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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Merryall Cemetery, Wyalusing,
Bradford County, PA
Obituaries
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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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by Joyce M. Tice 1998
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| Reading a series of obituaries from a single
cemetery, as they are presented here, is like reading the multi-generational
history of a community. These people were the local populace at a particular
time. The people buried here knew each other, were neighbors, relatives
and school mates. They attended church together and engaged in "trade"
or business.
All people are listed in alphabetic order by surname at BIRTH.
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can not be identified, are listed on the last page for the cemetery's obituaries.
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BEAUMONT - Mr. Walker Beaumont died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Eliza Wakely at Silvara on Thursday of last week , aged
nearly 86 years. Mr. Beaumont was born at May Pole Hill, West Riding,
England, on June 3, 1816, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Walker) Beaumont.
At the age of four years he came with his mother and one sister to America,
the father having preceded them to this country the year before.
On May 5, 1844, he was united in marriage to Hannah Grubham, who also came
from England at the age of seven years. To them were born eight children,
Mrs. Sarah Shaver and Mrs. Amelia Lewis of Hillsgrove, Sullivan County,
Mrs. Josephine Lattimor of Susquehanna; Mrs. Eliza Wakeley, of Silvara;
James W. of Waterbury, Conn; Mrs. Estella Brown of Colley; Mrs. Mary Santee
and Joseph, deceased. The wife departed this life on January 14, 1877.
Mr. Beaumont was a man of strong constitution and until his last sickness
was always in good health. For the past thirteen months he was confined
to his bed and was a great sufferer, which he bore with christian grace
and fortitude, bowing in humble submission to the fathers will. He had
bright hopes for the future, did not fear death, but longed to be at home.
The funeral services were held at Merryall Sunday afternnoon at two o'clock,
Rev. M.L. Cook officiating; the interment was in Merryall Cemetery beside
the remains of his departed wife. Submitted by Carol Brotzman. My
records depict that he died April 17, 1902 and was buried April 20, 1902
in Merryall Cemetery.
ELLIOTT –MRS. HELEN MARIE HARNED, age 89, of Herrickville, Pa.,
passed away on Thursday evening, Dec. 29, 2005, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital,
Tunkhannock, Pa. Helen was born Oct. 15, 1916, a daughter of the
late G. Mark and Mary Mitten Elliott. She graduated from the Camptown
High School, a member of the class of 1934. She married Bernard B.
Harned of Sylvara on March 29, 1939. They celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary before Bernard’s death on May 13, 1999. Helen and Bernard
farmed Helen’s family Century Dairy Farm for many years until retiring.
She was a member of the Camptown Presbyterian Church, the H.O.P.S. Ambulance
Association and the Camptown Civic Club. She was also a Sunday school
superintendent and a Girl Scout Leader. Helen was an avid gardener
and birdwatcher, and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, John E. and Janet Detrick Harned
of Camptown, Pa.; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Elizabeth and Walter
R. Chappell of Dallas, Pa.; a brother-in-law, N. Dean Starner of Camptown;
six grandsons and granddaughters-in-law; Andrew Harned of Eatontown, N.J.,
Alex and Tonia Harned of Wyalusing, Curtis and Michelle Harned of Allentown,
Pa., John Harned Jr. and Monica Blaszczyk of Cromwell, Conn., Mark B. and
Amy Chappell of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Jay and Seana Chappell of Hunlock
Creek, Pa.; eight great-grandchildren; Sarah, Kayla, David, Michelle, Maura
and Eli Chappell, and Savana and Rachael Cobb; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by an infant son, Paul Bernard Harned, in 1942; a brother
Howard Elliott; and a sister, Jane Starner. A memorial service will
be held at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2 at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home,
1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Joyce Warner officiating.
There will be a visitation from 1 to 4 p.m. preceding the service.
Interment will be in the Merryall Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
Memorial contributions are directed to: H.O.P.S. Ambulance Association,
in care of James Seipler, RR 1, Box 280, Rome, Pa., the Herrickville Fire
Co. in care of Doreen Farmer, RR3, Wyalusing, Pa., the Camptown Presbyterian
Church, in care of Robert Stevens, RR 1, Wyalusing, Pa. or the charity
of one’s choice. –Towanda Daily Review
ELLIOTT –MRS. JANE E. STARNER, age 72, of Camptown passed away
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7, 1993, at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.
She was born July 8, 1920, in Herrick Township, daughter of the late G.
Mark and Mary Mitten Elliott. Jane graduated from the Camptown High
School and from Mansfield State Teacher’s College. She took additional
credits at Penn State. She married N. Dean Starner on July 28, 1944.
