Showing the magnitude of how the Civil War impacted the community of Beaver, a remarkable count of 356 Civil War veterans are buried in two cemeteries in the Borough of Beaver — Clark Park (61) and Beaver Cemetery (295). All but one served with the Union Army.

Col. Richard P. Roberts

The list on this page is provided in partnership with the Beaver Cemetery & Mausoleum, based on an original compilation by Marcia Weil of Freedom, Pennsylvania.

At least four of the soldiers who rest in Clark Park — William J. Marks, Thomas Shawness, Howell Walton and Richard Walton — died in the military service of their country. Four others — among them Alfred Cairns, Frasher Dillon, Joseph F. Kennedy and Richard Naltin — died during the war years between 1862 and 1865, and may also have been casualties of the conflict.

Sgt. David W. Scott

Col. Richard P. Roberts, interred in Beaver Cemetery, was killed at the Wheat Field during the Battle of Gettysburg.

One of the soldiers who rests in Beaver Cemetery, Sgt. David W. Scott, a Brighton Township farmer, was shot in the jaw at the Battle of Gettysburg, and briefly taken prisoner. Some 200 of his wartime letters, as well as a tooth and fragment of his jawbone from his wound, are preserved today in the permanent collection of the Beaver Area Heritage Museum. Included in the “Scott Collection” is his portfolio satchel which contained personal items such as paper, a quill pen, locks of keepsake hair, wool, thread and needles to repair his clothing, a comb, and water proof bags, as well as a handkerchief signed by his fiancée Caroline Barclay. These artifacts are on display through the end of 2012 as part of the museum’s “Civil War” exhibit.

Unmarked Burials in Clark Park (Old Beaver Cemetery) (61)

Wartime Casualties Listed in Bold

     
Name

Dates of

Birth/Death

Rank and Regiment
Aley, Benoni
1823-1883
Corporal, Co. B, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Alshouse, George    
Anderson, Finley D.
1822-1879
Private, Co. A, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Bolser, John W.
1849-1895
 
Bott, Charles
1844-1887
 
Boyle, William K.   Private, Co. K, 102nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Buell, John H.
1838-1874
 
Cairns, Alfred T. or P.
1831-1862
2nd Lieutenant, 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps and 1st Sergeant, Co. E, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Campbell, J.M.
1833-1891
 
Carson, Enoch P.
1845-1865
Private, Co. E, 134th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Darrough, Jepe    
Dillon, Alfred P.
1844-1894
Private, Co. F, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Dillon, Frasher
1847-1862
 
Douds, Edmund   Private, Co. F, 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
Douds, James H., II
1835-1880
 
English, Nathaniel
? -1899
Captain
English, Pius A.
1851-1889
Captain, Co. A, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Fields, Enoch
1843-1883
Private, Co. E, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Flowers, Samuel
1847-1886
Private, Co. D, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Galton, William    
Greene, James R.
1820-1876
Private, Co. C, 211th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Hern, Alfred M.
1844-1910
Private, Co. F, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry
Jack, William Z.
1837-1866
Corporal, Co. B, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Johnson, David D.
1841-1880
Sergeant, Co. D, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Johnson, Frank N.
1845-1907
Corporal, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Kennedy, Joseph F.
1844-1907
Private, Co. D, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Kennedy, Joseph F.
1842-1863
 
Kennedy, Matthew J.
1804-1877
Private, Battery G, Independent Heavy Artillery
Kerr, John F.    
Kidd, Benjamin F.
1844-1894
Private, Co. C, 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Kirk, Addison
1843-1872
Private, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Lowry, James
1836-1891
Private, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery
Marks, William J.
1815-1862
1st Lieutenant, Co. E, 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Said to have been injured in the Battle of Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862, and died in Washington, DC, Sept. 11, 1862.
Menow, William
1842-1866
 
Miller, George F.
1844-1901
 
Miller, John F.
1843-1883
 
Miller, John T.
? -1879
 
Miller, J.P.    
Molter, Jonas C.
1811-1885
Private, Co. C, 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Morehead, James H.
1835-1879
Private, Co. I, 191st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Morrow, William
1842-1866
Private, Co. F, 76th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Morgan, Calvin   Private, Co. A, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry and Co. F, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Morton, Jacob
1833-1901
 
McCabe, Robert A.
1811-1870
Private, Co. E, 134th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
McCreery, James L.
1838-1865
Private, Co. F, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Died Oct. 14, 1865. Re-interred in Beaver Cemetery, Section C, Lot 30.
McElduff, James   Private, Co. F, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Naltin, Richard
1840-1863
 
