Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Stevens Point School, circa 1920

Stevens Point School circa 1920

Stevens Point School circa 1920

Veterans at the Maple Ridge Cemetery

Maple Ridge Cemetery Veterans

Maple Ridge Cemetery Veterans

The Maple Ridge Cemetery

The Maple Ridge Cemetery is another quaint little Susquehanna County cemetery that lies on Route 1021, about four miles southwest of Susquehanna, PA.  Established in 1854, it is a well kept and well preserved burial ground. This charming little cemetery is located about one mile past the Brushville Baptist Church and is easily accessed as it lies right beside the highway. A beautifully carved blue stone monument marks its entrance, flowers and flags adorn many of the graves in this rural setting. All of the legible stones that lie within this area have been photographed and cataloged; about 6 stones were totally unreadable. All the names that could be read are posted with its corresponding gravestone in the gallery.

Maple Ridge Cemetery

Maple Ridge Cemetery Landscape

Maple Ridge Cemetery Overview

Maple Ridge Cemetery Landscape 2

Maple Ridge Cemetery Sign

Maple Ridge Cemetery Sign

The Maple Ridge Cemetery
Adams, Adaline L. – 1814 – 1891
Adams, Harriet E. – Died July 22, 1847
Adams, Henrietta E. – Died Aug. 10, 1864
Adams, J. F., Jr. – no dates (Veteran’s Plaque)
Adams, John F. – July 14, 1863, Aged 31 yrs.
Adams, John Francis – Died Sept. 22, 1875, Aged 77 yrs.
Adams, Lydia B. – Died Oct. 8, 1863, Aged 47 yrs.
Ainey, Fred R. – 1924 – 1983 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Allen, John H. – 1960 (only date)
Allen, Ralph H. – Mar. 3, 1924 – Mar. 17, 1968 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Allpaugh, Baby – Died Sept. 16, 1881, Aged 4 mos.
Allpaugh, Frank – Died Feb. 9, 1882, Aged 5 yrs.
Babcock, Joseph A. – 1979 – 1996
Bagnall, Minnie B. -1890 – 1970
Bagnall, William B. – 1884 – 1963
Baker, Marion L. – May 7, 1920 – Apr. 1, 1990
Baldwin Ella F. – Died Oct. 12, 1852 ( no last name given on stone (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Baldwin Ida A. – Died May 9, 1851 (no last name given on stone (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Baldwin, Adell A. – Died Sept. 15, 1859, Aged 1 yr.
Ball, Almeda B. – 1842 – 1914
Ball, Fred M. – 1868 – 1904
Ball, Thomas – 1836 – 1916 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Ball, Thomas B. – 1836 – 1916
Ball, Winnie M. – 1870 -1879
Bartleson, Doris – Mar. 2, 1912 – Mar. 15, 1993
Beers, Sylvia – 1827 – 1876
Bergman, George A.  Dec. 1, 1855 – July 5, 1948**
Besteder, Edwin C. – 1865 – 1887
Blaisdell, Calvin K. – Died Mar. 20, 1887, Aged 32 yrs.
Blaisdell, Calvin K. – no dates
Blaisdell, Edward A. – 1850 – 1925
Blaisdell, Eva J. – Died May 23, 1887, Aged 30 yrs.
Blaisdell, Eva J. – no dates
Blaisdell, Florence – Died Apr. 10, 1882, Aged 25 yrs.
Blaisdell, Huldah (Woodmansee) – 1826 – 1901
Blaisdell, James R. – Died Nov. 8, 1879, Aged 49 yrs.
Blaisdell, John E. – Died June 4, 1879, Aged 20 yrs.
Blaisdell, John Glenn – 1882 – 1933
Blaisdell, Josephine L. – 1852 – 1924
