Cemeteries: Carpenter Graveyard, Paradise Township, Lancaster County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ ________________________________________________ The inscriptions below were transcribed from the following: Inscriptions on the Tombstones in Carpenter's Graveyard, Lancaster County, PA by Dr. Irwin Hoch DeLong, Lancaster, PA National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. XIV September, 1925, Number 3 ________________________________________________ This graveyard is located south of Paradise on the east side of Black Horse Road. ROW-STONE LAST FIRST MIDDLE BIRTH DEATH AGE COMMENTS 9-101 Armstrong Harmon 06/29/1849 84y 9-102 Armstrong Mary 03/09/1853 78y Wife of Harmon Armstrong. 10-109 Ault Adam 10/10/1832 60y 10-110 Ault Mary 09/30/1851 73y Wife of Adam Ault 5-78 Baker Abraham 03/27/1845 53y 5-74 Baker Daniel 6-94 Baker Henry K. 09/07/1832 2y Son of Abrm. & E. Baker 5-82 Baker Isaac 08/15/1834 1y 1m 3d Son of Abraham & Elizabeth Baker. 5-75 Baker Isack 6-92 Baker Jacob 05/17/1822 59y 5-81 Baker Jacob 08/11/1832 7y Son of Abrm. & E. Baker. 5-79 Baker Jun. Jacob 10/23/1821 26y 5-77 Baker Leah 5-76 Baker Peter 5-80 Baker Sarah 08/25/1832 9y Daughter of Abrm. & E. Baker. 2-26 Carpenter Abraham 09/05/1785 03/04/1815 57y 5m 29d Transcriber Note: Type as on original. However, DOB, DOD and age do not "add up". 2-28 Carpenter John 03/19/1798 61y Physician; son of Dr. Henry Carpenter. 2-24 Carpenter M.D. John S. 10/25/1821 36y 1m 6d 1-15 Carpenter Mary 11/22/1764 Stone difficult to read. Leaning against stone wall at eastern end of cemetery. 2-29 Carpenter Mary 11/22/1764 21y Daughter of Daniel Ferree and consort of John Carpenter. 2-25 Carpenter Salome 05/13/1827 65y 23d Wife of Abraham Carpenter, Esq. 2-23 Carpenter Salome ??/06/1787 8m 8d Month of death may be June or July; Age may be 3 or 8 days; daughter of Abraham & Salome Carpenter 2-27 Carpenter Susanna 10/28/1822 77y Wife of Dr. John Carpenter. 6-83 Esbenshade John 02/18/1803 01/07/1832 28y 10m 20d 6-84 Espenshade Eliza 01/07/1838 27y Daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Espenshade. 4-55 F. M. 1759 Only year shown on stone. Assumed to be year of death. 4-54 F. R. 1782 Only year shown on stone. Assumed to be year of death. 3-34 Ferree -----r 1807 28 Not sure if 28 refers to years or days. Slate-like stone; broken. 5-71 Ferree Anna 07/24/1807 72y 4m 6d 3-40 Ferree Elisha 04/09/1832 61y 11m Age difficult to read. May be 64y. 3-43 Ferree Elisha 09/22/1799 03/05/1873 73y 5m 11d 5-73 Ferree Elizabeth 01/28/1844 68y 10m 6d Consort of Richard Ferree. 3-35 Ferree Ephraim 11/11/1773 08/02/1808 4-50 Ferree Isaac 01/24/1820 67y 3m 16d 3-32 Ferree Jacob 05/05/1782 Transcriber Note: Not sure if this is birth or death date. 4-53 Ferree Jane 12/11/1785 50y Only date shown on stone. Assumed to be date of death. 4-52 Ferree Joel 06/19/1801 70y 4m 6d 4-59 Ferree Leah 09/12/1758 71y Only date shown on stone. Assumed to be date of death. 5-67 Ferree Lydia 3-41 Ferree Margaret 10/02/1847 79y 8m 24d Wife of Elisha Ferree. 3-42 Ferree Margaret 69y 10m Daughter of Elisa & Margaret Ferree. 4-51 Ferree Mary 04/17/1806 51y 1m 4d Age could be 54y. 4-58 Ferree Philip 05/19/1753 66y Only date shown on stone. Assumed to be date of death. 5-70 Ferree Philip 04/24/1796 66y 1m 5-72 Ferree Richard 07/08/1844 74y 4m 17d 4-49 Ferree U------ 07/28/1817 27y 1m Year of death may be 1819; Foot stone has initials U.F. 8-97 Filson Gen. John 04/03/1837 53y Footstone: Our Father; only stone in row. 5-66 Foster Catharine 01/22/1808 22y 5-69 Foster Daughter Daughter of John & Elizabeth Foster. On footstone are initials: A.F. 5-64 Foster [El]izabeth 03/ /1810 18y 5-65 Foster John 03/18/1818 62y 5-68 Foster William 04/03/1791 5m 16d 4-45 Henderson Rachel 01/22/1808 30y 2m 8d Wife of William Henderson Esqr. On same stone: Rachel Lightner Henderson Daughter of Wm and Rachel d. 8/21/1808 aged 7m 2 William Adam Henderson Son of Wm. and Rachel d. 9/8/1819 aged 18y 3m 2d Elizabeth Lightner daughter of Adam and Leah Lightner d. 5/18/1800 aged 2y 1m 16d 6-85 Herr Amanda 07/01/1838 12/10/1838 5m 10d Daughter of Emanuel & Ann Herr 9-104 Jackson Barbara 04/19/1857 70y Wife of Hugh Jackson 9-103 Jackson Hugh 03/15/1858 77y 1-9 L I Initials on headstone & footstone; rough field stones. 