Cemeteries: ME Black Creek Cemetery: Black Creek Twp, Luzerne County, PA Copyright © 1994 by F. Richard Turnbach. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. DornB@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ ME BLACK CREEK CEMETERY, Black Creek Twp., Luzerne County Pa. The following records have been transcribed by F. Richard Turnbach. Please remember, that like any transcriptions, they are interpretations. The latest versions of these files, and further records may be found at http://www.stonecabin.com/bensinger Attached are annotated tombstone abstracts taken in 1994 at ME Black Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Twp., Luzerne County Pa, which is just over the Northeast border of Schuylkill County. Political boundaries were much less important than distance, weather, etc in determining place of burial. Many burials are for persons with strong ties to Schuylkill County, or where in fact Schuylkill residents. File is in order by rows South to North parallel to public road. Luzerne Co PA ME Black Crk Cemetery Methodist Cemetery at 1994 Black Creek Twp., Luzerne Co PA NOTE: [annotations in parens by recorder] BARNES Elizabeth d27Mar1842 1y 6m d/o Uzal O and Sally BARNES Hanna d6Apr1837 2m 16d d/o Uzal and Sally NUNGESSER Abraham d18Jan1886 34y 9m NUNGESSER Kate 4Dec1853 14Oct1927 w/o Abraham NUNGESSER [Infant] s/o A&C NUNGESSER Nehemia 8Jul1853 10Jul1853 2d s/o J & Eleanor NUNGESSER Catherine E d31Dec1878 19/9/21 d/o John & Eleanor NUNGESSER Eleanor 6Aug1812 10Jul1883 70/11/4 w/o John NUNGESSER John 4Dec1812 18May1889 SMITH Bertram S 1872 1964 VANHEISE Mary d6Apr1840 86 erected by Abraham SMITH SMITH Catherine d16Dec1842 77/1/25 w/o Phineas [nee VANHEISE] SMITH Phineas d1Nov1848 82/3/11 SMITH Eve 21May1791 19Oct1856 [nee ENGEL] SMITH John d21Jul1845 51/1/12 [s/o Phineas] COOPER Mary d20Sep1854 41/10/5 COOPER William B d18Sep1851 43/4/12 COOPER infant son SMITH Infant son d1Apr1844 s/o Phineas & Rebecca COOL Charlotta M d18Jun1843 9m 14d d/o P & H ROBERTS Ezra 1863 1940 ROBERTS Peter d13Jan1899 75/11/27 ROBERTS Rachel 19Jan1823 21Jan1889 66/11/2 ROBERTS Jasper dJul1868 21y 19d Brother FISK Mary A d16Sep1854 2/../2 d/o A & MA HELLER FISK Egdar d22Jan1851 3m 21d s/o Abraham and Margaret A HELLER SHELLHAMMER Infant son d2Apr1844 s/o Sylvester & Elizabeth YOST Margaret H d24Jun1846 5m 5d d/o C & Phoebe YOST COOPER Marion C d2Oct1854 10/5/8 s/o W B & Mary COOPER SHELLHAMMER Philip d16Feb1855 68/10/16 TURNBACH Stephen 28Jan1837 1Mar1911 "Father"[s/o Sam/ Mary HILL Luzerne Co Commissioner] SHELLHAMMER Anna M 25Sep1788 [31Oct1867] w/o Philip TURNBACH Hannah 9Oct1830 11Jul1892 [d/o Philip/Maria HETTLER] TURNBACH Thomas P 13Jul1886 10Sep1875 [s/o Stephen & Hannah HETTLER] CREASY Katie d15May1883? d/o Lloyd & MC TURNBACH Willie 27Mar1854 30Sep1854 [s/o Stephen & Hannah HETTLER] CREASY Maggie d11 ? 