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Lindsay, William F. and Anna B. Zeller, Dec. 20, 1882.
Long, William J. and May A. Finkey, Nov. 12, 1880.
Love, Edgar and Cora Burk, March 16, 1893.
Lynton, Dr. Harry and Sadie E. Smith, Dec. 15, 1881. Mason, John V. and Maggie S. Campbell, Sept. 6, 1881.
Masser, Franklin A. and Anna M. Miller, Nov. 9, 1889. McClay, Ralph and Anna-, Feb. 1895.
McClelland, John H. and Maggie E. Quigley, Feb. 28, 1877.
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McClelland, William and Liberty M. Quigley, Dec. 22, 1887.
McClure, A. B. and Lillie A. Watson, Dec. 20, 1888.
McCormick, George K. and Carrie O. Miller, Dec. 19, 1882.
McCulloch, T. C. and Martha E. Fickes, Nov. 16, 1876.
McCulloch, George H. and Hannah M. White, January 12, 1899.
McCulloch, John C. and Mary R. Fickes, Dec. 3, 1879. Mccullough, Samuel C. and Annie A. Hawk, March 16, 1897.
McCune, William E. and Maggie E. Quigley, Dec. 19, 1889.
McNeal, William A. and Alice A. McCulloch, Jan. 25, 1885.
Means, Joseph C. and Jeanette E. Peebles, February 7, 1889.
Means, William S. and Jane M. Quigley, Oct. 19, 1893.
Miller, Samuel F. and Kate M. Ober, March 14, 1878. Miller, Samuel and Susan Fleegle, May 16, 1890.
Mickey, Elmer and Lucy Armstrong, Dec. 4, 1890. Mixell, David A. and Jane E. Davis, March 27, 1873. Morrow, Boyd and Nannie M. Mateer, Jan. 3, 1877. Mower, Edward D. and Emma J. Reber, Dec. 28, 1897. Mowery, S. J. and Jeanette Unverzagt, Sept. 29, 1885. Myers, Abram and Mary C. An, Dec. 30, 1879,
Myers, Samuel and Eleanor Railing, Oct. 10, 1889.
Nead, Benjamin M. and Liberty J. Hays, Oct. 14, 1875.
Ocker, John A. and Rachel J. Byers, Jan. 31, 1884.
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Powell, William A. and Anna M. Pilgrim, Aug. 20, 1885.
Quigley, Sharp and Ella Gross, Oct. 5, 1893.
Reber, Jacob H. and Anna M. Zeigler, July, 1896.
Reese, George A. and Mary E. Rebok, Dec. 5, 1878. Reese, Cyrus and Maggie E. Carbaugh, Apr. 28, 1881. Rhinehart, Ferdinand and Mary Heberlig, April 17, 1873.
Rodes, (?) Samuel S. and Ada K. Allen, June 7, 1880. Rudolph, Henry D. and Louisa Sheets, Nov. 11, 1875.
Searight, Robert and Maggie J. Sharp, Dec. 13, 1883. Sentman, William and Alice V. Martin, May 16, 1889. Shambaugh, Josiah and Dessie J. Creamer, July 28, 1881.
Shamberger, Charles A. and Abbie E. Culp, March 21, 1882.
Shank, Isaac H. and Rebecca E. Neff, Sept. 10, 1883. Sharp, John and Mrs. Jennie E. Agnew, January 21, 1875.
Sharp, Thomas and Jennie E. McClay, Oct. 26, 1876. Sheaffer, William H. and Sarah B. Henry, Oct. 14, 1875.
Sheaffer, John W. and Maggie K. Stair, January 1, 1885.
Shearer, John B. and Laura J. Harvey, July 13, 1887. Sherman, (?) Harry C. and Naomi Smith, Dec. 22, 1896.
Shively, ---- and Annie Hefflefinger, February 6, 1889.
Shoap, John H. and Annie Diven, Oct. 26, 1893. Shreiner, Harry C. and Naomi Smith, Dec. 22, 1896. Skiles, James W. and Jennie M. Bard, Jan- 18, 1876.
