St. Francis Xavier Cemetery

St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
Overton, PA

St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
Overton, PA
Summer 2005
Photo Taken by Mike Dempsey

August 19, 2001
Transcribed by our local cemetery research team
and periodically updated by Bob Sweeney and Mike Dempsey.

Note: This church and cemetery is, except for St. Basil's in Dushore, the most prominent Catholic religious center in the history of Sullivan County, despite its location just over the border in Bradford County. Many, if not most, of the Catholics of Forks, Forksville, Campbellville and the northwestern part of Sullivan County patronized this church and their ancestors are buried in the cemetery out back. There is one stone where the name is illegible, but we have the birthdate, Sept. 27, 1807 and the death date, October 14, 1898. If a reader can help with the identification, we can update the record. There are also a few unusual listings. For example, Mary A. Francke Hennessey (1906-1959) is how her listing appears on the stone but she is buried with Joseph A. Francke (1906-1956). We suppose Hennessey is her maiden name, but we are not sure. Also, Mary Hannon Sick (1861-1948) is buried with James M. Hannon. Was Sick her maiden name or did she remarry? Any and all help is appreciated.

In the summer of 2000, Lynn Franklin, wife of Bob Sweeney, Sullivan County Web Page Coordinator, took several pictures of grave markers for members of the Kelly family to which Bob is related. They are linked here to those stones, with the proximate text embedded in crimson to distinguish them from pictures contributed by others. Bob's paternal grandmother was Agnes Elizabeth (Kelly) Sweeney. While she is buried in Towanda, not here, many of her extended family are at rest in this cemetery. Also, beginning in October 2005, Michael Dempsey offered to post pictures of selected tombstones and markers from this cemetery. We will link these pictures as they become available and are appreciative of Mike's efforts in this regard. He is a descendant of the multifaceted Dempsey families of Sullivan County.

Finally, in July 2006, P. Dean Homer contributed to Edward Kelly a layout of the cemetery grave sites. This contribution was made in conjunction with the Kelly Family Reunion for which Ed was the organizer. The two-page layout can be examined at the bottom of this page.

St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
Overton, PA
July 2001
Photo Taken by Mike and Debbie Krause

NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	REMARKS
Bahl, Agnes Ellen	1892	1984
Bahl, Alice Murphy	1874	1927
Bahl, Ann		1962
Bahl, Catherine M.	1859	1931
Bahl, Catherine Tolan	1860	1927
Bahl, Edward John	1861	1927	Husband of Ella O'Brien Bahl
Bahl, Ella O.	1874	1957	Wife of Edward John Bahl
Bahl, Francis J.	July 2, 1902	May 5, 1960	S Sgt 1107 Calif. Base Unit
Bahl, Frank	1853	1946
Bahl, George R.	1901	1986
Bahl, Baby Helen
Bahl, Henry L.	1862	1945
Bahl, Infant Boy		1962
Bahl, Joseph P.	February 14, 1913	April 22, 1989	Pvt US Army WWII
Bahl, Leon F.	1900	1937
Bahl, Leona R.	1868	1953
Bahl, Madonna Cain	1903	1930
Bahl, Mary F.	1910	1994
Bahl, Mary Margaret	1969	1969
Bahl, Rose	1882	1969
Bahl, Victor L.	1888	1964
Bahl, William	1867	1945
Bahl, William John	May 27, 1921	April 22, 1980
Banasik, Beatrice Ann	1921	1990
Banasik, Gary Charles	1944	1996
Banasik, Leonard Anthony	November 6, 1919	December 25, 1989	RM 2 US Coast Guard WWII
Bahr, Arthur C.	1902	1954
Bahr, Dora M.	1865	1963
Bahr, John S.	1858	1932
Broschart, Caroline S.	1864	1940
Broschart, Elizabeth	June 9, 1819	January 31,1890
Broschart, Elizabeth C.	1898	1981	"Mother" Wife of Leo C. Broschart Same stone
Broschart, Gail M.		1952
Broschart, Leo C.	1887	1937	"Father" Husband of Elizabeth C. Broschart Same stone
Broschart, Leo J.	June 11, 1929	July 7, 1993	Capt US Army Korea
Broschart, Leo J.		1952
Broschart, Michael J.	1859	1939
Burke, Bridget Agnes	December 25, 1898	January 5, 1992
Burke, Thomas M.	October 30, 1899	April 14, 1962
Cauley, Joseph	1859	1937
Cilvick, Joseph Louis	October 16, 1924	December 28, 1981	US Navy WWII
Corcoran, Dennis	1859	1918
Corcoran, Edward	1871	1916
Corcoran, Francis Patrick	1835	1915
Corcoran, Frank	1866	1947
Corcoran, James B.	1867	1958
Corcoran, John	1825	1917
Corcoran, Ivan H.	1885	1905
Corcoran, Margaret Driscoll	1838	1925
Corcoran, Rebecca Biehl	1845	1915
Corcoran, Thomas	1873	1962
Cullen, Agnes L.	1886	1965
Cullen, Elizabeth M.	1880	August 1, 1944
Cullen, Helen B.	June 5, 1905	May 7, 1970
Cullen, Lawrence	1886	1968
Cullen, Leonard T.	February 25, 1905	September 4, 1971
Cullen, Thomas J.	1879	March 30, 1945
Curtin, Aloysius V.	1906	1971
Davis, Walter F. Jr. "Skip"	July 24, 1930	November 11, 1978	Born in Columbus, Ohio
Driscoll, Bridget		August 4, 1889	Aged 83 yrs.
Dunfee, Catherine Fries	1920	1988
Dunfee, Joseph C.	1915	1989
Dunn, Ellen	1883	1923	"Wife of Edward Dunn"
Everling Anna	1907	1976
Everling, Daniel	1910	1960
Everling, Elizabeth	1907	1994
Everling, George N.	1876	1972
Everling, Leon	1906	1966
Everling, Minnie B.	1881	1952
Ferrell, Eugene	1910	1989
Francke, Carl F.	November 20, 1880	August 25, 1976
Francke, Cyril F.	1904	1923
Francke, Edward	1842	1908	Sergeant, Co A 18^th PA Vol Cavalry Feb. 17, 1864-Oct. 31, 1865
Francke, Elfie Lancaster	1872	1926
Francke, Joseph A.	1906	1956
Francke, Joseph J.	1875	1945
Francke, Mary Ann McCann	1848	1903
Francke, Richard R.	1885	1938
Frawley, Catherine A		1946
Frawley, Leonard C.	February 14, 1906	October 4, 1998
Frawley, Mary Esther		1939
Frawley, Thomas E.		1917
Fogarty, Bridget O.	1871	1932	Wife of James E. Fogarty
Fogarty, James E.		No dates on stone
Hannon, Cathryn	1875	1942
Hannon, James J.	1844	1914
Hannon, James M.	1857	1906
Hannon, Margaret	1879	1966
Hannon, Mary	1870	1943
Hannon, Mary Sullivan	1841	1904
Hausmann, Erik M.	March 28, 1973	September 4, 1999
Heichemer, Frederick	October 11, 1844	June 29, 1898	Co B 7 Reg PA Vol
Hennessey, Mary A. Francke	1906	1959	Buried with Joseph A. Francke
Hottenstein, David H J	March 1, 1907	June 4, 1974
Kahni, Adam	1863	1916
Kahni, Anna	1856	1931