She taught elementary school for 15 years, first at the LeRaysville-Pike
Joint School and later at Camptown. Mrs. Starner was a member of
the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville and a member of the Camptown
Civic Club. Surviving are her spouse; N. Dean at home; sons and daughters-in-law;
Robert D. and Debi Starner of Hernando, Fla., and David E. and Joan Starner
of Orange, Va.; daughter and son-in-law; Doris S. and Douglas L. Jensen
of Oswego, N.Y.; a sister; Mrs. Bernard (Helen) Harned of Herrick Township;
seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services
will be held on Sunday, Jan. 10, 1993, at 2 p.m. at the Braintrim Baptist
Church in Laceyville, with the Rev. William A. Pepper, her pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in the Merryall Cemetery. Memorials are directed
to the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 116 John St., New York,
N.Y. Arrangements are under the direction of the P. Dean Homer Funeral
Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa. –Towanda Daily Review.
HOMET –JULIA HOMET KENNEDY, 97, died Dec. 24, 1989 at the Carpenter
Care Center in Tunkhannock, Pa. Born Dec.5, 1892, she was one 12
children born to William Horton and Adeila Mitten Homet. A graduate
of the Camptown High School in 1910, the same year that her mother died,
she stayed home to care for eight younger brothers and sisters until her
marriage to Edward Porter Kennedy on April 26, 1930. Mrs. Kennedy
was a faithful member of the Camptown Presbyterian Church where she taught
Sunday school for many years. She was a member of the Wyalusing Valley
Eastern Star Chapter No. 523 and actively served in the Bradford County
Republican Women’s Association. She was a member of the Camptown
Sunday School Sunshine Class which eventually developed into the Camptown
Civic Club, of which she was a charter member. She was preceded in
death by her husband on July 5, 1978 and four sisters and four brothers.
Her survivors are three sisters, Neva H. Schoonover and Dorothy C. Homet
of Camptown and Ruth H. Burgess of Englewood, N.J. Also surviving
are 13 nieces and nephews, including four whom she cared for in her home
for many years. They are Dorothy Ann Chadwick Brabson, Titusville,
Fla.; Everell V. Chadwick, Shavertown, Pa.; Dr. Harold H. Chadwick, Wysox,
and James W. Chadwick, Camptown, Pa. A memorial service will be held
Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the Camptown Community Church with
the Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Starzer, church pastor, officiating. Interment
will be in the Merryall Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
The family will provide their own flowers and request that memorials may
be directed to the Merryall Cemetery Association, c/o Robert P. Hay, RD
3, Wyalusing, Pa. Arrangements provided by the P. Dean Homer Funeral
Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa. –Towanda Daily Review
ELISHA S. KEELER, postmaster and merchant at New Albany and one
of the best known residents of this section of the county died very suddenly
at his home in that place Saturday morning (1908). For some years
past he has been in poor health and for the few days just preceding his
death he had been complaining of feeling poorly but had just remarked to
his wife that he was felling the best he had in several days when he fell
forward in his chair and a moment later breathed his last. His death
was due to heart failure. He was born at Merryall sixty-one years
ago. In 1876 he moved to this place where he for a year was the proprietor
of the Wyalusing Hotel and for some time he was engaged in the sale of
musical merchandise with Wyalusing as his headquarters. Soon after
leaving Wyalusing he went to New Albany where he has ever since resided.
About ten years ago he invented and patented the Keeler seeder, a most
useful instrument for the truck farmer and a bicycle coupler. After
placing them on the market he started in the mercantile business at New
Albany, he being the senior member of the firm of Keeler & Co. one
of New Albany’s largest dealers in general merchandise. He was appointed
postmaster and was serving on his second term at the time of his death.
At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion as
a member of Co. A, 1441st Regiment Pa. Vol. and served about two and one-half
years. He was of a genial disposition and had a faculty of making
and retaining friends. In business he was methodical and pushing
and was active in developing and building up his home town. On September
16, 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Elliott and to them
were born four children, two daughters having died May 17, 1877.
The two sons, Charles and Roy of Albany, besides his wife survive him.
John G. Keller of this borough and Henry Keeler of Oskaloosa, Kansas are
the surviving brothers. The funeral was held at the Keeler home in
New Albany yesterday morning at 9 o’clock and the remains were taken to
the cemetery at Merryall for interment.
MCALLISTER –MARGARET HELEN ROUGHT. NORTH SPRING HILL
Gossip column; There is a disease commonly known as la grippe that is making
a general call at nearly every home. Mrs. McAllister of Lime Hill came
to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Stephen (Margaret Helen McAllister) Rought,
who was very sick and was taken ill and died January 6. The funeral
was held at Merryall the 8th. Mrs. Stephen Rought died Thursday, January
9, of that dread disease, consumption. Funeral services were held
at Camptown the 11th, Mr. Fish officiating. She was a loving wife,
a kind mother and neighbor. She leaves three sons and three daughters
to mourn her loss. She was a devoted member of the Baptist church.
Blessed are the dead that lie in the Lord. The families have the
heartfelt sympathy of the entire community. Contributed by Carol Brotzman
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