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In 1860 several Baptist families in the area bult a church and established the cemetery known as the Petherton Pioneer Cemetery.
Blyth, Edwards, Langton, and Spark families were few of the Pioneers of the area.
By the 1870s, Petherton had become a thriving hamlet with a population of 155. Petherton was an agricultural community, which also consisted of several houses, two hotels, two blacksmith shops, a post office, a carpenter, two stores, two carriage makers, a chopping mill, and a kiln for making bricks.
The following are the inscriptions on the stones, as recorded by Gloria Pare on Sept 1, 2001:
Blyth, Henry J., d. 26 Apr 1860, aged 86ys, Native of Scotland
Blyth, Rachel, d. 23 Oct 1867, aged 69ys, w/o Henry Blyth
Bonner, James W., d. 19 Apr 1883, aged 17y 9m 25ds, s/o Henry & Hannah Bonner
Denchfield, Annia, d. 13 Apr 1875, aged 29ys, w/o Rev. T.G. Denchfield
Denchfield, Arthur, d. 13 Apr 1875, aged 18ds, s/o Rev. T.G. & Annia Denchfield
Denchfield, Thomas H., d. 25 Aug 1874, aged 6m 25ds, s/o Rev. T. G. & Annia Denchfield
Edwards, Henrietta B., d. 25 Mar 1875, aged 4y 1m 25ds, d/o Wm. H. & Ruth Edwards
Edwards, Mary Ann (Waters), b. 29 Oct 1828, d. 22 May 1901, w/o William Edwards
Edwards, William, b. 15 May 1809, d. 25 Mar 1901, h/o Mary Ann Waters
Gray, Daniel, d. 1 May 1879, aged 26ys
Hayward, Joseph, d. 5 Apr 1864, aged 3y 6ms, s/o Robert & Harriet Hayward
Langdon, Annie (Edwards), d. 10 July 1869, aged 32y 2m 23ds, w/o Wm. Langdon
Langdon, Eliza (Rhamm), d. 26 Sept 1875, aged 35ys, w/o John Langdon
Little, Agnes, d. 19 Nov 1876, aged 13y 9m
Little, John, d. 8 Mar 1861, aged 5y 10ms, s/o John & Elizabeth Little
Little, Mary Ann, d. 1 Nov 1876, aged 17y 6m 11ds
Little, William, d. 23 Oct 1876, aged 8y 5m 9ds
Rachar, Elizabeth R., d. 28 Jan 1876, aged 17ys, d/o Stephen & Margaret Rachar
Rachar, George, d. 7 May 1869, aged 6ys, s/o Stephen & Margaret Rachar
Rachar, Sidney, d. 30 Mar 1891, aged 36y 7m 15ds
Rachar, Wilber, d. 29 Jan 1873, aged 19y 11m 10ds
Wilson, Elizabeth, d. 19 Dec 1869, aged 20ys, d/o John & Jane Wilson
Wilson, John, d. 1 Mar 1882, aged 69ys, Native of Scotland
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