The Growden Cemetery is
located on the west side of Growden road (T334), which runs north
and south
along the west side of Lake
Gordon and Koon Lake in Cumberland Valley Twp. It is a beautiful
location,
especially on a bright Spring
day when the dogwoods are in bloom.
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The cemetery is placed on
a slight rise above the road level and is encircled by a split
rail fence
and identified with a large
rock (in the foreground) inscribed:
GROWDEN CEMETERY
1820
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Bryce Blair brydblair1@juno.com has just written and contributed additional
information on the Growden Cemetery.
Bryce's additions and comments
will be inserted (below) using this color.
This cemetery is the resting
place for several Civil War veterans:
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John W. Growden
- Nov. 25, 1833 - Feb. 25, 1913
Civil War Veteran
John Wesley Growden (Nov. 25, 1833 - Feb. 25, 1913)
married Sarah Dicken.
John Wesley is a son of John M. Growden.
Sarah - his
wife - 1842 - 1915
(Apr. 26, 1842 - July 6,
1916)
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Corp'l Isaac Wigfield -
Co. E. MD. P H E Inf.
Civil War Veteran
Can someone give anymore
details about Isaac and his family?
I have an Isaac Wigfield
(ca.1838- unk), married a Charlot (unk). Issue: unk. This Isaac
is the son of
Joseph and Mary Perdew / Wigfield. Joseph
had a brother, Benjamin Wigfield, who married Rebecca Blair (her second husband).
Rebecca was an older sister to Sarah, wife of John M. Growden
Sr. (below).
Partial Listing:
Elmer L. - son
of C. W. & E. G. Growden
Nov. 2, 1919 - Jan. 10,
1920
Ruth Alma - dau.
of C. W. & E. G. Growden
Died - July 20, 1906
Aged - 1 m & 14 dys
Thomas L. Growdon
Died May 13, 1863
Aged 31 yrs. 4 mos. &
6 dys.
Could Thomas have been a
Civil War Veteran also?
Thomas Lakin Growden Dec. 7,
1829 - May 13, 1863 (dates from Sylvia H. Reebel), was also a
son of John M. Growden. He married Rebecca Simons in 1853, and served
in the military during the Civil War.
Edmund Growdon
Died Mar. 29, 1850
Aged 24 yrs. & 2 dys
Were Edmond and Thomas brothers?
Mary E. - wife
of L. E. Grouden
Died Dec. 30, 1884
Aged 21 yrs. 5 mos. 3 ds.
John Growden Sr.
Died Aug. 16, 1883
Aged 85 yrs. 11 mos. 19
ds.
John M. Growden Sr. (Sept. 5,
1797 - Aug. 16, 1883) and his younger brother Thomas, both married
daughters of Brice Blair II
(July 21, 1762 - Oct. 26, 1813) and his wife, Nancy McCoy,
who farmed land,
just south of Bean's Cove,
Southampton Twp, Bedford Co, PA that he inherited from his father,
Brice Blair I.
Sara - wife of
John Growdon
Died - May 17, 1875?
(stone broken and recemented)
Sarah Blair / Growden (June
6,1801 - May 20, 1875)
I am directly related to
Sarah Blair.
Bryce just completed a book
titled "The Bean's Cove Blair Clan Genealogy". For
additional information onthis
new book and more about the Bean's Cove area, please visit The
Blair Society for Genealogical Research at
