Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Stony Fork Cemetery, Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 - Do You Know that you can search just the 600 pages of Tioga County Cemetery Records on the site by using the Cemeteries -Tioga 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 - Tioga.  2. Enter part of the cemetery name [ie Newbury or Furman] 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.

Copied by Lola W. Franke, 15 King St., Wellsboro, Pa., 1969

Due to the extensive area of Delmar Township, cemeteries and graveyardsare found in various parts. One of the oldest is the graveyardadjoining the old Baptist Church Building at Stony Fork. The newcemetery, a few rods to the south, was incorporated May 4,1886. May bealso known as the Butler Cemetery for the Butler family.

Many stones here are broken and unreadable

HOUGHTON Simeon Houghton,Esq.b.July 10,1780 in Petersham,Mass. d.Oct 2,1843 Stony Fork

Rachel (Deane) Houghton b.Nov 19,1776 Mass.,

d.June 19,1853 Stony Fork

Esther, youngest dau of above b.Draper,Tioga Co.

May 31,1819 d.Feb 14,1842 unmarried
 

WILSON Ulysses Grant Wilson s/o Robert B.Wilson

b.Nov 3,1864 Morris Twp. d.Dec 1,1936 Stony Fork

Clara (Hildreth) Wilson b.1864 d.1930

Kenley Wilson b.Apr 17,1844 Lycoming County, Pa.

d.July 16,1887 Stony Fork, married Almeda Cole

Extra info.from Lola Franke's family history
 

PARRISH Samuel Parrish d.Nov 27,1841 age 65yr 8mo 2da

Elizabeth w/o Samuel d.Jan 17,1848 age 63yr 8mo 1da
 

BACON Daniel H. Bacon d.May 26,1830 age 84yr

Mary A. 2nd wife of D.H. d.Sept 23,1836 age 48yr
 

SABINS Stephen sabins d.Sept 18,1861 age 63 years

Sarah E. dau. rest illegible
 

WILSON Grant Wilson 1864-1936

Clara, his wife 1864-1930
 

BUTLER Allen Butler b.1853 d.Nov 30,1904

Susan w/o Allen no legible

Note-from Tioga County History 1897, Allen Butler, native of Vermont b.May 14,1771, married Susanna Borden of New Hampshire in 1817. Susanna d.Jan 15,1850. They were parents of nine children: Belinda, Betsey, Allen, Hartford, Wellman, Eunice, Dolly, Seldon, Crete.

BUTLER Wellman Butler 1801-1884

Nancy w/o Wellman 1803-1834

Matilda w/o Wellman 1802-1864

Note- from Steele Family History, Margaret Steele, d/o Ephraim and Julia A. Steele married Feb 22,1835 to Wellman Butler as second wife.