Name/Title
Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, East Waynesburg, Greene County, PennsylvaniaEntry/Object ID
2019.13.70Description
Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, East Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, the inscription reads: "In / Memory / of / Thomas Kent / Who departed this life / January 8, 1835 / Aged 81 years."
The cemetery was abandoned in the early 1960s; the site is now occupied by a housing project. A memorial to those known to have been buried in this cemetery stands in Section P, Lot 99 of Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg. Thomas Kent and his wife, Ann (Ralston) Kent were removed from the old Methodist Cemetery on 18 September 1934 and reinterred at Greene County Memorial Park Cemetery in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Original, candid.Collection
William Francis Jacobs CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Cemeteries--Tombstones, Kent family, Veterans--American Revolution (1775-1783), Waynesburg (Pa.)--Cemeteries--East End Cemetery, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Cemeteries--Hookstown Cemetery, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Cemeteries--Methodist Church CemeteryOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
JACD_AN001_0024Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Kent, Thomas [1747-1835]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Jacobs-Kent Series - William Francis Jacobs CollectionNotes
The William Francis Jacobs Collection photographs were passed from Joseph Warren Jacobs [1868-1947] and his wife, Mary Emma Dulaney [1878-1958], to their son William Francis Jacobs and his wife, Audrey Muriel Lamb, to their son David Kent Jacobs who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006.
Source Citation: Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, East Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; item no. JACD_AN001_0024, William Francis Jacobs Collection, shared by David Kent Jacobs; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).