CEMETERY ON BLOXOM DAUGHTERY FARM, SUSSEX COUNTY, DE Laurel to Delmar Road 1 Mile North of Delmar, DE on Rt. 13A Little Creek Hundred This file is part of the Delaware Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/delaware/delaware.html ********************************************* http://usgwarchives.net/de/defiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project & USGenWeb Archives by: James B Hearn (Hearn29@msn.com) | Iva Thompson sallay@sbcglobal.net Lat Updated: December 15, 2008 Photo transcription (*): http://www.usgwarchives.net/de/sussex/photos/tombstones/boloxomdaugherty/bloxom.html Iva Thompson's Notes: Tombstone inscriptions as published in The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1967 and Vol. VIII, No. 2, April 1967, Raymond B. Clark, Editor, Contributed by Mrs. Hubert Tharp, Route 1, Box 87, Seaford, DE James B Hearn's Notes: Dates and complete names of children from Jonathan Alfred Hearn's will. Corrections from the gravestones themselves. (Pictures available.) Land for this cemetery was donated by Jonathan Alfred Hearn in his will. Ref: RG4545.009, Roll # 107. NOTE: See Hearne History, by Wm. T. Hearn, 1907 edition, pg. 47, "Elijah Hearne's children” Cemetery #39, Ref: Jas Hearn's map of Little Creek Hundred, located on Laurel to Delmar road, abt. 1 mile north of Delmar, Del. on Rt. 13A. Referred to as the Cemetery on “Bloxom Daugherty Farm” Jonathan Alfred Hearn donated this land for a cemetery for his family, relatives and their friends in his will. He states that his parents are also buried there. However he and some other family members are buried in a cemetery in Laurel, DE. Several errors were passed down from the original subscriber and his file corrects those errors, see original transcription at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/de/sussex/cemeteries/bloxom.txt as published in The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1967 and Vol. VIII, No. 2, April 1967. NAME BIRTH DEATH NOTES Submitter ============================================================================================================================================= Beach, Barney Jun 15, 1827 Feb 8, 1909 Iva Thompson Beach, Margaret D Aug 6, 1865 wife of Barney Beach | age 35 years, 9 months, 4 days. Iva Thompson Beach, Sydney B Nov 9, 1863 Jun 23, 1926 son of Issiah and Irena Beach | age 62 years. Iva Thompson Culver, Jennie* Feb 18, 1870 May 4, 1902 Aged 32 yr, 2 mo, 16 days | Wife of J.W. Culver of E. James B Hearn Gray, 0. F. Jun 12, 1910 age 48 years Iva Thompson Hastings, Miranda C Apr 3, 1850 Feb 23, 1883 wife of Stephen G. Hearn Iva Thompson Hearn, Addie 1859 1928 Iva Thompson Hearn, Frances E Mar 31, 1854 Oct 11, 1926 Iva Thompson Hearn, Isaac Jul 25, 1847 Jan 29, 1936 Iva Thompson Hearn, Jonathan* Jan 9, 1809 Apr 6, 1895 Jonathan Hearn of S. James B Hearn Hearn, Julia Ann Dec28, 1828 Feb 18, 1909 wife of Barney Beach Iva Thompson Hearn, Martha W* Aug 8, 1853 Jul 12, 1886 Wife of Luther M. Hearn James B Hearn Hearn, Mary E Mar 18, 1926 age 78 years Iva Thompson Hearn, Minnie S Mar 14, 1880 Jan 14, 1957 Iva Thompson Hearn, Miranda 1854 1885 Iva Thompson Hearn, Patrick H Dec 27, 1874 Jul 4, 1953 Iva Thompson Hearn, Ruth E Dec 29, 1908 Sep 20, 1920 Iva Thompson Hearn, Samuel T Jul 26, 1843 Oct 7, 1920 Iva Thompson Hearn, Sarah E* Sep 1827 Jan 1912 Wife of Jonathan Hearn of S. James B Hearn Hearn, Stephen G* 1844 Listed as "Samuel G." on original transcription James B Hearn Irvine, Gertrude* Nov 3, 1878 Jun 3, 1915 Daughter of Stephen G. Hearn James B Hearn Hultz, Eliza E* Jun 17, 1891 Sep 1891 Daughter of George J. & Mary E. James B Hearn Hultz, George J* Sep 5, 1826 Feb 23, 1909 Age 82 yr, 5 mo, 18 days James B Hearn Hultz, Mary E Aug 1918 age 74 years. Iva Thompson