Miscellaneous Early Burials
Methodist Cemetery
Lumberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
Extracted from: HISTORY OF BURLINGTON AND MERCER COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN by Major E.M. Woodward & John F. Hageman EVERTS & PECK 1883 PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA ====================================================== In the cemetery known as the "old Methodist burying-ground," located on the east side of the railroad, southeast part of the village of Lumberton, we find among others the following inscriptions upon tombstones: Daniel Coate, died Oct. 26, 1802, aged 63 Sarah Coate, died July 12, 1825, aged 80 Rev. Michael Coate, died Aug. 1, 1814, aged 47 Asahel Coate, died March 16, 1815, aged 34 Charles Huff, died Nov. 12, 1854, aged 76 Abigail Huff, died March 1, 1857, aged 70 Mercey Huff, died April 26, 1822, aged 81 Sarah Edwards, died May 19, 1807, aged 31 William Sharp, died Nov. 15, 1822, aged 66 Daniel Leeds, died July 7, 1815, aged 42 Mary Sharp, died Dec. 10, 1862, aged 69 John Sharp, died May 15, 1849, aged 67 William S. Leeds, died March 28, 1829, aged 28 Beulah Leeds, died Dec. 1, 1826, aged 48 William Woolston, died Dec. 6, 1806, aged 20 Mary Middleton, died Jan.16, 1828, aged 68 William Brick, died aged 74 Rosamond Brick, born Oct. 8, 1800, died Sept. 20, 1881 Hannah Wilkins, died Dec. 21, 1805, aged 65 Susanna Austin, died Oct. 7, 1823, aged 86 Francis Austin, died March 22, 1841, aged 83 Debora Brock, died Feb. 27, 1822, aged 57 Theophila Rogers, died Oct. 19, 1848, aged 82 Francis Bodine, died Sept. 27., 1822, aged 78 Mary Bodine, died Dec. 15, 1820, aged 72 Abraham Reeve, died Sept. 19, 1825, aged 69 Lavina Reeve, born May 22, 1773, died July 26, 1851 Mary Moore, born Nov. 14, 1775, died April 11, 1887 Hosea Moore, born May 28, 1772, died March 25, 1838 William Read, died Aug. 13, 1832, aged 85 Sarah Read, born March 7, 1792, died March 9, 1872 James Barnett, died April 15, 1830, aged 63 Ann F. White, died Aug. 5, 1869, aged 77 Abel White, died Aug. 1, 1858, aged 69 Elizabeth Friend, died June 27, 1835, aged 63 William Taylor, died Oct. 3, 1849, aged 84 Vashti Rogers, born Oct. 25, 1869, aged 69 Ruleph Voorhees, died Oct. 16, 1799, aged 58 Ann Cheeks, died July 29, 1866, aged 69 Henry Cheeks, born May 31, 1786, died April 3, 1864 Matilda Phifer, died May 31, 1852, aged 19 Joseph Dobbins, born Dec. 25, 1785, died Nov. 20, 1848 Caleb Gross, born July 11, 1797, died July 1, 1865 Rebecca Chambers, born 1799, died 1877 Capt. John Chambers, died Nov. 11, 1846, aged — Eli Rinear, died Aug. 12, 1857, aged 60 Joseph Hilliard, died May 12, 1868, aged 77 Atlantic S. Prickitt, born, March 22, 1803, died Aug. 15, 1875 Joseph Vernon, born Dec. 12, 1806, died Dec. 10, 1876 Hannah Gosling, died Oct. 25, 1845, aged 60. NEW CEMETERY. — This cemetery is very pleasantly located on the pine bluff southwest of the village, where we find the following inscriptions: George Utter, (died Feb. 25, 1878, aged 45 Anthony Wenzell, died Dec. 19, 1873, aged 86 George G. Dingler, died Oct. 5, 1862, aged 47 J. Clifford Ross, born Dec. 27, 1846, died July 3, 1877 Annie S. Ross, born Sept. 2, 1847, died Jan. 7, 1871 Franklin A. Wright, born June 1, 1815, died Jan. 15, 1878 Thadious W. Stricker, born Jan. 22, 1822, died Feb. 7, 1867 George Washington Clark, Company I, Fourth New Jersey Volunteers, died Sept. 19, 1864, aged 24 Michael Phifer, died Nov. 4, 1854, aged 68 Elizabeth Phifer, died Oct. 17, 1866, aged 86 Daniel J. Voorhees, died March 4, 1878, aged 77 Joel Oliphant, died Sept. 2, 1866, aged 58 Elisha A. Lippincott, died Oct. 16, 1850, aged 41 Sarah P. Lord, died Jan. 3, 1864, aged 67 Hannah J. Adams, born May 27, 1806, died Dec. 10, 1878 William G. Everham, died at Portsmouth Grove, R.I., Jan. 26, 1863, aged 80 Capt. John E. Pepper, Company G, Tenth New Jersey Volunteers, born June 24, 1837, died Oct. 1, 1875 Charles M. Conrow, born May 20, 1815, died Sept. 3, 1853 Perninnah Lipsett, died Oct. 5, 1853, aged 54 John Pritchard, born April 15, 1818, died Sept. 1, 1868 Mary Ann Endicott, born Feb. 28, 1829, died Feb. 2, 1868 Sarah Tash, died Oct. 14, 1864, aged 32 John S. Ridgway, born March 13, 1807, died July 26, 1879 Sophia M. C. Lute, born April 6, 1836, died Aug. 29, 1879 Susan O'Connor, died March 18, 1877 Joseph Gamble, died Dec. 1, 1878, aged 78 Joseph D. Worth, died Dec. 13, 1863, aged 71. |
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