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Smith, Laurie F. and Salome C. Smith, Feb. 17, 1881. Smith William and Lydia Ickes, Feb. 28, 1883. Smith, Daniel A. and Matilda Ferree, Feb. 18, 1886. Smith, Jolin X. and Elizabeth Smith, April 14, 1892. Snoke, A. F. and L. S. Foglesonger, Sept. 9, 1884. Stouffer, William and Lillie Sigler, Sept. 30, 1880. Squires, Ambrose C. and Ella M. Mateer, Sept. 7, 1886. Steidler, James W. and Nannie Jan. 25, ,
1894.
Strohm, Edgar and Minnie Hefflefinger, June, 1893. Strohm, William A. and Sadie Bower, Jan. 24, 2894. Swonger, J. R. and Annie E. Watson, February 9, 1888.
Swonger, Bruce and Mary Steidler, March 20, 1890. Taylor, John M. and Mary Zearfoss, May 12, 1881. Walker, Winfield A. and Margaret Devor, Jan. 19, 1875.
Walters, Elias and Alberta J. Fickes, Feb. 16, 1887. Watson, William and Mrs. Sarah Robinson, August 16, 1888.
Weakley, James K. and Allie M. Wherry, February 9, 1898.
Weigle, William E. and Emma F. Lindsay, March 6, 1888.
Whorley, Jacob M. and Ella Hampsher, July 25, 1895. Wingler, William A. and Mary E. Shade, July 22, 1884.
Wonders, William B. and Lizzie Renshaw, Dec. 6, 1881.
Woodburn, David Sterrett and Mary E. Mateer, Dec. 20, 1883.
Woods, Richard E. and Rena C. McClay, February 15, 1893.
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DEATHS DURING THE PASTORATE OF REV. S. S. WYLIE.
Adams, Mrs. Clara, April 14, 1886.
Allen, George, Sept. 1, 1872, aged 1 year.
Allen, George, June 9, 1881, aged 62 years.
Bard, William, S., Oct. 26, 1877.
Bard, Mrs. Elizabeth, Dec. 19, 1893, aged 71 years, 6 months and 12 days.
Bard, Isabella, Oct. 22, 1899.
Barner, Ida Mary, Nov. 12, 1899.
Barr, Robert, June 28, 1881.
Beattie, infant of S - and M., 1876.
Beattie, Sarah Belle, Oct. 27, 1879.
Beattie, Howard, Aug. 21, 1882, aged 6 months and 3 days.
Beattie, Mrs. Lucinda, May 10, 1884, aged 75 years.
Beattie, Mrs. Mary R., June 24, 1884, aged 38 years.
Beattie, infant of S., Oct. 14, 1884.
Beattie, Smith Fulton, Jan. 31, 1885, aged 13 months. Beattie, Lucy Allen, March 4, 1885, infant of Edgar and M.
Blair, T. P., Nov. 12, 1877.
Blair, James, Dec. 5, 1882.
Blair, William, Aug. 10, 1890, aged 40 years.
Blair, William H., Sept., 1895, aged 69 years.
Blair, Rebecca, Sept. 29, 1899.
Bingham, Thomas. Jan. 5, 1891, aged 68 years. Bowers, Peter, March, 1893.
Boyd, Mary, Apr. 20, 1875.
Boyd, Sarah E., Dec. 25, 1890, aged 60 years.
Boyd, Dr. Samuel W., May 29, 1897, aged 69 years.
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Breckenridge, S. Grier, May, 1896, aged 60 years.
Britton, Thomas, Apr. 22, 1873, aged 66 years. Britton, Robert, Feb .. 1875.
Britton, Margaret, April, 1878.
Britton, Sarah, Feb. 6, 1880, aged 86 years.
Britton, Eliza, April, 1880.
Britton, Mollie, May 4, 1883, aged 72 years.
Buss, Mrs. Mollie, Feb. 15, 1895.
Campbell, Mrs. Robert, Nov., 1893.
