Piper Burial Ground


Situated on the Henry Piper farm, Jenner Twp.,Jennertown, about 1 mile nothwest of Jennertown.

Two men buried here are brothers, tradition is that their name was Hudson. They were supposed to have helped with the building of the road (now the Lincoln Highway) about 1815. They were bachelors. One died, and a short time later the other committed suicide. There is a spring a short distance from the graves, which are marked with native stones, bearing the initials. E.H. & H.H. 1820. Their house was near the spring.

Total 2 graves.


Transcribed from WPA records by Barbara Hartley-Sedillos. Updated on: 3/24/2000.

Reformatted: 18 April 2022

Somerset County Pages

Updated on: 3/24/2000.