Nilson, John P.
? -1868
 
Purvis, A.A.   Private, Co. A, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Reed, Joseph M.
1830- ?
1st Lieutenant, 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
Reed, Joseph W.    
Robison, James    
Shawness, Thomas
? -1863
Private, Co. I, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863. Died at Richmond, VA, Dec. 9, 1863.
Smith, Marian W.
1833-1893
Private, Co. H, 69th Ohio
Smith, William
1838-1909
 
Stanley, Robert   Private, Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (Knap’s Independent Battery)
Steiner, Christian
? -1927
Private, Co. K, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Strock, Seth D.   Corporal, Co. F, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Suckers, Henry
1842-1901
 
Tallon, John
? -1882
Corporal, Co. B, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Trover, John C.
1845-1887
Private, Co. D, 109th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and Co. K, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Walton, Howell
1845-1863
Private, Co. I, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Died at Falmouth, VA, Feb. 14, 1863.
Walton, Richard
1840-1863
Private, Co. F, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863. Died in Washington, DC, June 19, 1863.
Weaver, Henry S.
1835-1888
 
Wright, Andrew
1824-1891
Private, Battery F, Hampton’s Independent Battery

Lists furnished by the Beaver Cemetery based on a compilation by Marcia Weil, Freedom, PA

Burials in Beaver Cemetery (295)

Wartime Casualties Listed in Bold

 
Name Section 1 Location

Grand Army of the Republic

(GAR) Number

McClaren, James Nelson 18 West 1564
McClaren, John A. 18 West – unmarked 1684
     
Name Section 2 Location GAR Number
Mellor, Joseph S. 16  
Moody, Joseph 26 458
     
Name Section 3 Location GAR Number
Barnes, Lewis O. 7 759
Carnegie, Evan 75 359
Clark, John B. 12 1578
Craighead, ? McCan 29 925
Evans, Thomas H. 36 354
Gutteridge, David Clay 73 908
Henderson, D.H. 31  
Hyde, Frank D. 20 1323
McCreary, Alfred G. 55 905
Mathews, Thomas S. 60 880
Standley, Samuel 9  
Stone, Adam 79 357
Weaver, George L. 14 962
     
Name Section 4 Location GAR Number
Ayers, DeWitt Clinton 278 1443
Barnes, Elijah 182 884
Bole, Robert Armstrong 132 1358
Carlton, Guy (?) Richard 113 `568
Chapman, Samuel 325 258
Chandler, Harrison J. 204  
Clark, Samuel A. 3  
Conrad, Alexander 148 974
Couch, James P. 221 1018
Craner, Crhisty 41 1467
Dunga, Leonidas H. 259 915
Fogg, James 76 924
Frank, Frederick 21 1316
Gibson, William R. 258 1448
Graham, Williamson 104 263
Hoyt, Hugh J. (Confederate) 121 1977
Hunter, William C. 244 277
Irons, Rev. John D. 48 1014
Johnston, George W. 248 904
Johnston, Samuel. Adams 16 202
Kirkpatrick, John 66 1465
Lane, Charles M. 61 1452
Logan, John 177 322
McClure, Albert Gallatin 270 1464
McKinney, Thompson W. 238 260
Meredith, William C. 145  
Minor, Isaac 206  
Powers, Frank 155 1518
Reed, (?)estar V. 252 985
Small, William Baxter 106  
Scott, S.C. 88  
Stevenson, Homer 285 1359
Thompson, Dr. James G. 272 945
Thornburg, William B. 318 1541
Torrens, John Johnson 160 922
Umpstead, Isaac 8 1061
Ware, William Jones 11 1720
Williamson, Joseph 210 1018
Young, John B. 10 991
Zell, Harry P. 98 909
     
Name 4th Street Wall GAR Number
Gull, Casper 4th Street Wall 1540
Wilson, John Franklin 4th Street Wall  
     
Name Section 5 Location GAR Number
Corless, William H. 41 1492
Morrow, James A. 71 1543
     
Name Section 7 Location GAR Number
Baird, Robert H. W-597R-3 1674
Cohagen, Newell 77  
Dean, Geoge A. 98  
Dunbar, Alpheus A. 135 SW  
Fisher, Jacob 136 E 1509
Shearer, Wilbert 145 NE  
     
Name Section 8 Location GAR Number
Sefler, James H. B 366 1565
Vorhees, William B 241  
     
Name Section B Location GAR Number
Brandon, J. Stewart 9 1/2  
Dunn, William J. 22 1567
Hurst, Lt. Henry 16  
McCabe, William J. 14 NW 1132
Moore, Henry R. 26 987
May, John 1  
May, William Jackson 1  
     
