Towanda

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Saints Peter and Paul

home.epix.net/~rhughes

first church built as a mission in 1841; established as a parish in 1844^1,2

Saint Agnes School
102 Third Street, Towanda PA 18848
home.epix.net/~sa123
Begun in 1877 by the Sisters of Mercy³

Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery: James St, Towanda^4,5

 



 

Notes

1. Saints Peter and Paul Parish, "Saints Peter and Paul Church History," home.epix.net/~rhughes/history.htm
2. Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p62. My reading of Gallagher implies that Basil Shorb was assigned in 1848, while the parish website specifies 1844. I may have misread Msgr Gallagher.
3. Towanda (PA) Daily Review, "St Agnes Marks 125th Annivarsary," 6 Sep 2002, transcribed by Dick McCracken, sites.rootsweb.com/~srgp/souvenir/stagn125.htm
4. Edsell, Sarah and Elaine Frey, Transcription of "SS Peter and Paul Parish Cemetery," sites.rootsweb.com/~srgp/cemb/sspp01.htm
5. Jones, Don E and Ted R Ogden, "Catholic Church cemetery records, Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania," www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermain
   frameset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36190&disp=Catholic+Church+cemetery+records%2C+Towa++. LDS catalog entry. The records themselves aren't online, but may be researched at your local FHL.