Cemeteries: Covenanter Cemetery, Fayetteville, Franklin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gordon Crooks and St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ ________________________________________________ Cemetery Location: 33 - 35 East Main Street, Fayetteville, Greene Twp. HISTORY: According to the History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, in 1887, the Covenanter Church was also known as the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and the Covenanter Church at Fayetteville was part of an organization centered in Scotland. The Covenanter Cemetery was behind the Covenanter Church, which has not been in existence for many years. In the front of the cemetery is a tablet listing Ruling Elders in the Conococheague Congregation of the R. P. Church. This small tablet has the following inscriptions: Erected in the Memory of John Kennedy James Bell John Thomson Samuel Thomson John Renfrew, Sr. John Renfrew, Jr. Robert A. Renfrew John R. Renfrew S. R. Burns David Hughes James Kennedy, Sr. James Kennedy, Jr. Robert McCoy Ruling Elders in the Conococheague Congregation. R. P. Church 1740 - 1899 Copied from the original grave markers on May 30, 1981. FIRST MIDDLE SURNAME BIRTH DEATH AGE COMMENTS Margaret Andrew 04/20/1844 65?y 6m 14d Sarah Armour 09/ /1931 "of Graeffenburg Inn". Mary Barkley 1877 1929 On a stone with the name, "Father, William Mitchell". William I. Barkley 1873 1937 Same stone as Jane I. Barkley. Jane I. Barkley 1932 1980 "Daughter". Same stone as William I. Barkley. Jacob H. Baughman 09/09/1834 12/17/1917 Same stone as Anna M. Bishop Baughman. Anna M. Bishop Baughman 06/22/1840 09/20/1918 Wife of Jacob H. Baughman (same stone). Charles B. Baughman 1873 1949 John Baughman 01/27/1904 56y 11m 19d Co. A. 45th Regt. Pa. V. Joseph A. Biesecker 07/23/1877 04/16/1900 Co. C. 8th Pa. In. U.S.V. Same stone as John E., Alvah C., James W., Harry F., James H. and Mary J. Stoner Biesecker. John E. Biesecker 02/20/1885 10/29/1902 Same stone as Joseph A., Alvah C., James W., Harry F., and Mary J. Stoner Biesecker. Alvah C. Biesecker 01/30/1893 11/15/1894 Same stone as Joseph A., John E., James W., Harry F., and Mary J. Stoner Biesecker. James W. Biesecker 01/20/1890 01/22/1890 Same stone as Joseph A., John E., Alvah C., Harry F., and Mary J. Stoner Biesecker. Harry F. Biesecker 08/19/1874 10/05/1898 Co. C. 2nd N. C. In. U.S.V. Same stone as Joseph A., John E., Alvah C., James W., and Mary J. Stoner Biesecker. James H. Biesecker 1847 1934 Sergt. Co. A. 7th Regt. Cav., Bugler Co. D. 2nd Regt. Art. Mary J. Stoner Biesecker 1856 1937 Wife of James H. Biesecker. Adam R. Bittinger 1852 1922 Same stone as Henrietta Brookens Bittinger. Henrietta Brookens Bittinger 1872 1937 Wife of Adam R. Bittinger (same stone). David F. Black 1846 1926 Co. I. 21st Regt. Pa. Cav., Co. B. 2nd Regt. Vet. Art. Same stone as Marion E. Hess, Eugene, J. Clayton, Harry E. and J. Clare Black. Marion E. Hess Black 1852 1932 Wife of David F. Black. Same stone as David F., Eugene, J. Clayton, Harry E. and J. Clare Black. Eugene Black 1873 1873 Same stone as David F., Marion E. Hess, J. Clayton, Harry E. and J. Clare