Fayette County PA Archives Tombstone Photo.....Thornton Cemetery - (partial survey)
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Cemetery: Thornton Cemetery - (partial survey)
          Wharton Township, Fayette County, PA
          
     The location is a hilltop just NE of the Thornton Bridge over Big Sandy 
Creek on Worsing Road. The cemetery was on the David Thornton farm and was said 
contain about 20 graves. The primitive stones are not legible. The Samuel Darby 
tombstone was apparently placed there by his grandsons Herman and Hosie Darby in 
the early 1900’s. Samuel Darby’s wife was also said to be buried there.

Darby, Samuel, (view 2), d. 21 Jul 1850, aged 98Y, Pvt Garthwait's Co., Thomas N. J. 
Mil. Rev. War., (contributed by J. Whitney Darby )