Beaver Meadows Cemetery
March 17, 2016
There are two unmarked graves with flags, representing soldiers of the Civil War alongside the cemetery fence adjacent to the parking lot. Glenn Bennett tried to ascertain the names of these soldiers, but was unable to accomplish this task. All we know is that they are numbered 138 and 112. When the American Legion was asked, the answer was no records were kept. Two more unknown soldiers, that someone once knew who was. Gone but not forgotten here.
There are two broken bits of a head stone in the old part of the cemetery which do not appear to be from the same stone. The first is a partial recording with the name William H. It is on a stone with a curved top nothing more can be found, it now leans against the R.J. Hall Stone just up from the entry gate by the church. The second, is a small middle section of a stone that has a partial name ?way died 1870. This is located three rows down from the top of the cemetery by the church. This is probably the stone for the Shumway children that have been included on a new family stone. Field stones mark unknown graves.
Funerals held at the Beaver Meadows Meeting House (Church);
I am including a very few of the records of the Reverend D.D. Gray shared to me by Marie VanDeMark. These have been hand copied a few times so there could be errors, but the basics are good. These records can be found at the Laceyville Oldest House and the Wyoming County Historical Society in Tunkhannock, PA.
Funerals held at the Beaver Meadows Meeting House (Church) conducted by Elder Rev. D.D. Gray. He was a local Elder, and the Pastor of the (Laceyville) Braintrim Baptist Church for 31 years. He was never the pastor at the Beaver Meadows or Bixby (Which ever name that was in use at that time) Meeting House. The records of the Freewill Baptist Church of Silvara mention meetings held at Fowler Hill. They used the Bishop School house for religious services. I am sure he was a traveling preacher.
These records are from the Elder Reverend D. D. Grey. During this time period Reverend Grey was the minister for the Laceyville Baptist Church, serving as Elder.
Charles Bennett, funeral from the Beaver Meadows Meeting House August 18, 1862, burial was probably at Fowler Hill, there is a headstone for Charles Bennett there. Psalm 39:4 was the sermon. * Historians note from the Bennett Genealogy; His dates are June 6, 1827-August 1, 1862. He was the son of Ferris and Nancy Bennett who died at 35 years 27 days 1 month
Bixbys Meeting House was the setting for the funeral of Mr. Marbakers child November 2, 1862. The sermon was John 14:3. The burial was Fowler Hill. There is a headstone for Phillie Marbaker, child of Edmund and Thankful Marbaker there which died November 1, 1862.
A child of Perry Babcock ( his wife was Mary Culver), funeral November 7, 1863, from the Beaver Meadows Meeting House, burial where ?, Beaver Meadows or Fowler Hill ? The sermon was 1 Corinthians 15:15, 52.
Wife of D.D. Bennett, funeral from the Beaver Meadows Meeting House, November 3, 1863, burial probably at Fowler Hill, there is a headstone there.* Historians note from the Bennett Genealogy; Harriet E. Hoadley The headstone records died November 22, 1862 or 3 age ? She was the daughter Peleg and Polly Hoadley. Peleg died in May 1838.
Child of D.D. Bennett, funeral October 1, 1864 at Beaver Meadows Meeting House. Burial probably Fowler Hill. The sermon was Job 1:21.
* Historians Note; A child of D.D. Bennett has a headstone at Fowler Hill. Charles Bennett died October 1, 186? by stone.
Fowler Hill Church services from the Bishop School house were terminated about the time of the Civil War, that would explain using the Beaver Meadows Meeting House as the closest church for these funerals. Fowler Hill at that time era was listed with the Freewill Baptist Church records of Silvara, later as a Methodist School House Charge.
Rush Township
Susquehanna
County PA
2005
* Historian notes: From the Bicentennial Braintrim Baptist Church 1794-1994 booklet regarding the Elder D.D. Grey.