Black. J. Clayton Black 1877 1878 Same stone as David F., Marion E. Hess, Eugene, Harry E. and J. Clare Black. Harry E. Black 1891 1931 Same stone as David F., Marion E. Hess, Eugene, J. Clayton and J. Clare Black. J. Clare Black 1894 1964 Same stone as David F., Marion E. Hess, Eugene, J. Clayton and Harry E. Black. Mary A. Reiley Black 1873 1930 "Mother". John D. Boggs 05/26/1909 73y Same stone as Susan Baughman Boggs. Susan Baughman Boggs 12/02/1924 83y Wife of John D. Boggs (same stone). Wm. Hammette Boggs 1855 1916 Same stone as Ava Renfrew Boggs. Ava Renfrew Boggs 1872 1920 Wife of Wm. Hammette Boggs (same stone). Eleanor Jane Byers 01/16/1822 05/11/1847 25y Consort of Dr. Henry K. Byers and daughter of A.J. & ? Thomson. Jacob Byers 07/17/1809 10/14/1867 58y 2m 28d Ann Byers 10/02/1851 31y 6m 8d Consort of Jacob Byers. Harry S. Byers 10/25/1863 03/20/1901 Same stone as May E. McNeal Byers. May E. McNeal Byers 07/22/1865 01/30/1913 Wife of Harry S. Byers (same stone). Clyde E. Byers 12/08/1890 05/26/1956 Ord. Sgt. 117th Amm. Train, World War One Anna M. Byers 07/30/1907 46y Joseph Correl 1831 1898 Same stone as Susan Weaver and Ida K. Correl. Susan Weaver Correl 1840 1917 Same stone as Joseph and Ida K. Correl. Ida K. Correl 1863 1936 Same stone as Joseph and Susan Weaver Correl. John Daniels 07/05/1832 11/18/1908 Same stone as Agnes M. and Frank Daniels. Agnes M. Daniels 09/01/1845 11/02/1922 Same stone as John and Frank Daniels. Frank Daniels 02/18/1882 11/04/1948 Same stone as John and Agnes M. Daniels. John E. Downey 01/12/1862 12/24/1924 Hugh D. Downey 02/29/1888 27y 7m "To the Memory of My Beloved Son". James J. Downey 11/17/1847 11/18/1877 30y Clarence U. Downey 12/08/1868 10/22/1869 10m 14d Eveline C.? (or G.?) Downey 03/11/1867 15y 4m 20d Emma Jane Downey 08/13/1845 1y 1m 20d Esther E. Downey 03/13/1819 08/22/1854 35y 5m 9d Consort of John Downey. John Downey 10/09/1809 10/28/1880 71y 19d "To the Memory of Our Father". Agnes Disert Downey 04/23/1834 09/21/1906 Wife of John Downey. "Mother". Sarah Duncan 71y Daughter of Thomas & Jane Duncan. Eleanor Duncan 78y Daughter of Thomas & Jane Duncan. Hannah Duncan 70y Daughter of Thomas & Jane Duncan. William L. Eckenrode 1858 1922 Same stone as Ida R. Fickes Eckenrode. Ida R. Fickes Eckenrode 1861 1938 Wife of William L. Eckenrode (same stone). David P. Harmony 07/04/1852 04/19/1922 On a stone with the name George W. Sowers on the same stone. Robert L. Hess 1863 1920 Same stone as Laura Virginia McFerren, Hannah Mary Minick, Mary McFerren and Anna Margaret Hess. Laura Virginia McFerren Hess 1868 1896 Wife of R. L. Hess. Same stone as Robert L., Hannah Mary Minick, Mary McFerren and Anna Margaret Hess. Hannah Mary Minick Hess 1861 1934 Wife of R. L. Hess. Same stone as Robert L., Laura Virginia McFerren, Mary McFerren and Anna Margaret Hess. Mary McFerren Hess 1894 1911 Daughter of R.L. & L.V. Hess. Same stone as Robert L., Laura Virginia McFerren, Hannah Mary Minick and Anna Margaret Hess. Anna Margaret Hess 1899 1903 Daughter of R.L. & H.M. Hess. Same stone as Robert L., Laura Virginia McFerren, Hannah Mary Minick and Mary McFerren Hess. Jacob Hess 12/04/1823 08/21/1894 