Estella Cemetery, Sullivan County,
Estella, Pa.

Having located my Great Grandfather
and family in the 1900 Pa. Census in  Elkland Township of Sullivan County
Judy and I decided to drive through the area and look over the cemeteries. Our
second cemetery stop of the day was the Estella
Cemetery. One of the first headstones I saw was WARREN and SARAH (VARGASON) MAY, my Great
Grandfather and Great Grandmother. We also found FRANK B MAY, Warren's brother, and
ZILPHIA (MAY) GRIFFITH,
Warren and Sarah's daughter.  We are still trying to locate the burial
records for the cemetery. We returned on November 11th and read the
headstones. Below is the list. We hope it can help someone else as much as it
did us!
This was
originally written in the summer of 1999. As of September of 2000 we learned
from death certificates and other records that Great Great Great Grandfather
and Grandmother JESSE VARGASON and MATILDA (HATCH)
VARGASON, Great Great Grandmothers SARAH (BARNES) MAY and EMILY (VARGASON) VARGASON, Warren and
Sarah's 3 week old daughters, ESTHER and ESSIE MAY and possibly Great Great Grandfather URIAH VARGASON  are buried here
also.
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Name

Born

Died

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Baumunk, George H.

4/11/1870

4/24/1894

son of Adam &
Barbara

Benninger, Clarence A.

1883

1912

Biddle, Anna Beinlich

5/16/1895

wife of W. H. Biddle. Ae 37yr 9mo 16d

Biddle, Harvey W.

1889

1906

Biddle, Wm. Hammond

1859

1928

Bird, George G.

1829

1917

Bird, Harriet Kaye

1836

1911

Wife of George G.

Birdsall, George G.

1855

1919

Birdsall, Mary Bird

1861

1948

wife of George G.

Brown, Nettie Brown Rhinard

1882

1950

same stone as
William

Brown, William

1881

1932

same stone as Nettie Brown
Rhinard

Featherbay, Duane E.

7/7/1936

1/27/1937

Featherbay, Earl D.

3/26/1913

6/15/1944

Fuller, Gertrude

6/21/1896

10/4/1896

dau of CJ & H
Fuller

Griffith,
Walter E.

1875

1963

Griffith,
Willard E.

1908

1917

son of Walter &
Zilphia.

Griffith,
Zilphia I.

1882

1964

Zilphia (May) Griffith was the wife
of Walter E. and the daughter of Warren and Sarah (Vargason)
May

Hess, Carrie E.

8/28/1880

3/13/1902

dau of John W. & Sarah
C.

Hess, John Wesley

1853

1944

Hess, Kathryn L

5/18/1907

12/28/1989

quote on back of stone. "Our nurse
Nightingale Miss Hess R. N."

Hess, Sarah Katherine

1854

1909

May, Carrie
W.

1863

1933

Carrie W. (Webster) May. Wife of
Frank B.

May, Esther & Essie

5/4/1895

No headstone. Age 3 weeks. Daughters of Warren and Sarah
(Vargason) May. Died from whooping cough.

May, Frank
B

1856

1930

Brother of Warren

May, Merton R.

1889

1912

Son of Frank B. and Carrie W.
May

May,
Sarah

1860

1928

Wife of Warren. Maiden name
Vargason.

May, Sarah (Barnes)

8/16/1828

4/2/1911

No headstone. Info from Death Certificate.

Mother of  Warren, Frank B., Jennie (May)
Vargason.

May,
Warren

1858

1931

Milnix, John W.

1851

1924

Mulneux, Avery

Co E 80th NY Inf.

Norton, Margaret F.

1838

1915

Plotts, Dora Bird

1871

1905

Wife of Rush B.

Plotts, Rush B.

1867

Rosbach, Baby

1/30/1890

Rosbach, Betty J.

1924

1995

same stone as Carl
D.

Rosbach, Carl D.

1916

Rosbach, Frederick

4/19/1856

11/22/1912

Rosbach, John L.

1/22/1881

12/14/1966

Rosbach, Louis L.

1878

1938

same stone as Nellie
Birdsall

Rosbach, Margaret

6/27/1862

2/8/1949

wife of Frederick

Rosbach, Mary R. Mulnix

1879

1944

Rosbach, Nellie Birdsall

1881

1956

same stone as Louis L.

Rosbach, Roy J.

4/26/1956

6/8/1968

Rosbach, Hartford and
Children

nothing else on
stone

Shaffer, H. Mulnix

1855

1937

Shoemaker, Seth P.

1850

1927

Shoemaker, Wm.

Co B. ?? PA. Res.
Inf.

Unreadable

Vargason, Jesse

7/12/1813

6/9/1893

Sarah (Vargason) May's
Grandfather

Vargason, Matilda

11/28/1819

9/27/1906

No headstone. Maiden name Hatch. Jesse's
wife

Vargason, ??? E.

9/11/1896

7/8/1897

Vargason, Charles A.

12/31/1852

10/7/1911

Vargason, Emily

1911

No headstone. Wife of Uriah, Mother of Sarah (Vargason)
May, Emily's maiden name was Vargason.

Vargason, H. Rosamond

1860

1939

same stone as Samuel
C.

Vargason, Samuel C.

1859

1937

same stone as H.
Rosamond

Vargeson, Jennie M

1868

1930

same stone as Daniel O. Maiden name May

Vargeson, Daniel O.

1865

1922

same stone as Jennie M.

Vroman, Hannah

1841

1912

Vroman, Steave

Co. E. 52nd PA.
Inf.

Warburton, Marrian

6/1/1897

6/10/1897

Webster, Catharine

1843

1929

wife of J. J.

Webster, Charles G.

1864

1924

Webster, Harry S.

1889

1947

same stone as Mary
A.

Webster, J. J.

1836

1922

same stone as Catharine

Webster, Mary A

1885

1930

wife of Harry S.

Webster, Mary E.

1872

1946

Wife of Charles G.

Webster, Russell

1906

1911

Same Stone as Charles G & Mary
E.

Wheatley, Irene

1895

1950

Wheatly, Edward

1878

1949

Young, Maryann

6/1/1895

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