Copyright 16 October 2003, Esther Doyle Read

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HANOVER GREEN CEMETERY

Hanover Green Cemetery is located on Main Street in Hanover Green, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This is not a complete transcription of inscriptions. Instead it represents selected stones transcribed on 28 March and 15 October 2003 by Esther Doyle Read. Photographs are included for some of the grave stones. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image (use icon to enlarge the photograph). Grave stone photographs were taken on 14 May 2005. The chapel photographs were taken on 28 March 2003. Esther Doyle Read was the photographer. There are 28 stones included in this transcription, representing 35 individuals. The cemetery is still active.

A Short History of Hanover Green Cemetery

In 1776, surveyors platted the land in the southern end of the Wyoming Valley. Settlement in this area was under the supervision of Captain Lazarus Stewart of the the Susquehanna Company. He named the area Hanover Township—it was one of the five original townships in the county. On 9 June 1776, Captain Stewart drew Lot 8 in the township. It was set aside by vote of the proprietors for use as a meeting house and burial ground. The area was also used as a drill ground for the local militia and was known as the "green." The area soon became known as Hanover Green. It was used from 1776 on as a cemetery. In 1825, a meeting house was built on the grounds. The meeting house is still within the cemetery and is now used as a chapel. A photograph of the chapel viewed from Main Street is featured above (photograph by Esther Doyle Read, 28 March 2003). Click on the photograph to view a larger version of the image.

The meeting house was recently restored and features the orignal locks and thumb latches on the doors, the hanging pulpit and sound board, and original kerosene wall lamps. The wide plank floors, an ornate balcony and wooden pews are still in place. A close up of the exterior door on the Main Street facade of the chapel is to the right (photograph by Esther Doyle Read, 28 March 2003). Click on the photograph to view a larger version of the image. Barbara and Dale Shafer, the cemetery's sextons, have published an history of the cemetery entitled A History of Hanover Green Cemetery (undated and privately published). Copies of the booklet may be purchased from the Hanover Green Cemetery Office.

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The Transcript and Photographs

 Barrett, Emily, see Thomas Gaines.

Bell, Margaret, see William Gaines.

Burk, Thomas C., 1896 - 1973; Edith S., 1901 - 1971. Single stone. (10-15-03; 5-14-05). There is also a military stone on the plot for Thomas (see below).

 Burk, Thomas, Maj US Army, World War I & II, Korea, 1896 - 1973. Single stone. (10-15-03; 5-14-05).

 Dilley. Large name stone by Meeting House surrounded by smaller stones (3-28-2003): Dilley, FATHER J. Monroe, 1842 - 1885.
Dilley, MOTHER Joanna R., 1847 - 1923.
Dilley, DAUGHTER Elvie D., 1870 - 1933.

 Dilley. Large name stone by the Spanish American War soldiers burial plot surrounded by smaller stones (3-28-2003):
Dilley, Oscar H., 1869 - 1949.
Dilley, Sara J., 1876 - 1952.
Dilley, Robert F., 1904 - 1972.
Dilley, Blank space.
Dilley, Esther R., 1906 - 2000.
Dilley, Lucy, 1867 - 1937 (1857 by census).
Dilley, Ida M., 1867 - 1937 (1859 by census).
Dilley, Blank space.
Dilley, Mary A., 1828 - 1901.
Dilley, Sylvester, 1823 - 1891.
Dilley, Henry E., 1853 - 1940 (1863 by census).

 Gaines, FATHER Thomas, 1871 - 1950; MOTHER Emily Barrett, 1868 - 1944. Single stone. Thomas Gaines was the son of William and Margaret (Bell) Gaines. He was born in Sunderland, a city in the north of England. Emily Barrett was born in Cornwall, which is located on the coast in the extreme southwest portion of England. They met in Pennsylvania after both of their families had immigated to the United States (10-15-2003; 5-14-05).

 Gaines, FATHER William, 1847 - 1909; MOTHER Margaret Bell, 1851 - 1931. Single stone (10-15-2003; 5-14-05).

 Gaines,William Bell, 1883 - 1932, Minnie Tyack, 1882 - 1969, John Tyack, 1913 - 1913. Single stone (10-15-2003; 5-14-05).

 Gibbs, William H. Gibbs, 1860 - 1917 (single stone) and Carrie J. Gibbs, 1860 - 1928 (single stone). One large stone with name and an single stone for each individual (3-28-2003; 5-14-05).

 Lympanny, HUSBAND Russell E., 1902 - 1967, WIFE Elizabeth S., 1903 - 1992. Single stone, reversed side of the stone is for the Symons family, see entry below. (10-15-2003; 5-14-05). There is also a military stone on the plot for Russell see below.

 Lympanny, Russell E., Pennsylvania, PVT 1209 SVC COMD Unit, World War II, Nov 5 1902 - Feb 5 1967. (10-15-2003; 5-14-05).

 McDermott, L. A., Co. D., 81st, PA Inf. Civil War military stone in Old Section by Jewish Cemetery Fence, GAR flag staff with grave (3-28-2003).

 McDermott, Lewis A., 1867 - 1929, Priv 1st Batt. U.S. Marines SP.A. War Military stone in Spanish American War Soldiers Section (3-28-2003).

 Powell, Raymond G., 1902 -1967; Margaret 1905 - 1986 (side one); David J. 1873-1945; Letitia A. 1878 - 1946. Large stone iscribed on two sides (3-28-2003).

 Symons, FATHER Walter 1875 - 1959, MOTHER Margaret Ann 1876 - 1959, DAUGHTER Martha, 1909 - 1981. Single stone, reversed side of the stone is for the Lympanny family, see entry above. (10-15-2003; 5-14-05).

Tyack, Minnie, see William Gaines.

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