Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Faithful Companions Pet Cemetery, Smithfield Township, Bradford County, PA
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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
Bradford County PA
Chemung County NY
Tioga County PA

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 07/2/01999
By Joyce M. Tice
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