Runyon Family Cemetery; Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ

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Kathy Coury-Maixner [KCoury78@aol.com] and Kay Schechter [GSLdrKay@aol.com]

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Runyon Family Cemetery

Intersection of Possumtown Road and Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, Middlesex 
County, NJ


In Memory of
Maria Stell,
daughter of
Justus & Hannah
Runyon,
who died Dec. 9th 1825
in the 14th year of 
her age
This lovely bird so young and fair, 
called hence by early doom
Just came to show how sweet a flower
In Paradise would bloom.

In
Memory of
Benjamin Runyon who
departed this life Nove
ber 13th 1785 in the 58th
Year of his age


AN(N RUNY)ON 
Wife of Benjamin Runyon
who departed this life August
the 19th 1805 age 70th year
of her life
(The letters in parenthesis are missing from the stone separating and chipping 
off)


This family burial ground is well maintained, however, only three of the 
headstones were legible.  Many were broken, chipped, stained, and the 
inscriptions were eroded beyond recognition.

A plague at the burial ground states that the following people are buried there:

Vincent Ronignion   1645 - 1713
Mary Runyon, wife of Vincent  1650 - 1737
Hannah Runyon, wife of Justus   unknown – 1804
Maria Still, daughter of Justus & Hannah  1811 – 1825
Benjamin Runyon  1727 – 1785
Ann Runyon, wife of Benjamin  1729 – 1805
Runyon Blackford  1765 – 1854
Mary Runyon, wife of Runyon Blackford   unknown – 1825
James Clawson    unknown – 1827
Issachar Clawson  1755 – 1834

The plaque also stated that additional research information could be found on 
the following URL’s:

http://satx.rr.com/runyontidbits/past_runyontidbits.htm (note - this page was 
not accessible, but can access information using 
http://home.satx.rr.com/runyontidbits/ )

http://russpicket/family/runyan/htm ( note - this page was not accessible)
http://familytreemaker.geneology.com/users/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/Gene670-001.html 
(note - this page was not accessible, but can access information using  
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/GENE664-0001.html)
www.geocities.com/heartland/valley/7259/runyon.html (Active)

Other URL’s 
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/3224/runyon.html

Information about this branch of the Runyon Family
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/n/Ira-A-Runyan/GENE664-
0002.html#CHILD2


Completed 9/9/06
Kathy Coury-Maixner and Kay Schechter