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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Faithful Companions Pet Cemetery,
Smithfield Township, Bradford County, PA |
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
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Do You Know that you can search just the
Bradford County Cemetery Records on the site by using the Cemeteries
-Bradford button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the
Current What's New Page? If
you use that partition follow these steps to search just one cemetery.
1. Choose Cemeteries - Bradford.
2. Enter part of the cemetery name [ie Ballard or Berrytown] AND a surname.
3. Choose the Find ALL Words option. Then it will find just the pages
with that surname in the one cemetery you indicated.
See also - Bradford County Cemetery Addresses |
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This Cemetery does not show on any previous lists, but I ran across
it just south of East Smithfield on the road to Burlington. I am including
it with just photos for the time being. My initial reaction was that I
would probably not include a listing, but on second thought since most
of the families include their names on the tombstone of their pet, it is
information about them that their descendants a century from now
may find interesting. It does tell us something about the people who love
their pets enough to create a memorial for them. And for those of us who
are animal lovers, and we are many, the inscriptions and messages of love
that with which these pets have been commemorated are very touching. So,
perhaps someday, when other cemetery listings are complete, we may include
the beloved pets of our population. These have occurred just in the 1980s
and 1990s,so it is a new cemetery. The present photos include an overview
and a couple of representative stones. A few inlcude the pet's photo. The
cemetery is well maintained and many graves have new flowers on them. It
is far from the smallest cemetery in the township and is growing as several
new graves were present. My own little Enki visited the cemetery with me,
and I do hope she does not have to be here anytime soon.

Subj: Inhumation, Faithful Companion Pet Cemetery
Date: 04/30/2000 7:48:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: rjm001@epix.net (Dick McCracken)
To: JoyceTice@aol.com (JoyceTice)
Joyce,
Was just going over some of the cemetery listings and noted you include
Faithful Companion Pet Cemetery, Smithfield Twp, Bradford Co.
There is at least one human buried in this cemetery; it was reported
to me by the surviving spouse of the veteran during a visit to my office
to
pick up a flag holder and flag for the grave.
From the graves registration data base:
Davis, Martin Frank
b. 11 Aug 1921; Charleston Twp, Tioga Co, PA
d. 9 Jan 1994; Elmira, Chemung Co, PA
WWII; Cpl; Army Air Corps (AAC). Privately purchased headstone.
(There should be a flagholder and flag on the grave).
Informant: Dorothy Davis (wife); 907 Breesport Notch Chemung
Road, Lot 25; Lowman, NY 14861. 607-732-5345.
As I recall, I later heard that there was a second person buried with
his or her pet in this cemetery.
Dick McCracken
Towanda, PA
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 07/2/01999
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: Joyce M.
Tice
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