Chamberlain, Charles, May, 1892.
Clark, Mrs. Mary, July 20, 1882, aged 67 years, 1 month and 4 days. Coover, Mrs. John, April, 1893.
Coover, Boyd, Nov. 1, 1898. Cox, Mrs. Jane, 1896.
Cox, Mary, Feb., 1877, aged 84 years. Creamer, Jacob, Feb., 1875.
Creamer, Oliver, Sept. 11, 1881, infant.
Creamer, Eliza, Oct. 13, 1889, aged 81 years.
Cressler, William, May 7, 1874, aged 72 years. Cressler, Mrs. Susan, June, 1877, aged 81 years. Cressler, Mrs. Annie, Feb. 4, 1887, aged 34 years. Culbertson, Benjamin, Feb. 6, 1897, aged 75 years. Davis, Mrs. Benjamin, 1896. Davidson, Samuel, Sept. 19, 1889, aged 6 months. Davidson, Mr., Jan. 29, 1890. aged 50 years. Daugherty, Joseph, March 1, 1888, aged 74 years. Daugherty, George, Sept., 1893, aged 71 years. Daugherty, William, July, 1894.
Deihl, Albert, Feb. 15, 1879, aged 3 years. Deihl, Margaret, May 9, 1880, aged 39 years. Deihl, Mrs. Margaret, May 9.
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Deihl, Sarah Elizabeth, April 26, 1884.
Deihl, John, Sept. 17, 1884, infant of Enoch Deihl. Deihl, Margaret, Oct. 5, 1884, aged 59 years. Deiner, Julia, Aug., 1878.
Deiner, John, May 18, 1897, aged near 87 years.
Elliott, Robert, April 28, 1873, aged 73 years.
Elliott, Judge, Dec., 1880, aged 54 years.
Elder, Sarah, Feb. 5, 1888, aged 74 years.
Ferree, Mrs. Nancy, Sept. 30, 1879.
Ferree, John Crittendon, Feb. 20, 1881.
Ferree, Daniel Keller, Jan., 1887, aged 25 years.
Ferree, Mrs. Elizabeth, April 1, 1897, aged 67 years. Fickes, Carl, Nov. 21, 1881.
Fickes, Josiah, April, 1890, aged 78 years.
Fickes, Elizabeth, Nov. 9, 1891.
Filey, Wilson, May, 1889.
Foust, Hannah, Oct., 1895, aged 79 years.
Gillan, William, April 24, 1884, aged 65 years.
Gracey, David, Jan. 15, 1898, aged 64 years.
Graham, Robert C., Sept. 17, 1887, aged 81 years, 8 months and 27 days.
Gross, Andrew, Aug. 15, 1890, aged 83 years.
Grove, Charles, Dec. 30, 1890, aged 13 years. Hale, John W., Oct. 20, 1877.
Halter, David, Jan. 26, 1880, aged 31 years.
Hampsher, Mrs., June 9, 1876. Hampsher, Mamie, C., infant, Aug. 3, 1876. Harlan. George, March 11, 1873, aged 80 years. Harris, Nerve, Aug. 10, 1886, aged 27 years. Hartzell, Mrs., Aug. 31, 1877.
Harvey, Samuel, Sept. 25, 1872, aged 25 years.
Harvey, Joseph, Sept. 19, 1877, aged 27 years, 6 months.
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Harvey, Mrs. Mary J., March 10, 1891, aged 36 years. Haverstine, Willie, 1879, aged 11 years. Haverstine, Edgar F., 1879, aged 5 years. Haverstine, Mrs. John, April 23, 1879, aged 32 years. Hefflebower. Charles, August, 1899. Hefflebower, Mrs. Susan, Dec. 3, 1896. Hefflefinger, Frank Hays, March 24, 1882, aged 14 years. Hefflefinger, Thomas, Oct. 8, 1896. Henderson, Elizabeth, June 8, 1896, aged 72 years. Henderson, Martha, March, 1897. Hollar, Peter, Eeb. 22, 1889, aged 72 years. Hoffman, Bessie, Feb. 1, 1890, aged 6 years, 6 months. and 2 days.
