Bethel Cemetery

Beginning in April 2010, the Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum (SCHS&M) provided an update that includes previously unlisted interments, as well as addtional information on several of the interments that we did have. This information was extracted from current and old records in the possesssion of that organization. We have color coded those entries in crimson, and express our sincere appreciaton for this information to our colleagues at SCHS&M.

In April and again in August of 2010, June Howard contributed several pictures of several tombstones and markers from this cemetery. We have linked these pictures in the listing below and color coded the surnames for these entries in green. Naturally, we are much appreciative of June's efforts in this regard. She is a descendant of the Rowe, Molyneux and Tomlinson families of Sullivan County, and is related by marriage to the Vough family. You can learn more about these families at
The Grain of Salt in Streby...Early Settlers of Lycoming County.

Tombstone of Anna Woodhead
Died August 7, 1849 at age of 62 years
Wife of Joseph Woodhead (1800-1867)
Also Known as "Hannah" Woodhead
Originally from England
They Came to Sullivan County at an Early Date
Photo contributed by Linda Bosnak.
Photos of other Woodhead tombstones can be seen at Woodhead Grave Markers.

Last Name	First Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	AGE	Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS
Arnold	Doris M. Featherbay	1921	August * 1951		Our Daughter - with Featherbay plot;* per obituary list
Avery	Luther	1867	1944
Avery	Gene R.	September 22 *, 1914	May * 1978		* Per LDS site
Avery	Ina Day *	July 23 *, 1918	December 10, 2003 *		Gene and Ina on same stone; * per LDS site
Avery	John Roy	1899	January *1967		* Per obituary list
Avery	Eugene	July 10 *, 1872	November 22 *, 1952		* Per LDS site
Avery	Orrill Whiteley	1873	September* 1945		Eugene and Orrill on same stone;* per obituary list
Bacorn	Donald W.	May 2, 1939	June 15, 2007
Bacorn	Julia Elizabeth	11 Jun 1890	1 Oct 1960
Bacorn	Genevieve	1914	1941
Barnes	Robinson	4 Dec 1808	11 Jun 1902
Barnes	Alson M.	July 11, 1886	October 1967
Barnes	Amanda	17 Aug 1822	11 Mar 1877		Wife of Robinson Barnes
Barnes	Betsy		8 Apr 1874	86y, 8m, 5d	Widow of Jeremiah Barnes
Barnes	Miles O.	1854	1937
Barnes	Pearl V.	July 6, 1893	August 1976
Barnes	Phebe I.	1851	1929		Miles and Phebe on same stone
Barnes	Murray P.	March 30 *, 1905	March * 1965		* Per LDS site
Barnes	Myrtle T.	January 24, * 1909	August * 1980		Murray and Myrtle on same stone; * per LDS site
Barnes	Jay C.	1857	1944
Barnes	Minnie Gilbert	1872	1911
Barnes	Frank R.	1850	March 1939 *		* Per obituary list
Barnes	Mary E.	1849	November * 1929		Wife of F.R. Barnes; * per obituary list
Barnes	Willie		15 Jun 1897	14y, 4m	Son of F.R. and Mary Barnes
Bedford	Henry		30 Apr 1863	79y, 2m
Bedford	Joseph H.	1806	No date
Bedford	Sarah		1853		Wife of Henry Bedford - Broken stone
Bedford	Georgie H.		20 Jan 1892	4y, 10m
Bedford	Henry, Jr.	September * 1822	February * 1900		* Per obituary list
Bedford	Martha	1825	1858		Wife of Henry Bedford
Bedford	Mary Hunsinger	1831	July * 1912		Wife of Henry Bedford, Jr.; * per actual obituary
Bedford	Cordelia		20 Aug 1865	3y, 8m, 23d	Dau of Henry and Mary
Bedford	Benjamin		10 Dec 1873	60 Yrs	Broken stone
Bedford	Mary M.		2 Jan 1873	25y, 4m, 15d *	Broken stone Editor's Note: This date is not visible on the attached photo. It is believed that this is the marker for Mary Bedford, wife of Benjamin, who would have been about 58 at the time of her death, based on the 1870 Federal Census for Elk Township. In that case, the information above on her age at time of death is incorrect.
Bedford	Victor	April 21 *, 1898	March * 1975		Helen and Victor on same stone; * per LDS site
Bedford	Helen	1897	December * 1965		* Per obituary list
Bedford	Elmer	1865	October * 1942		* Per obituary list
Bedford	Lucy	1870	1955		Elmer and Lucy on same stone
Bedford	Harry J.	February 7 *, 1922	January * 1976		* Per LDS site
Bedford	John T.	February 4, 1879 *	November * 1968		* Per LDS site; Editor's Note: Stone reads "1880" for birth year, which is likely correct.
