Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, East Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Name/Title

Thomas Kent's tombstone in the old Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, East Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Entry/Object ID

2019.13.70

Description

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 Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.13

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

David Kent Jacobs

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1930

Lexicon

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 Cemetery

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

JACD_AN001_0024

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kent, Thomas [1747-1835]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Jacobs-Kent Series - William Francis Jacobs Collection

Notes

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).