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Metcalf Cemetery, Brookfield Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania - 1970s
 

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The following list is part of the Tioga County Cemetery Inscriptions– Volume 2 and 8. Cemetery read and published 1970s.

Reprinted with Permission of Rhoda ENGLISH Ladd.

Small Cemetery on METCALF Farm
Small Cemetery on Charles METCALF Farm, this one, now destroyed and copy given to us, from Lenore CLARK of Westfield, PA. There are added notes by Lenore. Following this cemetery listing is a copy of a Diary record written by Lucy Ann LEWIS Baker
Material typed and formatted for the web by Linda Cracraft and Joyce M.  Tice
Includes Family Records at Bottom of Page
Surname First Name Birthdate Deathdate Age Inscription Epitaph/Notes
METCALF Mary May 18, 1876 age 78 years wife of Isaach
Joanna May 24, 1862 age 63 years, 9 mo. 8 days wife of Isaach My children dear assemble here, A Mother's grave to see, Not long ago, I dwelt with you But soon, you'll dwell with me.
METCALF Isaach 1865 age 81y, 11 m0, 21d.
BAKER Ira born 1794 May 6, 1873 aged 79 years was father of E.N. BAKER and Great great Grandfather of Kenneth L. BAKER Ira BAKER was the son of Samuel BAKER, early settler.
Sally (Sarah) Aug. 28, 1785 July 11, 1862 age 76y, 10m, 13 d. wife of Ira Sally, was the dau. of John H. BROWN, Soldier of Revolution. Her sister, Mary BROWN m. 1819, William SIMMONS, the first wedding in Brookfield Twp.
TERRY  George ----- no inscription
Amanda J. Feb. 22, 1826 Aug. 17, 1870 wife of George F. TERRY
BROWN Joanna Sept. 1, 1868 age 30y, 1m, 29d. wife of Murray BROWN
METCALF Marvin June 1, 1862 age 47y, 3m, 11d. This was copied by Cheryl METCALF, Robert's oldest dau.
BAKER E N E N was Edward Nicholson BAKER, son of Ira and Grandson of Samuel, an early pioneer.   E. N. was Father of W. W. BAKER, owner of the BAKER Bible.

History of Tioga County 1897, page 941, says - SIMMONS, William b. Apr. 7, 1804 Delaware County, N.Y. moved to Tioga County, Pa. 1816. He married 1819 to Mary A. BROWN, dau of John H. BROWN, a Revolution Soldier.

From diary written by Lucy Ann LEWIS Baker (wife of Edward N. BAKER) the following -

Date Bible Entry
8-8-1868 Aunt Catherine BOWMAN came
4-16-1868 We have been married 20 years
8-9-1868 Father BAKER (Ira), gone to Morris METCALFs to live.
9-1-1868 Joanna BROWN, wife of Murray BROWN died this A.M.
1-25-1869 Ames BAKER (Ira's Brother), came and staid till after dinner.
5-6-1873 Grandpa BAKER died this A.M.
5-19-1873 E. N. is 48 today
5-18-1876 Aunt Mary METCALF died half past 11
8-17-1876 Mandy TERRY died
4-18-1913 Andrew SIMMONS died. His Mother and E.N.'s Mother were sisters.

 

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09 JAN 1998
By Joyce M. Tice
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