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John Waterman Pope

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John Waterman Pope

Birth
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
8 Jan 1883 (aged 69)
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Liberty Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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As per Susquehanna Co., Historical Society June 19, 2014 phone #570-278-1881 located in Montrose, PA. Public Library refer to Lawsville Cemetery, located at Lawsville Center is the same cemetery as Webster/Vance Cemetery. It is "commonly called- Lawsville Cemetery". Name change from Webster/Vance Cemetery to Lawsville Cemetery. Find A Grave.com has split them into two different cemeteries
and it should be called "Lawsville Cemetery" at Lawsville Center with reference to older name of Webster/Vance Cemetery. This has caused confusion in burials of John W. Pope and 3/wife Helen Stanford Pope.

John W.(Waterman) Pope 5th child of (Dr.) Samuel Pope and Freelove Waterman Pope of (Wintonbury) Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn. and Union, Broome Co., NY.
He was baptized with brothers: Cyrus Waterman, James Raymer, and Virgil, and Dryden Pope Nov. 10, 1819 in Bloomfield Congregational Church Record ref. Vol 2, pg. 222.
After his father's death in 1837 Freelove Waterman Pope moves in 1839 to Janesville, Rock Co., WI., with some of her sons to join sons Anson W. Pope and Virgil Pope 1st settlers of Janesville, WI. in Nov. 16, 1835 when it was a Territory.
John Pope stays in Union, Broome Co., New York and later moves to Liberty area, Susquehanna Co., PA. marries 1/wife Julia Ann--? @1835 Union, Broome Co., NY., children: Elvira and Anson D. Pope;
2/wife Smantha Ladd marries @ 1853 Union,Broome Co., NY or Pennsylvania, children: Julius C. Pope m. Dora Eliza--?, Josephine Pope never married, Julia Pope m. William Berg, Samantha Freelove Pope m. James Oliver Snow, Benjamin "Frank" Pope m. 1/w Sarah C. MacAdam (1868-1925) 2/w Myra Biggins., John W. Pope Jr. m. Jennie Mack.
3/wife Helen Stanford m.@1864-1870 Susquehanna Co., PA., d/o Dexter Daniel Stanford and Phebe A. Owens. No children.

Federal Census
1850 John Pope Union, Broome Co., NY
with 2/wife Samantha Ladd Pope and children Julius,
Josephine, and Julia Pope.

John W. Pope was a carpenter by occupation.
He was digging a well when a bucket of rocks fell on his head killing him.

Reference: Bloomfield Congregational Church Records

Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope Bible Record of recorded births
of parents and siblings in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson, Muncy, PA. which I received photocopy in the 1980's. Also Bible Record of John W. Pope in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.
As per Susquehanna Co., Historical Society June 19, 2014 phone #570-278-1881 located in Montrose, PA. Public Library refer to Lawsville Cemetery, located at Lawsville Center is the same cemetery as Webster/Vance Cemetery. It is "commonly called- Lawsville Cemetery". Name change from Webster/Vance Cemetery to Lawsville Cemetery. Find A Grave.com has split them into two different cemeteries
and it should be called "Lawsville Cemetery" at Lawsville Center with reference to older name of Webster/Vance Cemetery. This has caused confusion in burials of John W. Pope and 3/wife Helen Stanford Pope.

John W.(Waterman) Pope 5th child of (Dr.) Samuel Pope and Freelove Waterman Pope of (Wintonbury) Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn. and Union, Broome Co., NY.
He was baptized with brothers: Cyrus Waterman, James Raymer, and Virgil, and Dryden Pope Nov. 10, 1819 in Bloomfield Congregational Church Record ref. Vol 2, pg. 222.
After his father's death in 1837 Freelove Waterman Pope moves in 1839 to Janesville, Rock Co., WI., with some of her sons to join sons Anson W. Pope and Virgil Pope 1st settlers of Janesville, WI. in Nov. 16, 1835 when it was a Territory.
John Pope stays in Union, Broome Co., New York and later moves to Liberty area, Susquehanna Co., PA. marries 1/wife Julia Ann--? @1835 Union, Broome Co., NY., children: Elvira and Anson D. Pope;
2/wife Smantha Ladd marries @ 1853 Union,Broome Co., NY or Pennsylvania, children: Julius C. Pope m. Dora Eliza--?, Josephine Pope never married, Julia Pope m. William Berg, Samantha Freelove Pope m. James Oliver Snow, Benjamin "Frank" Pope m. 1/w Sarah C. MacAdam (1868-1925) 2/w Myra Biggins., John W. Pope Jr. m. Jennie Mack.
3/wife Helen Stanford m.@1864-1870 Susquehanna Co., PA., d/o Dexter Daniel Stanford and Phebe A. Owens. No children.

Federal Census
1850 John Pope Union, Broome Co., NY
with 2/wife Samantha Ladd Pope and children Julius,
Josephine, and Julia Pope.

John W. Pope was a carpenter by occupation.
He was digging a well when a bucket of rocks fell on his head killing him.

Reference: Bloomfield Congregational Church Records

Rev. Dryden Alexander Pope Bible Record of recorded births
of parents and siblings in possession of Rev. D. Gene Patterson, Muncy, PA. which I received photocopy in the 1980's. Also Bible Record of John W. Pope in possession of Julia Foster of Halstead, PA. in the 1980's.


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