70y 8m 17d "Father". Ann McKean Hess 04/17/1829 02/13/1909 79y 5m 26d "Mother". Margaret A. Oliver Hess 06/09/1859 11/29/1935 76y 5m 20d Wife of W. H. Hess. W. H. Hess 09/03/1866 07/13/1938 Harvey Bruce Hess 1903 1905 Same headstone as Walter Glenn, Jay Ralph and Howard Lowell Hess. Also see info for individual footstone. Walter Glenn Hess 1907 1910 Same headstone as Harvey Bruce, Jay Ralph and Howard Lowell Hess. Also see info for individual footstone. Jay Ralph Hess 1897 1912 Same headstone as Harvey Bruce, Walter Glenn and Howard Lowell Hess. Also see info for individual footstone. Howard Lowell Hess 1895 1915 Same headstone as Harvey Bruce, Walter Glenn and Jay Ralph Hess. Also see info for individual footstone. Harvey Bruce Hess 03/07/1903 03/19/1905 Footstone. See info for headstone shared with Walter Glenn, Jay Ralph and Howard Lowell Hess. Walter Glenn Hess 11/21/1907 04/18/1910 Footstone. See info for headstone shared with Harvey Bruce, Jay Ralph and Howard Lowell Hess. J Ralph Hess 08/27/1897 07/06/1912 Footstone. See info for headstone shared with Harvey Bruce, Walter Glenn and Howard Lowell Hess. Howard Lowell Hess 01/14/1895 04/07/1915 Footstone. See info for headstone shared with Harvey Bruce, Walter Glenn and J. Ralph Hess. H. T. Hess 1855 1933 Sarah E. Johnston 12/06/1894 74y 2m 5d Nathaniel Johnston 03/25/1894 79y 7m 5d William K. Johnston 12/09/1875 26y 4m 17d Robert D. Johnston 12/02/1847 3y 8m 1d Sarah E. Johnston 03/05/1862 10y 4d Alice Johnston 05/02/1862 4y 8m 10d Stella E. Kaiser 09/30/1899 07/20/1901 Daughter of H.A. & E.M. Kaiser. John Kane 09/23/1848 12/01/1920 Pvt. Co. G. 205th Regt. Pa. Vol. Same stone as Nettie C., Ira H. and Frank M. Kane. Nettie C. Kane 12/08/1850 02/14/1897 Wife of John Kane. Same stone as John, Ira H. and Frank M. Kane. Ira H. Kane 10/17/1883 07/17/1896 Same stone as John, Nettie C. and Frank M. Kane. Frank M. Kane 08/28/1886 08/19/1896 Same stone as John, Nettie C. and Ira H. Kane. William Holmes Kennedy 01/31/1866 08/08/1866 6m 9d Son of John & Margaret B. Kennedy. James Kennedy Sen. 06/04/1774 11/07/1847 73y 5m 3d Born in the Co. of Derry, Ireland, emigrated to America in the year 1823, died at his residence near Greencastle. Catharine Kennedy 05/ /1777 10/08/1851 Relict of James Kennedy. Born in Co. Derry, Ireland. Emigrated to America with her husband in 1823. This stone was broken and part of it underground in 1981. The following additional words were noted at an earlier date: "near Greencastle, Pa. in the 75th year of her age." Mabel Lucretia Lantz 07/24/1880 1y 2m 14d Youngest child of John A. & I.? E.? Lantz. Amos B. Lehman 1859 1947 Mary C. Parr Lehman 1864 1934 Beda M. Lehman 1882 1957 Mark A. Lehman 1888 1917 Emma E. Lehman 1906 1908 Guy Augustus Lehman 1886 1962 Same stone as Blanche L. Reasner Lehman. Blanche L. Reasner Lehman 1888 1954 Same stone as Guy Augustus Lehman. Helen J. Lehman 1908 1909 John B. Lochbaum 01/07/1901 65y Co. K. 87th Pa. Vols. Jonathan Lochbaum 02/29/1848 10/21/1910 Anna M. Lochbaum 07/10/1851 05/14/1936 Catherine H. Lochbaum ? 