St. Basil's Cemetery--Old Graveyard

St. Basil's Cemetery
Old Graveyard
Sullivan County, PA

Established in 1836
Sections AA and AAA
West of Churchill Street, North of St. Basil's Church, Dushore Borough, Sullivan County, PA

Rows have been transcribed, starting from Churchill St. and proceeding up the hill. Rows should be read left to right, if looking at the front doors of the Church. It must be noted that many of these old stones are illegible or only partially legible. They also contain original spelling errors as well as attempts by the early Catholic community to phonetically recreate the names of old Irish parish and town names passed down orally. A full review of all known names listed in the parish registry at St. Basil's church might produce corrected spellings or additional information, and we are hopeful that such an examination can be carried out in the near future. Please send any proposed corrections to the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Project for consideration and further review in conjunction with our much appreciated contributors:
Mike and Debbie Krause
PO Box 88, Dushore, PA 18614
November-December 2001

The pictures of the old damaged stones for the Hennessey family were also taken by Mike Krause. Those pictures have been embedded in crimson text to distinguish them.

September 2006: Photos of tombstones and family markers are now posted for all identifiable graves in Rows 1-25 and the left side of Row 26. Obituaries that are posted in the forum are also linked to the transcriptions. The photos are scaled to 50% or smaller for posting. Full size photos are available by email upon request to: Michael Dempsey

Old Cemetery and Church
St. Basil the Great
Dushore, PA
December 15, 2001
Photo Taken by Mike and Debbie Krause

NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	ADDL. INFORMATION
Row #1 – Rows 1 thru 11 are the lowest section of the cemetery Lower Section Rows 1-5 (view looking across from parking area)
Finan, Bridget	Aged 83 years	Feb. 14, 1895	Finan Family marker Same stone as Patrick & Francis
Finan, Patrick	Aged 74y, 9m, 13d	Dec. 8, 1880	"A native of Parish of Kilkevan, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Finan, Francis	Aged 18 years	Dec. 4, 1862	"son of Patrick & Bridget Finan"
"Mary"	------------	--------------	Stones adjacent to Finan
"Father"	------------	--------------
Row #2
McMahon, Rose	Aged 22 years	Mar. 17, 1854
McMahon, Francis Hugh	Aged 6 y?	Sept. 1, 1858?	"son of James & Anna McMahon"-hard to read
McMahon, Hugh	May 17, 1779	?	Hard to read
Sullivan, Elizabeth McMahon	Aged 36 years	Feb. 2, 1852	"wife of John Sullivan" "Native of Parish of Ballymacoarred? Co. Down, Ireland"
McKernan, Mary	Aged 54 years	July 2, 1862	"wife of James McKernan"
Sullivan, Maurice	Aged 34 years	May 8, 1881	"son of John & Elisabeth Sullivan
Mooney, Willie	Aged 15 years	--------------	Same stone as John, Daniel, Michael Mooney Family marker
Mooney, John	Aged 39 years?	May 6, ?	Same stone as Willie, Daniel, Michael
Mooney, Daniel	Aged 28 years	May 22, 1888?	Same stone as Willie, John, Michael
Mooney, Michael			Same stone as Willie, John, Daniel
Dunn, Catherine	Aged 43y, 4m, 3d	Mar. 13, 1888	Wife of Peter Dunn Dunn James Dunn – obit 1 James Dunn – obit 2
Dunn, CORPL JNO(D)?	------------	---------------	"Co B 54th PA Inf"
McMahon, Michael	1818?	May 2, 18__?	McMahon Family marker
McMahon, Jane	Aged 69years	May 24, 1894	"wife of Michael" McMahon family stone
McMahon, Hugh			McMahon family stone
McMahon, Rosy J	1862	April, 1874	McMahon family stone
McMahon, Mary A	1858	Sept 13, 1887	McMahon family stone
McMahon, Joseph H	1868	Apr 7, 1884	McMahon family stone
Sullivan, John S.(?)	Aged 30y, 10m, 29d	July 14, 18__?	Sullivan
Row #3
Donahoe, James P	1861	1940	"Father" Donahoe Family marker
Donahoe, James	Aged 21 years	Apr. 16, 1848	"Uncle"
Donahoe, James	Aged 56 years	Oct. 6, 1853	"Grandfather"
Donahoe, Mary	Aged 77 years	Apr. 24, 1873	"Grandmother"
Donahoe, Michael	June 22, 1824	Dec. 8, 1896	"Father"
Donahoe, Mary	Nov. 25, 1832	Feb. 2, 1899	"Mother"
Donahoe, James Jr.	1908	1925	"Son"
Crossen, Hugh	-------------	Jan. 12, 1851
Dempsey, Patrick	Aged 76 years	Nov. 15, 1852	"Sacred to the memory of Patrick Dempsey" "A native of the county of Wexford Ireland" GAR standard reading 1861-1865
Mooney, JNO?	-----------	------------	Co. A 15 Inf.
Quinn, Mary	85 years	Nov. 15, 1898
Quinn, Patrick	36 years	Jan. 23, 1854
Quinn, Mariah	13y, 8m	Jan. 23, 1864
Farrell, James & Mary	------------	------------
Row #4
Deegan, J. Leonard	Aged 22 years	Aug. 9, 1898 at Chickamauga, GA	Co. D. 9^th Regt. PA Vol.
Deegan, Eugene	30y, 1m, 20d	Nov. 2, 1899	"Died by an explosion while firing engine near Wyalusing on L.V.R.R."
Deegan, Jeremiah, Capt.	Sept. 7, 1833Kingston, NJ	Mar. 21, 1908	Same stone as Ella Bernice Deegan
Deegan, Ella Bernice Smith	Mar. 19, 1843In Monroeton, PA	May 4, 1908In Dushore, PA	"wife of Jeremiah"same stone as Jeremiah Obit
Deegan, George T.	Dec. 28, 1863	June 23, 1919
Deegan, William Francis	4mo, 14days	Nov. 9, 1885	"son of Jerry & Ella Deegan"
Curry, Michael	--------------	Jan. 29, 1852
Curry, Martin	Aged 84 years	Jan. 19, 1883	Curry Family marker Same stone as Margaret
Curry, Margaret	------------	Dec. 20, 1898	"wife of Martin"
Curry, James	Apr. 17, 1857	July 1, 1901
Curry, Maggie A.	Aged 24 years	July 26, 1884	"Daughter of Martin & Margaret Curry"
O’Connell, John	1878	1948
O’Connell, Catharine	Aged 45 years	Feb. 15, 1890	"wife of Timothy O’Connell"
O’Connell, Timothy	Aged 54 years	Jan. 17, 1896
O’Connell, Alice	Aged 47 years	May 28, 1900
Harney, Edward	1833	1906
Harney, Mary	1840	1893	"Wife of Edward Harney"
McGuirk, John	Aged 28 years	Dec. 22, 1888
Murphy, Ellen	Aged 53 years	Sept. 22,1880
Grove, Anthony P.	-------------	----------------	"Son of John & Catharine Grove"
Row #5 Lower Section Middle Rows – Cross is at Row 5 (view looking across from parking area)
These Deegan family records updated on April 13, 2003* by Mike Krause of Dushore, PA * Deegan, Mary E.	Feb. 11, 1854	Nov. 22, 1896	"Mother" "wife of W.D.Ridgway"
* Deegan, James	Aged 62y, 10m, 9d	Sept. 24, 1882	Same stone as Mary E., Citnah C., and Alecia Deegan Deegan Family marker
* Deegan, Mary E.	Aged 7y, 2m, 21d	May 8, 1853	"dau of James & Citnah C. Deegan" - same stone as James, Citnah C. & Alecia Deegan
* Deegan, Citnah C.	Aged 64y, 7m, 2d	Dec. 2(?), 1882	"wife of James Deegan" - same stone as James, Mary & Alecia Deegan
* Deegan, Alecia A	Aged 7y, 9m, 19d	Feb. 25, 1852	"dau of James & Citnah C. Deegan"-same stone as James, Mary, & Citnah Deegan
* Deegan, Thomas	Aged 28y, 7m, 17d	Jan. 9, 1863	"wounded at Fredricksburgh, VA, Dec. 13, 1862, Co C[?] 107 RegtPA Vol" "Erected by his mother Alicia T. Deegan"
* Deegan, Margaret	-------	? . 30, 18??	"dau of James & Citnah C. Deegan"
* Deegan, James Bruce	Aged 1y, 9m, ?d	Jan. 6, 18??	"son of James & Citnah C.Deegan"
Hennessy, Catharine	Aged 8y, 7m	Nov. 25, 1862	"Died Nov 25, 1862 Aged 8 years 7 months” Same stone as Honora "daughters of Thomas & Margaret Hennessy "
Hennessy, Honora	Aged 5y,18d	July 28, 1858	"Died July 28, 1858 Aged 5 Months & 18 Days daughters of Thomas & Margaret Hennessy” Catharine and Honora
Cronin, Cornelius	1807	1892	"Born at Bantry Co.Cork,Ireland"
Cronin, James	Aged 59 years	Oct. 19, 1868	"A native of the parish of Bantry Co. Cork, Ireland"
Cronin, Philip	In the 21 yr of his life	Feb. 4, 1854
Cronin, Mary Ann	May 13, 1819	Mar. 31, 1880	"wife of Cornelius Cronin"
Gainer, James	Aged 81y & 8m	Jan. 26, 1882	"native of Parish of Ldgeworthtown, Co. Longford, Ireland"
Gainer, Bridget	Aged 76y, 3m, 26d	Jan. 23, 1869	"wife of James Gainer" same stone as James
Gainer, Thomas	Aged 66y, 1m, 29d	July 30, 1898	"Native of Parish Ldgeworthtown, Co. Longford, Ireland" Gainer Family marker
Gainer, Margaret	Aged 29y, 4m, 20d	Sept. 13, 1867	"Native of the Parish of Taghmon ,Co Wexford, Ireland" "wife of Thomas" - same stone as Thomas
Gainer, Peter D	Aged 10 ys, 8 ms, & 10 ds	Jan 28, 1871	“Son of Thos & Margaret Gainer” Same stone as Thomas and Margaret
Gainer, Mary Ann	Aged 2 ys, 5 ms, & 12 ds	June 2, 1867	“Dau of Thos & Margaret Gainer” Same stone as Thomas and Margaret
Armstrong, James	Aug. 15, 1800	Aug. 20, 1851	"Born in Tokar(?), CoLouth, Ireland
Armstrong, John	Feb. 28, 1835	Dec. 16, 1852	"James’ son" same stone as James
Harney, Maggie	Aged 22y, 9m <