DushoreSt Basil the Great101 Churchill StreetPO Box 307 Dushore 18614 570-928-8865 First church built in 1836, a mission of Friendsville and then Towanda; records prior to 1848 have been lost; established as a pastorate in 1852;1,2,3 Early missions included (St Patrick's) Overton; (Ss Philip and James) Sugar Ridge; Paine Road, now Wilmot; Laporte; Muncy Valley; Hills Grove; Browntown; Bernice; and Little Mehoopany.2 No missions listed in 1947, but there was an assistant; today includes St Francis of Assisi, Mildred; St Francis Xavier, Overton; Sacred Heart, Laporte; St John Nepomucene, Sugar Ridge; and St Franicis of Assisi, Eaglesmere St Basil's Old Cemetery - sites.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/churches/ St Basil's Cemetery - sites.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/churches/
NotesGallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, p69 Tourscher, Rev Francis E, OSA, St. Basil's, Dushore, PA, During 100 Years (1838-1938), Philadelphia: American Catholic Historical Society, 1938; transcribed by Lynn Blazek, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/churches/Tourscher.htmDushore.com, "Photo of St Basil's," www.dushore.com/tour/stbasils.html |