1913 Emily E. Timmons McNeal 1838 1920 Wife of William McNeal. Frank T. Mahon 10/17/1882 04/16/1898 Son of Chas. T. & Julia Mahon. Charles Hartzell Metz 10/04/1872 10/12/1949 Same stone as Lillie Zern and J. Warren Metz. Lillie Zern Metz 02/14/1874 01/25/1964 Wife of Charles Hartzell Metz. Same stone as Charles Hartzell and J. Warren Metz. J. Warren Metz 06/06/1904 01/10/1906 Same stone as Charles Hartzell and Lillie Zern Metz. William Mitchell 1846 1929 Same stone as Mary Barkley Mitchell. "Father". Mary Barkley Mitchell 1877 1929 Same stone as William Mitchell. "Daughter". Martha R. Mowers 1875 1942 On a stone with the names J. H. Renfrew, His Wife, C. E. Greenewalt, James R. and Hulda Renfrew Schalkenbach. Lloyd Edgar Mull 05/30/1912 06/09/1914 Son of J. Edward & Hattie B. Mull. Richard B. Newman 04/10/1831 11/01/1903 Co. K. 87 Regt. P.V.I. Same stone as Susan Walter Newman. Susan Walter Newman 05/15/1833 04/29/1919 Wife of Richard B. Newman (same stone). Samuel B. Noll 08/08/1870 12/31/1925 Same stone as Mary Elizabeth Guyer Noll. Mary Elizabeth Guyer Noll 05/07/1880 12/21/1950 Wife of Samuel B. Noll (same stone). C. Russell Peters 1895 1935 Co. K. 71st Inf. 11th Div. U.S.A. Same stone as C. Russell Peters, Jr. "Father". C. Russell Peters Jr. 1922 1942 Same stone as C. Russell Peters. "Son". James Edward Peters 1871 1944 "Father". Belle Mitchell Peters 1872 1935 "Mother". Jessie Mae Poorbaugh 1909 1971 Ralph David Reasner 12/28/1938 05/28/1940 "Son". John D. Reasner 04/27/1843 06/07/1931 Co. H. 16th Pa. Vol. Cav. Same stone as Laura V. Baughman Reasner. Laura V. Baughman Reasner 05/06/1858 10/22/1911 Wife of John D. Reasner (same stone). Thomas Charles Reasner 09/17/1927 Ralph K. Reasner 1893 1979 Same stone as Bertha McClure Reasner. Bertha McClure Reasner 1895 1974 Same stone as Ralph K. Reasner. Lloyd Keller Reasner 07/24/1932 03/20/1963 "Son". A 1/c 2515 Air Base Sqdrn., U.S. Air Force, Korea. Dorothy M. Reasner 03/07/1937 Charles D. Reasner 05/10/1921 05/15/1921 "Son". John D. Reasner 1907 1907 Same stone as Robert Reasner. Infant sons of Milton R. & Nora A. Reasner. Robert Reasner 1912 1913 Same stone as John D. Reasner. Infant sons of Milton R. & Nora A. Reasner. Edward M. Reiley 11/27/1909 70y 8m 11d Co. I. 3rd Md. Cav'l. Margaret E. Reiley 1844 1929 Same stone as Alfred W. Reiley. Alfred W. Reiley 1878 1946 "Son". Same stone as Margaret E. Reiley. Robert M. Renfrew 04/06/1815 03/20/1890 74y 11m 13d Co. K. 87th Pa. Regt. Pa. Vol. Inf. Mary S. Renfrew 08/29/1890 74y 4m 13d Wife of Robert M. Renfrew (d. 03/20/1890). Robert M. Renfrew 1863 1911 Same stone as Frances V. Pogue Renfrew. Frances V. Pogue Renfrew 1874 1960 Same stone as Robert M. Renfrew (d. 1911). Robert Renfrew 08/19/1861 80y 1m 1d Ann Renfrew ??/??/1791 12/15/1849 58y Wife of Robert? Renfrew. Samuel Melancthon Renfrew 05/11/1849 03/04/1850 9m 21d Son of John R.? & Mary J. Renfrew. Samuel Renfrew 07/27/1858 02/18/1859 6m 21d Son of Robert & Hannah Ann? Renfrew. Samuel Lindsey Renfrew 08/14/1849 08/09/1850 11m 26d Son of Robert & H. A. Renfrew. Thomson Renfrew 07/23/1851 12/20/1851 4m 27d Son of Robert A. & Hannah A. Renfrew. Sallie A. Renfrew 11/01/1851 09/25/1857 Daughter of Robert A. & Hannah Ann Renfrew. Samuel Renfrew 10/20/1787 04/05/1854 66y 5m 15d Samuel L. Renfrew 09/11/1841 22y Student at J. College. John Renfrew 04/04/1753 10/11/1844 91y 6m 10d Robert A. Renfrew 06/20/1874 59y 4m 28d "Our Father". Hannah Ann Renfrew 06/03/1871 42y 2m 18d Wife of Robert A. Renfrew. Hannah J. Renfrew 01?