Stephens Cemetery – Laceyville Genealogy

Nicholson, PA

Route 92 out of Nicholson.
On the right a short distance after the Nicholson bridge underpass.

Many field stone markers with no names and dates.

BACON, J. B., (Possibly Julia)(Stone is broken and lying face down) (No Dates); Arthur Leslie, son of Eli N. and Julia, d: 15 Dec 1843 1y 4m 10d; Emily Madeline, dau. of Eli and Julia, d: 20 June 1859 19y 4m 22d “Precious child thou art gone, To meet thy Saviour dear. And we soon must follow on, After shedding many a tear.”

BACON, Louisa M., d: 28 Aug 1845 31y

BACON, Nathan, d: 15 Nov 1859 81y 5m 18d;
Sarah, his wife, d: 7 June 1868 86y 8m

BASSETT, Priscilla, drowned, 8 Feb 1806 20y
“Sacred to the Memory of” “Some hearty friends shall drop a tear, On these dry bones and say appear. These once were strong as mine, And mine must be as they.”

BENJAMIN, Almira, wife of G. H., d: June 1864 45y 1m 20d “Our Mother”

BENJAMIN, Samuel, d: 14 Jan 1873 75y 8m 13d “For we know that if our Earthly house of this tabernacle, Were dissolved, we have a building Of God, a house not made with Hands, eternal in the heavens.”;
Mary, his wife, d: 20 Sept 1885 87y (Stone broken in half); Richard W., son, Departed this life 6 Aug 1846 21y 8m 14d;
Thomas J., son, d: 6 July 1857 18y 2m 15d (Message Unreadable)

BENJAMIN, Rilsetta A., dau. of Abram H. and Jerusha E., d: 25 Aug 1855 2y 3m 5d

BLAKESLEE, F. L., d: 22 Jan 1901 70y 10m
Co. K, 143rd Reg. PV Civil War;
Women of the World Memorial (Emblem on stone) (No Name or Dates); Amos C., (No Dates)

BYRON, Emeline I., wife of John, d: 15 Oct 1869 29y

CARPENTER, Mary, See Reb. James Finn

CASTERLINE, Abraham, d: 24 Aug 1867 77y 10m 1d;
Hannah B., his wife, d: 7 Nov 1867 74y 8m 15d

CLARK, Harriet, wife of R. D., d: 15 Jan 1873 68y 10m 23d; B. D., 22 Sept 1804 – (No Date); Lodowich H., 5 Dec 1829 – 25 Aug 1833; John W., 8 Aug 1825 – 9 Nov 1828 (Message is Unreadable)

CLARK, Rufus D., d: 12 Aug 1888 84y
Co. H., 1st Reg. PA Arty Civil War

CLARK, William, d: 12 Dec 1866 42y 7m
“And he said unto Jesus, remember me, When thou comest into thy Kingdom.” “Why do we mourn for dying friends, Or Shake at death’s alarms. Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call us to his arms.”

COOK, George, 1825 – 1901 “Father”;
Betsey, 1833 – 1910 “Mother”;
Alva A., 1867 – 1910;
Bertie, son, d: 19 July 1881 6y 7m 11d
“Our Darling Bertie, thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel. But tis God that hath bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal.”
Melvie, d: 7 July 1865 1m 3;
Josephine, dau., d: 13 Jan 1863 1y 3m
“Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

COOPER, Wesley, son of Milton and Caroline, d: 8 Jan 1839 9m 20d

CURTS, Carrie E., dau. of Joseph A. and Hannah E., d: 18 Sept 1881 13y 5m 27d (Curtis ?)

DeVAUL, M. J., 16 Apr 1866 – Feb 1904 38y

ESTES, (No Name), dau. of Samuel and Esther, d: 4 Mar 1865 43y
(Top of stone lying face down and broken.)

FARNUM, Daniel C., d: 3 Aug 1886 78y;
Demila, his wife, d: 26 July 1883 73y

FELTON, John, d: 4 Nov 1852 26y

FINN, James, Rev., son of William and Mary Carpenter, d: 15 Nov 1797 51y “Gentlemen Ordained an elder in Baptist Church, 23 Apr 1783 Pastor of the the First church in Nicholson, PA. Patriotic service in the American Revolution, Born in Goshe, Orange Co., NY.” “One lies inter’d beneath this sod, Who always did obey his God. And willingly resign’d his breath, Since Christ his Lord has conquer’d death.”

FINN, Myron W., son of Edwin and Jerusha, d: 28 Oct 1867 11y 4m 17d
“Gone but not forgotten.”

GILBERT, Eliab, d: 1 Mar 1857 75h;
Rachel, his wife, d: 6 Nov 1870 81y

GILBERT, Harriet, 1833 – 1907 (Cross engraved in stone IHS in cross)

GILBERT, Mary C., See Francis Sheridan

GREEN, Able, 23 Mar 1788 Rhode Island – 23 Aug 1869;
Reumah, his wife, d: 17 June 1846 (Stone broken and part missing);
Elijah N., son, d: 27 Feb 1853 34y

GREEN, Sarah, See Elam Hawley

GRIFFIS, Charles N., d: 6 May 1872 __y 8m 3d (Stone broken – half missing)

GRIFFITH, Eli, son of John W. and Lucy, d: 29 Nov 1867 14y 11m 3d “While friend are weeping here below, And loth to let him go; He shouts with his expiring breath, And leaves them all below.”;
Ellen E., dau. of John W. and Lucy, d: 18 Feb 1862 2m 5d

HANYON, Lloyd, 18 Feb 1892 – 19__

HARTLAND, Pauline, See Stanley C. Phillips

HARTLEY, Mark, d: 12 Oct 1869 75y; Charles, son of Mark and Elizabeth, d: 14 Dec 1841 1y 10m 14d;
Perlina, dau. of Mark and Elizabeth, d: 6 June 1849 17y 3m

HAWLEY, Elam, (No Dates – stone sunk deep in ground);
Sarah, dau. of Able and Rumah Green, his wife, d: 29 Mar 1849 24y

HENDERSHOT, Elenor, wife of Israel, d: 30 Dec 1852 27y 23d “Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me.”

