Ransom Valley Cemetery
An alphabetical listing and location of tombstones of the people buried in Ransom Valley Cemetery which is located next to the Ransom Valley Church, Ransom Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The land donated by John and Jacob Dorsheimer in 1846.
There is a book about the History of Ransom Valley Church and Cemetery © 2000.
It includes copies of actual records from the church and cemetery from 1911 to 1967.
It also has write-ups on John and Jacob Dorsheimer and the church and cemetery's restoration.
It lists the burial date that some of the people who were buried.
This is not my book, but it was written by Mildred Hopkins Pretzer, another descendant of Jacob Dorsheimer.
Some of my information found in these pages was used in this book.
This book is no longer available for purchase but can be viewed at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Since 1999, there has been some vandalism.
Around 2000, there were some stones like John Rader's that were tipped over.
There are lights at night at the cemetery to deter vandalism.
There was an incident of vandalism in the church and numerous windows were broken. It has been repaired.
There have been many caretakers over the years. Originally, they were paid.
Thanks to the current and past volunteers like the Hopkins and Taft families (whose ancestors are buried here)
In order to preserve the tombstones of this cemetery, I took digital pictures of
all the tombstones in May 2006. Since there is about 500 pictures taken,
I am not able to post them online. If there are an tombstones that
you would like to see, please email me. Some stones which were
unable to be read in 1999, were able to be identified in 2006 with
the use of a digital camera.
List of people buried in the cemetery
Others sources for some of the people buried in the cemetery (A-M)
Others sources for some of the people buried in the cemetery (M-Z)
Index of History of Ransom Valley Church and Cemetery
Compiled by Susan LaCoe
great, great, great granddaughter of Philip and Susan Dorsheimer Barrier
and
great, great, great, great granddaughter of Jacob and Barbara Brong Dorsheimer
June 1999
website last updated March 2013
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