Blaisdell, Lucretia G. – Died May 24, 1872, Aged 45 yrs.
Blaisdell, William W. – Died Mar. 6, 1878, Aged 52 yrs.
Bowman, Elma – 1918 – 1981
Bowman, Henry – 1909 – 1968
Bradford, Charles A. – Nov. 15, 1851 – Jan. 31, 1875
Bradford, Emma – 1858 – 1863
Bradford, Erastus P. – 1827 – 1901
Bradford, Hannah M. – no dates
Bradford, Hannah M. (Page) – May 17, 1820 – June 6, 1897
Bradford, Illegible – 1858 – 1883 (cemetery map states first name as “Emma”)
Bradford, J. W. H. – Sept. 17, 1820 – Jan. 14, 1899
Bradford, M. Emeline – 1834 – 1888
Bradford, Minnie – Jan. 21, 1874 – Feb. 8, 1876
Bradford, William – 1783 – 1867
Bradford, Zerviah – 1788 – 1869
Brown, Edwin L. – 1870 – 1944
Brown, Eva L. – 1882 – 1963
Brown, William P. – 1886 – 1941 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Brush, Albert G. – 1846 – 1926 (Veteran)
Brush, Alfred B. – 1885 – 1940 ( no last name but stone lies next to large Brush stone (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Brush, Alice L. – 1918-1921 ( no last name but stone lies next to other Brush stones (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Brush, Arthur V. – 1875 – 1912
Brush, Daisy V. – 1890 – 1981
Brush, Donald A. – 1909 – 1980
Brush, Donald W. – 1933 – 1991
Brush, Donald W. – Nov. 11, 1933 – Mar. 9, 1991 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Brush, Elizabeth A. – 1913 – 1967
Brush, Elizabeth M. – 1877 – 1925
Brush, Ella A. 1851 – 1926
Brush, J. Alveretta – 1874 – 1957
Brush, Large Monument
Brush, Leon S. – 1880 – 1955
Brush, Lovisa S. – 1854 – 1945 (no last name but stone lies next to large Brush stone (* Correct according to cemetery map)
Brush, Lula M. – 1881 -1974
Brush, Marta M. – 1942 – no dates
Brush, Morton S. – 1888- 1970
Brush, Richard N. – 1860 – 1932 (no last name but stone lies next to large Brush stone (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Brush, U. Grant – 1868 – 1945
Buchanan, Daisy Mae – 1930 – 1990
Buchanan, Harvey H. – 1924- 1994
Burchell, Dorothy P. (Swarts) – 1924 – 1957
Burchell, Edwin H. – 1905 – 1975
Burchell, Horace E. – 1903 – 1952
Burchell, Irene B. – 1907 – 1958
Cottrell, Russell C. – Feb. 23, 1901 – Jan. 23, 1988
Cottrell, Russell Clair – June 4, 1923 – July 14, 2003
Cottrell, Sara J. – Oct. 18, 1900 – Apr. 16, 1980
Darrow, Dorothea A. – 1901 – 1979
Decker, Carl – 1907 – 1956
Decker, Carl S., Jr. – 1930 – 1983
Decker, Edythe M. – 1907 – 2001
Decker, Frank – 1909 – 1993
Decker, Leland E. – 1933 -1979
Delaney, Albina F. (Griffis) – 1853 – 1947
Delaney, Timothy S. – 1850 – 1935
Doud, Elizabeth M. (Hall) – 1834 – 1902
Doud, John Jr. – 1824 – 1885
Doud,Elone – 1864 – 1883
Dunlap, James M. – Apr. 15, 1913 – Dec. 31, 1971 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Easterbrook, Esther A. – Died June 24, 1863, Aged 5 yrs.
Esterbrook, Caroline (Miller) – Mar. 22, 1845 – Dec. 22, 1925
Esterbrook, Whitemore B. – Mar. 12, 1838- May 7, 1906 (Veteran)
Flaum, Beatrice T. – 1903 – 1988
Foster Monument – no names or dates
Foster, Baby – 1864