Irwin, B. Frank, Jan. 2, 1897, aged 76 years. Johnston, Rebecca, Nov. 20, 1881. Johnston, George, May 23, 1884, aged 85 years. Johnston - -, Aug. 29, 1887, infant. Johnston, J. Wilson, May 10, 1889, aged 36 years. Johnston, Mrs. Martha Jane, March 26, 1892, aged 42 years.
Johnston, A., Nov. 1898. Keefer, Daniel, March, 1894.
Kelso, Willie, Sept. 30, 1882, aged 26 years. Kelso, Mrs. Alexander, March 19, 1884. Kendig, Mrs. Lottie, July 12, 1884, aged 39 years. Killinger, Anna Maria, Nov. 12, 1895, aged 40 years. Kirkpatrick, Amos, Sept. 13, 1887, aged 37 years. Kissinger, John, Jan. 25, 1888, aged 19 years. Kissinger, J. M., April, 1886 Kitzmiller, William, Jan. 22, 1892. Kyner, John, 1888.
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Kyner, William, Dec. 29, 1891, aged 31 years.
Kyner, James A., Feb. 4, 1896, aged 32 years. Koontz, Mrs. Annie, April, 1896.
Laird, Mrs. Agnes, June 3, 1881, aged 40 years. Laughlin, Charity, March 22, 1882 .
Laughlin, Margaret, Feb. 7, 1888, aged 77 years.
Laughlin, Mrs. Margaret, May 9, 1896, aged 71 years. Laughlin, Hugh, Sept. 30, 1898.
Franklin, Samuel, Nov., 1898.
Lindsay, Thomas, Oct. 17, 1887, aged 72 years.
Lindsay, Fulton, Jan. 28, 1892, aged 78 years.
Linn, William, April 5, 1873, aged 86 years.
Linn, James, July 24, 1885, aged 65 years.
Linn, James McCarrell, April 16, 1895, aged 17 years.
Locheman, B. Loyd, Sept. 6, 1884, infant.
Lusk, Fannie Ellen, April, 1872, aged 37 years.
Lutz, David, Aug. 26, 1877, aged 47 years.
Main, -, August 23. 1879, infant of Marshall.
Main, Mrs. Sarah, Aug. 17, 1881.
Main, Bertie, March 22, 1881, aged 10 years.
Main, William, Sept. 28, 1882, aged 72 years.
Martin, Daniel, March 6, 1875.
Mateer, Alfred, Oct. 4, 1882, aged 25 years.
Mateer, Mrs. Susan, Oct. 5, 1887, aged 57 years.
Mateer, Mrs. Mary, August, 1891, aged 88 years. Mateer, Newton, October, 1893.
Mateer, John B., November, 1895.
Maxwell, -, October 21, 1880, aged 9 years. McClay, James Hemphill. February 21, 1888, aged 6 months. McClay, John, 1892. McClay, Mrs. Margaret, 1894.
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McClay, Charles, February 6, 1897, aged 76 years. McClay, Robert, April, 1881.
MeElhenny, Zora Luella, February 18, 1877, infant.
McElhenny, Mrs. Elizabeth, Nov. 17, 1881, aged 79 years.
McElwain, William, August, 1874, aged 80 years. McClelland, Mrs. Mary, Sept. 6, 1881, aged 74 years. McClure, James, January 4, 1880.
McClure, Mrs. Agnes, Dec. 16, 1893, aged 66 years. McCoy, Grizelda, March 13, 1873, infant.
McCoy, Elizabeth, October 29, 1874, aged 56 years.
McCoy, Laura, Aug. 13, 1880.
McCoy, Mrs. Mary, Dec. 9, 1895, aged 60 years. McCulloch, 1878, infant.
McCulloch. Laura Belle, March 9, 1879, aged 6 years. McCulloch, Willie, March 10, 1879, aged 9 years. McCulloch, Annie March 10, 1879.