1885 6m 6d CREASY Foster 10Sep1890 4Dec1891 CREASY Lloyd S MD 21Jul1853 13Jun1916 CREASY Mary Catherine 7Aug1855 28MAY1937 [d/o Stephen TURNBACH] PETTIT Hiram 11Oct1849 19Oct1851 2y 8d BARNES John d7Mar1855 77/11/24 BARNES Ann d18Feb1860 85/1/9 [BTB #2 w] SHELLHAMMER Sylvester d14Mar1887 70/1/14 SHELLHAMMER Ida 6May1862 23Sep1887 25/4/17 w/o Miles C HAUZE Fred 3Jul1892 4Sep1979 HAUZE James H d21Oct1894 36/6/10 HAUZE Elizabeth 1863 1935 w/o James HAUZE Walter R d6May1887 1m 14d s/o J H & E HAUZE HAUZE William M d7Oct1894 1y s/o J H & E HAUZE HAUZE George 1891 1951 WWI HUFFORD Samuel 17May1828 15Jul1879 51/1/28 Father HUFFORD Julia 5May1833 23Jul1876 43/2/18 w/o Samuel - Mother BOONE Henry Albert 24Sug1855 [d1Dec1857] 2/3/7 s/o Perry and Rachel BOONE Perry 14Dec1825 21Feb1889 63/2/7 BOONE Rachel 16Sep1816 21Sep1887 71y 5d w/o Perry [nee SHELLHAMMER] BOONE John A d4Sep18.. 37y ..d s/o Perry and Rachel BOONE Daniel J 1850 1915 BOONE Angeline 1850 1936 BOONE Boyd Franklin d13May18.3 4/9/22 s/o Daniel and Angeline BOONE Kenneth 27Jun1902 27Jul1902 s/o H C & V A BOONE HUNSINGER Clara N d1916? PEGG Inf Son d18Apr1854 s/o JT and Drusella PEGG PEGG Inf Son d2Nov1853 s/o JT and Drusella PEGG PEGG Elizabeth Ann 18Apr1852 5Dec1860 8/7/20 d/o JT and Drusella PEGG PEGG Callie 5Sep1869 22Sep1869 17d d/o James T and Drusella PEGG PEGG James T d13May1875 68/4/5 PEGG Drusilla d13May1902 w/o James T CHERRY Sarah w/o Dennis PEGG Joseph E d11Feb1901 36/3/10 PEGG J Milton 1860 1919 PEGG? Clarence SHELHAMMER Amos 1833 1923 [s/o Abraham] SHELHAMMER Mary 1839 1925 w/o Amos [nee TERRY] SHELHAMMER Ellen 1863 1931 SHELHAMMER Ida 1870 1956 SHELHAMMER Samson W 1880 1940 SHELHAMMER James C 18Oct1885 3Jan1906 SHELHAMMER Sadie M 14Apr1876 11Aug1876 BOWMAN Emeline 23Apr1840 18Sep1855 YOST Clarrisa 5Jan1843 2May1870 w/o Samuel Turnbach Yost [d/o Henry/Lovina (DRUM) BOWMAN] BOWMAN Henry 22Jul1814 6Aug1876 62y 15d [Broken adjacent stone- may be wife, Lovina DRUMM] PETTIT William H 26Dec1839 5Oct1872 32/9/9 PETTIT Juliet 19Mar1839 28Aug1863 24/5/9 SMITH Abraham d26Sep1876 79/6/16 [s/o Phineas and Catherine] SMITH Catherine d14Aug1888 87/1/20 w/o Abraham [d/o Jos Mc Murtrie] RICHARDS John T 1849 19.. RICHARDS Polly A 1854 19.. RICHARDS William 1870 1889 ROBINSON Harvey 1883 1949 ROBINSON Sallie 1883 1949 COLE Robert C 1856 1892 Father COLE Mary A 1859 1951 Mother SMITH Samuel B d9Feb1857 s/o Wm & Catherine SMITH Mark 9Mar1865? 