The house just below the the cemetery was the Snyder school house Hank Sue Petty wrote: > > Stopped by the Lawton Cemetery today and yes, the couple who are shown to be > buried in the Snyder-Rush Cemetery were buried there. I have 2 thoughts as > to the name: one being that maybe this piece of ground was originally part > of a farm formerlly owned by a family named Snyder and they were some of the > first burials there (be it in a marked or unmarked grave) or that someone > named Snyder donated the land years back for a public cemetery. (Within my > lineage there was a privately owned cemetery known by our family name...when > they incorporated and become a public cemetery they changed the name even > though the board of directors were made up of most or all family members) > It does appear that land has been added onto it from the original cemetery > (notice the grouping of dates). I did notice what appeared to be some very > old tombstones near the back on the far left but did not go checking names > on them. > > Whatever the case may be...it appears that the Lawton Cemetery is what is > also referred to as the Snyder Rush Cemetery for what its worth! > > Sue > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Sue Petty" <sp8391@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com > To: PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Snyder Cemetery > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:06:17 EDT > > Yeah, locally it is known as the Lawton Cemetery, but the historical society > shows on file and in a book of Susquehanna Co., Cemeteries it is referred to > as the Snyder Rush Cemetery...unless their info is wrong. I recently came > across a name of a person who is buried in Snyder Rush, and will check it > out at the "Lawton Cemetery". Will let you know if they are there.... > > Sue > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Phil Herman" <hermanph@sosbbs.com> > Reply-To: PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com > To: PASUSQUE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Snyder Cemetery > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:56:47 -0400 > > Thanks Sue > I have been to Lawton cemetery several times > but didn't see anything that indicated the name Snyder. > > Thanks > Phil Herman > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Searching: BAGLEY DAVIS ESTUS EVANS FESSENDEN FLAGG HARRIS HUNTINGTON JAGGER LANE LEFFINGWELL MARTIN OTIS PRATT QUICK SABIN SARGENT SIVERS SLOATE TAYLOR TRACY WEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~