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Edward Byron Patton Headstone

Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, PA

Status: Located

Place	Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Latitude	40.9794737
Longitude	-78.52668549999999
File name	HS Patton, Edward Byron (1826-1907).jpg
File Size	50.63k
Dimensions	291 x 403
Linked to	Edward Byron PATTON (Burial)

Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

CURWENSVILLE CEMETERY COMPANY
(Oak Hill)

The cemetery had its beginning December 12, 1856, when William Irvin made a deed of conveyance to the Borough of Curwensville, for the burial of human dead, a part of Oak Hill, 412 feet long by 150 feet wide, equivalent to 2 2/5 acres, or about six town lots. After the decease of William Irvin the residue of that property (Oak Hill) became vested in his son, Col. E. A. Irvin who added a strip on the north side- 100 feet by 421 feet.

By 1893 the lots on the above were nearly all sold and it became very apparent that more land should be secured. This condition coupled with a peculiar situation (a corporation owning a cemetery) brought about the incorporation of the Curwensville Cemetery Company. The Borough conveyed January 8, 1894, its interest to the new company and agreed to contribute for the first five years $100.00 annually, and has continued at the rate of fifty dollars, toward the upkeep of the old part especially. January 2, 1894, E. A. Irvin conveyed by deed 15 acres immediately surrounding the older parts, to the Company and in June 1905 an additional conveyance of 19 acres was received from him. The total acreage at that time being about 36. In 1937 we acquired 13 acres north of the property from Charles E. Patton, and in 1947 additional 16 acres from the heirs of Honorable J. Patton on the west side. The latter to be called the Patton Addition. In all, the property covers about 6.5 acres.

In 1932 we built a small chapel of native stone, at a cost of $3,000.00 to be used if desired. During the years we have been able to set aside a portion of the proceeds of lot sales which now amounts to $24,000.00. The earnings from which are used only for maintenance. At the present prevailing interest rates for money, the income is far from sufficient to cover costs of operation. The corporation is a stock company which pays no dividends to its shareholders. The, officers at the organization, November 28, 1893: E. A. Irvin, president; Lewis C. Bloom, vice president; D. S. Moore, secretary; A. E. Patton, treasurer, with these directors: L. C. Bloom, E. A. Irvin, John Irvin, John Patton, R. D. Swoope, Samuel Arnold and George Kittelberger. The present officers are: Ashley M. Bloom, president; Anthony Hile, vice president and treasurer: V. Pearl Davis, secretary and superintendent, with these directors: Ashley M. Bloom, Anthony Hile, John D. Haines, D. P. Wall, and Paul G. Robison.

Curwensville, PA 150th Anniversary (1799-1949), Published for the Curwensville Sesqui-Centennial, July 3rd to 8th, 1949, p. 104. Last retrieved 18 October 2017 and transcribed on the Internet at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/curwensville-150/curwensville-150.htm


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