16Aug18.. s/o Wm and Catherine SMITH [Harriet] Stone broken SMITH Juliet ..Apr1861? 3Aug1864 3/4/16 SMITH Wiliam E 3May1824 21Feb1903 SMITH Catherine Ann 15Feb1828 24Nov1913 [d/o Abraham SHELLHAMMER] CARES William W 18Jul1842 5Feb1863 20/6/18 GAR Marker BARLOW Miles 1882 1883 KECK Maggie 1850 1916 Wife of NM KECK Nathan M 1855 1923 KECK Mary Edna d5Aug1889 9/2/16 d/o NM and MA KECK Lizzie Irene d14Aug1889 5/11/21 d/o NM and MA MIERNICKI Joseph A 3Jun1952 USN Aug 1970-Dec1974 MIERNICKI Cheryl M 23May1953 1Nov1977 with child- Married 8May1976 BATUSCHECK Martin 1833 1914 BATUSCHECK Catherine 1829 1913 BATUSCHECK Bluma A 1863 1864 d/o Martin and Catherine BATUSCHECK Dorothy A 1862 1902 d/o Martin and Catherine BATUSCHECK Ella E 1865 1912 d/o Martin and Catherine BATUSCHECK Rosa A 1867 1954 d/o Martin and Catherine GROVER George T d1904 GROVER Infant d1892 GROVER Catherine L 1867 1946 GROVER Horatio S 1867 1935 WAGNER Peter F 1902 1978 WAGNER Lillie M 1895 1978 HELT Lavina w/o JF HELT Infant 13Mar1880 ch/o JF and Lavina MORTON George d10Jul1882 14y 10m s/o ... and Sarah MORTON Williss d14Mar1886 1//11/14 s/o George/Annie YOST Samuel T d2Oct1913 75y 6m [s/o Solomon Y/A Turnbach] YOST Elizabeth A d24Oct1925 76/5/19 w/o Samuel T. [d/o Perry and Rachel BOONE] YOST Perry S d7May1881 4/15 s/o Samuel T and Elizabeth YOST Agnes M d6May1893 17/1/20 d/o Samuel T and Elizabeth YOST Infant Son d24Sep1883 s/o Samuel T and Elizabeth YOST Egdar D d4Feb1894 20/10/28 s/o Samuel T SEIWELL John William 22Mar1863 5Sep1865 2/5/14 s/o CH and Jane SEIWELL Charles H 26Jul1839 16Feb1901 SEIWELL Jane 4Jan1842 8Apr1899 w/o Charles H SEIWELL Rush W 27Apr1881 19Jan1894 s/o Charles and Jane HARMAN Mark S 17Jan1951 HARMAN Vicki 19Jul1952 SMOYER Joseph P 1880 1949 SMOYER Boyd C 1857 1925 SMOYER Clara A 1855 1931 w/o Boyd SMOYER Fred 1898 1918 s/o Boyd and Clara SMOYER Peter 8Sep1830 18Apr1889 58/7/10 SMOYER Anna 2Mar1829 7Oct1900 71/7/5 w/o Peter BURTON Louis H 1921 BURTON Elizabeth A 1923 1993 M 16Apr1943 NUNGESSER Mary Ann 1844 1898 LYNN Hurley E 1898 1946 LYNN Helen A 1903 19 HARMAN Orval M 1876 1958 HARMAN Minnie L 1874 1960 HARMAN Ralph S 21Sep1911 9Apr1980 HARMAN Kathryn K 8Aug1916 WOLFE Claude F 1886 1969 WOLFE Anna Mae 1887 1941 DoA marker MATHEWS Mildred HAUZE 1890 1932 HAUSE A R 1852 1896 Father HAUZE Infant Ada HAUZE Infant Susan HAUZE Charlotte KLINE Almira HAUZE PEARCE Darwin G 29May1918 19Aug1985 PEARCE Alma B 27May1926 REAGAN