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Note: "In 1988 this marker was at the Chatham Twp. Building.  It was moved from the creek bank by Supervisor Groves.  It was a large white stone, now missing"

Name of Cemetery: Boardman Deeded As Read By: Linda Reese & Terry Pritchard Date Read: 2012 Published by Joyce M. Tice  10 DEC 2017 Location: "Chatham Twp,Tioga County- GPS Coordinates Other Comments:

Boardman CemeteryChatham Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Latitude41.86431 Longitude-77.46931

Located about 1230 feet East of Burrell Road (Township road #392) and 2300 feet North of Shorthill Road (St4012) in the far Western part of Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pa. It is located on private property owned by Kenneth Palmer.

This is an old cemetery that appears to have not been used since the 1860's. It is in poor condition with no standing headstones. It has a large number of field stone markers that do not appear to have any initials scratched into them. The cemetery is surrounded by a stone fence that has sections down and the stones have fallen in the cemetery area. The cemetery is about 130' by 100' in size. The southern area of the cemetery is subjected to animal use and there are few standing field stones in this area but there are hints that the area was populated with field stones in the past.

The field and head stones appear to be spaced about 3 feet apart with about 9 feet between rows. Many of the head/foot stone pairs are missing one of the stones and there are gaps in the rows. Accurate calculation of the number of burials would seem to be almost impossible but indications are that at least 46 souls are buried there and probably many more. 

Some headstones may have been removed by vandals and used for building materials, based on a story I've been told. This is unsubstantiated but the missing headstone pieces makes the story seem to be possible.

In 2012, the upper portion of the Marcus Chamberlin headstone with the name and dates was not located. The identification of the remaining portion was based on the inscription match to the 1970's reading. Name, dates and age was copied from the 1970's reading. Probing around the headstone remnant was done but the name/date piece remains missing.

In 2012, a headstone with Annaliza Pearsall, wife of J.A. Pearsall was located. It is broken and the upper half was in good condition but the date/lower section of the stone was not located in spite of local probing. Annaliza was the daughter of Dixon and Catherine Booth Southworth.

A foot stone with the initials JAP is located near the Harriett Pearsall headstone. The spot where the headstone should have been appears to have added dirt from the adjoining field that also covered and destroyed the stone fence. Light probing was done with no result but it is possible that the JAP headstone is there to be found.

Further work in the cemetery might uncover further information and locate the missing pieces of headstones but, I suspect, it will take a great deal of time and effort.

Terry Pritchard
 
 

Surname	Given name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Notes/inscription/Comments
Westmiller	Josiah		Sep 11 1872	71y 1mo 11days
Westmiller	Catherine		Sep 7 1862	44y	his wife – same headstone as Josiah
Chamberlin	Marcus		20 Feb 1843	28y 2d	Name and dates from 1970's information, bottom of headstone with inscription there but did not locate upper portion with name & dates Inscription: "You, that in blooming health appear, You do not think that death is near, But, Oh, our God, has many ways, To bring us mortals to our graves."
Southworth	Leonard		June 28 1845	11y 9mo	s/o Dixon and Catherine – headstone broken at given name and date – Inscription: “Friends nor Physicians could save, This mortal baby from the grave Nor can the grave confine it here When Christ, the Savior, shall appear.”
Pearsall	Alvina		Jan 11 1861	10y 10d	d/o J.A. And Annaliza
Pearsall	Harriett		Oct 23 1859	2yr 1m 19d
Pearsall	Infant			3d	s/o J.A. & A – same headstone as Harriett
Pearsall	Annaliza				Wife of J.A. Pearsall – top of headstone with name but no located bottom with dates
JAP					Footstone with JAP- no headstone located but area of headstone may have material from bulldozer work over it

Published on Tri-Counties  24 MAY 2010

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