her son Reed Brotzman
Photo courtesy of Barbara Brotzman Myers
Daily Review on
June 29, 2011
Reed McKinley
Brotzman, who celebrated his 63rd birthday on June 15, went home to be with his
Lord and Savior on Monday, June 27, 2011. Mr. Brotzman was born in Pine Bluff,
Ark. on June 15, 1948, the son of the late William and Allie Florence Brotzman.
He is survived by his sister Barbara Myers of Ocean City, New Jersey; three
sons Nathaniel Brotzman and wife Lenea of Lynchburg, Virginia, Verien Brotzman
of Philadelphia, Pa., and Thane Brotzman of Laceyville, Pennsylvania. Also
surviving are three grandchildren: Josef, Jaelyn, and Joscelyn Brotzman; and
his former wife Nancy Hallock of Linthicum, MD. Mr. Brotzman was an elder of
New Hope Ministries in West Auburn and a board member of El Rancho De Paz in
Owego, New York. Growing up, Reed was a world traveler having lived several
places including Morocco, Greece, and Hawaii. He was a graduate of Newport News
High School, Newport News, Virginia. Upon graduation he attended Covenant
College and Christopher Newport University before entering the United States
Army to serve in the Vietnam Conflict. After serving his country he became a
certified deep sea rescue diver based out of Florida. Later, he moved to
Laceyville, Pa. where he worked for 31 years at Proctor and Gamble. After
retiring, he rekindled his passion for traveling by visiting such places as
Kiev and Sumy, Ukraine and making multiple mission trips to Khabarovsk and
Sakhalin Island, Russia to complete church construction projects and held
children's Bible camps. He also enjoyed performing with Golden Days of Radio
Players in Tunkhannock. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. at New Hope
Ministries in West Auburn on June 30, with a fellowship dinner to follow. In
lieu of flowers, those wishing may make memorial donations to the New Hope
Ministries Church, 1575 SR 367, Laceyville, PA 18623. Arrangements were made
through the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville.
Clinton A.
Myers Jr.
New Age
Examiner November 16, 2011
Clinton A.
Myers Jr. passed away at home after a brief illness on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
He was born Nov. 12, 1952, in Sweetwater, Fla. His parents were Clinton Allen
Myers Sr. and Aileen Inez Smith Myers. Clint was raised by his paternal
grandmother, Blanche Pearl Myers at Lake Carey. He attended Tunkhannock High
School after which he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He was in the active
service from Nov. 1969 until Nov. 1972. He was stationed as ground safety
during the Vietnam Conflict, during which time he was wounded in battle and
received a Purple Heart. Upon his physical recovery, Clint was transferred to
Iwakuni, Japan, where he served in the military police. Clint returned to the
United States after his discharge and moved to Texas, where he operated heavy
equipment. He returned to the Tunkhannock area and did roofing for 23 years.
During his time he married Barbara Brotzman Myers. They raised sons Greggory
and Jeffrey Shotwell, and daughter Tiffany Shotwell Kuhn. Clint is survived by
his wife Barbara Myers; daughters, Tari Trowbridge, Ali Valentine, Tiffany
Kuhn; and sons, Greggory Shotwell and Jeffrey Shotwell. He is also survived by
many grandchildren and friends. A memorial service will be held at Biblical
Baptist Church, in Meshoppen, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, with pastor Gary
Myers, Clint's cousin, officiating.
* Historians note regarding
the Brotzman Genealogy: Heinrich Brotzman resided in Stein, Germany. His son J. Frederick married Maria
Barbara Weber daughter of George and Maria Faul Weber. They came to America on the “Bilander
Thistle” October 28, 1838. Their succession goes as follows: George Adam married Ann Martha Saylor,
Johan Frederick married Sarah
Linderman, Jacob Brotzman married Susanna Metzger, and Samuel Brotzman that
married Elizabeth Mosher and came to Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. They are buried in the Jersey Hill Cemetery. He signed the Tuscarora Rush Religious Compact which later became the Beaver Meadows church. They were the parents of Anthony Brotzman that has so many
descendents connected to the Beaver Meadows Church and cemetery. He married
Permelia Bump and Frances (Frankie) Overbaugh. Children of Anthony and Permelia
are as follows: Laura Ann (Mrs. Freeman LaFrance), Elisha B. that married Rose
Culver, William that married Mary LaFrance and Jennie Culver, Edith (Mrs.
Arthur Comstock), Stephen married Sarah Jane Tiner and John C married Minnie
Bradley. Anthony married second to Frances Overbaugh, known as Frankie. Their children were as follows: Clarence
married Daisy Gotsey, Eliza (Mrs. Fred Chamberlain), Harry married Dora Potter
and Myrtle (Mrs. Earl Whipple). These families mingle with the early Bennett
and Culvers families. Family historians for this family are Carol Brotzman and
Kay Jean Ervine.
