When it was thought the Tocks Island Dam would be built, a number of public notices went into newspapers to locate next of kin for people interred on land the dam would put underwater.
Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.
From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:
-- NOTICE --
This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:
[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]
NOTE FROM Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records by Royden Woodward Vosburgh: (The first church) - "was erected in 1832, largely through the efforts of the Rev. David Gushing, who was Stated Supply to the Walpeck congregation at this time. The land was given by Henry Peters. The Building Committee consisted of Simeon Schoonover, John M. Heller and James Nyce; the edifice cost about $2,000." (The next church) - "The first Building Committee was Henry M. Labar, J. M. Swartwood and P. J. Guillot. A new Committee was appointed on Aug. 20, 1873, consisting of Jacob Nyce, William Schoonover and John Heller; they served until the building was completed, and employed Edward Burch, as contractor. The edifice cost $5,359.95. It was dedicated January 13th, 1874."
Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.
From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:
-- NOTICE --
This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:
[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]
NOTE FROM Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records by Royden Woodward Vosburgh: (The first church) - "was erected in 1832, largely through the efforts of the Rev. David Gushing, who was Stated Supply to the Walpeck congregation at this time. The land was given by Henry Peters. The Building Committee consisted of Simeon Schoonover, John M. Heller and James Nyce; the edifice cost about $2,000." (The next church) - "The first Building Committee was Henry M. Labar, J. M. Swartwood and P. J. Guillot. A new Committee was appointed on Aug. 20, 1873, consisting of Jacob Nyce, William Schoonover and John Heller; they served until the building was completed, and employed Edward Burch, as contractor. The edifice cost $5,359.95. It was dedicated January 13th, 1874."
When it was thought the Tocks Island Dam would be built, a number of public notices went into newspapers to locate next of kin for people interred on land the dam would put underwater.
Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.
From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:
-- NOTICE --
This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:
[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]
NOTE FROM Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records by Royden Woodward Vosburgh: (The first church) - "was erected in 1832, largely through the efforts of the Rev. David Gushing, who was Stated Supply to the Walpeck congregation at this time. The land was given by Henry Peters. The Building Committee consisted of Simeon Schoonover, John M. Heller and James Nyce; the edifice cost about $2,000." (The next church) - "The first Building Committee was Henry M. Labar, J. M. Swartwood and P. J. Guillot. A new Committee was appointed on Aug. 20, 1873, consisting of Jacob Nyce, William Schoonover and John Heller; they served until the building was completed, and employed Edward Burch, as contractor. The edifice cost $5,359.95. It was dedicated January 13th, 1874."
Below is such a notice, which contained many names, including the person on this memorial. Here the cemetery is called "Bushkill Cemetery" which is an alias for the Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground.
From the Milford Dispatch Thursday December 21, 1972:
-- NOTICE --
This Notice seeks information about the following names or initials taken from headstones or footstones in the Bushkill Cemetery located at Bushkill. Pennsylvania:
[Following was a long list of names, which included the individual memorialized here.]
NOTE FROM Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records by Royden Woodward Vosburgh: (The first church) - "was erected in 1832, largely through the efforts of the Rev. David Gushing, who was Stated Supply to the Walpeck congregation at this time. The land was given by Henry Peters. The Building Committee consisted of Simeon Schoonover, John M. Heller and James Nyce; the edifice cost about $2,000." (The next church) - "The first Building Committee was Henry M. Labar, J. M. Swartwood and P. J. Guillot. A new Committee was appointed on Aug. 20, 1873, consisting of Jacob Nyce, William Schoonover and John Heller; they served until the building was completed, and employed Edward Burch, as contractor. The edifice cost $5,359.95. It was dedicated January 13th, 1874."
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