Kahni, Caroline	1822	1911
Kahni, Emma	1857	1934
Kahni, Michael	1826	1925
Keating, Eugene T.	February 21, 1914	July 28, 1978
Keating, Francis L.	July 26, 1910	July 31, 1968	1241 SVC Com D Unit WWII
Keating, Lawrence	1877	1964
Keating, Mary C.	1884	1965
Keefe, Charles	1912	1992
Keefe, Elizabeth J.	September 14, 1869	October 28, 1958
Keefe, Hilda	1919	1996
Keefe, Jeremiah	1880	1950
Keefe, Joseph D.	1886	1919	Battery A. 34^th field Artillery
Keefe, Julia	1878	1953	Wife of Jeremiah Keefe
Keefe, Mary	1912	1994	Dau. of Jeremiah & Julia Keefe
Keefe, Patrick	1874	1969
Kelly, Anna E. Sweeney	1865	1946	Wife of William M. Kelly Same stone "Grace" and "Mildred" also on stone
Kelly, Annie M.	1869	1987
Kelly, Catherine W.	1887	1957	Wife of Joseph D. Kelly
Kelly, Charles F.	1893	1969
Kelly, Daniel	1829	1902	Husband of Mary Leahy ('Lahey) Kelly
Kelly, Daniel J.	1862	1904
Kelly, "Baby Son"			Son of Daniel J. Kelly Grave marker next to that of his father
Kelly, Daniel T.	November 14, 1944	October 3, 1984	US Navy
Kelly, Edward L.	1893	1949	Husband of Frances Burke Kelly Same stone
Kelly, Frances Burke	1903	1982	Wife of Edward L. Kelly Same stone
Kelly, Frances M.	1889	1954
Kelly, George		December 25, 1899
Kelly, Hannora		Sept. 1864	Daughter of Michael and Mary Kelley [sic] "Aged 10 [?] yrs....."
Kelly, James E.	February 28, 1898	August 13, 1966	CM 1 USAR NY WWII
Kelly, Jane Collins	1854	1938	Wife of William P. Kelly
Kelly, Jeremiah		April 8, 1868	Son of Michael and Mary Kelley [sic] "Aged....."
Kelly, John		June 23, 1902
Kelly, John M.	October 19, 1869	April 4, 1903
Kelly, Joseph D.	1887	1939	Husband of Catherine W. Kelly
Kelly, Julia T.	1888	1954
Kelly, Mary A.	1840	1898	Wife of Daniel Kelly
Kelly, Michael	1856	Jan. 13, 1864	Son of Michael and Mary Kelley [sic] Aged 7 yrs.
Kelly, Paul		December 25, 1900
Kelly, Raymond S.	April 6, 1902	June 29, 1987	US Army WWII
Kelly, Robert E.	June 14, 1889	April 11, 1919	Captain Mil. Police Corp WWII
Kelly, Robert E.	1894	1967
Kelly, Thomas F.	1876	1907
Kelly, William M.	1855	1921	Husband of Anna E. Sweeney Kelly Same stone "Grace" and "Mildred" also on stone
Kelly, William P.		May 20, 1910	Aged 52 yrs 5 mo & 20 days
Kester, Cletius L.	1906	1934
Kester, Hilda A.	1912	1976
Kipling, Mary M.	1892	1965
Kofler, Josef	1885	1970
Lambert Family Marker
Lambert, Francis J.	December 17, 1919	December 20, 1962
Lambert, Leo. F.	1884	1929
Lambert, George Leo	May 3, 1926	September 16, 2002	Husband of Mary Musser Space reserved on same stone
Lambert, Geo. W.	1855	1925
Lambert, John W.	March 29, 1847	June 24, 1899
Lambert, Margaret B.	1885	1971
Lambert, Mary Tolan	1850	1928
Leljedal, G. Anderson "Andy"	1916	1992
Leljedal, Mareata R. "Edie"	1909	1981	Note: Widow of Ambrose Marshall
Litzelman, Lester	1914	1964
Litzelswope, Raymond J.	1894	1977
Marshall, Aloysius	1914	1978
Marshall, Ambrose	1907	1931
Marshall, Francis	1909	1919
Marshall, Genevieve	1901	1975
Marshall, Ivan C.	February 29, 1916	August 23, 1977
Marshall, James	1954	1994
Marshall, Joseph	1866	1942
Marshall, Joseph A.	1897	1966
Marshall, Mary C.	1897	1897
Marshall, Mary K.	1873	1946
Marshall, Mildred A.	1907	1996
Marshall, Paul A.	1899	1967
Marshall, Thomas L.	1895	1918	PVT Killed in Action
Marsheck, Mary R.	1934	1971
McCann, Ellen F.	1864	1956
McCann, James J.	1855	1903
McCann, Margaret	1820	1897
McCarty, J. Francis	1910	1990
McCarty, Wilbur F.	1950	1971
McGroarty, Ann W.	March 25, 1886	November 30, 1979
McGroarty, Catherine V.	1897	1985
McGroarty, Charles	1896	1954
McGroarty, Charles	November 2, 1853	April 30, 1926
McGroarty, Edward J.	1888	1964