McCulloch, infant of C. and M. January 4, 1882. McCulloch, J. Huston January 1, 1894, aged 72 years. McCune, Mrs. Jane Mar. 2, 1874, aged 71 years. McCune, K. S. April 30, 1874, aged 80 years.
McCune, Sarah Ann, October, 1, 1874, aged 72 years. McCune, John, August 18, 1880, aged 74 years.
McCune, Mrs. Mary, July 11, 1881.
McCune, Hugh, September 8, 1881, aged 76 years.
McCune, Mrs. John, September 10, 1884, aged 25 years. McCune, J. A. C. April 16, 1895. McCune, John B. October 3, 1898, aged 45 years. MeLaughlin, Wilbur, 1896.
Me Veety, Mrs. Sadie, March 19, 1887, aged 29 years. Means, William, September 1894, infant of Wm. Middlecoff, David, November 1, 1876.
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Mitchell, Mrs. Mary, August 28, 1877, aged 75 years. Mitchell, Mary, May 22, 1897.
Morrison, Jonas, July 26, 1872.
Morrow, Elizabeth Jane, December 21, 1876. Morrow, Mrs. Jane, December 12, 1877, aged 70 years. Morrow, George B. McClelland, April 9, 1879, aged 15 years.
Morrow, William Bruce, May 22, 1879.
Morrow, Edward, February 28, 1891, aged 17 years.
Morrow, Mrs. Rosanna, March 17, 1882.
Morrow, Ida Belle, January 22, 1885, aged 23 years. Morrow, John B., December 25, 1894, aged 72 years. Mowers, Col. William, April 11, 1883, aged 65 years. Mulholland, James, January 3, 1877, aged 89 years.
Myers, Mrs. Samuel, January 18, 1888, aged 61 years. Myers, Catharine, August 7, 1888, aged 46 years.
Nailor, Sadie, Jane, April 29, 1879.
Nailor, Eddie, February 22, 1881.
Neff, Beckie, June 24, 1887.
Neusbaum, Willie, November 30, 1886, aged 4 years.
Neusbaum, Mrs. Maria, May 1891.
Neusbaum Moses, April 1892.
Ocker, Nellie May, July 27, 1890, aged 1 year 9 months.
Orr, William Edgar, March 25. 1880, aged 20 years, 8 months.
Orr, Sr., William, January 31, 1881, aged 79 years.
Orr, Willie, Sept. 18, 1882, aged 3 years, 3 months. Orr, William, Sept. 3, 1884, aged 59 years.
Orr, John W., June 4, 1896, aged 54 years.
Orr, Martha Breckenridge, October 17, 1896, aged near 82 years.
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1 Orr, Mrs. Agnes, April 21, 1898, aged 72 years. Peebles, Mrs. Martha, August 1, 1874, aged 30 years. Peebles, B. A., an elder at M. S., July 4, 1877, aged 51 years, 8 months.
Peebles, James, 1892.
Peebles, Mrs. Mary, June 1, 1898, aged 74 years, 3 months.
Phelabaum, Mrs. Mary. June, 1888, aged 27 years.
Pilgrim, Martha Ann, March 3, 1877, aged 65 years. Pilgrim, William, August 11, 1877, aged 81 years. Pilgrim, John, March 3, 1888, aged 89 years.
Pilgrim, Joseph, April, 1888, aged 80.
Pilgrim, Mrs. Mary R., 1894, aged 40 years.
Pomeroy. Mrs. Mary Ann, December 8, 1882, aged 71 years, 1 month.
Powders, Norma Marie, January 22, 1898.
Quigley, David, July 14, 1882, aged 51 years, 10 months and 1 day. Quigley, Mrs. Jane M., March 25, 1884, aged 62 years. Quigley, John, Sept. 15, 1891, aged about 78 years.
Quigley, James Sharpe, Aug. 9, 1892, aged 72 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Reane, Mrs. Emma, April, 1893.
Rebber, William, May 11, 1884.
Reese, infant of Cyrus and Mary, Nov. 20, 1881.