Lot 26, Perry Brown lot
Brown, babies, twin boys born dead April 14, 1937
They were sons of Claude
and Julia Cannon Brown. No headstone or marker of any kind is present in
the cemetery. Julia was pregnant with twin boys when Claude died. The boys were born to early, one died at
birth and the other lived only a few hours.
They were buried on top of their father.
The spectacular view July 8, 2013 from the Perry Brown
lot
Brown in the Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Brown Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1937 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 12 Apr 1937 Death Place: Stevens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Claude Brown
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Cannon
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 39521
Brown in the Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Brown
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1937 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 12 Apr 1937 Death Place: Stevens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Claude Brown
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Julia Cannon
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 39522
Lot 26, Perry Brown lot
Brown, Claude C. (January 17) 1896 – 1937 (March 26)
Louanna R. (Ray) (Cobb) (February 8) 1876 – 1941 (September 26) his wife, Louanna was buried beside her son Claude
September 29, 1941.
Perry M. (Morgan) Brown
(February 8) 1877 – 1948 (November 13)
Claude C Brown, the son of Perry and
Louanna. Claude married Julia Cannon.
They had 14 children: Doris (Mrs. James Howatt), Frances (Mrs.
Richard Potter), Gail (Mrs. Lowell Carpenter), Gerald, Helen (Mrs. James Learn),
Irma (Mrs. Hans Khron), Leona (Mrs. George Franklin), Olin, Delos, Eloise (Mrs.
Maynard Hawley), Merle (Mrs. Louis Alderson), Perry, and the twins that died
while she was pregnant when Claude died.
Julia Cannon Brown (June 04, 1900 - November 17, 1979 Towanda, PA) the
daughter of Charles F. and Ella Wood Cannon. Julia remarried after 1940
census to a Mr. Russick. She is buried at Camptown, PA. Perry Brown was
born to Charles and Juliet Ross Brown.
He married September 9, 1894 in Binghamton, New York to Louanna Cobb
daughter of Nathan and Josephine Culver Cobb. Children
of Perry and Louanna Cobb Brown: Claude Brown married Julia Cannon,
Floyd Brown married Laura Izetta Benninger and Marjorie married Clifford Hill.
Claude Brown in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Claude Brown
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 41
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1896 Birth Place: Spring Hill, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 26 Mar 1937 Death Place: Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Perry Brown
Father Birth Place: Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Lulanna Cobb
Mother Birth Place: Brad County, Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Julia Brown
Certificate Number: 27997
1910
United States Federal Census about Perry M Brown
Age in
1910: 33 Birth Year: abt 1877 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in
1910: Pike, Bradford,
Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male
Relation
to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married
Spouse's
Name: Lou Brown
Father's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household
Members: Name Age
Perry M
Brown 33 Lou Brown 34
Claude
Brown 14 Floyd Brown 10 Margarite Brown 4
1930 United States Federal Census
about Claud Brown
Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1896 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White Home in 1930: Stevens,
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Julia Brown
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
Claud Brown 34 Julia Brown 29
Eloise Brown 10 Leona Brown 9
Merlee M Brown 7
Gerald Brown 5 Frances Brown 3
Perry Brown 2 [2 4/12] Delos Brown 0 [8/12]
1940 United States Federal Census
about Julia Brown
Name: Julia Brown Age: 39 Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1901
Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Street: 334 Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935 Clapper Hill, Bradford, Pennsylvania Residence in 1935: Clapper Hill, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Resident on farm in 1935: Yes House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if
Rented:5 Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Name Age Julia Brown 39
Gerald Brown 15 Alin Brown 4
Francis Brown 13
Helen Brown 9 Irma Brown 6
Mae Fassett
clipping
Claude C. Brown, 41 died at the Robert Packer
Hospital, He is survived by wife Julia
and thirteen children: Ť Elsie, Leona,
Merle, Gerald, Francis, Delos, Helen, Myrna, Doris, Erma and Olin. Also
surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Brown of Stevensville, one sister Mrs. Clifford Hall,
of Rushville, and brothers Floyd Brown
of Skinners Eddy. The funeral was
held at the Perry Brown Home by Rev. C.L. Andrews. He was buried in the Beaver
Meadows cemetery, at 11 O'clock Ť(I would like to note there are only 12
children here, the twins died shortly after he died which could make 13 but in
his wife's obit we have a daughter Gail listed. However on census I do not see
a Gail or a Doris.)
handwritten
March 26, 1937
A partial
clipping of Claude Brown's obit from the Hettie Moore collection:
Claude Brown
41, of Clapper Hill dies at Hospital
Largely
attended funeral services at the home of his parents; Monday afternoon, Burial
at Beaver Meadows
Claude Brown,
41 of Beaver Meadows passed away Friday March 26 at the Robert Packer Hospital
in Sayre where he had been a patient for several weeks. Death was due to a
heart ailment. Clipping ends
A Mae Fassett
clipping.
