OLD BURIAL GROUND
Situated on the Amos J. Yoder Farm, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., Pa.
Transcribed from the WPA records by Jean Wall.
| NO | SURNAME | RELATIONSHIP | BORN | DIED | AGED | NOTES | |
| 1 | Here is buried Peter Beachy, the first original form of spelling Bitsche, also Pidgey in some old | ||||||
| Documents. He came to America from Switzerland in 1767. First located in Western Pennsylvania, | |||||||
| later came to Somerset County. Date of his death is not known. He has thousands of descendants | |||||||
| in Somerset and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania and Maryland, also in many western states. | |||||||
| 2 | One adult grave, not marked | ||||||
| 3 | One child grave, not marked | ||||||
| 4 | One child grave, not marked | ||||||
| 5 | One child grave, not marked | ||||||
| 6 | B. B. | 1830 | |||||
| 7 | P.B. | 1850 | |||||
| 8 | One grave, not marked | ||||||
| 9 | A. B. | 05/18/1852 | |||||
| 10 | B. A. | 1796 | This is a large stone and was engraved, but is not longer legible except for the date of 1796 | ||||
| 11 | One grave, not marked | ||||||
| 12 | One grave, not marked | ||||||
| 13 | One grave, not marked | ||||||
| 14 | One grave, not marked | ||||||
| 15 | BENDER | E. | 12/30/1862 | 74 yrs. | |||
| 16 | One adult grave, not marked | ||||||
| 17 | One adult grave, not marked | ||||||
| 18 | BEACHY | B. A. | 06/09/1860 | 23 yrs. 9 mos. 23 days | |||
| 19 | MILLER | Catherine | our mother wife of Joel B. Miller | 02/18/1870 | 56 yrs. 10 mos. 12 days | "Selvic Sind die toten die in DEM Hernen Starbin" (Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord) | |
| 20 | One child grave, not marked | ||||||
| 21 | One adult grave, not marked | ||||||
| 22 | MILLER | J. | Our Father | 03/27/1811 | 08/02/1885 | 74 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days | Joel B. Miller was an outstanding man in the community in his generation. Beside operating a loarge farm, he was known far and near as an expert mechanic, in both wood and metals. All of his five sons and many of his grandsons were born mechanics. The study of the practical application of the science of geology was a lifetime hobby with him. |
| 23 | G.Y. | 1845 | |||||
| 24 | YUTZY | Litea | 1844 | ||||
| 25 | O.M.A. | 56 | |||||
| 26 | B. B. | 1830 | |||||
| 27 | MIL. | P. | |||||
| 28 | MILLER | Benedict | 11/19/1781 | 06/11/1837 | 55 yrs. 6 mos. 23 days | Benedict Miller was a Bishop in the Amish Mennonite Church. Perhaps the first Bishop that of this denomination in this section. It is said that he was a man of great eloquence. He made frequent trips, on horseback, to visit and encourage certain small congregations in Ohio, that has then just recently been established. Bishop Miller has many hundreds if not thousands of descendants in Somerset and Cambria County, PA, Garrett County, Maryland and in some of the Western States, notably in Johnson Co., Iowa. | |
| Total 25 graves | |||||||