The Old Cemetery (Union Ceemtery), Salisbury, PA.

The Old Cemetery (Union Ceemtery), Salisbury, PA. The Old Cemetery (Union Cemetery)
Elk Lick Twp., Salisbury, Somerset Co. Pennsylvania
A quarter mile east on Engle Mills Rd. from Route 219. On top of the hill.


Name       |First, Init.       |Birth        |Death        |Inscriptions (remarks)
Beal       |Amanda             |1858         |1881         |w/o C. H. Beal
           |Maggie             |             |Dec 27, 1879 |Aged 49 years 4 months 14 days - w/o J. H. Beal
Derr       |Catherina          |             |Jul 31, 1822 |Aged 73 years - (mother of Gertaut Shirer)
Durst      |Solomon            |             |Oct 28, 1857 |Aged 60 years 6 months 3 days
           |Mary               |             |Feb 5, 1886  |Aged 87 years 4 months - "his wife"
Glotfelty  |Sol.               |             |Aug 13, 1818 |Aged 80 years 5 months 13 days
           |Magdelene          |             |Jan 19, 1825 |Aged 19 years 9 months 12 days - (1st w/o Joseph Glotfelty)
           |Jacob              |             |Jan 13, 1867 |Aged 82 years 11 months 26 days
           |Elizabeth          |             |May 15, 1858 |Aged 72 years 4 months 6 days - w/o Jacob
           |Henry              |Nov 4, 1779  |Aug 26, 1838 |
           |Mary               |             |Nov 30, 1861 |Aged 80 years 4 months 21 days
           |Elijah             |             |Dec 25, 1848 |Aged 23 years 9 months 18 days
           |Alexander          |Jun 21, 1828 |Nov 21, 1831 |s/o Philip & Eliza
Griffith   |Lydia              |             |Apr 22, 1849 |Aged 21 years 9 months 23 days - w/o Joukin Griffith
Kreider    |David              |Mar 5, 1749  |Feb 23, 1826 |Born at Manheim, Germany
Newman     |John               |             |??? 23, 1861 |"Our Father" - (age not legible)
Pence      |Polly              |Jan 30, 1800 |Apr 5, 1831  |
Pens       |Daly               |             |1826         |Aged 2 years
Shirer     |Peter, Sr.         |             |Mar 10, 1846 |Age 76 years
           |Gertraut           |             |Nov 11, 1843 |Aged 71 years 8 months 29 days - w/o of Peter
           |John               |             |Mar 7, 1817  |Aged 82 years
           |Elizabetha         |             |Feb 26, 1829 |Aged 87 years
           |Barney             |             |Sep 19, 1825 |Aged 1 year - (s/o John and Salome Shirer)
Shultz     |Margaretha         |             |Dec 16, 1818 |Aged 24 years 4 months - (d/o Peter and Gertraut Shirer - w/o Adam Schultz)
Starner    |Catherine          |             |1761         |
Wagner     |Sevilla Carr       |May 12, 1828 |Jul 5, 1839  |Only child of Elijah & Eve Wagner
           |Eve                |             |Dec 16, 1875 |Aged 72 years 9 months 4 days - w/o Elijah Wagner
           |Christian          |             |May 27, 1857 |Aged 17 years 10 months 18 days - w/o Elijah Wagner
Weitly     |Jacob              |             |Feb 10, 1849 |Aged 82 years 8 months 24 days - "In Memory of"
           |Henry              |             |Sep 25, 1848 |Aged 29 years 11 months 11 days - "In Memory of"
Wilhelm    |Elizabeth          |Jul 22, 1758 |Nov 22, 1848 |
           |Christian          |Jun 14, 1757 |Oct 11, 1835 |
Wimer      |Catherine          |             |             |Consort of Martin Wimer
           |Martin             |             |May, 1815    |Age 77 years

Many stones are broken and are propped against a tree. The tornado in 1998 did some damage to the cemetery that is still evident.

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