A private
funeral for Julia Cannan Brown Russick of North Towanda, age 79 years. She died
November 17 1979, at the Towanda Hospital. She was born in Laceyville (June 04,
1900) to Charles and Ella Wood Brown Cannon. She was a resident of Bradford
County most of her life. During World War II she was employed by Sylvania
Electric. She was a member of the North Towanda United Methodist Church. She is
survived by six daughters, Mrs. George (Leona) Franklin, Mrs. Richard (Frances)
Potter, Mrs. James (Helen) Learn, Mrs. James (Doris) Howlett, Mrs. Lowell
(Gail) Carpenter, Mrs. Hans (Irma) Krohn, for sons, Gerald Brown, Perry Brown,
Delos Brown and, Olin Brown. Seventy grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her daughters Maynard (Eloise) Hawley of Stevensville
and Mrs. Lewis (Merle) Alderson of LeRaysville. Rev. Albert Cox officiated the
burial in the Camptown Cemetery
Louanna Ray Brown in the Pennsylvania,
Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Louanna
Ray Brown [Louanna Ray Cobb]
Gender: Female
Race: White Age: 65
Birth Date: 8
Feb 1876 Birth Place: Bradford
County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 26
Sep 1941 Death Place: Stevens,
Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Nathan Cobb
Father Birth Place: Susq County, Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Josephine Culver
Mother Birth Place: Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Perry Brown
Certificate Number: 81080
Perry M Brown in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Terry M Brown in the
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Terry M Brown
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 71 Birth
Date: 8 Feb 1877
Birth Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 13 Nov 1948 Death Place: Tuscarora, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Name: Charles Brown
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Juliet Snell
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 95661
Perry and Louanna Cobb Brown
Clipping of Mae Fassett:
Mrs. Perry Brown, 68, a lifelong resident of Stevensville, died at her
home Friday evening about 8:30 Her death was a great shock to her family and
friends. She had been in rather poor health for some time before going to the
Robert Packer Hospital last Friday. She returned home Thursday night, tired and
apparently went to sleep around 11 o'clock. She did not awaken to consciousness
again. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Clifford Hill of
Stevensville; one son Floyd of Stevensville; 16 grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home Monday at 2 o'clock.
Rev. Stanley I Ray officiating, and assisted by Rev. Deloss Smith. Burial will
be at Beaver Meadows
A clipping from the Fred Jayne collection
Mrs. Perry Brown, died Friday September 26, 1941 at her home in
Stevensville at the age of 65. She had been in poor health for a number of
years. Mrs. Brown had been a highly respected person in this district for 40
years. She was born February 08, 1876 in
Beaver Meadows the daughter of Nathan Josephine Cobb. She was married to Perry
M. Brown on September 09, 1894 in Binghamton, New York. Mrs. Brown was a member
of the Methodist Church at Beaver Meadows and a lifelong member of the Ladies
Aide. Her whole life had been devoted to helping others. She is survived by her
husband and one son Floyd Brown of Skinners Eddy, PA.; one daughter Mrs.
Clifford Hill of Rushville, PA.; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
The services were held the home Monday
at 2 o'clock September 29 th with the Rev Delos Smith officiating, and assisted
by Rev. Stanley Ray. Burial was in the
Beaver Meadows beside her son Claude A. Brown who died March 26, 1937. Her
death will be mourned by her many friends.
Claude Brown headstone
The Brown family history can
be traced many years. We will start from Charles Brown married to Juliet
Ross. His parents were Edward and
Rebecca Ford Brown, to William and Clarissa Maxfield Brown, to Humphrey Brown
and his first wife, to Thomas and Patricia Brockway Brown, to Thomas and
Deborah Holdridge Brown, to Thomas and Hannah Collins Brown, to Thomas and Mary
Newell Brown to Nicholas and Elizabeth Brown and finally to Edward and Jane
Leids Brown. The origination being in England.
The photo records at Perry
Browns September 1916
The photo belonged to Hettie Marbaker Moore
I assume the people are Marbakers, the Moores and Browns.
bottom photo
Perry is right in the middle
in back with his wife right beside him.
*
Historians note regarding Perry Browns family: Perry Brown's mother, Juliet Ross, was the daughter
of Harriet Devine and Otis Ross. Orlando Snell raised her as his step/daughter
for a short time. He died in the Civil
War. Juliet Ross or Snell as she is
sometimes referred to married three times. Juliet Ross Brown married first to George
Christopher Featherbay and bore one son LeRoy Featherbay who married at
least three times and maybe five times.
Juliet was second married to Charles S. Brown. He may also be buried here at Beaver Meadows
or the Whitney cemetery; They resided in
1880 in Rush Township. They were the
parents of three children Perry Brown who married Louanna Cobb, Harriet
Brown (Mrs. Charles Adelbert Harford, Mrs. George Sumner and Mrs. Louis
Knapp) and Mae Brown (Mrs. Miles Marbaker). They are all buried here. Juliet married third to Calvin
Woodruff. This marriage produced four children: Mary Lucina (Mrs. Very Bennett), Marshall,
Burt and William. With all these
marriages you can see that Perry had many siblings!
