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Located on a hillside along route 555, left of the former two story brick school house in the village of Benezette. Not visible from the road.

Last Name First Name Middle Name Other Name(s) Date of Birth Date of Death Age at Death Notes
Allen Amy L
21 December 1862 8 December 1914

Arndt Charles E
1884 1914

Barr Elizabeth V
1877 19??

Barr Merritt A
1867 1944

Barr Robert L
1918 1945
SSgt 20th Command Bomb Sq. 677th, 444th Bomb Group. Lost over Japan on bombing mission
Barr Earl M
1916 1977

Barr John

20 May 1825 4 April 1892 67 Years
Bateman John




Civil War, PA Volunteer
Beltz John F
1871 1950

Bennett Merland




Son of David W. & Mary
Bennett Rose Ann
1873 1883
Wife of J. Bennett
Bennett Mary A
1856 19??
Wife of David W.
Bennett Mary Latha
1915 1916

Bennett David W
1848 1927

Bennett Henry C
1875 1945

Bennett George B
1884 1954

Bennett Cora Bell
1874 1955

Bennett Arthur

14 June 1894 22 August 1894

Bennett Richard M
24 July 1818 22 November 1899
Civil War
Blackman Amanda


1932

Blesh William H
1878 1913

Blesh Henry

1837 1916

Blesh Sarah A
1844 1922

Blesh Frank S
1868 1952

Bloom Baby Boy


1951

Bloom Baby Boy


1955

Bloom Sherman E
1899 1969

Bloom Jessie B
1892 1982

Blouch Edward C

21 March 1910 10 days son of E.C. & C.A.
Blouch Edward C

3 November 1909 24 years 4 months 3 days
Bly Justice B

24 April 1852 2 months 21 days son of William A. Charley
Bonham Mina

1868 1922
wife of J.M.
Chase Ida E
11 January 1887 1 February 1887

Chase David F
18 March 1851 13 November 1917

Chase Olivia R
1886 1907
Mother
Chase Clara L
1891 1960
Mother
Chase Claude A
1881 1961
Father
Chase Hall

1898 1987

Chase William D
18 December 1878 2 April 1907

Chase Laurania E
5 July 1874 25 August 1886

Chase Ellen L
2 April 1860 28 October 1950

Chase Milton M
8 September 1883 29 October 1903
third beloved son of David and Launa
Chase Charles C
1 February 1854 8 October 1886

Corp Lafayette


22 January 1901 55 years Co. B 207 Reg P.V.
Couse Ann Rena

19 September 1876 2 years 2 months 3 days daughter of Charles & Clara
Crawford Eliza

28 February 1848 10 December 1922
wife of Steward
Crawford Steward A
10 September 1841 19 January 1916

Culp J.W. Edward
30 April 1888 8 September 1892
son of C.Y. & S.V.
Daugherty Richard A

9 September 1904 69 years 10 months 2 days
Decker Kenelm W
1911 1920

Decker William W
1872 1954

Decker Bess E
1872 1962

Dehaas David W
4 June 1827 25 November 1896

Derr Harry E.M.

1 May 1877 8 years 7 months 9 days son of H. & A.
Derr Henry D
1834 1915

Derr Amelia A
1836 1922
wife of Henry D.
Derr W. E.
1858 1944

Derr Eva


22 September 1872 60 years 6 months 12 days wife of William
Derr Mellie J

29 April 1876 6 years 5 months daughter of H.D. & A.
Derr Rena E

7 May 1876 3 years 2 months 1 day daughter of H.D. & A.
Derr Walter A

9 May 1876 3 years 3 months 26 days son of J.E. & O.
Devoge Rhuhama


8 August 1889
wife of T.
Dornan William

1825 1896

Dornan Agnes

1827 1914
wife of William
Doyle James W
1 November 1853 9 November 1908

Dudley Merle





Dudley Florence H
22 January 1916 11 April 1917
daughter of Wm. F. & G.E.
Dudley William F
1867 1930

Dudley Grace E
1875 1936

Dudley Beatrice Eleanor

27 August 1896 1 month 1 day daughter of Wm. F. & G.E.
Egan John W

1 August 1896 43 years 1 month 6 days
Ekgerg Hildur J

26 February 1908 1 year 11 months daughter of J.A. & C.
Ellenberger J J
1894 1937

Ellenberger D E
1870 1939

Ellenberger C W
1892 1948

Ellenberger Adam C
1866 1951

Ellenberger Hannah B
1871 1955

Ellenberger Josephine E
1896 1961

Ellenberger Edgar C
1900 1965

Ellenberger Minnie P
30 April 1895 9 January 1896
daughter of D.E. & H.B.
Encler Junia A

13 January 1910 7 months 3 days daughter of Rev. S.H. & M.J.
English Mrs. W





English W





English Rhuhama

19 March 1882 14 February 1884
daughter of C. & F.
English Cookson

1849 1917

English Helen

1908 1925

English Stanley L
1875 1934

English Maurissa Amelia
1851 1940

English Frances K
1846 1940
wife of Cookson
English Sarah R
1873 1947

English Merl

1905 1954

English Ruth E
1907 1974

English Sylvester A
16 February 1843 5 November 1913
Civil War, Co. F, 148th PA Vol.
English Beaver C
22 September 1907 7 April 1909

