Harris Private Cemetery on Cherry Hill Road
Harris Private Cemetery
Cherry Hill Road, Newton Twp., Lackawanna Co., PA
Stonewall encloses cemetery.
According to the Michael Shoemaker book p 631, the following people are buried here
Mary Harris Bloomer
daughter of Peter Jr and Phoebe Goldsmith Harris
wife of Elisha Bloomer
born 6 Sept 1770
died 3 Jan 1853
Phebe Harris Sutton
daughter of Peter Jr and Phoebe Goldsmith Harris
wife of George Sutton
born 10 Apr 1776
died 11 May 1851
Elizabeth "Betsey" Harris
daughter of Peter Jr and Phoebe Goldsmith Harris
unmarried
born after Nov 1789 and bef Dec 1793
died unknown (included in father's will 1819)
Amzi Vosburg
son of James and Nancy (Sutton) Vosburg
Nancy is the second child of George Sutton Jr, granddaughter of Phebe Harris Sutton
born Dec 25 1851
died May 2 1852
"The Harris private cemetery in which Mary, Phoebe, and Betsey, daughters of Peter Harris and Amzi, born Dec. 25, 1851, died May 2, 1852, son of James and Nancy (Sutton) Vosburg, are buried and where doubtless many other interments have been made, is in the vicinity of the Peter Sutton farm, now (1918) occupied by John G. Holmes and on the road from Falls to Newton Centre, PA."
The name of that road is now Cherry Hill Road. In 1830 Elisha Harris (son of Peter Jr and Phoebe Goldsmith Harris) sold the property to Silas Sutton (son of George and Phebe Harris Sutton). Silas sold it to his son Peter who eventually sold it to John G. Holmes in about 1904.
On December 31, 2006, this cemetery has 2 tombstones and 1 field stone visible... It has been overgrown by trees and brush.
Stone #1
stone #2
(I believe that this one may belong to Mary Harris Bloomer)
All pictures were taken by Susan LaCoe
December 31, 2006
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