Name Section C Location GAR Number
Anderson, Thomas M. 1 313
Bruce, William H. 26 280
Dannels, John 17 879
Darragh, Hart 31 285
Darragh, James 31 373
Darragh, Scudder H. 27 1328
Hall, William 33 346
McCreery, James L. 30 360
Sheldrake, Joshua 16 982
Slowe, Charles H. 32 367
Young, Peter B. 37 1535
     
Name Section D Location GAR Number
Bell, George A. 20 989
Bisel, Fred Valentine 38B 268
Cairns, Leander 19 320
Dunlap, Thomas A. 6 970
Knowles, James S. 34A 992
McConnell, A. Clarke 26 318
Patterson, Daniel O’Connor 17 1717
Potter, James 28 1547
Ramsey, Brice 27 999
Singleton, Darius 25 309
Stokes, John D. 33 1/2 963
Stokes, Taylor M. 33 1/2 886
Young, George F. 14 937
     
Name Section E Location GAR Number
Barclay, William H. 17 299
Bence, John H. 46 899
Carr, John 8
Courtney, Joseph L. 16 1068
Harrison, William 30 935
Ferguson, Robert K. 12 1672
Fry, Henry Clay 44
Frazier, John T. 18
Folwell, Walter H. 10 1625
Graham, Joseph 11 348
Hamilton, Samuel H. 42 300
Hart, John C. 20 351
Patterson, Harry C. 32 1489
Patterson, Samuel R. 22 370
Phillips, R.C. 19
Treiss, George 15 314
     
Name Section F Location GAR Number
Arbuckle, James 49 297
Caughey, James 35 1323
Carson, James A. 3 1482
Cook, Henry Englehart 25 1/2 1555
Darragh, Jesse 33 894
Darragh, Robert 33 916
Darragh, Thomas 33 1579
Evans, Thomas G. 45
Griffin, Charles A. 23 888
Hamilton, Samuel Todd 40 934
Lawrence, Joseph W. 29 918
McCabe, Frank 13 37
McCabe, Joseph Emerson 6 1525
McCabe, Robert A. 6 371
Lawrence, Walter 29 323
McKinley, Thomas 30 891
Metzger, Martin 20 1913
Minis, David, M.D. 31 954
Pendleton, Gilbert Averill 4 1/2 286
Quay, Matthew Stanley 51 1546
Ramsey, Cochran 43 342
Roberts, Col. Richard P. 38
356 – Colonel of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry – killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863
Shively, George W. 15 903
     
Name Section G Location GAR Number
Bradshaw, Francis Marion 31 1064
Cleis, George W. 40 1366
Cunningham, James Hamilton 12 1444
Dinsmore, Samuel M. 25 946
Edwards, Henry 33 1/2 986
Grove, Joseph 11 1664
Hart, H.M. 10
Harton, John E. 42 337
Hunter, Clark A. 1 1/2 892
Johnston, James A. 6 1/2 976
Littell, Richard Warren 17 1047
Patterson, Charles W. 7 994
Robinson, James 9 966
Searight, James 1 1005
Taylor, James M. 8 Confederate
Welsh, George 6 1/2
Wilson, Robert A. 18 270
     
Name Section H Location GAR Number
Maratta, Frank (Hinds) 2 933
     
Name Section I Location GAR Number
Anderson, James Q. 2 882
Barclay, B. Franklin 27 979
Greenlee, Alvin L. 18 951
Harrah, Joseph Ritner 33 1652
Householder, Lyman L. 19 910
Johnson, Thomas J. 30 1/2 349
McKinney, David Jr. 37 900
Quay, Elliott Swift 26 1/2 1377
Stone, Daniel 15 957
Wilson, John P. 9 1/2 274
     
Name Section K Location GAR Number
Banks, Matthew 13 1574
Banks, Samuel R. 13 1073
Browne, Joseph 23 276
Clark, C.H. 22 990
Levis, John C. 19 252
McGinnis, William 11 1311
Morrison, Alexander 18W 30
Purvis, Alex S. 1 919
Rutan, James S. 21 334
Wallover, Charles A. 26 1/2 1334
     
Name Section L Location GAR Number
Cotton, John M. 21 1320
Fleming, Andrew 12 1719
Disbrow, Edward 32 358
Heller, Augustus E. 13 1641
Henry, Thomas 3 1312
Pearce, William 12 1527
Reno, William D. 22 267
Taylor, Alvin M. 30 1619
     