Howard Brown
No headstone, not lot number
available new section of the cemetery
Howard Brown
June 1, 1950 - March 28, 2006
His wife was Christine
Jenny Salsman, daughter of Harold
Carroll Salsman and Janette Arline Long. According to his obituary, Howard
was the son of William Frisbie and Anna
Brown.
03/29/2006 The
New Age Examiner
Howard A. Brown
of Blue Stone Road, Laceyville, died at his home on Tuesday, March 28, 2006. He was born in Sayre on June 1, 1950, son of
the late William Frisbie and Anna Brown. He was employed as a laborer in
numerous local stone quarries. He was
preceded in death by a brother, Victor Brown. He is survived by his wife, Christine Salesman
Brown; brothers, Raymond Brown, Potterville; Frederick Frisbie, Wyalusing;
William Brown, Laceyville; George Brown, Potterville; Joseph Brown, Towanda;
Norman Brown, Sayre; John McCormick, Towanda; sisters, Louise Walters,
Potterville; Darlene Bruster (Brewster), Terrytown; Carolyn Wheaton,
Laceyville; Doris May Brown, Towanda; Nellie Rose Walters, Stevensville; and
numerous nieces and nephews. A graveside
interment service was held on Saturday, April 1, at the Beaver Meadows
Cemetery.
Arrangements by
the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville.
I would like to note his father, as I
was told by his wife Christine, is William Brown.
Christine Jenny Salsman
Brown passed away April 20, 2014 and is
buried in the Bradford County Memorial Park.
Daily Review on Apr. 23, 2014
Christine Jenny
Salsman Brown, age 60, of Laceyville, Pa. passed away Sunday morning, April 20,
2014 at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pa.
Christine was born on Oct. 30, 1953, the daughter of Harold C. and
Janette Long Salsman of Laceyville, Pa.
She attended Wyalusing High School. She was employed as a team leader at
Cargill (formerly Taylor Packing) in Wyalusing, Pa. Christine enjoyed being
outdoors including gardening in her flower bed and mowing the lawn. She loved
her dogs and cats. Most of all she adored Austin Michael Button, the boy that
she raised since his birth. Besides her
parents and Austin, Christine is survived by her brothers, Steve Salsman (Barb
Cook) of Laceyville, Pa., Dean Salsman (Karla), of Laceyville, Pa., Michael
Salsman (Paula) of Sugar Run, Pa., and Tim Salsman (Michelle) of Wyalusing, Pa.
She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and brothers and sisters-in-law.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Brown on March 28, 2006.
Family and friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at
the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville, Pa. A private family service
will be held later at the convenience of the family. Interment will be in the
Bradford County Memorial Park. Online
condolences may be made at www.sheldonfuneralhomes.com. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make
memorial donations may do so in Christine's name to the Bradford County Humane
Society, PO Box 179, Ulster, PA 18850.
Lot 169
***Keith Lewis Brown
May 18, 1958 - March 22, 2003
United States Air force
His
wife is Hope Cobb daughter of Richard Floyd Cobb and Laurel Sutton.
April 17, 1961 Towanda, PA - Aug. 27,
2014 New Albany, Pa.
Keith Lewis Brown, age 44, of New Albany, Wilmot Township, PA died
Saturday, March 22, 2003. Keith was born in Montrose on May 18, 1958, a son of
Alice R. Lewis and the late John H. Brown Jr. He graduated from Wyalusing High
School, a member of the Class of 1976. He served in the U.S. Air Force from
1976 to 1980 and was formerly employed by Hoffman-New Yorker of Dushore. He
married the former Hope Cobb of Wyalusing on Aug. 16, 1997. Surviving are his
spouse, Hope and a son, Keith Austin Brown at home; brothers and sister-in-law:
John H. and Kathy Braun and James L. Brown, of Wyalusing: sisters and
brother-in-law; Karen and Earl Steele of Wysox and Kathy Varnell of Pensacola,
FL; his mother, Alice Brown of Holder, FL; sisters-in-law: Marguerite Whipple
of Sayre and Holly Vanderpool of Towanda; nieces and nephews: Austin and Lena
Varnell, Katie and Kelly Steele and Josh and Amanda Brown. A memorial service
will be held on Thursday, March 27 at 11 a.m. at the South Auburn United
Methodist Church with Mr. Calvin Cobb officiating. Interment will be in the
Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the P. Dean
Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore.
Daily Review on
Aug. 30, 2014
Hope Eileen
Brown
Hope Eileen
Brown, 53, of New Albany, Pa., passed away Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, 2014 at
her home following declining health.
