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Hi again, Joyce:

I did find a lot of helpful info on your site in Oct. and Nov. 2002 when I discovered my Wyatt, Fosdick and Griffin ancestors of Tioga co., PA !  There were a number of great cemetery and census items that helped a lot - too many to count.  This info helped me connect with another cousin who was related to the Griffins and he had some interesting family documents.  I was able to pursue the Fosdicks and found that they trace back to Wm. Brewster of the Mayflower - my first Mayflower ancestor!  Prior to that, I was very happy to find a newspaper marriage record on the site for my gr-gr-grandparents Charles Stone (of Montour Falls, NY) and Rebecca Stuart (of Mansfield, PA) that took place in late 1864 in Mansfield, PA.  That was helpful in convincing me that I had the right Stuart family.

While I was thinking about it, I thought I would let you know about my Stuart ancestors and relatives that are buried in Prospect (Hope) cemetery in Mansfield, Tioga co., PA, yet are not on the list.  Photos are attached.  I think these stones were missed because they looked just like broken stones, where only the base is left.  But on closer inspection, these "bases" actually had names & dates on them.  These photos were taken for me about 3 or 4 years ago by a local person.
Here are the missing people, below.  I typed the dates as they were shown in the "Tioga County, PA Records - Cemetery Inscriptions & Historical Data, Volume 10 - Additions to Volume 1 - 1988".  (A look-up was done for me in 1998, then the info was verified by inspection of the actual gravestones.)  My notes are in [ ] from my research on this family. - I have death certs. and census records for all, since Frederick A. Stuart was my gr-gr-gr-grandfather.

Frederick A. STUART  1806 - 1893   [my research shows he was b. 23 Apr 1806 in Kent, Litchfield co., CT; he died 16 Dec 1893 in Mansfield, PA.  He was married to Helen M. BROWN, b. 1807 in CT, but Helen's burial place and date are unknown.]

Irene STUART  1845 - 1917  [b. 12 Jan 1845 in Catharine, NY; d. 20 Jul 1917 in Mansfield, PA.  Daughter of Frederick A. STUART & Helen BROWN, was never married.]

Josephine STUART  1847 - 1890  [b. 1847 in Catharine, NY; d. March 1890 in Mansfield, PA.  Her obit said she "worked as Principal Teacher for many years in the Mansfield Orphan School".  Daughter of Frederick A. STUART & Helen BROWN; never married.]

Ernest M. STUART 1889 - 1978  [one same stone with wife Hilda.  Ernest STUART was b. Sep. 1889 in Tioga co., PA and died in 1978 in Mansfield, PA.  He was the son of Hart STUART and Mary F. SHAW of Tioga co., PA.  Hart STUART was the son of Frederick A. STUART & Helen BROWN.]

Hilda M. STUART  1892 - no death date; on same stone as Ernest STUART.  [wife of Ernest; was b. 1892/3 in PA and died in 1983 in Mansfield, PA.  I don't have her maiden name.]

Baby WILCOX - d. 7-5-1949  [believed to be grandchild of Ernest STUART, whose daughter married a WILCOX]

Hart STUART - [1850 - 1924; he was b. in Catharine, NY or Southport, NY.  He is buried in Prospect cemetery with his wife Mary F. SHAW, 1848 - 1926, in another section of the cemetery.]  This was told to me by Hart STUART's grandaughter who still lives in Mansfield, PA.

Thanks,

Linda Z. O'Halloran 

Published on Tri-Counties 01 NOV 1997

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