On October 2, a guided historical tour of Maplewood Cemetery took place under the direction of members of the Maplewood Cemetery Association. The tour took place in conjunction with a ride on the ninetenth-century trolley replica that is owned by Lackawanna County. The members of the cemetery tour, which was sold-out, boarded the trolley at Carbondale City Hall and were transported to the Cemetery for the tour. Following the guided walking tour through the Cemetery, the members of the tour were transported back to City Hall.
Twenty-three burial sites/tombstones were visited: William Wurts, James and Margaret Russell, Alice Voyle Rashleigh, Magdalene Davies, Mary Davies, Philo C. Gritman, Joseph B. Van Bergen, Thomas Gillespie, Alexander Bryden, James Dickson, C. E. Rettew, Eleanor P. Jones, George J. Davies, Moon family, William Emmett Kirby, Solomon Bolton, Joseph Alexander, Daniel Scurry, Alfred Pascoe, Joseph Birkett, Frank Hollenbeck, Peck Family, and Von Beck family.
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