Name Section M Location GAR Number
Donehoo, Daniel M. 40 1995
Edgar, Samuel G. 22 971
Harton, James M. Sr. 21 251
Morgan, Benjamin Franklin 3 1752
Ramsey, John M. 20 996
Reisinger, Richard W. 53 298
     
Name Section N Location GAR Number
Anderson, William B. 38 971
Carr, Thomas 49 939
Culmer, John W. 25 1660
Cunningham, Elias L. 30 1575
Harton, Marsh B. 4 1665
Gunnell, George 5 1654
Hillman, David H. 28 1000
Jackson, John L. 11 956
May, Martin W. 27 906
Reed, William H. 42 972
Turner, Cicero 7
Watkins, William B. 41 953
     
Name Section O Location GAR Number
Bates, John C. 32 1327
Douds, John 3 942
Grove, William T. 30 907
Neely, Daniel M. 49 1007
Small, Thomas E. 24 1615
Van Lear, Joseph 43 1513
Worner, John M. 39 1517
Yolton, William 14 912
     
Name Section P Location GAR Number
Clark, Thomas 20 964
Hodgson, Thomas S. 40 Name not on stone
Littell, John Smith 49 366
Ramsey, James H., M.D. 27 1055
Springer, Ebenezer 50 363
Weyand, Jacob 38 1319
Cornell, George 1642
     
Name Section Q Location GAR Number
Burns, Henry M. 5 1314
Johnson, John Laughlin 3 1562
     
Name Section R Location GAR Number
Crowl, Philip 4 1577
Scott, David W. 10 369
Tomlinson, Augustus 14 563
Vanard, William 3 341
Veon, George S. 5 960
Wilson, Thomas F. 15 1506
     
Name Section S Location GAR Number
Babbitt, Charles C. 5 994
Boyde, Henry J. 51 283
Cook, Thomas S. 64 1515
Elliott, Laughlin 9
Graham, William L. 20E 294
Grimm, John 55 273
McGoun, Harvey S. 14
Minor, Stephen 36 1007
Purdy, John 56
Rhodes, Henry L. 61 1666
Shoemaker, Milo A. 65 948
Stevens, Allison 48 988
Tallon, Washington D. 7
Watterson, James Y. 62 901
     
Name Section T Location GAR Number
Barr, William H. 23 1463
Beegle, Benjamin F. Sr. 70 1667
Brunton, William 102 ?
Cottam, Vincent 97 279
Eakin, Albert 14 1012
Eakin, John A. 40 1450
Gordon, Edgar S. 3
Hays, John H. 101 264
Henry, Samuel 95 292
Lowry, John G. 82 308
Lowery, Joseph Frazier 58 1510
Lyon, William F. 57 1689
McCullough, John 83 1499
McMillen, Josephus F. 47W 260
Meade, Daniel E. 65 917
Miller, Casper 48 984
Quillen, Josiah 89 1617
Reed, John S. 39 355
Smith, Rev. John M. 75
Stewart, Pentland 104 259
Thomas, Alonzo F. 20
White, Andrew G. 38 965
     
Name Section V Location GAR Number
Appleton, Joseph W. 151 Broken off
Caler, David R. 133
Copeland, John W. 30 797
Cupps, Joseph 79
Cupps, Samuel C. 80 1532
Eason, Henry 139 254
Mackall, George W. 56W 1523
Martin, Jacob H. 84 1624
Swearer, James Alfred 38E
     
Name Section Y Location GAR Number
Barkfelt, Charles 90 981
Barr, Henry 76 936
Barth, Charles F. 82 961
Bickerstaff, James M. 1 975
Bliss, Samuel G. 8 968
Dempsey, John 29 952
Dunn, John 42 9__
Ehler, James E. 53 275
Fisher, Byron M. 42 305
Fisher, David 42 316
Lentz, David 31 989
Metzell, August 90 331
Moore, Madison 12 1369
Shields, Arthur 62 896
     
Name Old 9 Location GAR Number
Bradley, Benjamin 26 911
Cooper, Charles 213 1332
Ebert, Sebold W-Row 2
Ferris, John Row 4 947
[Illegible]    
Hamilton, Frank   272
Harrison, William   935
Lancerman, Charles   321
Lavender, John Row 2
Massey, John F. West-74 331
Maten, ?.W.   876
Scully, William West-84
     
Name Grave Site Unknown  
Cameron, James   15 & 993
Carter, Thomas E-? Unmarked
Jones, William P.  
     

Lists furnished by the Beaver Cemetery based on a compilation by Marcia Weil, Freedom, PA