Cemeteries: St Francis Xavier Cemetery: McKean Twp, Erie Co, PA File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Tammy L. Mingoy ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Site of original St Francis Xavier Church & Cemetery Established May 29, 1838 Transcription of stones 1 Barbara wife of Anthony Blenner died Feb. 7, 1877 Aged 77 yrs. My children dear this place draw near A mothers grace to see Not long ago I was with you And soon you'l be with me 2 Peter J. Baron born May 7, 1797 died Feb. 6, 1868 Juliana M. Baron born Apr. 11, 1802 died Apr. 1, 1888 4 (Largest stone) Ant. Blenner GEB*. DEN, 12. JA. 1793 GESt. den, 20, JUL. 1879 Gott., geb. ihin. die. Eivige Ruh. ( I believe this is Anthony Blenner, born Jan. 12, 1793, died Jul. 20, 1879 I don't know when "den" is, maybe "then"? or "on" the rest at the bottom, I think" Gott" is "God") 5 Jacob sohn von Johan & Maria Anna Pfeffer yeboren 20. May 1852 (something unreadable) 17. Jan. 1859 (not too hard to figure out, Jacob, son of ...born May 20, 1852 died Jan. 17, 1859) 6 Herrn(?) Franziska,ehe(?) frau von Andreas Decker gesturben den 21 Feb 1860 Aller 42 Jahn (Franziska, wife of Andreas Decker probably died Feb. 21, 1860 aged 42 yrs.?) There is a poem or something at the bottom of the stone, it looks to be in this same foreign language as some of the other writing. I would have copied it, but it was too worn. 7 Apoloria Heirt___ (May be Apolonia or Heint-, the stone is broken off and some letters are missing) 8 Allias Borrer (this is very hard to read, very worn, may be Bonner) born Aug 15, 1800 9 Catharina Blenner (can't read any more) 10 Catherine E __EE Selinger ( can't read any more) There are 3 broken and/or illegible stones, these are extremely worn, looks smooth. Also, There are 5 small stones (footstones?) that say: Father E D AD EK EB Rest assured, I tried everything to get all the information I could from these silent stones, I tried rubbings, and we tried just to look at them in varying light, this is the best I could do. ...Tammy