Anna,
Wife of Wallace Bensley
Born
Jan 22, 1861
Died
May 1, 1884
AE 23 yrs, 3 mos
& 9 ds.
How this grave was initially found:
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. This cemetery is known as both "Valley View Cemetery" and "Swartwood Cemetery".
Pike Co. Dispatch Thursday Dec 7, 1972
NOTICE
This is the fourth of a series of Notices by Gannett Fleming Corddry and Carpenter, Inc., Engineers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for information needed by them to complete a survey and report concerning the existing cemeteries on the Pennsylvania side of the proposed Tocks Island Lake. The survey is being made for the Philadelphia District, Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of determining the actual number of graves, the names of the deceased, and the names and addresses of the next of kin or nearest living relative.
This Notice seeks information about the following:
- VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY -
Located about 3.25 miles north of Bushkill in Lehman Township on a hill just west of Route 209. The following names or initials were taken from headstones:
(A list of names follows, among them the interred person here.)
Wife of Wallace Bensley
Born
Jan 22, 1861
Died
May 1, 1884
AE 23 yrs, 3 mos
& 9 ds.
How this grave was initially found:
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. This cemetery is known as both "Valley View Cemetery" and "Swartwood Cemetery".
Pike Co. Dispatch Thursday Dec 7, 1972
NOTICE
This is the fourth of a series of Notices by Gannett Fleming Corddry and Carpenter, Inc., Engineers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for information needed by them to complete a survey and report concerning the existing cemeteries on the Pennsylvania side of the proposed Tocks Island Lake. The survey is being made for the Philadelphia District, Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of determining the actual number of graves, the names of the deceased, and the names and addresses of the next of kin or nearest living relative.
This Notice seeks information about the following:
- VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY -
Located about 3.25 miles north of Bushkill in Lehman Township on a hill just west of Route 209. The following names or initials were taken from headstones:
(A list of names follows, among them the interred person here.)
Anna,
Wife of Wallace Bensley
Born
Jan 22, 1861
Died
May 1, 1884
AE 23 yrs, 3 mos
& 9 ds.
How this grave was initially found:
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. This cemetery is known as both "Valley View Cemetery" and "Swartwood Cemetery".
Pike Co. Dispatch Thursday Dec 7, 1972
NOTICE
This is the fourth of a series of Notices by Gannett Fleming Corddry and Carpenter, Inc., Engineers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for information needed by them to complete a survey and report concerning the existing cemeteries on the Pennsylvania side of the proposed Tocks Island Lake. The survey is being made for the Philadelphia District, Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of determining the actual number of graves, the names of the deceased, and the names and addresses of the next of kin or nearest living relative.
This Notice seeks information about the following:
- VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY -
Located about 3.25 miles north of Bushkill in Lehman Township on a hill just west of Route 209. The following names or initials were taken from headstones:
(A list of names follows, among them the interred person here.)
Wife of Wallace Bensley
Born
Jan 22, 1861
Died
May 1, 1884
AE 23 yrs, 3 mos
& 9 ds.
How this grave was initially found:
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. This cemetery is known as both "Valley View Cemetery" and "Swartwood Cemetery".
Pike Co. Dispatch Thursday Dec 7, 1972
NOTICE
This is the fourth of a series of Notices by Gannett Fleming Corddry and Carpenter, Inc., Engineers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for information needed by them to complete a survey and report concerning the existing cemeteries on the Pennsylvania side of the proposed Tocks Island Lake. The survey is being made for the Philadelphia District, Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of determining the actual number of graves, the names of the deceased, and the names and addresses of the next of kin or nearest living relative.
This Notice seeks information about the following:
- VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY -
Located about 3.25 miles north of Bushkill in Lehman Township on a hill just west of Route 209. The following names or initials were taken from headstones:
(A list of names follows, among them the interred person here.)
Inscription
Anna,
Wife of Wallace Bensley
Born
Jan 22, 1861
Died
May 1, 1884
AE 23 yrs, 3 mos
& 9 ds.
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