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GOSPEL HILL CEMETERY

Colt Station Road, Harborcreek Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Photos and commentary by Charles A. Bliley, September 1999

Contents

  • Location of the Cemetery
  • Index of the Graves
  • Cemeteries with other family burials

    • LOCATION OF THE CEMETERY

    Roadside Sign

    This cemetery is located on Colt Station Road, on the northern end of the campus of the Pennsylvania State University in Erie, the Behrend College (Map). The photo to the left is looking north on Colt Station Road (PA Route 430) about a mile from the brick farmhouse my great grandfather, Charles A. Bliley, built in 1875. Access is only practical from a footpath to the college.

    DESCRIPTION OF THE CEMETERY

    The cemetery is about a half of an acre in size and surrounded by a decorative iron fence that was recently installed. (Circa 1990) To the right is a view of the cemetery looking to the Southwest from a corner near Colt Station Road. Only a few of the head stones remain. The Rees family is located with the small fenced area. The Bonnell plots are located to the right of the Rees plot and in the next row closest to the viewer. None of the headstones have legible markings with the names of Bonnell. Here lay the remains of William Edson (the stepfather of Mary Jane Mead Bliley), and her mother Elizabeth Bonnell Edson and 12 Bonnell relatives.

    Rees Plot

    South View Near Rees Family Plot
    Enlargements:
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    INDEX OF THE GRAVES

    The cemetery was indexed by a group of Harborcreek Historical Society volunteers in 1996: Kathy Schroeck and Lois McClimans, with the generous assistance of Debbie Lyon, the town historian from nearby Wesleyville. At the time of the survey, the graveyard was in a bad state of repair. Most headstones missing and many of those that remained were damaged or well weathered. Below are links to Xerox copies of their report. The pages have been cropped to eliminate excessive white space. All pages are printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Click on each image or title to view a larger image.

    Introduction
    Plot Plan
    Index-Page 1 of 2     
    Index-Page 2 of 2


    Rows 1 thru 4
    Row 5
    Row 6
    Row 7

    Row 8
    Rows 9 and 10
    Rows 11 and 12    		  

    Cemeteries with other family burials:

    This site and associated images are Copyright 2002, by Charles A. Bliley, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.

    Permission granted for use in personal genealogy work and non-profit distribution.

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