Washington County PA Archives Cemetery Transcriptions.....Bethel (Cumberland Presbyterian) Cemetery - (partial survey) ************************************************ Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/ ************************************************ Files contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: submitted by Elizabeth Burns, , in April 2004 and Gary L. Caldwell, , in October 2011 This page was last updated: 19 October 2011 Bethel (Cumberland Presbyterian) Church Prosperity, Washington County, PA The Bethel Presbyterian Church 3905 Park Ave. Prosperity, PA 15329 724-225-3612 Lat: 40° 4'53.06"N, Long: 80°17'26.68"W Morris Township Directions: From Washington, PA follow PA-18 (Park Ave) south for 7.2 mi, the cemetery will be on the right behind the chruch. Bethel Church was organized May 20, 1833, as a Cumberland Presbyterian Church. It was composed in large part by Presbyterians from the Upper Ten Mile congregation who were dissatisfied with the Presbyterian Confession of Faith. Cumberland Presbyterianism, an outgrowth of a real religious revival, was introduced into Western Pennsylvania in 1829 by the Rev. H. M. Boone and John H. Ogden. In the past 175 years, the Bethel congregation has had two houses of worship. The first structure was erected in the year 1833 on property purchased from Daniel Gober by Samuel Weir and Isaac Condit, trustees of the Church. This first building rested on the exact site of the present building and was red brick structure 60 feet long by 60 feet wide with a 11 to 12 foot ceiling. The pulpit was an elevated platform in the same part of the room as it is today; four doors opened to the outside, two in front and one on each side of the pulpit. Four stoves heated the building, and lard burning lamps were used for light. In 1869 the original building was razed and the present structure was erected upon the same ground. The new church was completed early in 1870 at a cost of $4,354.34. These records are a compilation of records taken from Microfilm 845224 for the Bethel Church Cemetery by Elizabeth Burns and readings done by the DAR in 1936 and found in the genealogy section of the Citizens Library in Washington, PA. There are discrpancies between the two sets of records and the differences are noted. The dates are shown as M/D/YYYY. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES ADDISON Caroline 3/15/1870 w/o Routan ANDREWS Chloe 2/12/1841 w/o Ira, Date of death is also shown as 1842. These last names are shown as "Andrew" in the microfiche ANDREWS Cyrus 27 May 1868 63y8m Year of death is also shown as 1866 ANDREWS Elizabeth Ann 2/21/1884 62y7m12d w/o Ira ANDREWS Ira 11/17/1877 66y10m2d h/oEliz./Chloe. Date of death is also shown as 11/7 ANDREWS John 10/9/1852 17y9m s/o Ira/Chloe ANDREWS Sarah 6/23/1889 83y1m13d w/o Cyrus ANDREWS Thessa 9/22/1822 9y18m d/o Ira/Eliz. AXTELL Luther 7/25/1783 2/7/1868 h/o Nancy. Last names are also shown as Axtel AXTELL Nancy 6/27/1785 2/10/1871 w/o Luther. Date of birth is also shown as 9/27/1785 AXTELL Rachel 1822 1905 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES BALDWIN Albert D. 9/27/1854 13y8m21d S/o Stephen/Lydia BALDWIN Calvin 5/18/1852 23d s/o Tom/Regina. Date of death is also shown as 6/26/1851 BALDWIN Calvin H. 9/26/1854 21y11m10d s/o Stephen/Lydia BALDWIN Cephas D. 6/1/1832 2/19/1883 BALDWIN Frances 7/2/1846 28y4m13d BALDWIN Francis 3/8/1833 51y h/o Rebecca BALDWIN Jane E. 1/9/1806 5/4/1899 Name is also shown as Jane A. BALDWIN John F. 9/17/1854 20y8m10d s/o Stephen/Lydia BALDWIN Jonathan 10/10/1859 45y BALDWIN Lindley T. 6/8/1877 7y8d BALDWIN Martha T. 4/29/1824 10/7/1866 w/o Cephas D. BALDWIN Meribah 7/11/1844 