The following is the basic early history of the how the Baptist belief got started near started Laceyville. Mr. Samuel Sturdevants family was simple, numbered 11. On May 24, 1794 he formed the Braintrim Baptist church with just 11 members at Black Walnut bottom. The members were as follows: Samuel Sturdevant, Sarah Sturdevant, Joseph Westcot, Hannah Westcot, Jedidiah Coon, Olive Coon, Azor Sturdevant, Fear Sturdevant, Noah Sturdevant, Molly Sturdevant, and Samuel Sturdevant Jr. Samuel Sturdevant was licensed to preach October 25, 1794, at aged 54 years. The first to follow her father's guidance and be baptized was his daughter Sarah. She became the wife of Jacob Grey, mother of Elders Davis Dimock Grey and H.H. Grey. D.D. was probably named for the Baptist minister Davis Dimock who was preaching in the Montrose area at that time. On May 24, 1834, D.D. Grey and Isaac
Lake became licensed to preach. Rev. Fox resigned from the Braintrim Baptist Church in 1836, and the Rev. Davis Dimock took over. Rev. D.D. Grey had been a pastor at a church in Princeton, New Jersey, but he had been a spiritual child of Braintrim, a grandchild of the founder of the church, Samuel Sturdevant. He became the new pastor at Braintrim November 23, 1849, serving for 22 years. He had been converted at the age of nine years, baptized in to Braintrim, licensed to preach May 24, 1834, and ordained in Montrose 1836. Rev. D.D. Grey preached 4,899 sermons by his 40th anniversary, and had baptized over 700 people. When he had served Laceyville about twenty years he resigned, Rev. J.A. Bell took the helm over for about one year. The church then recalled Rev. D.D. Grey to serve again. He served 11 more years, a total of 31 years as Pastor of the Laceyville (Braintrim) Baptist Church until his death February 9, 1881. He added 91 members to the roll by baptism. Friends of the Rev. D.D. Grey erected a monument in his honor at the Lacey Street Cemetery where he was lain to rest eternally. The cost of the monument was $308.00, it was unveiled Memorial Day 1883. There is a window on the North side of the auditorium in the Laceyville Baptist Church that signifies Rev. D.D. Greys life. The window has a Cross, The Fruit, and The Crown. These representing his life, by the first he was saved, the second he bore life, and the third he now wears in eternal life. We know that Rev. Grey served the members of our church, and the Freewill Baptist Church of Silvara. His records reveal much about local history, not just at Laceyville but throughout the area as he was the Baptist Elder serving our local region, and remember we were a Union Church with all beliefs, his records prove it.
* Historians note: The Reverend Grey had been married twice, once to Mary Black (1811-1864), a sister to Nancy Black Bennett. Therefore, an uncle to all the Bennett relatives here, and to Polly Ann Harsh. Rev. Grey married second to Mrs. Elizabeth Tompkins, who died at age 94. She is buried in the Hanover-Green cemetery, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
FOWLER HILL CEMETERY 1994 and 1999:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasulliv/churches/FowlerHill.htm
http://www.joycetice.com/cemb/fowlerhill.htm
I have included a few more records of Rev. D.D. Grey associated with the area,
Stevensville, 5 Feb. 1861, funeral of Mr. Featherbay, Text Rev. 1:7
Preformed at the Tuscarora Creek, 26 May 1865, funeral of Clark Warner, text 1 Cor.7: 29
Rush --- Speech at the laying of the cornerstone to the meetinghouse. July 11, 1866
Beaver Meadows Cemetery
February 9, 2014
Plot Maps and Lot Numbers
The following pages are plot maps of the Beaver Meadows Cemetery given to me by Douglas Clapper in 1995. There are several copies circulating but all are basically the same. I do not know who initially did the drawing, I suspect Glenn Bennett. The interments for each lot number are listed below the plot maps.
Beaver Meadows Cemetery
April 24, 2016
These are the plot owners as of August 1995. I was loaned these records by Douglas Clapper and Dale Bennett. They are recorded just as they were found.