Foster, Daniel D. – 1858 – 1929 ( no last name but lies by Foster monument (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Foster, Irene A. – 1862 – 1937 (no last name but lies by Foster monument (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Foster, Nancy A. – 1839-1925 (no last name but lies by Foster monument (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Foster, Orrin – born 1848 (no last name but lies by Foster monument (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Galloway, A. T. – June 14, 1811 – Jan. 12, 1879
Galloway, Betsey A. – Died July 5, 1862, Aged 37 yrs.
Galloway, Julia (Wakeman) – 1826 – 1897
Galloway, Mercy A. – Feb. 22, 1817 – Dec. 16, 1888 ( no last name but lies next to A. T. Galloway (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Galloway, Theodore – no dates (Veteran’s Plaque)
Griffin, Ella (Washburn) – 1865 – 1944
Griffis, Aurilla (Smith) – 1839 – 1929
Griffis, Bessie B. (Bayliss) – 1888 – 1945
Griffis, Betsey Caroline – Died Apr. 18, 1883, Aged 58 yrs.
Griffis, Caroline T. – 1927 – 1999
Griffis, Cora B. – 1897 – 1995
Griffis, Dorothy L. – 1912 – 1980
Griffis, Emmazilla B. (Brush) – 1851 – 1905
Griffis, Howard L. – 1909 – 2002
Griffis, Infant – Died Aug. 2, 1877, Aged 21 days
Griffis, Janet – 1938 – 1941 (no last name but stone lies with Griffis stones (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Griffis, Jean Louise – 1959 – Aged 7 mos. ( no last name but stone lies in Vincent/Caroline Griffis Lot (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Griffis, Linville E. – 1850 – 1928
Griffis, Mary E. – 1923 – 1972
Griffis, Myron S. – 1885 – 1922
Griffis, Paul E. – 1910 – 1981
Griffis, Paul Jr. – 1940 -1948 (no last name on stone but stone lies in Griffis Lot (*Correct according to cemetery map)
Griffis, Robert M. – 1922 – 1982
Griffis, Robert M. – 1922 – 1982 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Griffis, Ruth A. – 1913 – 2000
Griffis, Seymour J. – Died Jan. 8, 1882, Aged 64 yrs.
Griffis, Sylvester – 1826 – 1914
Griffis, Vincent L. – 1891 – 1982
Griffis, Vincent L., Jr. – 1927 – no dates
Grogg, Lillie D. – 1886 – 1975
Gumaer, Kenneth W. – Sept. 20, 1929 – no dates
Gumaer, Susanna – Jan. 2, 1942 – June 11, 2005
Hall, Abigail A. (Wellman) – Apr. 10, 1848 – July 3, 1920
Hall, Carl W. – 1906 – 1957
Hall, Cora E. – 1875 – 1949
Hall, David Charles – July 23, 1947 – Jan. 19, 1969 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Hall, Diamond V. – 1884 – 1980
Hall, Edith S. – 1876 – 1963
Hall, Elmer J. – 1902 – 1978
Hall, Florence J. – 1917 – 1988
Hall, Frank E. – 1878 – 1960
Hall, George D. – Apr. 1, 1870 – May 23, 1949
Hall, Gladys I. – Apr. 22, 1903 – July 14, 2002
Hall, Glenn M. – 1882 – 1966
Hall, Guelda – 1909 – 1981
Hall, John H. – 1871 – 1951
Hall, Julia L. – 1880 – 1960
Hall, Lester W. – 1865 – 1940
Hall, Lillie E. (Clark) – July 15, 1866 – May 3, 1912
Hall, Lloyd P. – Aug. 16, 1901 – Feb. 6, 1994
Hall, Louisa R. (Burchell) – 1879 – 1933 (These dates are carved in the stone right below Louisa’s name)
Hall, Mabel A – 1906 – 1989
Hall, Mark H. – 1911 -1989