2y11d s/o Robert/Sarah BALDWIN Rebecca 5/10/1856 71y11m2d w/o Frances, BALDWIN Regina 10/28/1813 10/19/1892 w/o Thomas BALDWIN Robert L. 3/20/1865 10y24d s/o Robert/Sarah BALDWIN Sarah 3/25/1848 28y10m w/o Robert BALDWIN Silas 8/28/1855 7y11d s/o Tom/Regina BALDWIN Stephen 9/25/1854 48y7m14d h/o Lydia BALDWIN Thomas 9/7/1811 12/18/1887 BANE John N. 10/20/1838 2y9m24d A & M BANE Mary 10/5/1838 28y4m25d d/o Ben/Lindley BEDILLION Effie S. 1880 1934 BELL Carrie E. 9/13/1870 d/o I.J. /R.J. BOOTH Henry Everett 6/12/1892 3/27/1896 J.S./A.M. BOOTH Lizzie A. 7/30/1854 5/30/1880 w/o O.R. BROWN Daniel 1/13/1819 20y J/A BROWN Lydia Ann 10/1/1841 1y3m23d James/Ann BRUNER Catherine 7/26/1890 78y BRUNER Elizabeth 5/16/1860 84y w/o Jacob BRUNER George 3/14/1888 73y BRUNER Jacob 11/27/1851 75y h/o Elizabeth BRUNER John 3/8/1859 49y BRUNER Mary 6/25/1861 53y BURNS Phebe 7/29/1812 7/19/1889 BURT Charity 3/25/1811 9/3/1877 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES COOPER Albert 4/10/1857 13y4m27d d/o Tom/Mary A. COOPER Amsey 1/25/1851 26y25d d/o Stephen/Hannah COOPER C.B. 11/21/1894 18y4m d/o Rev. D.A./Jennie E. COOPER Daniel (Rev) 7/27/1875 38y Minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Chruch COOPER Emeline 7/8/1842 3/29/1920 w/o Joe Cook Riggs COOPER Ephraim 2/18/1860 87y COOPER Ephraim 7/20/1868 52y COOPER Ephraim 2/18/1860 87y7m9d h/o Margaret COOPER Hannah 9/5/1877 78y8m16d w/o Stephen COOPER Harriett 5/2/1849 28y3m29d w/o James COOPER Jennie 1/2/1852 1/19/1903 w/o Rev. D.A. COOPER John 9/15/1876 90y8m4d COOPER John W. 11/8/1864 21y s/o James/Harriett COOPER Jonas 5/30/1814 5/30/1893 COOPER Jonas Judson 6/11/1863 9/10/1928 J/S COOPER Margaret 3/6/1859 63y9m6d w/o Ephraim. Age is also shown as 83y COOPER Martha 9/4/1789 12/28/1859 w/o John. COOPER Mary 11/6/1840 85y w/o Zebulon COOPER Rev.D.A. 5/20/1844 7/7/1935 h/o Jennie E. COOPER Sarah 1/26/1817 8/23/1886 w/o Jonas. Year of death is also shown as 1885 COOPER Stephen 4/12/1880 88y22m h/o Hannah. COOPER Zebulon 4/12/1880 85y h/o Mary Date of Death is also shown as 12/22/1835. Soldier of the Revolution. Name is also show as Zebulun CRAFT Mary Ann 9/22/1865 31y wife of G W CRAIG Atkinson A. 7/19/1878 38y CRAIG M.B. 2/8/1808 5/5/1895 h/o Sarah E. CRAIG Sarah E. 1/1/1809 5/8/1845 w/o M.B. CRAIG William 12/1/1863 25y1m3d CURRY John S. 3/5/1865 62d J/ST 7m LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES DAY Mariah 9/11/1861 41y DAY Anne E. 8/11/1845 7m74d d/o Sam/Hannah DAY Cephas 4/20/1845 15y14d s/o Sam/Hannah DAY Cyrus 8/1842 8y2m DAY Emeline 9/3/1882 58y Also shows age as 50y DAY Hannah 9/6/1878 79y w/o Sam. Death year is also shown as 1879 DAY Jesse 8/1842 5y7m DAY Mariah 9/11/1861 41y DAY Mereibah 6/1837 5m DAY Sam 12/18/1870 71y6m44d h/o Hannah DAY Sarah 1/27/1837 43y w/o John DICKERSON Bonetta 2/19/1888 86y w/o Gen. Josh. First name is also shown as Dor DILLE Charlotte 1/30/1837 22y11m8d w/o John DILLE Lanah 11/18/1836 55y3m w/o Stephen. First name is also shown as Hannah DILLE Stephen 4/16/1840 58y10m15d h/o Lanah DUNN Mary 5/28/1898 1d LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES ELLIOTT Nancy 5/20/1812 3/4/1890 Date of death is also shown as 8/6/1862 ELMER Amy 7/8/1813 1/20/1864 52y28d w/o Isaac P. Also shows date of death as 10/5/1897 ELMER Isaac 7/6/1813 10/5/1897 52y h/o Amy. Death year is also shown as 1864 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES GRAFT Martha A. 9/29/1830 12/2/1860 w/o Wm. E. GRAFT Martha Olive 9/24/1860 3m7d G.w./Mary Ann GRAFT Mary Ann 9/22/1865 31y7m10d w/o G.W. GRAY John E. 1869 1918 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES HOLBERT Lizzie 6/11/1887 31y w/o William R. Date of death is also