The Beaver Meadows Cemetery plotted lot by lot
Lot Numbers:
lot 1; Row A; Pickett, Henry
lot 2; Row B; Pickett, W.A.
lot 3; Row C; Pickett, M.J.
lot 4; Row D; Pickett, Marvin and King, Melvin
lot 5; Row E; Bennett, N.C. and Bennett, Wayne
lot 6; Row F; Bennett, D.D.
lot 7; Row G; Bennett, A.E.
lot 8; Row H; Place, C.A.
lot 9; Row I; Cobb, D.C. and Steiger, A.D.
lot 10; Row J; Cobb, N.C. and Olin
lot 11; Row K; Culver, C.B.
lot 12; Row L; Carter, J.G.
lot 13; Row M; Carlin, L.D.
lot 14; Row N; Babcock, N.P.
lot 15; Row O; Hall, O.L.
lot 16; Row P; Bennett, V.D.
lot 17; Row Q; Bennett, V.D.
lot 18; Row R; unknown: may be Riley, Rufus and Pardon Potter
lot 19; Row Q; Sink, W.L.
lot 20; Row P; Baker, Wm.
lot 21; Row O; Maxfield, A.J. and B.H.
lot 22; Row N; Blakeslee, E.L.
lot 23; Row M; Marbaker, Joseph
lot 24; Row L; Clapper, E.L. and H.C.
lot 25; Row K; Strickland, N.C.
lot 26; Row J; Brown, P.M.
lot 27; Row I; Wage, H.O. and Chester
lot 28; Row H; Hoover, George
lot 29; Row G; Clapper, O.D.
lot 30; Row E; McLaud, Samuel
lot 31; Row D; King, Charles
lot 32; Row C-1; McLaud, Guy
lot 33; Row C; Pickett, Samuel
lot 34; Row B; Wootton, George
lot 35; Row A; Wootton, Olin
lot 36; Row A; Sharer, Walter H.
lot 36b; Row A-1; Sharer, Kenneth and Howard
lot 37; Row B; Garris, William
lot 38; Row C; Grannis, George
lot 39; Row C-1; Mitchell, David
lot 40; Row D; Harsh, Ann
lot 41: Row E; McLaud, J.P.
lot 42; Row G; Rought, Wm. S.
lot 43; Row H; Brotzman, Elisha
lot 44; Row I; Culver, James J.
lot 45; Row J; Hoadley, Charles O.
lot 46; Row K; Clapper, J.F. and Garris, J.A.
lot 47; Row L; Clapper, Estella
lot 48; Row M; Herman, William
lot 49; Row N; Marbaker, John
lot 50a; Row O; Brotzman, Clark 2 grave
lot 50b; Cobb, Robert and Ruth 4 grave
lot 51; Row P; Hogeboon, James O.
lot 52; Row Q; LaFrance, Levi
lot 53; Row R; Baker, Dorsey
lot 54; Row S; Wakely, Wm.
lot 55; Row S; Hawley, Adella
lot 55a; Row T; Steiger, Elizabeth
lot 56; Row R; Place, John
lot 57; Row Q; Parys, Louis
lot 58; Row P; Bennett, Chester and Gordon
lot 59; Row O; Hitchcock, Nellie
lot 60; Row N; Hitchcock, Lizzie and Floy
lot 61; Row M; Clapper, James W.
lot 62; Row L; Smith, Ward
lot 63; Row K; Otis, A.R. and Beeman, Nolan
lot 64; Row J; Tyrrell, Merton R.
lot 65; Row I; Brotzman, Jennie, and Comstock, F.C.
lot 66; Row H; Wood, George
lot 67; Row G; Sink, Soloman B.
lot 68; Row E; McLaud, George and Dunbar
lot 69; Row D; Woodruff, Calvin
lot 70; Row C-1;
lot 71; Row C; Whitney, W.B.
lot 72; Row B; Smith, Ernest
lot 73; Row A; Sharer, Llewellyn
lot 73b; Row A-1; Campbell, Randy and Sandy
lot 74; Row A; Bennett, Marion
lot 74b; Row A-1;
lot 75; Row B; Chapple, Joseph and Elsie
lot 76; Row C; Hall, Frank
lot 77; Row C-1; Hall, Fred
lot 78; Row D; Marbaker, Miles B.
lot 79; Row E; Devine O.B. and John O.
