Re-Interment of  the Buzzard Family Source:   ONDQ Summer 2001, pg. 5 Traditionally, the nineteenth century furniture dealer was also the village undertaker.  The 1845 business directory of Newberry did not list a furniture or cabinetmaker or stonesmason for the town.  It is not known who was employed to provide the caskets, open the graves, and transport the bodies of the deceased to the family or village cemetery. Undertaking C. M. Harris Cabinet maker & Undertaker Has on hand and will make to order, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Wardrobes, Safes, Sofas, Settees, Lounges, &c. Cabinet Work of all kins made and repaired on liberal terms. Has on had a full supply of metallic, Mahogany, and Rosewood Burial Cases. Coffins made to order at short notice and hearse supplied. Martin Harris (Newberry Observer 1878) C. Martin Harris died 2/9/1879.  He was 59 years old, a member of Pulaski Lodge I.O.O.F.  Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery (Newberry Herald 2/12/1879).  He was an undertaker and cabinetmaker in Newberry and advertised every week in the newspaper.  His business was bought by L. M. Speers as seen in the advertisements of Newberry Herald 5/28/1879. In January 2001, with the re-interment of the Buzzard family, there was a discovery in Newberry of three metal caskets from Fisk Metallic Burial Case Co. of Providence Rhode Island.  This event may show that there had indeed been an Undertaking Establishment in Newberry by 1855.  Whether it was a cabinetmaker or stonecutter who hired out livery service and arranged for a sexton to open a grave or something more elaborate is not know.  It seems there had to have been a supply in different sizes of the metallic caskets kept locally by someone in the undertaking trade.  Or someone proficient in the embalming of the dead, in order to preserve the body long enough to receive the shipment of a Fisk Coffin, may have had a business in the villiage. November 2000 council meeting found that the land on which Komastsu Corporation had planned to build a facility was the site of an old cemetery containing the remains of Buzzard/Bushardt family.  By the first week in december financial arrangements had been made for the land and Komatsu Corporation took possession.  December 2000 had been unseasonably cold and wet and soggy red mud roads hindered access to the area. Jim Liptak, County Maintenance Supervisor, and his crew were hard at work.  Slowly and with great care they moved headstones onto a flat bed truck.  Gene Norris, the gentleman who had owned and sold the land, was there also, taking pictures of the site.  There were wooden boxes containing the remains of those whose caskets had deteriorated beyond salvage.  Everything had been done with great care.  Granite posts, which once surrounded the cemetery, were only seen on the side facing Rte. 219.  An old well, lined with stone and once used by the family was on the grounds. The excavation was started in December and not completed until January.  Work was extremely slow because of the fragile nature of the stones.  The crew averaged about two graves a day in their excavations with a total of nineteen.  Sixteen graves had been recorded in a previous survey of the cemetery.  Three graves were unmarked. The nineteen graves are (addtional infomation obtained from previous recorded survey): John S. Buzzard: Son of Jacob Buzzard and Elizabeth Sligh.  Was born 7/16/1819, died 6/14/1855; married Nancy C. Bedenbaugh, daughter of Adam Bedenbaugh and Mary Kibler.  She was born 6/7/1825 and died 3/7/1905.  Their known children: Hariett, Josephene, and Mary Buzzard. Hariett Olivia Buzzard (she was entombed in a Fisk Coffin): Hariett was the daughter of John Simon and Nancy Bedenbaugh Buzzard.  Hariet was born October 11, 1848, died April 20, 1855 at the young age of 6 1/2.  Lauson Berly Buzzard (he was entombed in a Fisk Coffin):  Lauson was the son of David H. Buzzard.  He died May 25, 1855 at the age of 1 1/2. John Austin Buzzard:  John was the son of David H. Buzzard.  Born July 18, 1855, died May 31, 1856 at the age of 10 months. Jacob Sligh Buzzard (he was entombed in a Fisk Coffin):  Jacob was born July 16, 1819, died June 14, 1855 at the age of 37 years. Catherine Buzhardt:  Catherine was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bushardt.  Born October 28, 1808, died November 22, 1866 at the age of 58 years and 22 days.  She spelled her surname as -Buzzard- in the 1850 census but her headstone was spelled Buzhardt.  She never married. John Jacob McSwain Buzhardt:  John Jacob was the son of David H. and Mary M. Buzhardt.  Born January 11, 1847, died November 1863. Beauford Simpson Buzhardt:  Beauford was the son of David H. and Mary M. Buzhardt.  Born December 26, 1838, died June 29, 1862 during a skirmish before Richmond, Virginia.  He served as a member of the Co. E 3rd Regt. SCV.  In the Newberry Observer October 4, 1900 it states: B. S. Buzhardt, was a Private of the Quitman rifles, part of the original roll.  He never married. David H. Buzzard:  David was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Sligh Buzzard.  