Bedford	Emma J.	February 13 *, 1890	March * 1967		* Per LDS site
Bedford	Alberta	June 1 *, 1902	March 3 *, 1920		* Per LDS site
Bedford	Marion	January 23 *, 1916	March 5 *, 1920		* Per LDS site
Bedford	Baby		1898		Albert, Marion, and Baby on same stone
Bedford	Oscar W.	October 16 *, 1870	February 4 *, 1940		* Per LDS site
Bedford	Martha E.	December 2 *, 1872	October 11 *, 1956		Oscar and Martha on same stone; * per LDS site
Bedford	Samuel	1837	1921
Bedford	Harriet	8 Nov 1840	20 Dec 1894		Samuel and Harriet on same stone
Bedford	Willard I.	March 20 *, 1907	May 20 *, 1983		* Per LDS site
Bedford	Merton E.	October 1 *, 1911	December 8 *, 1994		S/o Oscar & Mattie Sabin Bedford ; per LDS site
Bedford	Sylvia E.	1916			Merton and Sylvia on same stone
Bedford (Rosbach)	Susan M.	January 3, 1943	September 10, 2010		W/o Boyd; d/o Rex & Thelma (Hopkins); Obituary
Beinlich	Frank C.	1862	December * 1927		* Per obituary list
Beinlich	Caroline	1866	1930		Wife of Frank and on same stone
Biddle	Elizabeth B.	1874	May * 1951		* Per obituary list
Black	John		15 Feb 1874	79y, 6m, 11d
Black	Charlotte Blakely		16 May 1875	77y, 4m, 10d	Wife of John Black; same stone
Black	Mary E.		4 Dec 1875	3y, 7m, 8d	Dau of John and Charlotte
Black	Hartley J.		28 Sep 1879	3y, 3m, 10d	Son of William & Ellen
Black	Ellen		27 Sep 1894	53y, 20d	Wife of William Black
Black	William L.	No date	24 Jan 1885	55y, 1m, 16d
Black	Bruce E.		15 Jan 1893	1y, 7m	Son of Fred and Bertha
Boecker	George	November 23 *, 1889	August * 1976		* Per LDS site
Boecker	Edna	April 14, 1900 *	July 3, 1988 *		George and Edna on same stone;w/o George, d/o William & Laura Bedford McCarty
Boyles	Bertha W.	1873	1959
Brenchley	Dean R.	November 7 *, 1911	March * 1985		* Per LDS site
Brenchley	Edna A.	January 31 *, 1928	October 19 *, 1993		Dean and Edna on same stone; * per LDS site
Brown	John E.	1937
Brown	Helen J.	1938	October * 1997		John E. and Helen J. on same stone; w/o John E., d/o Ralph & Lela McCarty Higley , per obituary list
Brown	Mary Ann		29 Apr 1859	19y, 9m, 3d	Wife of John E. Brown
Chapman	John M.	1865	1914
Chapman	Arvilla R.	1871	December * 1945		* Per obituary list
Davis	Lou A. Keeney	No date	April 1895		W/o W. P.