Hall, Marvin E. – 1924 – 1990 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Hall, Nellie I. – Dec. 12, 1903 – Feb. 6, 1971 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Hall, R. M. – June 22, 1830 – Nov. 28, 1911 (Veteran)
Harner, Ellen A. – Died Mar. 12, 1859, Aged 6 dys.
Harner, Infant Son – Died June 6, 1856
Harner, Lucy L. – Died Dec. 11, 1881, Aged 62 yrs.
Harner, Mary Frances – Died Sept. 12, 1858, Aged 2 mos.
Harner, Stella A. – Died Aug. 22, 1861, Aged 4 mos.
Harper, Ida M. – 1886 -1959
Harper, Robert N. – July 17, 1879 – Feb. 10, 1955 (Veteran)
Howard, Frank – 1886 – 1975
Illegible, Byron – Dec. 8, 1887 – Sept. 21, 1888
Joines, Donald – 1934 – 1937***
Joines, Irene C. – 1897 – 1969
Kingsbury, Arlene – Dec. 3, 1949 – May 31, 1999
Kotz, Carol Helen (Brush) – Sept. 21, 1922 – Dec. 18, 2000
Kotz, Frederick Mason – Oct. 8, 1920 – Nov. 15, 2004
Kotz, Frederick Mason – Oct. 8, 1920 – Nov. 15, 2004 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Louch, George B. – 1869 – 1952
Martin, Alexander – Died May 11, 1860, Aged 39 yrs.
Martin, Eunice – Died June 30, 1865, Aged 17 yrs.
Martin, Henry A. – Mar. 4, 1850 – May 20, 1938
Martin, Nathan – Died Feb. 25, 1864, Aged 15 yrs.
McMahon, Barbara B. – 1916 – 1996
McMahon, Jack F. – 1917 – no dates
McNamara, Paul J. – 1925 – 2003
McNamara, Paul James – 1973-1986
McNamara, Paul James – Oct. 17, 1973 – July 22, 1986
McNamara, Shirley Bell – 1948 – no dates
Meanor, David Paul – Dec. 23, 1943 – June 10, 1944
Meanor, Homer T. – 1892 – 1958
Messenger, Oscar J. – 1854 – 1923
Messenger, Susan (Ives) – May 21, 1821 – Mar. 25, 1901
Miller, Adelia A. – 1853 – 1904
Miller, Bernice W. – 1900 – 1975
Miller, Bertha M. (Pierce) – 1872 – 1906
Miller, Danl – no dates-(Veteran’s Plaque)
Miller, Frank G. – 1870 – 1946
Miller, Fred P. – 1843 – 1912 (Veteran)
Miller, Gwen H. – 1893 – 1960
Miller, Harold M. – Jan. 9, 1917 – May 30, 1965 (Veteran Plaque)
Miller, Harold M. 1917 – 1965
Miller, John M. – 1869 – 1947
Miller, Joseph P. – Oct. 2, 1808 – Aug. 26, 1892
Miller, Merle H.- 1893 – 1976
Miller, Price F. – 1844 – 1912 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Miller, Sarah A. (Dunlap) Aug. 14, 1814 – Dec. 23, 1875 ( no last name on stone but lies next to Joseph Miller (* Correct according to cemetery map)
Miller, Virginia H. – 1922 – no dates
Munson, Anna V. – 1883 – 1950
Munson, Cash L. – 1878 -1947
Munson, Elizabeth M. – 1877 – 1925 ( no last name but stone lies next to other Munson stones)
Munson, Elwyn M. – Nov. 24, 1915 – Sept. 16, 1939, Aged 23 yrs.
Munson, Howard D. – 1902 – 1970
Munson, Infant Son – 1907 -1908
Munson, Mildred L. – 1905 – 1980
Northrup, Jane – Died Sept. 1, 1877, Aged 84 yrs.
Northrup, Nathan – Died Aug. 16, 1862, Aged 71 yrs.
O’Dell, Barbara L. – July 27, 1954 – Sept. 11, 2008
Paine, Rebecca- no dates
Paine, Thomas – no dates
Payne – Arminda – no dates
Payne – Timothy – no dates
Payne, Cyrus B. – 1842 – 1922 (Veteran)
Payne, Harriet – 1830 -1885
Payne, Jesse – 1820 – 1916 (Veteran)
Payne, Jesse – no dates (Veteran’s Plaque)
Payne, Joseph – Died June 1, 1832
Payne, Joseph – no dates
Pickering, Rena – Died Nov. 19, 1891, Aged 26 yrs.
Rynearson, Russell – 1908 -1907
