There is an obit for Hannah Buzzard in the 5/26/1885 Philadelphia Inquirer. It does not give her place of interment. Same info that you have in the newpaper article on her. Nancie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Quinones" <audianaq@msn.com> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: [Phly-Rts] Hannah BUZZARD > The quest for cemetery info from Mount Peace, stemmed from a desire to > know where my gr3grandfather's sister, Hannah SAVAGE BUZZARD and her > husband John BUZZARD were buried! The SAVAGE family was from E Coventry, > Chester Co. and Hannah's brother Zenas SAVAGE is my gr3grandfather. She > married John BUZZARD, who died June 1856, in Montgomery Co, was in War of > 1812, received a pension for his service, and Hannah also was receiving > widow's pension when she died. He was lock tender at Mont Clare Lock #60 > in 1850, his son THeodore in 1860. File at Lock #60 showed they lived in > Port Providence. After John died and by 1870 Census, Hannah was living > with Lucinda BARNES and her husb Thornton BARNES in Phila. at 1909 Vine > st. and she died in her home at on 5/22/1885 per this notice from the > Pottstown Newspaper: > > Montgomery Ledger, May 26, 1885 > > Death of an Aged Woman > Mrs. Hannah Buzzard, widow of John Buzzard, died on the 22nd of May, > at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lucinda Barnes, No. 1909 Vine > Street, Philadelphia. Deceased was in her 95th year, and her husband was > a soldier in the war of 1812. Her maiden name was Hannah Savage, and she > was born in East Coventry, Chester County, being a sister of Zenas Savage, > of Chester County, and of Nathaniel Savage, who resides in Pottstown with > his son in law and daughter, Nathan Hoffman and wife. Another brother of > the deceased, George Savage, lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is nearly 90 > years of age. Mrs. Buzzard leaves two daughters and one son. The funeral > will take place on May 26th, at 2 o'clock. p.m. > > This did not show 'where' she was buried. So.....when someone sent me > Lucinda BARNES buried at Mount Peace per this notice in the Phila > Inquirer, it gave me hope that maybe Lucinda had buried her mother there, > too: > > No Headline (Mortuary Notice) > Date: 1895-02-24; Paper: The Philadelphia Inquirer > Page 13. > BARNES - On Feb. 21, 1895, Lucinda, wife of the late Thornton Barnes. In > the > 77th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are > respectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence 1909 > Vine Street,on > Monday, February 25th at 2 P.M. Interment at Mount Peace. Kindly omit > flowers. > > Can anyone check the May 1885 Philadlephia Inquirer to see if there is > also a notice for Hannah BUZZARD. Maybe it will show her burial place? > > I have never found where John BUZZARD was buried. He died 6/16/1856 in > Montgomery Co per her widow's pension application which I have. No place > of burial was shown for him. I had check with some of the cemeteries > around Mont Clare and Phoenixville, and while there are BUZZARDs buried at > Morris Cemetery, he is not there. > > Thanks anyone who can check the Inquirer after 5/22/1885, her > death,.....for Hannah BUZZARD. > > Diana in AL > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/686 - Release Date: 2/14/2007 > >