Day	Arley A.	December 30 *, 1890	May * 1975		* Per LDS site
Day	Anna K.	January 25 *, 1896	March * 1983		Arley and Anna on same stone; * per LDS site
Day	John Ardell	1864	April * 1936		* Per obituary list* per LDS site
Day	Anna B.	1868	December * 1948		John and Anna on same stone; * per obituary list
Edkin	George	1898	1975
Edkin	Cassie B.	1896	1959		Wife of George
Eldridge	Ryan *	1980 *	October * 1980		* Per obituary list
Featherbay	Johnny	1892	July 24 *, 1909		Son of R and M Featherbay; * per actual obituary
Featherbay	Walter	1890	July * 1959		* Per obituary list
Featherbay	Nellie	1892	November * 1973		Walter and Nellie on same stone; * per obituary list
Featherbay	Gene T.	7 Aug 1925	13 Nov 1934
Featherbay	George C.	15 Dec 1848	10 May 1918		H/o Helen Mary
Featherbay	Helen Mary (Potter) *	12 May 1850	19 Mar 1916		W/o George;d/o Rufus & Kathryn (Johnston) * * Per Death Certificate Courtesy of Carol Brotzman
Featherbay	Fred	1878	1956
Featherbay	Edna	1886	April * 1978		Fred and Edna on same stone; * per obituary list
Featherbay	Ralph C.	11 Nov 1919	5 Apr 1935
Featherbay	Leonard	1887	May * 1963		* Per obituary list
Featherbay	Katherine F.	1890	May * 1975		Leonard and Katherine on same stone; * per obituary list
Fetherbay	Reuben	1869	1942
Fetherbay	Mary	1870	1956		Reuben and Mary on same stone
Fiester	Irene Day	Aug. 8, 1920	Dec. 1, 2004		Same stone as Warren
Fiester	Nancy L.	1942	1990
Fiester	Roberta I.	December 26, 1960	March 24, 2009		D/o H. Warren & Irene (Day); Obituary
Fiester	Warren	Sept. 2, 1920	No date
Gauslapp	Dora	1843	1870
Gilbert	Cecilia H.		25 Jul 1872	25y, 5d	Wife of Daniel Gilbert
Glidewell	George W.	7 Sep 1841	7 Mar 1905		GAR Flagholder
Glidewell	Caroline Kaye	12 Jul 1844	26 Mar 1907		George and Caroline on same stone
Hatch	Joseph	1870	1940
Hatch	Jennie	1875	May * 1949		Joseph and Jennie on same stone; * per obituary list
Hatch	Lawrence F.	March 30 *, 1914	June 13 *, 1925		* Per LDS site
Hottenstein	Clara A.		23 Oct 1881	17y, 10m	Wife of Charles W. Hottenstein
Hottenstein	Olive C.		23 Jan 1889 [sic]	4y, 3m, 7d	Dau of Charles and Clara
Huckell	Joseph H.		27 Oct 1862	6 Mos	Son of Henry and Dinah
Hunsinger	Howard	19 June 1919	14 Aug 1992
Hunsinger	June Rogers	1917	October 1992		D/o Charles & Leana Rogers
Kay	William	30 Nov 1804	26 Dec 1879
Kay	Ann	29 Jul 1807	20 Aug 1885		William and Ann on same stone
Kay	Sarahan	26 Apr 1831	17 Nov 1885
Kaye *	Albert	1847	June 17 *, 1918		* Per actual obituary
Kay	Susie J. King	1858	May 1949 *		Albert and Susie on same stone; * per actual obituary
Kay	Elizabeth	9 Oct 1833	31 Dec 1873
Keeney	Susie		2 Aug 1894	35y, 6m, 1d
Keeney	Lou A.		4 Apr 1895	28y, 7m, 15d	Lucy Almira Keeney - Wife of W.P. Davis
Keeney	Alexander	21 Jul 1833	21 Oct 1921		Co A 141st PA Vols GAR Flagholder
Keeney	Rebecca S.	9 Aug 1837	20 Sep 1912		Wife of Alexander; same stone
Kelchner	Heather Nicole	9 Jun 1882	6 Oct 1882
Kilmer	Sylvester	1859	October * 1949		* Per obituary list
Kilmer	Mary H.	1865	1934		Sylvester and Mary on same stone
Kilmer	Charles S.	April 29 *, 1865	March 27 *, 1955		* Per LDS site
Kilmer	Elizabeth	April 19 *, 1872	December 2 *, 1965		Charles S. and Elizabeth on same stone; * per LDS site
Kofler	Louis L. *	04 April * 1889	December * 1975		* Per LDS site
McCarty	Susie W.	1877	May * 1949		* Per obituary list
McCarty	Carl D.		2 Feb 1908	32y, 8m, 27d
McCarty	Anna M.	1906	1931
McCarty	William L.	27 Feb * 1864	18 Sept * 1930		* Per LDS site
McCarty	Laura M.	1867	September * 1948		* Per obituary list
McCarty	Floyd S.	1893	1894		William, Laura, and Floyd on same stone
McCarty	James W.	1918	February * 1934		* Per obituary list
McCarty	Cloyd	2 Aug 1884	4 Jun 1965
Merrick	Mary		19 Dec 1867	5y, 9m, 14d	Dau of Ralph and Minerva Merrick