Felmlee Mary E

14 May 1897 20 years 3 months 13 days
Fletcher Edward


19 August 1890 58 years Pvt Co G, 84 Reg Pa. Vol. Civil War
Fletcher Mina

27 March 1844 1924
wife of Edward
Fletcher Olin M
1874 1932

Fletcher Minnie A
1868 1937

Fletcher Robert R
1878 1959

Floravit Rhea Agnes
1916 1939

Foust Margaret

1860 1895

Foust N L
1860 1914

Freeland Oliver


11 December 1870 43 years 3 months
Freeland Rebecca J
11 August 1862 12 February 1863
daughter of Oliver & Rebecca
Freeland Byron J
8 February 1864 2 August 1865
son of Oliver & Rebecca
French Chas A
1858 1918

French Lura M

25 January 1887 1 month 21 days daughter of C.A. & M.A.
Furrel Jonas




Civil War Pa Vol.
Gardner Annie L




Gardner James R




German Allen H
4 January 1836 23 April 1899
Civil War, Co. D. Pa Reserve Cav.
Hall Wilder B
1846 1923
Civil War
Hanscom Horace

1855 1930

Hanscom Amelia

1855 1931

Harrison Harry Leroy
10 May 1870 17 July 1914

Hicks Trudell


1929

Hicks Jesse A
22 February 1903 24 February 1927

Huff William H
1890 1919
Pvt Co I, Provisional Guard Co.
Huff Frank

1847 1924

Huff Agnes

6 May 1859 9 February 1930
wife of Frank
Irwin Ruie M
1894 1944

Irwin Raymond E
1895 1957

Ives Twila





Johnson Perry E

24 April 1906 2 years 11 months 6 days son of G.W. & C.C.
Johnson Addie


7 April 1873 1 year 7 months daughter of H.E. & S.H.
Jones Byron

12 March 1837 12 November 1882

Jones Polly

1813 1893

Jones Julius

1814 1897

Jones Georgie

1866 1941
Blesh Plot
Jones Gladys

1889 1954
Blesh Plot
Jordan Frank E
1858 1913

Jordan Orrell A
1887 1918

Jordan Clyde D
1881 1932

Jordan Helen I

8 May 1907 2 months 16 days daughter of C.D. & O.A.
Keister Perry E
1866 1930
Father
Keister Annie May
1872 1950
Mother
Keister Ellie May
9 July 1889 31 May 1903
daughter of P.E. & A.M.
Kepler Saul H
1872 1954

Krise Alice

1862 1921

Krise Wesley

1854 1938

Kunselman Sadie N
15 December 1875 12 January 1906

Larson Charles L
1865 1917

Lewis Ellis

1809 1891

Lewis Annabel

1815 1900
wife of Ellis
Lewis Virginia Irwin

1919

Libbey Carole May

1937
infant
London William M

11 February 1909 3 months 15 days son of T.B. & M.A.
Long Roy L

20 January 1908 9 days son of D.O. & M.E.
Losey Lloyd L
1882 1954

Lucore Luther




Civil War, Pvt Co C, 42 Regt P.V.
Lucore Mary

14 November 1810 14 April 1886
wife of Luther
MacPherson Dale

5 October 1919 23 December 1919

MacPherson Hope

4 July 1926 7 July 1926

McCafferty Amanda C
1900 1944

McCormick Sarah N
16 July 1834 21 May 1901
wife of Ruben
McDonald Ronald A
16 April 1852 13 December 1889
born at Lismore, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia
McManigle Emmet

1891 1943

McManigle Ethel

1894 1979

McManigle Leroy F
1920 1980
Pvt Tr. B, 121st Cal WW2
McPherson Harold

1900


McPherson Claire

1897 1902

McPherson Isaac T
1863 1919

McPherson Bertha A
1871 1925

McPherson Virgil S
1894 1937

Middaugh Bryan

18 October 1896 12 July 1898
son of L.F. & Lillie E.
Milligan Robert


20 July 1885 61 years 3 months 22 days
Morey B E
1838 1918

Morey Elizabeth

1843 1923

Morrison Melvin E

19 April 1908 3 years son of A.E. & M.A.
Morse Mary

1857 1932

Morse Frank

1876 1950

Mountain Cecil Dean
21 December 1906 6 November 1908

Munn Elvina

1873 19??
wife
Munn Louisa

1842 1906
wife of Luke
Munn Luke S
1830 1914
Pvt Co. B, 148 Regt P.V. Civil War
Munn John B
1872 1938