Hope was born in Towanda, Pa. on April 17, 1961, the daughter of Laurel
Sutton Cobb and the late Richard Cobb. She attended Elk Lake High School and
was formerly employed by Staff Management at Proctor & Gamble in Mehoopany,
Kane's in Tunkhannock, the Jolly Trolley in Dushore, Highlands Care Center in
Laporte and by McDonald's Restaurant in Wysox. Hope enjoyed cross stitch,
fishing, flowers and gardening. Surviving are her companion, Terry Crawford of
New Albany; mother, Laurel Cobb of Meshoppen; children, Amy Lewis and husband
Chief Petty Officer, Joseph Lewis of Picayune, Miss., Monica Lewis and husband
Charlie Lewis III. of Tarboro, N.C., Keith Brown of New Albany; grandchildren,
Katherine, Meghan, Justin, Hunter, Fisher and Charlie Lewis; her twin sister,
Holly Vanderpool of Towanda; sister, Marguerite Shafer of Litchfield Township;
as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Keith Brown in 2003; and by her father, Richard Cobb in 2005. A
memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at the United
Methodist Church of Auburn with her uncle, Rev. Calvin Cobb officiating.
Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery, Tuscarora Twp., Pa. The
Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home of Towanda, Pa. is assisting Hope's family with
arrangements. The family requests that contributions in Hope's memory be
directed to the Keith Brown Continuing Education Fund in care of First Citizens
Bank, LeRaysville, PA 18829. Memories and condolences may be expressed by
visiting www.bowenfuneralhomes.com.
Lot 215, Almeda Steele lot,
son in law
Brown, Victor (James) Sr. January 1, 1952 – February 10, 1989
He was the son of William and Anna Lattimer
Brown. Rev. VanStone married Victor
Brown and Anna Steele September 17, 1976 right here at Beaver Meadows. They
were the parents of three children: Victor Jr. who married Tony Gregerson,
Tammy and Daisy. The cemetery records
record he died February 11, 1989. His
son Victor tells me the February 10 date is correct! Jenella Ryan provided the
same information on this family.
Daily Review
Victor James
Brown 36, Laceyville RD 2, died Saturday, as the result of a logging accident
in Stevens Township, Bradford Co. He was
born Jan. 1, 1953 in Sayre, son of Anna W. Lattimer Brown and the late William
F. Brown. He had spent most of his
lifetime in the Laceyville area and had been employed as a quarry worker by the
Kilmer Quarries of Stevens Township. He
is survived by his wife, Anna Steele Brown, at home; two daughters, Tammy and
Daisy, and a son, Victor James Jr., all at home; his mother, Mrs. Anna W. Brown
of Camptown; eight brothers; Raymond Brown of Rome, Fred Frisbie of Spring
Hill, Howard Brown of Black Walnut, Bill Brown of Clapper Hill, George Brown of
Stevensville, Joseph Brown of Rome, Norman Brown of Laceyville and John
McCormick of Silvara; five sisters: Mrs. Louise Walters of Rome, Mrs. Darlene
Brewster of Homets Ferry, Mrs. Carolyn Wheaton of Silvara, Miss Doris Mae Brown
of Canton and Mrs. Nellie Walter of Spring Hill; many aunts, uncles, cousins,
nieces and nephews. The funeral and
committal service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Kerr-McHenry Funeral
Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing with the Rev. Philip Wanck, pastor of the
Wyalusing United Methodist Church officiating.
Interment will be in Beaver Meadow Cemetery at the convenience of the
family. There will be no calling hours.
–
Lot 111, Ed and Jane Newhart
lot, cousin
Brugler, Sammy John, (August 14) 1944 – 1947 (June 21) He died in a
Binghamton, New York hospital.
He was the son of Francis
“Kern” and Jeanette Place Brugler.
Sammy’s mother was a sister to Katherine Place Frantz, the mother of
Jane Newhart. That is why he was buried
in this lot. They were all residing in West Auburn, Pennsylvania at the time of
his death. The Bruglers later removed to
Arizona. His headstone records "Home with the Lord"
Lot 111, Ed and Jane Newhart
lot
Brugler, Francis K (Kern), December 31, 1916 – July 1997
Francis was the son of Kern and Minnie Bennett
Brugler. He was cremated and buried
by his son in August 1997. Kern was married to Jeanette Ethel Place December
12, 1938 in Towanda, Pennsylvania. She was born in Silvara the daughter of John
Freeman and Essie Grose Place December 8, 1919. She passed July 8, 1988 in Tucson, Arizona
where she was buried. Kern did not want his son here alone. He chose to be cremated
and spread upon his son’s grave. However
the cemetery association denied his request July 18, 1997 to be spread. He was buried in a container. The headstone records Francis K Brugler
1916 – 1997, Wife Jan, son Sammy and 7 more. http://www.theplacefamily.com/bruglerww.htm
Jeannette
Ethel Place was born December 8, 1919 in Silvara, PA, and died July 8, 1988 in
Tucson, AZ
Francis
Kern Brugler was born December 31, 1916, and died March 21, 1997 in Tucson, AZ
Children
of Jeannette and Kern Brugler are:
1.
