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    1. [BLANCHARD] Jeremiah Blanchard & Family, Graves
    2. Carol Carnahan
    3. Hello, All: Sue Winter told me of a cemetery listing at Plains, Luzerne Co, PA done by Tammy Lamb. She said: "In your record you list Polly Blanchard (d/o Jeremiah Blanchard, Jr and Martha Hutchins) as married to Jacob Schiff b. 1788, Conrad RI. You also have Jeremiah Jr and Martha as buried at Cooper Cemetery, opposite Wyoming Borough, NY. Polly Blanchard is my 4th GGM, and married Jacob Shiffer, native of PA, about 1810 in Luzerne Co, PA. Jacob is brother to Mary Shiffer, w/o Jacob Blanchard. Jeremiah Jr. and Martha Hutchins are buried in a recently discovered rural graveyard outside Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. I'll transmit the cemetery listing to you tomorrow. It is believed that the gravesites are located on the once Blanchard Estate. Jacob Shiffer's father, Conrad, is also buried there." Sue and I have about decided that this cemetery is the same one mentioned by Adelaide Blanchard Crandall in her book "Blanchards of Rhode Island" as the "Cooper Cemetery, across from Wyoming Borough, NW." There must have been some error in preparing her book. Anyway, you can see the cemetery transcription at the Luzerne County, PA USGenweb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/plainsvle.htm Tammy told Sue she's going to put in a reference to "Cooper Cemetery," to make this site easier to find for those who have read Crandall's book. Carol Carnahan, descendant of Randall H. Blanchard, b. 1792 RI>OH Corvallis, Montana

    07/30/2000 07:22:40