Washington County PA Archives Cemeteries........................Bentley Cemetery (partial survey) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Helen Grayce Petrick Ezarik, November 2005, and Gary L. Caldwell, , October 2010 This page was last updated: 20 October 2011 Bentley Cemetery Bentleyville, Somerset Township, Washington County James Street Bentleyville, PA Lat: 40° 6'39.22"N, Lon: 80° 0'16.01"W Directions from Washington, PA: Merge onto I-70 E/I-79 S at Route 19 and follow I-70 E for 13.8 mi, take exit 32A to merge onto PA-917 S/Pittsburgh Rd toward Ginger Hill for 0.9 mi, slight right onto Main St for 0.6 mi, take the 3rd left onto Oak St for 197 ft, Take the 1st right onto James St for 0.3 mi. Cemetery is on the right The Bentley Cemetery is an endowed family burying ground. In the gate of iron fence that surrounds the plot are the initials S.B. and H.K. Bentley. According to Ms. Ezarick, "the cemetery was overgrown with weeds, the foundation for the wrought iron fence is sunken and leaning. There are 6 iron fence posts that are rusting, and the fence is gone. I can remember going in the gate, as a young girl, the tall trees are gone, and the ground is sinking. It sits in a mowed field." The readings from 1957 and 1974 were found in documents of the Soutwestern PA Historical Society from readings provided by Mrs. Mary Lou Scott, Mrs. Lyle Watson, Mrs. Pauline Friend, Mrs. Irene P. Lignian (1974) and Mr. Karlan Keenan (1957). The Records are now located in the genealogy section of the Citizens Library in Washington, PA The records are a compilation of all the readings with differences noted, LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Bentley Hannah 27 Apr 1874 82yr10m7d wife of Sheshbazzar. Also shown with middle initial of "K" Bentley Sheshbazzar 27 Jul 1866 80yr2m27d Bentley Sheshbazzar 5 Mar 1838 2yr6m son of H.K. Date of death is also shown as 188? Crouch Roberta Jones 1862 1939 Darroch Bezzenia 1866 1943 First name is also shown as Bazzenia Darroch Catherine 1861 1952 Darroch Donald (Sr) 1867 1964 Darroch Donald B. 1910 1963 Wolrd War II, 1st Lt., 367 A.A.A. BN Gibson Alma F. 1895 1908 Jones Lavina Bentley 25 Aug 1825 27 Sep 1911 Jones Our Homie 6 Sep 1856 1yr7m son of Rev P.F. and L.B. Jones Jones Robert Lattimer (Rev) 16 Oct 1829 17 May 1906 Dates are also shown as Aug 25, 1825 and Sept. 27, 1911 Mitchell Ann 21 Jan 1810 25yr daughter of Thomas and Hannah Richardson Date of death is also shown as 24 Jan 1840 Mitchell Ann Eliza 2 Feb 1849 daughter of E&A Mitchell Piersol Bella Virginia 1859 1882 Date of death is also shown as 1932 Piersol Paul J. 1895 1931 Date of birth may be 1896 Piersol S. Warren 1857 1926 Piersol Large single stone without markings Richardson Elenor 21 Jul 1856 16yr daughter of Thomas and Hannah Richardson Hannah 1 Nov 1874 93yr wife of Thomas Richardson Thomas 15 Nov 1853 74yr West Cora Bell 14 Jun 1898 37yr2m5d daughter of RN and SC West West Hannah A. 25 Sep 1867 18yr23d daughter of RN and SC West. Age is also shown as 15yr West M. Mehetable 1 May 1846 10yr5m8d Name as shown as Mahetabell and age as 1yr West Mary E. 28 Dec 1854 2 Aug 1931 daughter of RN and SC West West Our Emma 6 Jan 1874 21yr6m8d West Robert N. 14 Nov 1814 13 Sep 1888 West Sheshbazzar B. 5 Jul 1864 17yr3m son of RN and SC West. Year of death is also shown as 1861 and age as 11yr West Susanna C. 2 Nov 1820 4 Jul 1896 West William M. 7 May 1841 1m24d Age also shown as 11yr West Wilber Fish 13 Apr 1845 2yr11m6d Middle Name also shown as Fisk