Crawford County, Pennsylvania


Cemeteries
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP
Bisbee ·  Bloomfield Family ·  Lincoln 1 ·  Lincoln 2 ·  Loomis ·  Mayer Farm ·  Merchant Farm ·  Mount Pleasant ·  Potter–Blakeslee ·  Riceville ·  Shreve ·  Shreve Ridge

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NameBisbee Cemetery
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located near the junction of Twp.Rts. 812 and 905, at the south-east corner of a grove of pines.  The area is now a state game lands, and the tombstone were removed to Shreve Ridge Cemetery.  The foundations of the house and barn are still visible, and myrtle marks the spot where the cemetery was located.

NameBloomfield Family Cemetery
See Find A Grave (called “Bloomfield Burying Ground”)
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located at the junction of Leg.Rt. 20084 and Twp.Rt. 826 (Cemetery Road), one-half mile west of S.R. 8 at Page’s Corners.  The cemetery is kept up pretty well, thanks to the Boy Scouts.  Some of the earliest pioneers are buried here.  An index was published in an Erie, Pa. newspaper genealogical column in the 1920s.  Toward the back of the cemetery there is a row of five identical small stones, two of these blank and the other three reading Price, Marsh, and Bryan.  Forty-three burials for the period 1814 – 1951.  Indexed 27 Oct. 1970:
Bloomfield, Andrew, d. 13 March 1850 aged 61y; footstone A.B.; War of 1812 veteran
(wife) Sarah L. [Chase], d. 20 Aug. 1842 aged 47y; f.s. S.L.B.
Bloomfield, Dr. Joseph, d. 11 Dec. 1842 aged 27y 3m 26d; f.s. J.B.
(wife) Elouisa J., d. 9 July 1852 aged 31y 3m 9d; f.s. E.J.B.
Bloomfield, Smith F., d. 25 Dec. 1861 aged 35y 5d
Bloomfield, Stephen, d. 22 Aug. 1863 aged 77y 8m 14d; f.s. S.B.
(wife) Rachel [Kirk], d. 12 Sept. 1847 aged 57y 8m 29d
Bloomfield, Thomas, b. 3 Nov. 1746, d. 5 Jan. 1814; f.s. T.B.; Rev. War veteran
(wife) Elizabeth (Morris), b. 6 April 1753, d. 3 April 1829; f.s. E.B.
Chase, Sarah L. see Bloomfield
Clark, Curtis Selden, 1840-1915
(wife) Eliza (Edson), 1845-1921
(dau.) Julianna, 1874-1951
(son) Cecil S., 1879-1941
Clark, Sally S., 1809-1891 [mother of Curtis Selden Clark]
Edson, Chelous, d. 19 Sept. 1860 aged 54y 1m 15d
(wife) Julianna [Bloomfield], d. 7 Aug. 1890, “mother”
(dau.) Phidelia see Young
(son) Eber, 1835-1907
(dau.) Julia E. see Goodrich
(dau.) Matilda, d. 4 Aug. 1851 aged 2y 7m
Edson, Esther A., wife of L.F., d. 14 July 1871 aged 31y 11m 26d
Edson, Mary, wife of L.F., d. 12 June 1877 aged 26y 8m 2d; f.s. M.E.
(dau.) Annie, dau. of L.F. & M., d. 3 Nov. 1875 aged 1y 5m 21d; f.s. A.E.
Goodrich, Julia E[dson], d. 19 Sept. 1882 aged 43y 2m 6d
Hall, Orlando A., son of Amos W. & Anna S., d. 20 Nov. 1857 aged 18y 4m; epitaph
Johnson, Ammie L., wife of J.L., d. 5 Feb. 1876 aged 28y; f.s. Ammie
(infant son) [no dates]
Kirk, Rachel see Bloomfield
Morris, Elizabeth see Bloomfield
Shreve, Arvilla, wife of T.J., d. 4 March 1881 aged 33y 1m; epitaph
Shreve, Minerva R. (Warner), wife of Enochard Richard, and infant son (no tombstone)
Taylor, Orren D., 1844-1915, “father”
(wife) Delana T. [Young], 1852-1940, “mother”
Warner, Sophia B., wife of Henry C., Sr., d. 5 Sept. 1867 aged 56y; epitaph
(dau.) Amelia, dau. of H.C. & S.B., d. 9 Aug. 1862 aged 20y 8m; f.s. A.W.
(dau.) Minerva R. see Shreve
(dau.) Arvilla see Shreve
(dau.) Mary Agnes, dau. of H.C. & S.B., d. 27 March 1855 aged 1y 11m
Young, Samuel M[iles], 1827-1907, “father”
(wife) Phidelia E[dson], 1830-1892, “mother”; epitaph
(son) Samuel B., d. 15 Feb. 1855 aged 4y 11m
(dau.) Delania T. see Taylor
(son) Philander, 1866-1898, Private Co. K, 16th Reg. Pa. Vol. (died in Spanish-American War)