Severson, Almarion Frederick – 1851 – 1922
Shay, Alice E. (Dix) – Apr. 19, 1857 – no dates
Shay, Harry A. – Oct. 18, 1896 – Nov. 21, 1896
Shay, Harry A. -Oct. 18, 1896 – no dates
Shay, Henry – Aug. 11, 1849 – Apr. 26, 1906
Shay, Ora (Squires) – Nov. 22, 1851 – Feb. 22, 1888
Sherman, George L. – Sept. 24, 1942 – no dates
Sherman, Karen R. (Becky) – Sept. 16, 1941 – Apr. 9, 2008
Shimer, Kimberlee – 5-29-1970 (only dates)
Shimer, Rose K. – 1921-1989
Slate, Alberta Pauline – Oct. 31, 1905 – Dec. 8, 1958
Slate, John Raymond – Oct. 15, 1940 -Sept. 2, 1944
Slate, Victor R., Sr. – 1874 – 1952
Slate,Victor R., Jr. – 1905 – 1982
Smith, C. Carroll – 1904 – 1989
Smith, Mary A. – 1909 – 1985
Smith, Warren C. – Dec. 10, 1934 – Sept. 26, 1984 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Stensjo, Fritjo – Dec. 28, 1901 – June 14, 1983
Szego, Gregory David – Nov. 26, 1952 – July 22, 1987
Tompkins, Annis M. – 1884 – 1954
Tompkins, Arnold R. – 1924 – 1979 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Tompkins, Audrey J. – 1917 – 1998
Tompkins, Eben H. – 1878 – 1957
Tompkins, Wallace V. – 1911 – 1995
Tompkins, Warren H. – Oct. 6, 1901 – Mar. 29, 1930
VanBuskirk, Carl – 1893 – 1913
VanBuskirk, Carrie J. (Payne) – 1873 – 1904
VanBuskirk, Cornelia( Stephens) – 1839 – 1923 (no last name but lies with Thomas VanBuskirk (* Correct according to cemetery map)
VanBuskirk, Thomas – 1838 – 1887
VanBuskirk, Thomas – Died Jan. 10, 1887 (this stone lies with Thomas and Cornelia Buskirk’s stone (*Correct according to cemetery map)
VanBuskirk, W. S.- 1865 – 1957
Vanteger, Lucy M. – 1918 – 1967
Waldo,Samuel – 1846 – 1929
Walker, Charles R. – 1917 – 1978
Walker, Juanita D. – 1926 – no dates
Wanatt, George L. – 1913 – 1982
Wanatt, James Louis – Dec. 7, 1942 – Mar. 41, 2001 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Wanatt, John A. (Jack) – Jan. 22, 1937 – no dates
Wanatt, Marilyn T. – Apr. 7, 1937 – no dates
Wanatt, Muriel E. – 1913 – 1991
Washburn, Ada (Griffis) – 1872 – 1910
Washburn, Carrie O. – 1884 – 1966
Washburn, Edith – Died Dec. 18, 1887, Aged 1 yr.
Washburn, Egbert A. – 1869 – 1964
Washburn, Ella A. (Hall) – 1862 – 1935
Washburn, Reva (Uttter) – Sept. 7, 1906 – June 29, 1995
Washburn, Robert Linville – Aug. 8, 1902 – Mar. 11, 1986
Washburn, S. Byrd – 1857 – 1916
Washburn, Scott P. – 1853 – 1911
Weber, Alice B. – 1924 – 1969
Weber, Eugene J. – 1921 – 1995
Weber, Eugene J., Jr. – 1954 – no dates
Weber, Jeffrey T. – 1962 – 1989 (Veteran)
Weber, Pamela Jo – 1959 – no dates
Weber, Treasa Ann – Nov. 4, 1983 – June 12, 1986
White, Fred F. – 1909 – 1990
White, Pauline M. – 1913 – no dates
Whitney, Catherine L. – 1878 – 1959
Whitney, Urbane D. – 1879 – 1970
Wilcox, Charles C. – 1887 – 1945
Wilcox, Mary Isabel – 1863 – 1931
Wilcox, Raymond E. – 1899 – 1925
Wilcox, William H. – 1857 – 1939
Wildenberger, Alice (McMyne) – 1903 – 1952
Wildenberger, Frank C. – 1902 – 1971
Young, Charles – 1903 – 1984
Young, Christine A. – 1932 – 2001
Young, George L. – 1930 – 1994
Young, George L. – Sept. 8, 1930 – July 20, 1994 (Veteran’s Plaque)
Young, Sara – 1909 – 2006

