Notables

Since its beginning in 1730, Mount Bethel Cemetery
has been the final resting place for many influential Columbians.
Here are but a few.

Susanna Wright
1697-1784
Sericulturist/Pundit.

Samuel Blunston
1689-1745
Settler/Surveyor.

John Wright, Sr.
1667-1749
Adventurer/Founder

Robert Barber
1692-1749
Settler/Sheriff.

Catherine Ross Claiborne
1790-1859
Daughter of Signatory.

Samuel Wright Mifflin
1805-1885
Statesman/Abolitionist.

Thomas Boude
1752-1822
Revolutionary War Captain.

John Houston Mifflin
1807-1888
Painter/Writer.

Richard Ellis Cochran
1818-1846
Mexican-American War.

Christian S. Kauffman
1826-1894
Politician/Iron Producer.

Christian C. Kauffman
1858-1936
Politician/Attorney.

Dr. Houston Mifflin
1849-1936
Physician/Philanthropist.

Jenkins/Emily FitzGerald
1839-1879/1850-1912
Frontier Pioneers

Lilian R. Welsh
1858-1938
Physician/Suffragist.

Lilian Slaymaker Evans
1861-1943
Founder of Local DAR.

Lloyd Mifflin
1846-1921
Painter/Sonneteer.

Napolean Bonaparte Wolfe
1823-1891
Medical Author/Physician.

Reginald Wright Kauffman
1877-1959
Author/Activist.

Samuel Evans
1823-1908
Soldier/Historian.

Thomas Welsh
1824-1863
Brigadier General.

William Fordney Lockard
1825-1889
Railroader/Philanthropist.

John Quincy Denney
1832-1913
Banker/Bridge Burner.

John Reginald Kehoe
1901-1978
Musician/Teacher

Samuel Wright
1754-1811
Original Proprietor

Dr. Alexander Craig, Jr.
1838-1899
Surgeon/Town Leader