Reese, Mrs. Margaret, February 1, 1885, aged 30 years. Reese, John, March, 1897.
Renshaw, John, December 23, 1881, aged 75 years.
Renshaw, Mrs. Elizabeth, October 5, 1889, aged 74 years, Renshaw, David, May 2, 1896, aged 37 years. Reynolds, Beckie, May, 1876, aged 48 years.
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Rhodes, John, November 28, 1895, aged 65 years.
Rinehart, Ferdinand, May, 1896.
Robinson, Mrs., April 10, 1874, aged 90 years.
Sanders, George, May 26, 1874, aged 28 years. Schope, Mrs., 1876.
Seilhammer, Florence M., February 17, 1879, aged 5 years.
Seilhammer, Harvey Deihl, August 18, 1884, aged 2 years.
Seilhammer, Jennie, March 10, 1888, aged 20 years.
Seilhammer, John, May, 1895.
Shannon, Mrs. Anna, May 13, 1896.
Shank, David, November, 16, 1881.
Sharp, Jane Ellen, April 23, 1882, aged 45 years.
Shoap, Henry F., April 7, 1882, aged 9 years.
Shryock, Edwin, April 26, 1884, aged 60 years.
Smith, Polly, November 2, 1874, aged 70 years.
Smith, Mary Elizabeth, infant of W. and L., March 4, 1877.
Smith, Mrs. Mary Hollar, May 25, 1880, aged 35 years. Smith Robert Henry, February 11, 1881, infant.
Smith, Mrs. Susan, Nov. 17, 1882, Orrstown.
Smith, Hugh, December 22, 1883, aged 77 years, 3 days.
Smith, Mrs. Lucinda, February 13, 1884,
Smith, Maria, December 7, 1884, aged 75 years, 2 months.
Smith, Mrs. Jacob, December 10, 1885, aged 49 years. Smith, Mrs. Mary, December 13, 1887, aged 66 years.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth, November 1, 1889, aged 77 years. Smith, Mrs. Mary Ann B., May, 1891.
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Smith, Mrs. Salome C., January 13, 1897, aged 33 years. Snoddy, Jane, March 24, 1885, aged 72 years. Speer, Mrs., 1875.
Speer, Mrs., February 19, 1897.
Steidler, Robert, 1879, aged 5 years.
Steidler, Harvey S., November 9, 1895, aged 3 months. Steviek, Hettie P., September 8, 1877, aged 18 years. Steviek, Felix, February 8, 1898, aged near 79 years. Strohm, Mrs. John, December 8, 1887.
Strohm, Anna Mary, January 10, 1898, aged 9 months. Stewart, Mrs. John, June 11, 1890, aged 74 years.
Stewart, Robert Patterson, December 15, 1890, aged 6 months.
Stewart, Mrs. John, August, 1892, Orrstown.
Stewart, 1894, infant of F.
Stewart, John, 1896, over 80 years.
Stouffer, Mrs. David, January 1, 1895, aged 70 years. Stumbaugh, Mrs., June, 1894.
Summerville, David, April 5, 1876.
Summerville, James, November 6, 1880, aged 90 years. Summerville, Mrs. Mancy, December 12, 1890.
Swanzey, Col. Samuel, January 12, 1884, aged 72 years. Tanner, Mrs., 1889, aged 41 years.
Taylor, Mary A., April 5, 1876.
Taylor, Sammuel, January 20, 1889, aged 60 years. Thumma, Mrs., August, 1878. Uhrich, David, June, 1883. Warren, Jennie, Nov. 13, 1883.
Warren, Mrs. Henry, May 2, 1889, aged 27 years. Warren, William Roy, March 31, 1892, aged 5 months. Warren, Samuel, Feb. 10, 1895.
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Watson, infant, March 22, 1877.
Watson, Mrs. Mary, March 1888, aged 51 years.
Wherry, David, Sept. 1873.
Wherry, Mrs. Margaret, May 2, 1877, aged 65 years. Wherry, Charles H., August 1878, aged 2 years.