Sally Jo Brugler was born July 14, 1939
2.
Sandra Jill Brugler was born August 27, 1940
3.
Sharon Jane Brugler was born December 15, 1941
4.
Jerome Kern Brugler was born August 8, 1943
5.
Samuel John Brugler was born August 14, 1944, and died June 19, 1946
6.
Charles Place Brugler was born June 25, 1948
7.
Janette Evonne Brugler was born April 18, 1951
8.
Mark Alan Brugler was born March 8, 1960
Obituary
provided by the family
BRUGLER,
Francis Kern, 80, entered Heaven March 21, 1997. Preceded in death by wife,
Jan; son, Sammy; and grandson, Gene Housmyer. Survived by sons, Jerry (Diane),
Chuck, and Mark; and daughters, Sally (Carl) Housmyer, Sandy, Sharon (Larry)
Becker, and Jan (David) Welshenbaugh; 12 grandchildren; and 4
great-grandchildren. Memorials to Carondelet Hospice.
Leo Bolles, the photographer took this photo before they left for Arizona September 1957
Notes from Sandy Bruglar:
Oh my goodness, Carol. Where did you get that picture? I have a copy of it...we
were moving to Tucson from upstate New York in late July, 1957. We lived in the
trailer along the way, then sold it after arriving here. That's our whole
family except for little Sammy who died just before his 3rd birthday and Mark
who was born here in Tucson. That picture
brings back a lot of memories!
We had moved from PA. to
upstate N.Y. because my dad got a job at
Corning Glass Center. We lived in a wonderful small town, Savona, at that time.
However, my brother, Chuck, had rheumatic fever...would become ill every fall
and doctors told my folks that he would not live through another winter and
that we should consider a dry, warm climate like Tucson, so after family
discussion and prayer, the decision was made to move to Tucson. Chuck's
condition improved and it turned out to be a blessing for all of us. I still
love N.E. PA. in the fall of the year, but Tucson's winters can't be beat!
1940 United States Federal Census
about Kern Brugler Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1916 Gender: Male Race:White Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: Dimock, Susquehanna , Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935: Same Place Sheet Number: 4A
Number of Household in Order of
Visitation: 75
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Driver House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if
Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 1st year Duration of
Unemployment: 45 Class of Worker:Wage
or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 35 Income: 648 Income Other Sources: No
Native Language: English Social Security Number: Yes
Usual Occupation: Driver Usual Industry: Lunk
Household Members: Name Age
Kern Brugler 24 Jeanette Brugler 20 Sally
Jo Brugler 8/1
Former resident
of Silvara passes away
Mrs. Jeanette
Place Brugler of Tucson 2720 West Marmara Place, Arizona passes away unexpectedly at her home July 8,
1988. Born December 8, 1919 she was the daughter of John and Essie Gross Place.
She spent her early life in Silvara and West Auburn before she and her husband
moved to Arizona. She was an alumna of the Laceyville Class 1937 and later had
studied at Tucson University earning credits in Journalism. She was affiliated
with her daughters business Sandy Brugler and Associates as a realtor. She had
been involved with volunteer work with the Tucson Hospital, part-time for the
past few years. She is survived by her husband Kern; three sons, Jerome,
Charles and Mark; four daughters, Sally, Sandra, Sharon and Janet; a brother
John Place of Johnson City, N.Y.; five sisters, Mrs. Madge Swisher of Tampa,
Florida, Mrs. Frances Conrad, Mrs. Betti Moore and Mrs. Myrle Knapp all of
Elmira, N.Y. and Mrs. Thelma Scott of Binghamton, N.Y.; 10 grandchildren, and a
great grandchild. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her son
Sammy. Funeral services and burial was in Tucson.
Lot
136 Old Section of the Cemetery right behind the church
Burgess,
O. R. (Orlando Russell) (April 06)1849 – (February
17)1918
Ida Mamie daughter of O.
R. & E. A. died October 6, 1874
age 9 months
Eliza A. Hulbert wife of O. R.
died May 10, 1887
age 38 years 9 months 20 days Born July 29, 1848
Orlando
was born in Forkston, PA to Russell Park
and Mary Ann Adams Burgess, he
died in Evergreen, Illinois. His wife Eliza was the daughter of Stephen Burdette and Ann Eliza Hulbert
Orlando
and Eliza were the parents of 10 children:
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=steinman230052&id=I04919
John Stanley BURGESS b: 14 JAN 1871 in
Forkston, Pa.
Burleigh George BURGESS b: 12 MAR 1872 in
Forkston, Pa.
Ida Marion BURGESS b: 30 DEC 1873 in Forkston,
Pa.
Anna Rebecca BURGESS b: 23 OCT 1875 in
Forkston, Pa.
Allen Russell BURGESS b: 17 NOV 1877 in
Forkston, Pa.