/20/1873 2y 9m 9d Annie C. Renfrew ??/??/1873 10y 5m? ?d J. H. Renfrew 1843 1912 Same stone as C. E. Greenewalt and James R. Renfrew. Also a footstone which reads "Father, Co. A. 126 Pa. Vol. Inft." C. E. Greenewalt Renfrew 1838 1908 Wife of J. H. Renfrew. Same stone as J. H. and James R. Renfrew. Also a footstone which reads "Father, Co. A. 126 Pa. Vol. Inft." James R. Renfrew 1879 1909 Same stone as J. H. and C. E. Greenewalt Renfrew. Also a footstone which reads "Father, Co. A. 126 Pa. Vol. Inft." John Rea Renfrew 12/16/1812 01/08/1882 Same stone as Mary Jemima, E. Lindsay, Anna M. and Margaret E. Renfrew. Mary Jemima Renfrew 05/10/1886 80y 2m Wife of John Rea Renfrew. Same stone as John Rea, E. Lindsay, Anna M. and Margaret E. Renfrew. E. Lindsay Renfrew 04/23/1841 11/02/1882 Same stone as John Rea, Mary Jemima, Anna M. and Margaret E. Renfrew. Anna M. Renfrew 11m Same stone as John Rea, Mary Jemima, E. Lindsay and Margaret E. Renfrew. Margaret E. Renfrew 6m Same stone as John Rea, Mary Jemima, E. Lindsay and Anna M. Renfrew. T. Duncan Renfrew 01/18/1839 04/23/1892 Same stone as Anna M. McNeal Renfrew. "Father and Mother". Anna M. McNeal Renfrew 07/14/1852 05/11/1890 Wife of T. Duncan Renfrew (same stone). "Father and Mother". Nevin Duncan Renfrew 12/12/1885 2y 7m Son of T.D. & A.M. Renfrew. "Our Boy". Theodore A. Rice 1850 1917 Same stone as Sarah C. Rice. Sarah C. Rice 1850 1914 Wife of Theodore A. Rice (same stone). William Richey 04/24/1797 10/11/1859 62y 5m 17d Sarah J.? Richey 08/27/1853 4y 2d Daughter of William & Sarah Richey. Lawrence? Rea Richey 04/02/1851 10y 10m 26d Son of William & Sarah Richey. John Henry Rogers 12/11/1831 11/23/1918 Same stone as Charlotte V. and Emma J. Rogers. Charlotte V. Rogers 01/03/1833 05/09/1925 Same stone as John Henry and Emma J. Rogers. Emma J. Rogers 02/01/1859 07/16/1909 Same stone as John Henry and Charlotte V. Rogers. "Daughter". Hulda Renfrew Schalkenbach 1870 1930 On a stone with the names J. H. Renfrew, His Wife, C. E. Greenewalt, James R. and Martha R. Mowers. George W. Sowers 12/23/1855 02/22/1913 On a stone with the name David P. Harmony on the same stone. David Lloyd Staley On a stone with the name Charles D. Reasner, son, on the same stone. "Grandson". Date of 01/27/1964 on stone, but does not indicate if birth or death date. David E. Stoner 1843 1922 Co. A. 77 Reg't. Pa. Vol. Same stone as Sarah A. Stoner. Sarah A. Stoner Wife of David E. Stoner (same stone). Date of 1852 on stone, but does not indicate if birth or death date. Henry F. Walter 05/07/1819 03/09/1907 Co. B. 21st Reg't Pa. Cav'l. Same stone as Susan M. Walter. Susan M. Walter 03/03/1820 01/03/1898 Wife of Henry F. Walter (same stone). Nevada V. Wingert 04/28/1895 05/14/1905 Daughter of J.H. & Alice Wingert. Kinzer Wingert 1856 1932 Same stone as Emma Wingert. Emma Wingert 1859 1929 Same stone as Kinzer Wingert. Sarah E. Wolf 02/22/1900 60y 11m 14d Lizzie McKean Woolridge 1849 1922