Wherry, Lizzie, August 24, 1888, aged 74 years.
White, Charles M., Dec. 4, 1885, aged 72 years. White, Mrs. Sarah, March 1895.
Whiteman, February 1885, infant of Tom and Kittie. Whiteman, Sarah M., March 11, 1886, infant.
Whiteman, Mrs. Kittie, May 5, 1889, aged 46 years. Wilson, Nehemiah, Oct. 8, 1885, aged 70 years.
Wilson, William, June 16, 1890, aged 46 years.
Woodburn, James, November 5, 1883, aged 77 years.
Woodburn, Mary, July 13, 1885. aged 76 years.
Woodburn, Mrs. M., August 1894.
Wylie, Mrs. Jane M., January 22, 1897, aged near 53 years. Zearfoss, Theodore W. K., January 2, 1881, aged 29 years. Zearfoss, Mrs. Anna, July 19, 1898, aged 71 years.
THE UPPER GRAVEYARD.
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THE GRAVEYARDS.
Sacred the shades where our loved ones are lying, Tenderly guarding, a vigil we keep.
Softly above them the breezes are sighing,
Sweetly they slumber, not dead but asleep.
Among the hallowed spots of earth, there is none to which we turn with greater reverence, than the country graveyard, where unbroken stillness reigns, subduing the heart for the touching lesson which it learns, as the eye rests upon the quiet sleeping place of the dead.
The oldest enclosure at Middle Spring is especially interesting, because of its connection with the long ago, when the early settlers knelt beside the new made graves and
A holy benediction, as sweet incense filled the air,
While they laid their dead to rest in the lonely wild- wood there.
Few of these devout pioneers sleep in marked graves, the oldest slab bearing date 1770.
The lower yard was used as a burial place from the earliest history of the church, and within its bosom is the dust of thousands, while in the four yards, Lower, Upper, Hanna's and the Cemetery, it is estimated there have been seven thousand persons laid to rest. Sur- rounding the lower burial ground is a massive lime- stone wall, erected prior to 1805 and is yet in as per- fect a state of preservation as though but recently built. Here sleep the brave, the fair, the christian, the hero, the slave and
"There are graves whose rudely shapen sod
Bears the fresh foot prints where the sexton trod.
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Graves where the verdure has not dared to shoot, Where the chance wild flower has not fixed its root. Whose slumbering tenants, dead without a name, The eternal record shall at length proclaim
Pure as the holiest in the long array
Of hooded, mitred or tiara'd clay."
With the dawn of the nineteenth century came de- mands for a more extended burial place, and a second graveyard, on the hill in the rear of the church, was consecrated for the use of the congregation.
In 1842, at a cost of $800.00, this yard was enclosed by a wall of limestone, corresponding with that around the lower yard. The entrances to both are hung with heavy iron gates and the interest of a sum of money is yearly expended in keeping the two yards in good con- dition. The grave of Dr. Moodey is in the upper grave- yard, and to the memory of Dr. Cooper the congrega- tion erected a monument in the church yard, that those who go in and out to worship may be reminded of the worth of the pastors who labored here. At the entrance to the church yard is a sand stone shaft, to the memory of the brave men who went out from the Middle Spring church and lost their lives in defense of their country, during the war of the Rebellion.
Hanna's graveyard, one mile north of Newburg, was opened a hundred years ago, for the accommodation of members of the congregation living beyond the Conodo- guinet, who had difficulty in crossing the stream when the waters were high, before the bridges were built. The dust of scores of early settlers rest in this lonely place, which is now in a state of neglect. Few of the graves are marked, briars and weeds overshadowing the conse-
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crated spot where many of the noblest of earth lie asleep.
Adjoining the upper burial ground is a tract of land known as the Cemetery deeded to the church in 1890 by Mr. William Duncan MeCune, and dedicated as a slumb- ering place for those who worship at Middle Spring. The vards are all so full, that it is impossible to secure lots in any but the latter ground.