lot 80; Row G; Baker, George
lot 81; Row H; Bennett, Howard I.
lot 82; Row I; Harford, Adelbert
lot 83; Row J; Woodruff, B. Frank
lot 84; Row K; Millard, Amasa and Blake
lot 85; Row L; Devine, Daniel
lot 86; Row M; Warner, Milton - Larish Elmer
lot 87; Row N; Trible, Glenn
lot 88; Row O; Woodruff, W.H.
lot 89; Row P; Whitney, E.L. and Bryce
lot 90; Row Q; Denson, Perry
lot 91; Row R; Hawley, Nellie
lot 92; Row N; Cobb, Elwin and Wilson, Kenneth
lot 93; Row M; Marbaker, Morton maybe a 3 grave lot
lot 93 1/2 3 grave lot
lot 94; Row L; Wootton, John 1/2 lot Ralph Stanton
lot 95; Row K; Brink, Walter
lot 95w; Row K; Millard, Harry
lot 96; Row J; McLaud, Paul
lot 97; Row I; Brink, Theodore
lot 98; Row H; Goodwin, Fred
lot 99; Row G; Grannis, Edward J.
lot 100; Row E; Marbaker, Clarence and Raymond
lot 101; Row D; Marbaker, Edward Junior
lot 102; Row C-1; Shook, Paul 1/2 lot Benscoter, Fred
lot 103; Row C; Brotzman, Francis, Dale and Carol Brotzman retain the original deed
lot 104; Row B; Marbaker, Oscar
lot 105; Row A; Chaffee, Sereno
lot 105b; Row A-1;
lot 106; Row A; Brink, Leonard
lot 106b; Row A-1; Brotzman, F. Dale and Carol
lot 107; Row B; Repsher, Leland
lot 108; Row C; Place, Otto and Lyle
lot 109; Row C-1; Hunsinger, Glenn
lot 110; Row D; Clapper, Clifford
lot 111; Row E; Newhart, Ed and Jane
lot 112; Row G; Bell (2 grave lot)
lot 112b; Dobos, William and Bertha 4 graves on the North
lot 113; Row H; Wood, Charles
lot 114; Row I; Garris, N.G. and Frank
lot 115; Row J; McLaud, Marion C.
lot 116; Row H; John McCormick 3 grave lot
lot 116a: 3 grave lot
lot 117; Row G; McCormick, Donald 3 grave lot
lot 117a: 3 grave lot
lot 118; Row E; Owens, Floyd
lot 119; Row D; Singer, Sam 3 grave lot
lot 119a: 3 grave lot
lot 120; Row C-1; Hall, Stan and 1/2 Brotzman, Marvin
lot 121; Row C; Clapper, Donna (Adams)
lot 122; Row B; Repsher, Cecil (Milton)
lot 123; Row A; Marbaker, Harry
lot 123b; Row A-1; Marbaker
lot 124; Row A; Bennett, Richard
lot 124ba; Row A-1; David Olmstead 1 grave
lot 124Bbc: Proof, Helen and Donald 2 grave lot
lot 125; Row B; Brotzman, Alan 5 graves
lot 126; Row C; Place, Alfred and Barbara
lot 127; Row C-1; Sivers, Webb
lot 128; Row D; Devine, Harold
lot 128A; Row D; Grover, Andy 4 bodies one grave, cremated
lot 128cd; Marie Devine to Rev and Mrs James Smith 2 graves
lot 129; Row C; Brotzman, Elston S.
lot 130; Row B; Brotzman, Bryce (he is buried in Sunnyside Ceme
tery Tunkhannock, Pa.)
lot 131; Row A; Cobb, Paul H.
lot 131b; Row A-1; Benscoter, Gerald
lot 132; old
lot 133; old
lot 134; old
lot 135; old
lot 136; old
lot 137; old
lot 138; old
lot 139; old
lot 140; old
lot 141; old
lot 142; old
lot 143; old
lot 144; old
lot 145; old
lot 146; old
lot 147; old
lot 148; old
lot 149; old
lot 150; old
lot 150a; William Schweitzer, to be buried next to Amelia Tiffany if there is room, there wasn't, he was buried here. Cremation. If the lot is not needed, it returns to the cemetery, originally
a one grave lot sold by Max Whitney to Bill Schweitzer.