** George A. Bergman – father to Mrs. Catherine Whitney
*** Donald Joines – son of Irene Joines
Names and burials verified by Vicki Benfield

The Dan Cemetery – Deposit, New York

This little cemetery is located on Kelsey Road in/near the little community of Danville, NY but it has a Deposit, New York address. It lies about 200 yards north of the famous Red Barn, on the same side of the road. A perfect description would be – “a quaint little cemetery that exudes peace and tranquility”. Completely shrouded under maple, oak and pine trees, the darkened stones date back to the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Time has taken its toll on these 20 some stones; a few have faded completely beyond identification. The plots that have only a bluestone or fieldstone marker were not photographed. All the names that could be read are posted with its corresponding gravestone in the gallery….

Dan Cemetery
(Decker), Johnnie – Died Dec. 30, 1889, Aged 8 yrs.
(Decker), Minnie E. – Died Dec. 30, 1889, Aged 11 yrs.
(Thomas), Hattie M. – Died Feb. 26, 1904, Aged 1 yr.
(Thomas), Nellie B. – Died Aug. 7, 1890, Aged 1 yr.
Ackley, Geo. – Co. C. – 147th PA INF. – Veteran Stone
Ackley, George – Co. G- 91 Reg. 1846 – 1896 (Veteran)
Bishop, Anna – Wife of John H. Bosket (the rest is illegible)
Bishop, Jacob B. – Died Apr. 29, 1891, Aged 52 yrs.
Bishop, William – Died Oct. 24, 1875, Aged 42 yrs. (Co. (I or L) , 2nd Reg., NY H. Art.)
Children of Aaron J. and Laura Decker (this is on the same stone as Minnie E. and Johnnie)
Children of H. J. and E. S. Thomas (This is on the same stone as Hattie M. and Nellie B.)
Cox, Eva May – Dau. Of — and Mary Cox, Died Jan. 1, 1886 – Aged 2 yrs.
Cox, Winfield M. – Died July 30, 1891, Aged 13 yrs.
Dan, Isaac – Died July 10, 1884, Aged 77 yrs. (Age is questionable)
Dan, Mary E. – Died Jan. 29, 1870 (barely legible, no picture)
Dan, Nancy – Wife of Isaac Dan, Died May 14, 1854, Aged 44 yrs.
Dan, Wellington – Died July 21, 1870, Aged 33 yrs.
Dann, Julia W. – Wife of Abijah Dann, Died Oct. 17, 1866, Aged 60 yrs.
Decker, Harold – Son of H. B. and Ruth Decker, 1907 -1907
Geanie, Leland – Son of F. J. and P. E. Geanie, Nov. 4, 1891 – Dec. 16, 1895
Gifford, Clyde H. – Son of Win and Hattie Gifford, Died Jan. 18, 1894, Aged 8 yrs.
Leonard, Orrilla E. – Wife of H. J. Leonard, Dau. of E. C. and A. M. Decker, Died Aug. 16, 1889, Aged 18 yrs.
Myrick, Clarissa C. – Wife of Thomas Myrick, Died May 24, 1886, Aged 45 yrs.
Reynolds, Goldman – Dec. 13, 1872, Aged 76 yrs.
Reynolds, Rachel D. – no dates, missing bottom of stone
Woodford, Orange B. – Born 1810, Died 1876, Aged 66 yrs.