In these four sacred spots are the families of Quigley, Brackenridge, Peebles, Orr, Clark, Mckinney, McCune, Frazer, Pomeroy, Duncan, Herron, Linn, Patterson, Maclay, Means, Nevin, Reynolds, McClelland, Rodgers, Hays, Thompson, Strain, Wherry, McElwain, Cox, Linn and many others. Decade after decade of time rolls by, unheeded by them; year after year adds many a grassy mound to the thousands on which have fallen tears of affection ; the murmur of the stream ca- resses the mossy steep, where heroes and loved ones sweetly sleep; the morning light tinges with gold the hallowed sod; the purpling twilight lingers ere the night comes on ; the snow flakes mantle the hillside ; the night wind sighs in the topmost boughs of the forest trees ; the light-hearted pass by ; the thoughtful pause beneath the shades; lover and friend bow in mute submission, while the tomb hides what was dear; and still the children of Middle Spring slumber on, unmindful that their resting place is one of the most beautiful on earth.
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TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS.
UPPER GRAVEYARD.
Allen, George, born June 16, 1819, died June 9, 1881.
Allen, William, born 1777, died May 11, 1856.
Allen, Mary, born 1783, died June 26, 1828.
Allen William, born 1740, died September 2, 1805.
Allen, Lucinda, wife of Wm., born 1783, died June 9, 1809.
Beattie, Samuel, born 1805, died July 8, 1854.
Boyd, Dr. S. W., no dates.
Boyd, Sarah. born 1830, died December 25, 1890.
Boyd, John, born May 12, 1799, died February 28, 1835.
Boyd, Elizabeth, wife of John, born 1795, died July 11, 1848.
Campbell, Elizabeth, born 1773, died April 20, 1856. Carson, Elizabeth, wife of John, born 1762, died May 10, 1839.
Clark, George, born June 19, 1772, died August 10, 1829.
Clark, Ann, born December 15, 1779, died December 10, 1854.
Clark, Robert, sr., born 1740, died August 1818.
Clark, James, born 1803, died May 14, 1841.
Clark, Samuel, born 1782, died August 15, 1820.
Clark, Elizabeth, born 1783, died April 11, 1815.
Creamer, Eliza, born August 22, 1808, died October 13, 1889.
Creamer, Jacob P., born September:26, 1816, died Feb- ruary 23, 1875.
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Creamer, Mary, born May 1850, died Sept. 27, 1868. Creamer, George P., born 1783, died June 27, 1816.
Daugherty, Joseph Bradley, born 1815, died March 1, 1888.
Daugherty, George McClure, born 1822, died Septem- ber 6, 1893.
Daugherty, William, born 1830, died June 2, 1894.
Davis, Margaret, wife of James, born October 23, 1835, died July 6, 1890.
Deilil, Esrom, son of Enoch, born October 6, 1868, died February 16, 1869.
Deihl, Anna Margaret, born June 12, 1863, died Jan- uary 12, 1864.
Devor, Agnes Jane, born August 17, 1819, died April 17, 1823.
Devor, Ann, born December 11, 1789, died Septem- ber 12, 1841.
Devor, Agnes Ann, born April 2, 1829, died August 13, 1849.
Donaldson, Arabella, born 1808, died October 4, 1860. Duncan, John, born 1751, died June 23, 1825.
Duncan, Elizabeth, died November 17, 1822.
Duncan, Samuel, son of William and Jane, born Decem- ber 12, 1818, died April 10, 1851.
Duncan, William, born 1775, died September 5, 1841. Duncan, Jane, born 1780, died June 27, 1839.
Ferguson, John, born 1794, died January 11, 1862.
Ferguson, Jenette, born 1784, died January 2, 1862. Ferguson, William, born 1828, died October 2, 1853. Ferree, John, born November 3, 1787, died March 30, 1863.
Ferree, Margaret, wife of John, born May 5, 1786, died June 13, 1865.
Ferree, Nany Lehman, wife of James, born August 4,
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1831, died October 1, 1879,
Ferree, John C., born May 27, 1863, died February 19, 1881.
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