lot 150b; Wheaton, Fred and Guy
lot 150d; Meehan, Debra Morgan
lot 151;
lot 152;
lot 153;
lot 154;
lot 155;
lot 156a; Marbaker, Albert and Emily 3 graves
lot 156b; Helvig, Kovalick 3 graves
lot 157; Thompson, Arbutus
lot 158; Bennett, Dale and Donna
lot 159; Whitney, Carl
lot 160;
lot 161;
lot 162;
lot 163;
lot 164;
lot 165;
lot 166; Bennett, Edward Ferris
lot 167; Frisbie, Kay (Thompson)
lot 168; Bennett, Dean and Diane
lot 169; Cobb, Richard
lot 170;
lot 171; Trible, Clyde and Marie
lot 172; Cobb, Glenn
lot 173; Melan, David and Joyce, Eugene and Sandy
lot 174;
lot 175a; Rapp, Micky and Sherri 4 grave
lot 175b: Henry and Beverly Stanton 2 grave
lot 176a; 4 grave
lot 176b; Harvey, Lisa and Stiril 2 grave
lot 177;
lot 178; Bond, Howard and Doris
lot 179; Glaser, Richard W. and Catherine C.
lot 180; Wells, William and Ellen (Thompson)
lot 181; Bennett, Boyd and Shirley
lot 182; Lockwood, James and Phyllis, 2 graves, 4 graves Dale and Carol Brotzman
lot 183;
lot 184; Trible, Clyde
lot 185; Searfoss, Joyce
lot 186; Melan, Eugene and Sandy
lot 187; Gregerson, Louis and Helen
lot 188; McLaud, Richard
lot 189;
lot 190;
lot 190b: William and Sandra Jayne 2 grave
lot 191; Thomas, Matthew and Theresa Stanton
lot 192a; Henry Stanton Junior, and Maureen 4 grave
lot 192b: William and Audrey Eberhardt 2 graves
lot 193; Kelley, Robert and Pat
lot 194; James and Maria Canfield
lot 195a; Stanton, Henry and Beverly 2 graves
lot 196;
lot 197;
lot 198; Rowe, Charles and Alice
lot 199;
lot 200a; Decker, Ted and Alta 2 graves
lot 200b Kumetz, Guido 4 graves
lot 201; Russell and Crystal Hons
lot 202; Marilyn Bishop, James Edward Melan (2 graves)
lot 203; Millard, Glenwood
lot 204ab; Laurence and Donna McLaud Norton 2 grave lot
lot 204Acd; Norton, Paul E 2 grave
lot 204b; 2 grave lot
lot 205;
lot 206; Whipple, Elias LeRoy and Irene
lot 207; Voda, Richard and Linda
lot 208a
lot 208b; Donahue, Sharon
lot 209;
lot 210;
lot 211; Clapper, Douglas and Virginia
lot 212a; Canfield, Clifford 2 grave lot
lot 212b; Canfield, Clifford Jr 2 grave lot
lot 212c; Walliken, Michael and Geneva 2 grave lot
lot 213; Repsher, Cecil and Pearl
lot 214; Ellsworth, Charles and Caroline
lot 215; Steele, Almeda
lot 216; Brown, Barbara and William
lot 217;
lot 218;
lot 219a; Milton Repsher Jr 4 graves
lot 219b; Card, Richard and Candy 2 graves
lot 220a; Melan, William and Amy 3 graves
lot 220b; Newell, Gregory and Colleen
lot 221; Sands, Sabrina 1 grave
lot 221a; Sands, Robert and Kate 4 graves
lot 222;
lot 223;
lot 224;
lot 225;
lot 226; Brotzman, Elston
lot 227; Groover, Francis and Virginia
lot 228; Garris, Odessa
lot 229a;
lot 229b; Donahue, Randall and Helen
lot 230;
lot 231; Clapper, Dennis and Pat
lot 231b;
lot 232; Clapper, Douglas and Virginia
lot 233; McGavin, Clara Canfield Keener
lot 234; Crawford, Lewis and Kathy (now Kathy Teetsels lot)
lot 235; Friedemann, Earl and Emma
lot 236;
lot 237; Armbsby, Lee and Walters, Louise
lot 238;
lot 239;
lot 240; Milton and Neta Repsher
lot 241A; Newell, Gregory and Colleen 2 graves