4-60 Lefever Albert T. 01/16/1824 14m 6d 4-61 Lefever Catherine 01/18/1835 67y 10m 29d Wife of Joseph Lefever 4-63 Lefever Charles M. 03/18/1832 9m 2d Son of John C. Lefever 1-5 Lefever Elizabeth 04/28/1787 28y 1-13 Lefever Joseph 10/17/1826 66y May be 1846 1-11 Lefever Lydia 1789 1-7 Lefever Lydia 02/08/1778 47y 1-14 Lefever Lydia 07/11/1802 25y 9m 1-4 Lefever Mary 03/24/1818 45y 2m 14d 1-10 Lefever Salome 1795 1-12 Lefever Salome 05/09/1795 28y 11m 14d 4-62 Lefever Salome 08/02/1828 25d Daughter of John G. (or C.) Lefever 1-6 Lefever Samuel 05/04/1789 70y 1-8 Lefever Sarah 12/18/1810 58y 4-46 Lightner Adam 09/05/1798 54y 10m 28d 4-44 Lightner Children 1806-1838 In memory of Thirteen Infant Children of Joel & Susan Lightner who died between 1806 and 1828. Lightner Elizabeth 05/18/1800 2y 1m 16d See info for Rachel Henderson 4-48 Lightner Isaac Ferree 10/14/1836 42y 7m 26d Died at his residence in Baltimore County, State of Maryland. 4-47 Lightner Leah 05/08/1841 83y 8m 20d Relict of Adam Lightner; daughter of Joel Ferree; On same stone: George son of Adam & Leah Lightner d. 5/2/1793 aged 1y 8m 13d 10-111 Merit John 01/26/1836 44y 4m 4d 10-112 Merrit Abigail 11/24/1825 34y Wife of John Merrit 6-88 Miller Adam 10/15/1808 06/19/1847 38y 8m 4d May be 33y or 38y. 6-90 Miller Granville R. 11/28/1819 15y 9m 25d Son of Adam & Sarah Miller. 6-91 Miller Henry 12/15/1849 5y 5m 2d Son of Adam & Sarah Miller. Year of death may be 1840. 6-86 Miller Samuel 03/22/1838 61y 9m 2d 10-105 Myers Eliabeth (sic) 09/07/1862 73y 1-3 Reynolds Catharine 12/14/1822 69y 1-2 Reynolds William 08/28/1801 58y 10-107 Smith George 12/02/1830 11y 2m 2d 10-106 Smith Henry 12/25/1833 20y 9m 11d 3-38 Stambaugh Isabella 07/15/1824 79y 6m On same stone: Isabella, daughter of Henry & Mary Stambaugh who died 10/25/1835 aged 14y 11m 3-36 Stambaugh Jacob 05/01/1848 80y 7m 26d 3-39 Stambaugh Jacob 12/25/1830 89y 11m Age difficult to read - may be 80 or 89 years. 1-1 Unknown Headstone & footstone; no inscription. 3-33 Unknown 03/ /1775 Slate-like stone; broken; located between Ferree stones. 3-37 Unknown Broken slate; no inscription; located betwen Jacob and Isabella Stambaugh. 4-56 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription. 4-57 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription. 6-87 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription. Between Samuel and Adam Miller. 6-89 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription. Between Adam and Granville R. Miller. 6-93 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription. Between Jacob and Henry K. Baker. 6-95 Unknown Marble stone, seemingly broken off at top. No inscription. Next to Henry K. Baker. 7-96 Unknown Slate-like stone; no inscription; only stone in row. 9-100 Unknown Field stone; no inscription. 10-108 Unknown Broken marble stone; no inscription. 9-98 Unknowns Four graves, each marked with plain field stones. No inscriptions. 9-99 Unknowns Three graves, each marked with plain field stones. No inscriptions. 2-21 Witmer David 12/15/1752 08/15/1835 Son of John & Francia; grandson of Benj. Witmer who emigrated from Switzerland in 1716. 2-19 Witmer David 04/14/1778 05/13/1852 2-17 Witmer David L. 04/23/1802 1y 29d Son of David & Jane Witmer 2-22 Witmer Esther 10/04/1756 07/ /1831 Wife of David Witmer; granddaughter of Martin Kendig, who sold this land to Madam Mary Fierre in 1712. 3-31 Witmer Henry 07/18/1798 04/03/1847 2-20 Witmer Jane L. 07/04/1781 10/26/1826 Wife of David Witmer 2-16 Witmer John 07/26/1824 46y 4m 2d Age and month of death difficult to read. 2-18 Witmer Leah Louisa 05/29/1807 02/13/1826 Daughter of David and Jane L. Witmer 3-30 Witmer Maria 02/09/1831 25y 51d Consort of Henry Witmer