Born September 1, 1811, died September 19, 1881.  He married Mary Magdalene 'Polly' Barre on March 24, 1836. Mary Magdalene 'Polly' Barre:  Mary was the daughter of Jacob Barre Jr. and Elizabeth Hope.  Born September 5, 1816, died March 3, 1876 at the age of 59 years and 6 months.  She married David H. Buzzard March 24, 1836.  David and Mary's known children:  Orlando Hope, Beauford Simpson, Caroline E., David P., Oscar Milton, Lauson Berly, John Austin, Mary Ann, Cornelius Osborn and John Jacob McSwain Buzhardt. Samuel Jefferson Buzhardt:  Samuel (CSA) was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Sligh Buzzard.  Born may 16, 1830, died December 17, 1862.  He never married. Jacob Buzzard:  Jacob was the son of Jacob and Ann Margaret Buzzard.  Born abt. 1774, died July 25, 1854 at the age of 80 years.  He married elizabeth Sligh. Elizabeth Sligh Buzzard:  Elizabeth was the daughter of John Philip Sligh Sr and Christina Kinard.  Born December 27, 1781, died June 17, 1854.  She married Jacob Buzzard and their known children:  Catherine, David H., Daniel, Sally, Jacob Sligh, Phillip Hubert, John Simon, Joseph Belton, Samuel Jefferson and Sarah B. Buzhardt. Orlando Hope Buzhardt:  Orlando was the son of David H. Buzhardt and Mary M. Barre Buzhardt.  Born March 20, 1841, died November 26, 1902.  He married Carrie E. Wilson. Carrie E. Wilson Buzhardt:  Born May 9, 1848, died December 4, 1888. J. B. Traywick:  son of Rev. J. B. and Carrie E. Traywick.  Born and died October 28, 1875. Beaufort Simpson Traywick:  Beaufort was the son of Rev. J. B. and Carrie E. Traywick,  Died July 25, 1875 at the age of 4 years. Wilbur Cornelius Norris:  Wilbur was the son of John T. and Emma Norris.  Born October 1, 1900, died January 8, 1902. Sally Buzhardt:  Sally was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Sligh Buzhardt.  Born 1815, died June 1, 1894 at the age of 78 years. The boxes in the rear of the truck are the remains of thirteen deceased members of the Buzzard family.  Their coffins had deteriorated beyond salvage.  Jacob Sligh Buzzard lies withing the adult Fisk coffin, Hariett Olivia Buzzard and Lauson Berly Buzzard lie in the child size Fisk coffins.  Additonal information regarding the Buzhardt/Buzzard family from newspaper articles: (Mrs.) Mary W. Buzhart, was born 9/5/1816 and died 3/3/1876 in Newberry County S.C.  (submitted by Thomas G. Herbert; issue 3/22/1876 Southern Christian Advocate). C. O. Buzhardt was paid $1/80 by the Ordinary County Fund for the year 1887-1888 (Newberry Observer 3/6/1890);  C. O. Buzharadt has rheumatism (Newberry Observer 2/24/1897). Mrs. Banna Buzhardt, wife of C. O. Buzhardt of Caldwell Township, died 10/4/1901.  Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery (Newberry Observer 10/10/1901). O. M. Buzhardt wrote a letter to the editor (Newberry Observer 5/15/1890, pg. 2, col. 4). Mrs. O. M. Buzhard, female, white, died 11/18/1909, of typhoid dysentery.  The deceased was 63 years old, born in Edgefield Co. Sc., resided in Newberry City for 1 year, reported by Dr. J. M. Kibler M.D. (Return of Deaths within the City of Newberry). Emma Buzhardt of Batesburg is visitng her Aunt Mrs. Urbana Buzhardt (Newberry Observer 3/2/1893); she is visiting relatives in Edgefield (Newberry Observer 9/21/1893); Emma Buzhardt married John Norris on 4/4/1894 at the home of C. O. Buzhardt by Rev. J. B. Traywick (Newberry Observer 4/11/1894). John T. Norris, his 1 year old son, Wilbur Norris, of Caldwell Township, died 1/7/1902 of scarlet fever.  Burial was in the family burying ground (Newberry Observer 1/10/1902, pg. 8). J. T. Norris's two year old child died on 10/12/1904 at the home, having been sick a long time.  Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery (Newberry Observer 10/14/1904, pg. 8). Bessie Traywick graduated from Columbia female College this week (Newberry Observer 6/9/1892). Rev. J. B. Traywick is ill (Newberry Observer 5/28/1891). Mary Traywick, daughter of Rev. J. B. Traywick, is a teacher for Prosperity High School (Newberry Observer 8/28/1890). Mrs. Salle Buzhardt, 78 years old, died 6/1/1894 at her home near Newberry.  Burial was in the old family burial ground (Newberry Observer 6/6/1894). Other families used the Fisk coffin for the burial of their deceased members: The remains of the daughter of James O. Meredith, who died 22 years ago, was exhumed from the Villag graveyard in Helena and re-interred in Rosemont Cemetery.  On the say day the parents of Jaames O. Meredith and his siter, Mrs. C. W. bishop, were exhumed from the Village graveyard in Helena and re-interred in Rosemont Cemetery.  The mother, Mrs. Meredity, had died September 1872 and the father, Mr. Meredity had died June 1873.  They had both been buried in metal caskets and they were slightly rusted and unable to be opened (Newberry Observer 5/10/1900). For years the iron caskets of the Wells Family Cemetery in Chappells had been exposed by the upheavel of tombstones and had been observed by several members of the Chapells Community.  In 1965 the coffins were reported stolen.  They have never been recovered. 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