NameLincoln Cemetery (1)
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located off Leg.Rt. 20083 (Shreve Ridge Road), about one mile north of Lincolnville, and 150 yards north-west of the first road to the left.  It is by a very large dead elm just north of gully, 100 yard off the road.  There is a large patch of myrtle, with the tree within the patch; there are indications that there may have been more than one burial.  Indexed 30 Nov. 1970:
Hamilton, John, d. 2 Feb. 1868 aged 70y 10m 29d; f.s. J.H.; epitaph

NameLincoln Cemetery (2)
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located in Lincolnville, near the junction of Leg.Rt. 20084 and Twp.Rt.[?] 190, beside a tool shed, on the Seth Lincoln homestead still farmed by Lincoln descendants.  To find the cemetery, inquire at the farmhouse on the corner.  Indexed 29 Oct. 1970:
Lincoln, Seth C., d. 1 June 1847 aged 45y 10m 16d
(dau.) Mariann A., dau. of Seth C. & Lucinda, d. 17 July 1843 aged 11y 6m
Porter, Emma A., dau. of S. T. & J. A., d. 10 Sept. 1850 aged 8m 19d

NameLoomis Cemetery
See Find A Grave
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Modern cemetery, with few burials before 1920; 275 marked burials ranging from 1840 to 1982.  Indexed Oct. 1971, with additions from Meadville Tribune for 1971 through 1982.
[ten page index to be added as PDF]

Name(John) Mayer Farm Cemetery
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located on Twp.Rt. 857 at the peak of a hill overlooking Chapinville.  Only myrtle remains; the tombstones may have been moved to Chapinville Cemetery or Loomis Cemetery or perhaps destroyed.  According to the Veterans Affairs Office, the ashes of Isaac Bechtold, a W.W.I veteran, were scattered here; he was born 5 Aug. 1889, and died 11 May 1950.


NameMerchant Farm Cemetery
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located along S.R. 77, on top of a bank almost across from its intersection with Twp.Rt. 834.  There is a Revolutionary War veteran marker, but no tombstone.
Fuller, Ephraim

NameMount Pleasant Cemetery
See Find A Grave
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located at the junction of Leg.Rts. 20126 and 20093, two miles east of Tillotson Corners (along S.R. 8).  It is along the road and quite visible.  Many tombstones have been added in recent years giving only names and no dates; two such stones are illegible, and one said only “Iva.”  Indexed 8 Dec. 1970.
[Twenty-one page index to be added as PDF file]

NamePotter–Blakeslee Cemetery
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located about one-half mile south-west of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and 200 yards south of Leg.Rt. 20093.  It is surrounded on three sides by fields, and visible from the road except during the summer.  It is enclosed within an iron fence and partially abandoned.  THe Blakeslee family here is related to the Blakeslees in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.  Indexed 1970 and 26 Sept. 1971:
Blakeslee, Elkahan [no dates]
(wife) Cynthia [no dates]
(dau.) Almyra [no dates]
(granddau.) Mary E., dau. of Freeman & Mary, d. 27 April 1880 aged 13y 5m
Potter, A. [no dates]
Potter, Edward Dean, son of T. & M., d. 7 July 1862 aged 10y 11m 5d
Potter, Oscar F., 1822-1887
(wife) Elizabeth, 1872-18
(dau.) Amy Ann, dau. of O. F. & E., d. 12 Dec. 1858 aged 5u 8m 9d
(dau.) Eliza C. M., dau. of O. F. & E., d. 1 Jan. 1860 aged 4d
(dau.) Nettie [no dates]
(dau.) Bethul [no dates]
(dau.) Lizzie [no dates]
(son) Dean [no dates]
(dau.) Addie [no dates]

NameRiceville Cemetery
See Find A Grave
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located at Riceville just off the east side of S.R. 77.  This cemetery received good care and tombstones from several small family cemeteries have been moved here.  846 marked burials, beginning with Thomas Mitchell in 1837.  Indexed in Oct. 1975, with additional data from the Meadville Tribune of 1972 through Jan. 1983.
[Twenty-nine page index may be added as a PDF file]

NameShreve Cemetery
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located about 200 yards behind a house and barn located at the junction of Twp.Rt. 831 and S.R. 8, beneath a pine tree in a cow pasture.  It can be found by following a farmer’s lane behind the barn.  It is in poor condition.  See Luther P. Allen, Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family (1901).
Shreve, Brazilla, d. 9 July 1852 aged 67y; f.s. B.S.
(wife) Nancy A. [Clark], d. 18 Feb. 1874 aged 87y
Shreve, Franklin N., son of Israel & Lydia M., d. 24 Sept. 1869 aged 17y 3m 24d

NameShreve Ridge Cemetery
See Find A Grave
From Eugene F. Throop’s index:  Located at the top of Shreve Ridge along Leg.Rt. 20083, overlooking Canadohta Lake.  Indexed in Oct. 1970 and rechecked Oct. 1971
[Ten page index to be added as PDF file]

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