Notables

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

To view a brief biographic overview of the person listed, click their name.

To view an approximate location of the person’s grave marker, click the green symbol below each name.
The location grid system is only accurate to the nearest 3 x 3-meter grid.
On the resulting map, next click the circle image at the lower-right corner of the interface to see the map as a photographic view.
The precise location of some grave markers are not known.

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
1754-1811
Original Proprietor 


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 Mifflin
1805-1885
Statesman/Abolitionist

 

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

 

The top row, shown below, offers help in locating specific areas of the cemetery.

The notable individuals below them lack sufficient information to offer a suitable biography like the section above.

However, as those above, the symbol below their name will link to the location of their grave marker.

Cemetery Cottage
Offices and archives


Columbarium
Ashes to ashes


Civil War Vets
Field of honor


Pet Cemetery
We care about them, too


Veteran’s Row
Never forget

 

W. Robert Crane
1818-1891
Railroader/Bridge Burner

John Conklin Lockard
1827-1905
Bridge Burner

Jacob S. Rich
1798-1877
Bridge Burner

William Campbell
1745
Carved own tombstone

 

William Bailey
1853-1937
Prolific Town Photographer