Blennie Mae BURGESS b: 14 NOV 1879 in
Forkston, Pa.
Harry Raymond BURGESS b: 22 AUG 1882 in
Forkston, Pa.
Hiram Terry BURGESS b: 22 NOV 1883 in
Forkston, Pa.
Mary Elizabeth BURGESS b: 19 JUL 1885 in
Forkston, Pa.
Infant BURGESS b: 16 APR 1887 in Forkston, Pa.
that died young
1880 Census Place Tuscarora, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace
Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Orlando R. BURGESS Self
M Male W
31 PA Laborer
PA PA
Eliza Ann BURGESS Wife
M Female W
31 PA Keeping House NJ
NY
John S. BURGESS Son
S Male W 9 PA
At School PA PA
Burleigh BURGESS Son
S Male W
8 PA At School
PA PA
Anna B. BURGESS Dau
S Female W
4 PA PA
PA
Allen R. BURGESS Son
S Male W
2 PA PA
PA
Charlotte B. BURGESS Dau
S Female W
6M PA PA
PA
Lot 125, Alan Brotzman lot
Button, Nicole Renee, December 22, 1976 – January 10, 1977
Nicole was the daughter of Paul
and Connie Louise Brotzman Button. She was 20 days old when she
passed. She was originally intended to
be buried in her grandfather Bryce Brotzman’s lot 130. However with the snow cover there was a mix
up and she was actually buried in what was to become the Alan Brotzman
lot. The error wasn’t found for quite
some time.
* Historians note regarding Bryce
Clark Brotzman: He was born in
Beaver Meadows to James "Clark" and Florence Ruth Sink Brotzman
February 17, 1930. He passed away March
25, 1991 in Tunkhannock, PA. He was buried in the Sunnyside Cemetery,
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He married
twice, the first time on August 20, 1949 to Betty Louise Roof. Their children were: JoAnn, Jack, Rose,
Connie, Cindy and Terry. He married
second to Doris Montgomery September 23, 1967 and became the father of
two more children Steve and Melissa. Melissa holds the deed to the lots in
Beaver Meadows at this time.
Nicole Button
Photos provided
by Rose Brotzman Hemenway
Lot 282, Herb and Dean Button
lot, daughter
Button, Betty
Palestine, known as Patsy
Died April 10, 2000. Patsy
was born September 7, 1944 the daughter of Herbert Keith and Alma "Dean"
Baker Button in Boaz, Alabama. She was the mother of one daughter, Heidi
Jo Fusare who resided in France with her husband at the time of Patsy's
passing. Patsy was cremated and buried April 22, 2000.
* Historians note regarding
the Button family that was very much involved with the church here at
Beaver Meadows:
Patsy
is the lady in blue with her sisters Sue and Judy singing at at Beaver Meadows church Hymn sing
***Herbert Keith Button served in the US Army during World War II.
It was while he was stationed at Camp Siebert near Rome, Georgia that
Herb met Alma Dean Baker. They
married November 20, 1943 in Rome, Georgia. Herb was born in
Springville, Pennsylvania to Glenn Lester and Emma Jean Lance Button. Alma
“Dean” Baker was daughter of Walter Brewer and Ada Palestine Hill
Baker from Boaz, Alabama. They knew each other for two weeks when they
married, a marriage that lasted 54 years. Dean was very proud of her American Indian
ancestry and family.
*** Button, Herbert Keith, June 29, 1919 - October 30, 1998
Button, Alma Dean Baker, June 13,
1921 – January 1, 1996.
There was a memorial service
held here at the church for Dean Button January 5, 1996.
Both Herb and Dean were
cremated and finally buried on the Thomas Beitel property in Auburn
Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania October 1999 in the family
plot. They had originally planned to be
buried here at Beaver Meadows, however Herb was displeased with the new prices
being charged by the cemetery association.
He declared at the spring meeting in 1998 that he and the “old lady”, as
he graciously called Dean would be buried in sitting on the shelf in the Tom
and Sue Beitel basement, not buried here!
Children: Patsy listed above,
Judith Marcia (Mrs. Henry Martin Stein III and Mrs. Clayton Ellis), Linda Jean
(Mrs. Leslie Millard), Susan Kay (Mrs. Nick McLaughlin, Mrs. Thomas Beitel) and
Kelli Dean (Mrs. Ron Fletcher, Mrs. Fish and Mrs. Leslie Honeywell)
A special
Cemetery Association meeting Friday night July 18, 1997 in the church basement. The reason was to vote on whether or not to permit Kern Bruglers ashes
to be spread on his baby son Sammy
Bruglers (1944 - 1947) grave. The request was denied,
with the vote to only permit packaged burials. The price of cremation
burials was raised to $75.00 and additional charges for a lot.
The price of a gravesite was
still $50.00 per grave and the cost of
cornerstones till fall when a raise in price is planned. A cremation grave of
48" wide can be purchased for $50 per grave site as of now.