HOBBS, Helen L., dau of William M. and Emily, d: 12 Dec 1858 6y 8m 26d (Stone down)

HOBBS, Henry E., son of William M. and Emily, d: 3 Sept 1856 1y 5m 11d

JACKSON, C. W., d: 27 Oct 1869 36y; Freddie C., son, d: 1 July 1868 6y 4m 21d

JACKSON, Polly M., wife of Cyrus M., d: 1 Nov 1871 43y 6m;
Amelia, dau., d: 7 Apr 1864 4y 9m “Then dry your tears ye mourning ones, Your darling is at rest. Safe from the cares and rails of earth, Upon the Saviour’s breast.”

JACKSON, William, d: 18 Mar 1832 72y Revolutionary War Soldier

JAYNE, Hollaway, d: 12 Mar 1873 63y 5m 26d;
Sarah, his wife, d: 25 June 1886 74y

KINTNER, Euphrasia E., dau. of Daniel and Elsy, d: 15 Oct 1851 3y 7m

MARCY, Emily E., dau. of Hiram and Rachel, d: Sept ____ (Stone Broken – lying face down)

MARCY, John, d: 6 June 1840 70y 10m 7d;
Jane, his wife, d: 9 Apr 1849 58y 11m 21d;
Olive, dau., d: 29 Dec 1834 8y 6m;
Napoleon, son, d: 2 July 1826 2y 5m
“This lovely bud that’s nipt so soon, Shall rise and bloom beyond the tomb.”

MARCY, Olive, dau. of Simon and Esther, d: 3 May 1849 13y 6m 14d
(Message unreadable)

MARCY, Perry, son of H. and Rachel, d: 24 Oct 1853 1y 9m 24d

MARCY, Perry, son of Hiram and Rachel, d: 14 Jan 1864 9y 2m 17d

MARCY, Simon, d: 16 Feb 1839 28y (Message unreadable)

McCOY, John, d: 29 Mar 1860 65y 1m 22d (Stone broken and half lying down); Elizabeth, his wife, d: 1 Apr 1891 92y 2m 6d “Asleep in Jesus”

McDONALD, Allen, d: 8 Mar 1879 72y 1m 8d; Catherine, d: 23 Aug 1877 63y 7m 22d; Ellen R., dau. d: 25 Feb 1854 8m 14d

McDONALD, James A., 22 July 1872 – 14 Aug 1873; Alphia M., 11 May 1875 – 11 Aug 1878 (Children of Morris and Sarah)

McDONALD, Truman, 5 Oct 1848 – 7 Apr 1883 Civil War;
William, 2 May 1831 – 21 Jan 1886

McDONALD, William E., son of M. S. and S. A., 1883 – 1898

MILLARD, Cedara, wife of F. C., d: 12 Sept 1879 26y 14d
“Gone but not forgotten”

MILLARD, Joseph V., d: 26 Feb 1895
Co. B, 5 Reg. NY Vol. Civil War

MILLARD, Joshua, 1791 – 26 June 1850 59y 2m;
Lydia, his wife, 1802 – 27 Apr 1863 64y 11m 25d;
Nelly, dau., d: 21 Mar 1801 3y 9m 25d

MILLARD, Ray, son of F. M. and Anna, 30 June 1886 – 19 May 1887

MILLARD, Stephen J., d: 2 Feb 1859 40y 6m 14d;
Polly, his wife, d: 27 May 1897 75y 10m;
Edwin R., son, d: 23 Sept 1856 4y 4m 24d (Message unreadable)

MYERS, Catherine A., wife of Apolos L., d: 5 Dec 1862 18y 10m 11d
“Gone but not forgotten.”

O’DONNELL, thomas, 1829 – 1872;
Permelia, his wife, 1839 – 1897;
Amy Rosalia, dau., 1861 – 1876;
Elmor Elsworth, son, d: 20 Dec 1866 8y 4m 11d “Go home my friends, And cease from tears. I must lie here, Till Christ appears.”

PACKER, Agnes Francis, 1897 – 1900

PACKER, Raymond, 1901 – 1922; Ida M., 1893 – 1918

PACKER, S. Edson, 1839 – 1910; Louisa, 1845 – 1913; Bertie R., son, d: 21 Mar 1873 6m “Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven.”

PACKER, William P., 1864 – 1948; Minnie E., 1871 – 1912; Hattie E., 1871 – 1939

PHILLIPS, Rufus, d: 9 Jan 1798 82y;
Lilles Youngs, his wife, d: 14 Aug 1798 81y; Isaac, d: 25 Sept 1838 32y; Lucy, d: 5 Sept 1841 20y

PHILLIPS, Stanley C., 1910 – 1961; Pauline Hartland, 1912 – (No Date); Francis Labarron, 4 Apr 1934 – 8 July 1934; Baby, (No Dates)

PICKERING, Emulous, 14 Jan 1830 – 7 Sept 1909 Co. A & C, 16 Reg. PA Cav. Civil War

PICKERING, Ephraim, 1828 – 1915; Emily, his wife, d: 24 Nov 1890 62y 7m 24d

PICKERING, John, d: 22 Jan 1857 (Broken – piece missing — Stone down);
Sallyarriet, 1833 – 1907 (Cross engraved in stone IHS in cross)