CEMETERY: Mt. Etna Furnace Children's, Catharine Township, Blair County, PA

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Mt. Etna Furnace Children's Cemetery, Catharine Township, Blair County, PA 
Complete Transcription

Abstracted By: Ellis Michaels

Directions: From Hollidaysburg go east on Rt. 22, about 13 miles or so.  Make 
right turn onto Etna Furnace Road (TR461).  Drive about 2 miles or so to the 
site of the old iron furnace.  If you stand in front facing the row house next 
to the old blacksmith shop, the cemetery is due north up the hill.  Follow the 
line of telephone poles up the hill (a very steep climb) to the top where you 
will reach a open field surrounded by a wire fence.  Facing the field, look to 
your left, at the wooded area surrounded by a separate fence.  The cemetery is 
in this wooded area towards the open field.  Follow the wooded area's fence 
down the hill about 30-40 yards, and you will see a gate.  Go through the gate, 
and walk up the hill, and you will see the stones are scattered about the site.

The cemetery is in abandoned condition, and in complete disarray.  All but 2 of 
the stones are unseated and lying on the ground.

The cemetery now lies on private property, and the owner desires that you first 
seek permission before entering the site.

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NAME                        DEATH DATE     COMMENT 
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Alexander  George  L.       25 Nov 1853    Aged 2Y 2M 2D, s/o William & 
                                           Hannah, damaged, unseated/on ground, 
                                           severely weathered/illegible

Chilcote   Margaret         15 Oct 1854    Aged 1Y 1M 28D, d/o Benjamin & E., 
                                           weathered, unseated/leaning against 
                                           tree

Gardner    Rachel  Iowa     31 Aug 1854    Aged 1Y 2M 8D, d/o Andrew & Catharine, 
                                           severely weathered/illegible, 
                                           unseated/on ground

Hatfield   George  W.       27 Sep 1854    Aged 2Y (4?)M 12D, severely weathered

Huntington [H]anry          10 Aug 1832    In Memory, s/o Neba Huntington esqr. 
                                           of Lebanon, who died of the Small pox, 
                                           aged 28Y

Leeper     Edmond           16 Jun 185(8?) Aged 3Y 11M 26D, s/o David & Mary, 
                                           severely weathered/illegible, 
                                           unseated/on ground

Mentzer    C.      Freemont 06 Mar 1857    Aged 11D, s/o J.B. & Lydia, short poem/
                                           inscription, severely weathered/
                                           illegible, unseated/on ground

Mentzer    Catherine        14 Aug 1852    Aged 2Y 3M, d/o Joseph B. & Lydia, 
                                           moderately weathered

Ross       Howard  I.       01 Aug 1859    Aged 10M 14D, s/o William & Nancy, 
                                           broken, severely weathered/illegible, 
                                           unseated/ on ground

unknown #1                                 bottom half of broken marker ca. 1850s,
                                           short poem/inscription, severely 
                                           weathered, unseated

unknown #2                                 broken small marble footstone, unseated/
                                           on ground

unknown #3                                 small marble footstone, unseated/
                                           on ground

unknown #4                                 erect fieldstone

unknown #5                                 erect fieldstone

unknown #6                                 erect fieldstone

unknown #7                                 erect fieldstone

unknown #8                                 erect fieldstone

unknown #9                                 erect fieldstone

unknown footstone                          footstone with illegible initials, 
                                           broken/damaged, unseated/on ground

unknown J. C.                              footstone, unseated/on ground


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