Munn Silas W
1868 1941
husband
Murray Bessie


16 May 1885 1 year 20 days daughter of W.H. & Mary E.
O'Brien Catherine

1884 1954
Mother
Orser Infant


12 September 1877
daughter of W. & E.
Orser Jodie B

17 September 1876 2 years 3 months daughter of W. & E.
Orser Infant


October 1875
son of W. & E.
Owen Sylvester

4 November 1887 10 March 1899
children of H.A. & Eliza
Owen Roy

16 March 1888 6 July 1888
children of H.A. & Eliza
Palmer Kate


18 March 1896 40 years 6 months wife of John
Patterson W H



PA Vol, Civil War
Patterson Fannie

1916 1917

Patterson Martha

1850 1919

Patterson Luciaus M
1907 1920
son of James & A.M.
Patterson Dale

1911 1921

Patterson James

1874 1934

Patterson Lelia

28 February 1898 8 August 1899

Possinger Clara E

22 January 1908 3 years 29 days daughter of W.E. & M.
Preston Lamonte E
8 August 1911 17 March 1950
brother of Nellie
Preston Nellie

1892 1943

Reilley Frank

1882 1937

Reilley Larue

1884 1952

Rideout J C
22 August 1855 12 March 1914

Rideout Olive

13 June 1882 18 March 1897

Rideout Mary M
9 April 1890 27 November 1897

Riss Helen E
24 December 1905 12 September 1907 1 year 8 months daughter of J.R. & C.
Riss Carl J.E.
10 April 1897 15 November 1914
son of J. & Christina
Ritter Daisy Belle
1879 1952

Ritter Charles F
1877 1954

Robinson Leo Clair
1910 1969

Robinson Frank E
28 May 1882 4 May 1955

Rothrock Earl

1904 1941

Rothrock Harvey

1868 1950

Rothrock Hannah


25 April 1857
wife of Edmund
Rucki Martha F
1918


Rucki Frank A
1904 1975

Rummer Andrew J
1825 1898

Rummer Phoebe

1833 1911
wife of Andrew
Rummer Nancy M
1867 1913

Schwerdt David




Co I, 205th Pa Inf, Civil War
Sexton Emma

1873 19??

Sexton Charles E
1865 1934

Sexton William

1868 1953

Sexton John C
1897 1954

Sexton Sarah E
1880 1964

Sexton J. Raymond
1887 1967

Sexton David C
1912 1971
Pvt USA WW2
Sexton C Kathleen
1893 1972

Shaffer Infant




child of T.J. & A.M.
Shaffer James T
5 December 1893 14 December 1893
son of T.J. & A.M.
Shaffer Donald D
1886 1887
son
Shaffer Infant


1895
child of T.J. & A.M.
Shaffer Lucy


1897
daughter of T.J. & A.M.
Shaffer Rhea

1899 1922

Shaffer Agnes

1876 1926

Shaffer Nathan S
1861 1927
Father
Shaffer Mary Eva
1860 1946
Mother
Shaffer O H
1870 1952

Shaffer Odelia M
1884 1961

Shaffer Charles B
1878 1966

Shaffer Daisy J
1908 1977

Sheldrake Charles


11 July 1872 70 years 6 months 15 days
Sheldrake Jane

12 June 1812 28 February 1892
wife of Charles
Showers Charles J
1872 1941

Showers Jennie M
1879 1966

Smith Mary J
1828 1910

Smith Daniel


25 July 1848

Smith A D
7 April 1822 8 December 1897

Snow Herold


24 August 1906 1 year 9 months 7 days son of Fred & Sarah
Snyder Stanley Leroy

11 January 1887 1 year 7 months 24 days son of C.L. & Alice
Snyder Estella C
21 June 1880 14 May 1899

Snyder Ellery E

19 October1918 28 years 7 months
Stoughton E. Lucille
1923 1927

Stoughton John Dale
1903 1973

Stoughton Edith E
1904 1974

Streeter Laura

1879 1903
Blesh Plot
Swackhammer Lilly Mae
1868 1935

Swackhammer Victor James
1857 1936

Swackhammer P. Nadine
21 March 1931 23 May 1931

Sweet Carl Henry
1874 1910

Swimelar Dorothy B

12 October 1906 4 months 14 days daughter of G.D. & J.R.
Thomas James F
19 January 1831 5 April 1907

Tozier James S
6 September 1868 20 November 1879
son of Thomas & L.S.
Trayer Jennifer Lynn
12 May 1980 14 May 1980
twin of Jeannie
Wheeler John

1836 1915
Pvt Co. F, 211 Regt P.V. Civil War
Wheeler Luzerna D
8 June 1845 22 March 1903
wife of John
White Hannah C
1854 19??

White Myrtle O
1893 1917

White John Algr
1847 1940
Co. K, 8th PA Cavalry Civil War
Williams Myrtle Lenore Harrison 12 April 1873 20 July 1935

Winslow Baby Boy


19 September 1919
son of B.J.
Winslow Charles

1837 1907

Winslow Ellen

1845 1917

Winslow Mabel

1891 1919

Winslow Julia M
1878 1924

Winslow Byron J
1877 1949
Father
Winslow Jenny
Rothrock 1884 1974

Winslow James


21 May 1874 2 months 2 days son of C.H. & J.
Winslow W. Amby

4 September 1874 5 months 14 days son of C.H. & J.

Source:  Cemeteries and Burial Plots of Elk County Pennsylvania, published with the kind permission of Sarah and Iris Caskey.

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