If you are to be buried on top of
an existing grave, there will be an additional charge of $50.00 per
grave, even though it is an
existing grave. No headstone can be
placed in a cemetery more than 48 inches wide was also
passed. All motions for
these changes came from the President Dale
Bennett, and Morris and Charlotte
Fassett. Also present at the
meeting were Joyce Sharer, Howard Bond,
Herb Button, Dale Brotzman and Douglas Clapper. This is why Herb and Dean are
not buried in the cemetery here at Beaver Meadows. Herb Button, Howard Bond and
Dale Brotzman objected to the motion which was carried.
Wyalusing Rocket
Herbert Keith Button, long time R.D.#1,
Laceyville, PA. (Clapper Hill) resident
died in his sleep early Friday morning, October30, 1998 attended by members of
his family. He was born in Springville, in 1919 (June 29), the son of the late
Glen Button and Jean B. Lance Martz. Herb and his late wife Dean returned directly to this area following his
discharge from the service in 1945 where they raised five daughters. During
World War II Herb served as a medical corpsman with the 77th division U.S. Army
Infantry in the Pacific Arena, enjoying duty in various locations including the
Philippines and Japan. Among family and
friends, Herb was an outdoorsman, with vast knowledge of the wildlife, as well
as the trees and plants, from Insect larvae to animal tracks. Herb would be
called for identification. Herb was a member of the Beaver Meadows United
Methodist Church for several decades where he also taught adult bible study and
was involved in many projects over the years.
Herb is survived by his daughters Patsy Button of Neshanic, N. J.,
Judith Ellis of Ulster, Susie Beitel and
Kelli Honeywell both of Laceyville. brothers: Wayne Button of Ulster and Darwin Button of Harpursville,
N.Y., sisters Bette Carr, Wyalusing, Billie Stalford, Ulster and Cynthia White
of Harpursville, N.Y. He will also be remembered by his 14 grandchildren, 11
great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Herb was preceded in death
by his dear wife of 54 years Alma Dean Baker on January 1, 1997, and a daughter Linda Button Millard March 14,
1984. A memorial service was held at the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church
on Monday evening November 2 at 7 p.m.
with Rev. William Nelson officiating.
Herb working
on the new church floor
Wyalusing Rocket
Mrs. Alma (Dean) Baker Button age 75, of
R.E.#1 Box 73 Laceyville, PA 19623 (Beaver Meadows) passed away at her home in
Beaver Meadows after a lengthy illness on Wednesday evening January 1, 1997,
surrounded by her devoted family. Dean was born in Boaz, Alabama June 13, 1921,
the daughter of the late Walter B. and Ada P. Hill Baker. She graduated from
the Walnut Grove High school in Walnut Grove, Alabama. She was a devoted
housewife and active member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, and
also served as Superintendent of Sunday school as well as Sunday school treasurer.
She was a member of the United Methodist Women, and the member and president of
the Beaver Meadows Ladies Aid. At the age of 55 Dean started the hobby of
acrylic painting, and had many of her paintings shown in various local
businesses and local shows. She is survived by her loving husband of 53 years
Herbert K. Button; daughters Patsy Button of Neshanic, N. J., Judith and
Clayton Ellis of Ulster, Pa., Susie and
Tom Beitel of Transue, Pa. and Kelli and Les Honeywell of Sugar Run, PA. A brother
Earl Baker of Boaz, Alabama and sisters Jean Collier of Boaz, Alabama. 14 grandchildren, 10 great grand children;
several nieces and nephews. she was preceded in death by a daughter Linda
Millard who died in 1984. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, January 5
at 2:30 p.m. from the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church with Rev. William
Nelson officiating. At Dean's request, there will be no calling hours.
Arrangements were made through the Sheldon's Funeral home, Main Street
Laceyville, PA. In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the
Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church c/o Mrs. Donna Bennett, R.D.#1
Laceyville, PA 18623 or the Laceyville Ambulance Association c/o Mrs. Mable
Clark, Main Street Laceyville, PA. 18623
From my notes as Church historian: Church events started out January 5, 1997 on
a sad note. A memorial service for a
church member and officer, a Ladies Aide past President, Sunday School treasurer,
and our dear friend Dean Button who passed away at home after a valiant battle
for life. I must quote her husband Herbert Button here as he would say, "do not cry for those who have died, a
greater place awaits, cry for that little baby who is born, and the turmoil's
that await its future." A family
luncheon served in the downstairs hall followed the service by Rev. Bill
Nelson. Memorial donations were made to
the church and to the Laceyville Ambulance Association
Courtesy of Hilary Brown,
her granddaughter.
Rev. Margaret Reid, Alice Sivers and Dean
Button after church service one morning.
This was Herb and Dean Button in all their glory at the church auction in 1993 when the original church Bell was sold to Roy Alfred Herman. The little lady in front is Brittani Hollister.
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