lot 241b; 4 graves
lot 242; Ryan, George and Jenella
lot 243;
lot 244;
lot 245;
lot 246; Spires, Thelma and Elinor
lot 247; Ace, Francis and Rhea
lot 248;
lot 249; Brotzman, Elisha and Linda
lot 250;
lot 251;
lot 252; Cobb, James and Eleanor
lot 252b;
lot 253;
lot 254;
lot 255;
lot 256;
lot 257; Bennett, Brian and Dianne
lot 258; Camp, Deborah and David
lot 259; Fassett, Morris and Charlotte
lot 260;
lot 261;
lot 262;
lot 263;
lot 264;
lot 265ab; Monroe and Diane Ryan 2 graves
lot 266;
lot 267;
lot 268;
lot 269;
lot 270;
lot 271;
lot 272;
lot 273;
lot 274;
lot 275; Daniel and Rita Clapper
lot 275b;
lot 275c
lot 276;
lot 276b;
lot 277;
lot 278;
lot 279;
lot 280;
lot 281;
lot 282; Button, Herbert and Dean, Jeff and Isaac Millard
lot 283; McLaughlin, Liza and Hillary
lot 284;
lot 285;
lot 286;
lot 287;
lot 288;
lot 289;
lot 290;
lot 291;
lot 292;
lot 293;
lot 294;
lot 295;
lot 296;
lot 297;
lot 298;
lot 299b;
lot 300; Linda Krukowski
lot 301; Clapper, Tina and Jerry
lot 295;
lot 296;
lot 297;
lot 298;
lot 299;
lot 299b;
Beaver Meadows Cemetery
April 24, 2016
* Historians note: From a cemetery association meeting, date early 1990's, the driveway up through the cemetery was to be sold for burial lots. It was reported that they were all purchased by Glenn Bennett. I have not found any mention of this on the plot owners records of Dale Bennett or Douglas Clapper. I have not been permitted to view the secretaries records to verify this. My husband Dale Brotzman was a member and related this to me.
* Historians note: It was reported at the October 24, 1996 cemetery association meeting that Bill and Florence Brotzman purchased a lot in the cemetery, and that Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Ryan purchased 2 graves.
The cemetery had been cataloged by Hedy Chaffee between 1980 - 1989, and Carol Brotzman in 1995 - 2016
Family information in the cemetery section comes from the following sources:
Hedy Chaffees records and Tuscarora Township Historical Society files, Betty Smith and the Montrose Historical Society, Eva Bannon and her family records, The Bennett Genealogy, The Brotzman Genealogy, Glenn Bennett, Dorothy Bennetts records, Donna and Dale Bennett, Janella Garris Ryans records, Marie Woodruff VandeMarks records, Linda Culver Englishs records, Carol Brotzmans records, Helen Brotzman Gregersons records, Linda Gregerson Whipple, Jeannie Hibbard Yurgatis, Jeannie Grow Hibbards records, Ray Marbakers records, Bessie Donahue Benscoters records, Margaret Donahue, Dean Button, Mary Schweitzers records, Clyde Trible, Holly Cobb, Muriel Whitney, Carol Walker Comstocks records, Jane Newhart, Caroline Fassett Elsworth, Mrs. Sheldon Millard, Gwen Pickett, Alice Sivers, Mae Hawley Fassetts personal records, Ray Marbaker's family records, Leo Bolles records, Carl and Marcella Whitneys records, John and Stanley Parys, Katheryn Fassett Schuster, Carl Salsman, Chip Schuster, Grace Boreck, Kathy Heilman's records and the Bradford County History published in 1996.