shown as 1837 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES IVEY George 12/22/1888 85y w/o Mary, Last name is also shown as Irey and year of death as 1885 IVEY Mary 12/11/1888 78y w/o George LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES KELSEY John I. 10/14/1837 8/6/1862 Middle initial is also shown as "T" KING Priscilla 11/13/1842 3y1m15d LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES LEWIS Elizabeth 5/19/1851 8/27/1891 Year of birth is also shown as 1857 LEWIS Henry J. 6/3/1834 4/25/1864 LINDLEY Annie 9/30/1820 1/31/1859 w/o Cephas LINDLEY Benjamin 7/28/1779 9/8/1869 LINDLEY Cephas 3/28/1816 3/19/1898 h/o Annie Lindley H.B. Family Vault LUELLEN Elizabeth 5/9/1857 61y11m7d w/o Zadok. Date of death is also shown as 5/9/1832 LUELLEN Zadok 2/27/1861 83y13d h/o Elizabeth LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES McKEEN John 9/4/1855 3m22d M.A./E McKEEN Matilda 7/2/1854 3m25d M/Elizabeth McKEEN Thomas H. 3/8/1864 25m24d A/E MESSER Lydia 10/3/1854 1y8m MOUNTS Addie H. Sanders 1868 1893 MOUNTS William Walter 1892 1895 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES PARKER Samuel 3/1/1845 8y24d Silas/E PATTERSON Anna 10/20/1885 62y3m22d w/o Wm. Weir PATTERSON James 10/10/1843 69y PATTERSON Sarah 1/28/1861 71y3m11d w/o James PIPES Sarah 5/27/1829 6/29/1898 w/o Stephen. Date of death is also shown as 6/27/1829 PIPES Stephen 9/22/1828 h/o Sarah POST Jeremiah 6/4/1848 78y5m22d h/o Meary. Date of death is also shown as 6/1/1848 POST Margaret Lindley 9/15/1830 4/7/1880 w/o Wm. Year of death is also shown as 1884 POST Martin 1/30/1885 75y7m8d h/o Rebecca Montgomery POST Mary 11/30/1864 74y wife of Jeremiah. First name also shown as Maery and year of death as 1854 POST Mary 8/25/1888 w/o Frances,d/o Wm/Phebe POST Mary Penn 8/25/1868 38y POST Rebecca Montgomery 2/23/1892 70y9m29d w/o Martin POST Sarah 5/11/1849 23y d/o Wm/Margaret POST Sarah Martha 9/27/1844 7m27d d/o Martin/Rebecca POST William 11/12/1795 1/2/1866 h/o Margaret Lindley. Also shown with middle initial of "A" LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES RIGGS Joseph Cook 6/18/1838 11/1/1902 h/o Emeline LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES SANDERS Arabelle 9/25/1855 1y5m d/o Harvey/Jane B. SANDERS Harvey 5/15/1856 29y9m14d h/o Jane B. SANDERS Jane B. 12/3/1863 31y8m27d w/o Harvey SANDERS olynthus G. 12/22/1863 8y2m16d Harvey/Jane B. SARGENT Richard 3/31/1888 64y SIBERT Edith 7/8/1866 1/9/1897 SIBERT Jno. R. 4/20/1863 20y19m P/G. SIBERT John C. 8/17/1866 6/1/1919 h/o Lizzie M. SIBERT Lizzie M. 12/5/1866 w/o John C. SIBERT Peter 9/30/1863 69y8m10d SIBERT Sarah 4/19/1841 3y9m18d d/o Wm/Nancy Winget. Age also shown as 36y LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES TENNIS Martha E. 10/20/1903 w/o W.W. TUTTLE Daniel 8/30/1841 81y1m15d h/o Phebe. Date of death was also shown as 7/1846 TUTTLE Phoebe 7/9/1846 77y18d w/o Daniel. First name is also shown as Phebe LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES WATSON Christena 2/24/1876 w/o W.W. WEAVER Ella Theresa 12/21/1858 2y10m24d ES/SA WEIR Adam 4/14/1853 3y5d Sam/Amy WEIR Amy 11/8/1856 37y w/o Sam C WEIR Cora P. 2/22/1863 4/13/1884 d/o Sam C/E.J. WEIR George 12/29/1840 6m17d Joe/Jemima WEIR Jane 9/22/1838 10m11d daughter of T/E. Age is also shown as 20y WEIR Jane Ann 12/16/1864 2y7m Joe/Jemima WEIR Jemima 1/19/1841 41y wife of Joseph WEIR Joe 7/29/1867 71y Date of Death is also shown as 8/27 WEIR Joe Hollis 1/23/1862 15y4m17d s/o Sam C/Amy WEIR Joe S. 7/22/1886 4m Joe WEIR Mary C. 2/20/1845 1y5m29d Joe/Phebe WEIR Phebe 8/18/1881 78y Age is also shown as 70y WEIR Sam C. 9/30/1821 12/1880 h/o Amy. Date of death is also shown as 12/1/1886