McGroarty, James P.	1928	1986
McGroarty, Mark		January 15, 1953	Infant
McGroarty, Mary	August 17, 1866	February 5, 1941
McGroarty, Michael	1886	1940
McGroarty, Patrick James	1959	1981
McGroarty,
Meehan, Annabelle		1957
Meehan, James		December 20, 1935
Mullen, Edward		November 9, 1936
Mullen, Martin	1837	1912
Mullen, Mary A.		March 19, 1941
Mullen, Sabina	1830	1905	Wife of Martin Mullen
Murphy, Catherine	May 1, 1842	July 12, 1912
Murphy, Catherine	1905	1908	Dau. of John & Sarah Murphy
Murphy, Jerome D.	March 6, 1874	February 11, 1908
Murphy, John	April 1, 1832	April 15, 1909
Murphy, Sarah A.	1881	1907	Wife of John F. Murphy
Murphy, Stephen T.	1868	1913
Murray, John		March 16, 1905	Aged 74 yrs
Murray, Margaret A.	1875	1933
Murray, Mary Griffin	1840	1919
Murray, Michael J.	1869	1947
Nolan, Mary C. McGroarty	1929	1976
Norton, Alice Kelly	1903	1966
Norton, Floyd S.	1905	1985
Oastler, Mary	1904	1905
Oastler, Mary R.	1878	1911
O’Brien, Dennis F.	September 12, 1844	January 13, 1913
O’Brien, Kate	August 19, 1849	March 8, 1896
O’Brien, Kittie		1883	Aged 14 yrs Dau of Martin & Ellen O’Brien
O’Connell, Anna C. Frawley	1875	1932	Wife of Cornelius F. O’Connell
O’Connell, Cornelius F.	1868	1921
O’Hara, Rose Ann	1894	1926
Peale, Elizabeth Tolan	1853	1917	Wife of C.T. Peale
Pennella, John E.	1970	1989
Powers, John	September 16, 1870	April 8, 1895
Pulio, Rosanne V. McGroarty	1936	1996
Richlin, Alfred H.	1887	1949
Richlin, Amanda	1864	1950
Richlin, Edith P.	1921	2000
Richlin, Emma H. Shrimp	1860	1929
Richlin, Francis T.	1932	1952	Pvt Co H 16^th Inf Reg’t WWII
Richlin, Henry	1863	1936
Richlin, Joseph A.	1853	1937
Richlin, Theodore	1905	1973
Ritchlin, Chas. F.	:	September 1, 1892	68 yrs 6 mo. & 16 days Husband of Mary Ritchlin
Ritchlin, Frank C.	1858	1936
Ritchlin, Mary M.		June 1, 1895	Wife of Chas. Ritchlin
Robbins, Theron "Dean"	1935	1991
Roe, Frank		April 12, 1900	Aged 45 yrs
Rohe, Peter	1836	1905
Rosbach, Vanus W.	1907	1969
Rouse, Eugene J.	April 12, 1901	August 31, 1980
Rouse, Isabell S.	September 17, 1911	November 29, 1999
Rouse, Margaret	1865	1944	Wife of Martin Rouse
Rouse, Martin		July 6, 1904	Aged 52 yrs
Rouse, William H.	1890	August 14, 1969
Scanlin Family Marker
Scanlin, Alice M.	March 1, 1896	May 18, 1899
Scanlin, Beatrice M.	1898	1977	Same stone as Daniel J. Scanlin
Scanlin, Catherine A.	1888	1938
Scanlin, Daniel J.	1893	1969	Same stone as Beatrice M. Scanlin
Scanlin, D. Joseph	1928	1997	Space reserved on stone for Margaret, born 1936, his wife
Scanlin, Eugene	1903	1920
Scanlin, Frank P.	1859	February 8, 1935	Same stone as Mary C. Scanlin
Scanlin, Fred L.	1890	1919	U.S. N.
Scanlin, Mary C.	1866	1932	Same stone as Frank P. Scanlin
Scanlin, Robert Ivan	1909	1953
Sheedy, James		April 30, 1882
Sheedy, Jeremiah		February 18, 1853	Aged 11 yrs Son of James & Mary Sheedy
Sheppa, Edna	1864	1926
Sheppa, Frank	1890	1965
Sheppa, Joseph	1864	1942
Sheppa, Mary	August 15, 1892	October 15, 1911
Sherman, Margaret Roe		September 6, 1895	Aged 58 yrs
Sick, William	1863	1938
Sick, Catherine M. Kelly	1865	1910
Sick, Mary Hannon	1861	1948	Buried with James M. Hannon
Snell, Douglas J.	1919	1994
Snell, James D.	1951	1952
Strong, John O.	1924	1990
Sullivan, Catherine B.		October 8, 1966
Sullivan, James F.		May 2, 1957
Sullivan, Katharine McGovern	1855	1938
Sullivan, Louise	1847	1927
Sullivan, Michael N.	1848	1923
Sullivan, Michael X	1887	1916
Sullivan, William	1849	1918
VanDyke, Helen L.	1895	1918
Walsh, Cyril Joseph	1921	1932
Walsh, Elizabeth Bahl	1884	1929

Walsh, Joseph	1891	1961
Warman, Zita Bahl	August 7, 1900	December 6, 1996
Yanney, Anthony		February 4, 1916	Aged 54 yrs
Zeiss, Lucy Sick	1905	1941
Zubrowski, Clara	August 12, 1833	September 29, 1899
Zubrowski, Jacob	April 15, 1814	May 30, 1895

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Overton, PA
Sign on Opposite Side to
Cemetery and Facing Road
July 2000
Photo Taken by Lynn Franklin

St. Francis Xavier Cemetery Plot
Overton, PA
July 2006
Courtesy of P. Dean Homer

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