Miller	Baby Boy	Dec. 11, 1940	Dec. 11, 1940		Miscarried s/o Henry & Rosetta (Barnes) per Death Certificate Courtesy of Carol Brotzman
Miller	Elizabeth	June 4, 1938	June 4, 1938		Stillborn d/o Henry & Rosetta (Barnes) per Death Certificate Courtesy of Carol Brotzman
Miller	Francis H.	27 Mar 1929	5 Mar 1986		"Doc" Korean War Flagholder
Miller	John E. Sr.	1869	June * 1956		* Per obituary list
Miller	Marion E.	30 Sep 1888	2 Jul 1909		Wife of John Miller
Miller	Bessie G.	1896	April * 1969		* Per obituary list
Miller	Charles W.	1924	January * 1949		* Per obituary list
Miller	Rosetta Barnes *	17 Apr 1910	21 Aug 1996		W/o Henry; d/o Jay C. & Minnie May (Gilbert) * * Per obituary
Miller	George	1937	2000
Mock	Hetta		25 Jan 1871		Wife of Jessie Mock - broken stone
Mock	Emma		2 Jan 1873	23y, 4m	Wife of Daniel Mock
Nisbet	James S.	December 19, 1906	February 16, 1989		S/o Alex & Isobel Spence Nisbet
Nisbet	Mary Jane	August 30, 1902	April 1977
Nisbet	Jessie K.R.				Same stone as James S. Nisbet
Phillips	Jane	10 Aug 1950	9 Oct 1983		Jane Louise Driscoll Phillips
Reibson	Maynard	February 7 *, 1919	June 14, 2006 *		* Per LDS site
Reibson	Marcella E.	June 30 *, 1918	December 3, 2004 *		* Per LDS site
Reibson	Baby Boy	1942	1942
Reibson	Raymond E.	11 Oct 1950	11 Jul 1970		FN US Navy; Vietnam War Flagholder
Rightmire	Alvin	1864	April * 1951		* Per obituary list
Rightmire	Florilla	1870	1963		Alvin and Florilla on same stone
Ryman	Asa	May 11 *, 1901	January 11 *, 1968		* Per LDS site
Ryman	Helen L.	March 26, 1906 *	December * 1974		Asa and Helen on same stone; * per LDS site
Ryman	Marshall C.	March 27 *, 1851	November 1934		* Per LDS site
Shaffer	Ida	12 Jun 1881	22 Sep 1901		* Per actual obituary
Sixsmith	Eliza Kay	No date	1973
Sixsmith	John		12 Nov 1851	72 Yrs
Snell	Edward * Wallace *	1840	January 23 *, 1911		Co C 12th PV - GAR f/h;* per actual obituary
Snell	Melvina	1844	1888		First Wife of E.W. Snell
Snell	Mary Whiteley	1852	1914		Second Wife of E.W. Snell
Snell	Margeret Molyneux	9 Apr 1817	7 Jun 1884		Wife of Charles Snell
White	Julia H.		30 May 1900	49y, 6m	Wife of Norman White
Whiteley	J. Roy	1885	May * 1954		* Per obituary list
Whiteley	Fanny M.	1887	April * 1953		* Per obituary list
Whiteley	John	March 31 *, 1838	May * 1913		* Per actual obituary
Whiteley	Elsie	1841	1925
Whiteley	Joseph P.		25 Feb 1863	1y, 8d	Son of John and Elsie Whiteley
Whiteley	Joseph		3 Apr 1886	76y, 8m	GAR f/h
Whiteley	Mary	31 Mar 1809	18 Apr 1888		Wife of Joseph
Whiteley	William		16 Feb 1876	34y, 6m	Son of Joseph and Mary
Whiteley	Cecil W.	March 10 *, 1917	June * 1965		* Per LDS site
Whiteley	Doris McCarty	1922	No date		Cecil and Doris on same stone
Whiteley	Baby Boy		1945
Whiteley	John Clifford	1928	1929		Son of John and Doris
Whiteley	John C.	1908	September * 1928		* Per obituary list
Woodhead	Family Plot
Woodhead	Joseph		1 Nov 1867	67y, 6m, 11d
Woodhead	Anna		7 Aug 1849	62 Yrs	Wife of Joseph Woodhead
Woodhead	George F.	July 2 *, 1856	December 30 *, 1933		* Per LDS site
Woodhead	Maria H. Little	1862	April * 1923		George and Maria on same stone; * per obituary list
Woodhead	Vinson Lee	12 Apr 1889	29 Mar 1899		Son of George and Maria
Woodhead	Stanley M.	1905	1998
Woodhead	Francis I.	1891	July * 1972		* Per obituary list
Woodhead	Lavinna B.	1895	November * 1957		Francis and Lavinna on same stone; * per obituary list
Woodhead	Raymond D.	1885	March * 1947		* Per obituary list
Woodhead	Bessie		6 Jun 1897	2y, 13d
Woodhead	Ellen	1831	August * 1881		* Per actual obituary
Woodhead	Vinson		21 Mar 1896	73y, 5m, 2d
Wright	Edward B	1875	1955
Wright	Nettie G.	1873	December * 1933		Edward and Nettie on same stone; * per obituary list
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