Mt. Paran Presbyterian Church Cemetery 10308 Liberty Road Harrisonville Baltimore County, MD 410.655.6220 ****************************************************************** Made available to The USGENWEB Archives by: Kathy D. Shaulis (kshaulis@hotmail.com) and Kathi Jones-Hudson (mdcemmy@yahoo.com). ****************************************************************** A photographic transcription with additional information, can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/baltimore/tsimages/mtparan/paran.html Contact the MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager at mdcemmy@yahoo.com to add names, photographs or information to this transcription Mt. Paran Church was incorporated September 18, 1841. The Church was called Solider's Delight prior to 1841 and that congregation began circa 1766. The oldest legible tombstone is that of Robert Gilchrist dated October 17, 1767. The oldest known deed mentions this area as the Plains of Paran. Used as a place of worship and burial by the society of Christians called Presbyterians, dated 4 May 1784. NAME BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION/SHARES WITH ==================================================================================================================================== BECKLEY, Rachel 1809 19 Jan 1894 Aged 87 Years / Wife of John M. Mother of Amelia Elizabeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Alexina 11 Mar 1835 28 Aug 1837 Aged 2 yrs. & 5 mos Daughter of George E. & Sarah C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Alicena 24 Sep 1839 06 Feb 1849 In memory of … who departed this life … aged 9 years / ___ mos. & 18 days Daughter of George E. & Sarah C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Ann 1775 13 Feb 1854 Nee: COOPER / To the memory of our Mother / Aged 76 years 9 months & 9 days Wife of John Odell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Annie Lee 1875 1960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Bertha Sophia 29 Dec 1873 21-Jul-67 Nee WEGNER / Wife of Samuel D. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Carlyle Dixon 07 Feb 1883 17-May-65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Catherine Georgiana 1842 1925 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Elizabeth Harryman 23 Jan 1838 06 Feb 1867 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, George Eclipse 16 Jun 1806 13 Dec 1888 Son of Abraham Odell of Walter & Kitturah Odell of John, Sr. / In memory of … Behold the upright for the end of that man is peace ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, John 30 Nov 1802 06 Dec 1818 Son of John Odell & Providence Baker / To the memory of our Mother And Our Father / Aged 46 years / Husba ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, John, Jr. 06 May 1769 05 Mar 1815 Son of John Odell, Jr. & Ann Cooper / Sacred to the memory of … who departed this life … Aged 16 years & 7 days / "My life runs short my grave you prepare thyself to follow me" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Lydia Rebecca 18 Nov 1888 6-Jul-63 Nee: NEEPIER / In Thee O Lord have I put my trust / Wife of Carlyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Paul Barclay 01 Aug 1877 1943 Son of William Chapman Odell & Catherine Georgiana Fite / Clerk of Session at Mt. Paran Presbyterian Church / Husband of Annie L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Samuel Doubleday 02 Sep 1870 7-Dec-37 Son of Walter G. Odell & Charlotte Marshall Doubleday / Husband of Bertha S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, Sarah Chapman 16 Oct 1806 01 Jun 1878 Nee CHAPMAN: Daughter of Job Chapman & Ann Sykes / Wife of George E. "We all do fade as a leaf" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, William Chapman 28 Mar 1837 21-Jan-26 Son of George E. Odell & Sarah A. Chapman In 1869, he operated a stagecoach from North Branch to Baltimore. On school days he transported his two daughters to the tollgate. From there, young Jessie, age 8, and Alice, age 6, would have to walk a half-mile down the even narrower McDonogh Lane to the one-room schoolhouse taught by Robert Breckinridge Chapman, their father's cousin. This was the first school in Randallstown. There is a memorial stained glass window above the Church door to William C. Odell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODELL, William Fite 26 Feb 1872 07 Jul 1872 "Willie" / Son of William Chapman Odell & Catherine Georgiana Fite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Carroll Dunbar 13 Oct 1893 5-Jan-37 Son of Jesse C. Odell & Charles T. Phillips / Husband of Ruby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Charles Tomlinson 11 Oct 1859 1-Feb-05 Husband of Jesse Odell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Edith Odell 13 Sep 1897 17-May-63 Daughter of Jesse C. Odell & Charles T. Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Jesse Choate 04 Aug 1861 23-Jun-57 Nee ODELL: Daughter of William C. Odell & Elizabeth Choate / Wife of Charles Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Margaret Elizabeth 12 Feb 1887 23 Apr 1889 "Bessie" / Daughter of Jesse Odell & Charles Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, Ruby Arizona 11 Aug 1895 29-Jul-72 Nee SMITH: Daughter of Richard Barton Baile Smith & Emma Olivia Buckley / Born in Merchantville, NJ / Wife of Carroll D. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILLIPS, William Guy 15 Jul 1885 30 Jul 1886 Son of Jesse Odell & Charles Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIDGELY, Anne Mariah 06 Nov 1832 8-Apr-17 Nee ODELL: Daughter of George E. & Sarah C. / "She hath done what she could" Wife of James L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIDGELY, James L., Jr. 06 Aug 1833 17-May-09 Husband of Anne Mariah Odell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Albert E. 1875 25 Dec 1879 Aged 4 years / Son of Walter E. & Ella ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Alexina 1845 18-Apr-32 Daughter of James Stanfield & Sarah A. Upton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Amelia Elizabeth 30 Oct 1830 2-Feb-13 Nee BECKLEY: Daughter of John M. & Rachel / Wife of George W. / Mother of George P., Annie R., Elizabeth, Janette, Mary Katherine, Alonza & Randolph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Annie Bell 03 May 1857 13 Sep 1871 Daughter of James & Sarah A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Benjamin 1785 01 Apr 1862 Son of James / Husband of Elizabeth Upton / Father of John, Elizabeth, Ann, Thomas, James, Jane & George W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Elizabeth 1784 1866 Nee UPTON / Married Benjamin 23 May 1909 1st Methodist Episcopal Church ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, George A. 18 Jan 1842 18 Jul 1858 Son of John & Mary Odell Stanfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, George Philetus 26 Jul 1867 28-Oct-60 Wife Mary Emma married 11 Apr 1894 / Parents of: Mildred, Mary, Edward & Georgia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, George Washington 09 May 1828 23-Aug-10 Son of Benjamin & Elizabeth / Husband of Amelia Beckley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Lucy Maria 16 Sep 1855 12 Jan 1857 Daughter of John & Mary Odell Stanfield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Mary Emma 14 Jul 1861 17-Sep-38 Nee FITE / Husband George P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Rachel V. 1849 1914 Wife of Randolph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STANFIELD, Randolph V. 1849 1929 Son of George W. & Amelia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Baby Girl 27 Dec 1809 Aged 80 / Daughter of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, James Edward 16 Oct 1808 29 Dec 1888 Aged 80 / Son of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman / No tombstone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, John 1746 1832 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Johnzee 1780 12 Sep 1802 Son of John Towson & Penelope Buck ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Johnzee M. 01 Jul 1811 27 Dec 1812 Aged 80 / Son of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Norman 1815 06 Oct 1816 Aged 80 / Son of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Penelope 1753 28 Jul 1794 Nee BUCK: Daughter of John Buck & Susanna Mead / Wife of John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Thomas 03 Feb 1813 03 Jan 1816 Aged 80 / Son of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOWSON, Thomas Norman 18 Oct 1822 06 Feb 1863 Aged 80 / Son of Thomas Towson & Eleanor Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WOLF, Mary Katherine 1898 12-Jul-70 Nee STANFIELD: Daughter of George P. & Mary Emma / Wife of William I. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WOLF, William I. 1893 2-Dec-82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON, Blanche 22 Dec 1850 14 Apr 1828 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON, Noah C. 11 Nov 1838 02 Mar 1865 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON, Noah, Jr. 12 Mar 1800 31 Jan 1878 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON, Richard W. 17 Sep 1852 01 Nov. 1878 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON, Willy F. 26 Feb 1872 July 1872 William ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUNG, M. Katherine 23 Oct 1855 4-Oct-44 Nee STANFIELD: Daughter of George W. & Amelia / Wife of Tyler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Last updated 8/21/03