Winifred d28Jan1988 REAGAN Morris 1850 1914 REAGAN George H 1853 1939 REAGAN Maria E 1855 1948 w/o George REAGAN William 23Aug1820 22Aug1898 REAGAN Debora MORRIS 6Oct1825 8Dec1896 [w/o Wm] KIRKENDALL Stephen 1852 1899 KIRKENDALL Mary E 1856 w/o Stephen KIRKENDALL Ruth E 1894 d/o Stephen and Mary KIRKENDALL Percy 1889 1917 s/o Stephen and Mary LANDIS George B 1890 1954 LANDIS Orva Y 1895 1993 MORGAN Marion 1918 1986 d/o George/Orva LANDIS YOST Harvey L 1865 1946 [s/o Samuel and Clarissa] YOST Martha E 1866 1934 w/o Harvey [nee MOYER] YOST Charles F d4Sep1892 1/1/7 s/o Harvey L and Mattie CROLL Samuel D d19Mar1896 33/6/26 TOIVONEN George E 1909 TOIVONEN Ethel E 1906 1980 WOLFE Joseph M 1883 1968 WOLFE Mabel P 880 1956 PADEN Fred S 1908 1978 PADEN Mildred A 1909 SMITH G W 1852 1934 SMITH Cornelia A [1855] [1910] w/o G W BOONE Samuel P 1858 1938 BOONE Anna M 1864 1958 BOONE Myron 1895 1910 BOONE Ronald 1902 1903 BOONE Helen 1891 1893 MASTERS Robert F 1897 1963 MASTERS Miriam A 1898 1969 MASTERS Barbara Ann 1931 1931 WOLFE Florence H 1914 WOLFE George A 1911 1971 GREGORY W G 1847 1910 GREGORY Susan R 1848 1921 w/o W G GREGORY Howard G 1881 1902 s/o WG and Susan GREGORY Amy E 1886 1915 GREGORY H Ward 1873 1916 SWANK William H 1869 1945 SWANK Carrie A 1869 1953 SWANK Mary A 1893 1893 SWANK Alva U 1914 1963 BOONE Hazel G 1889 1943 BOONE Marguerite M 1892 1965 WOLFE Carl R 17Jan1915 20Nov1967 WWII GREGORY Iris S 1887 1971 Mother GREGORY Peter R 1874 1966 Father GREGORY Helen 1903 1959 Daughter FANTINI Elizabeth 1915 FANTINI Albert A 1910 1984 HELT Russel H 29Sep1888 22May1897 s/o Charles and Annie MAGILL Frank E 1888 1940 MAGILL Edith W 1891 1981 KOTCH Margaret MAGILL d23Apr1988 MAGILL Frank E 8Feb1922 1Apr1989 Sgt US Army Air Corps WWII MAGILL Norma 9Jun1918 12Dec1989 BOONE Carroll S 1893 1976 Brother BOONE Laura E 1886 1974 Sister WHITEBREAD Beatrice FOOSE 1890 1963 FOOSE William 11Apr1863 10Feb1927 Father FOOSE Jennie 19Apr1866 9Jun1925 Mother FOOSE Stanley 4Apr1896 25Jan1985 US Army WWI FOOSE M Mae 1900 1990 FOOSE Marion Mae 1923 1936 HART Florence V d18Sep1903 10m10d d/o MT and A WELSH Laurie Dawn 26Nov1970 16Mar1988 4H - d/o Larry and Marie WELSH Clarence L 1897 1989 WELSH T Pauline 1900 1982 WELSH Billie E 5May1921 10Nov1967 86th Inf WWII WELSH Margaret Mae 1927 1928 RITTENHOUSE Ralph 28Feb1901 28Jan1986 RITTENHOUSE Myrtle 2Apr1912 PEGG Lillian 1863 1999 PEGG William W 1850 1921 MAGILL Frank 1854 1909 Father MAGILL Emma 1857 1944 Mother MAGILL Alice Jane 1886 1914 MAGILL Minnie 1881 1935 MAGILL Harold 1890 1914 MAGILL Chester 1883 1914 MCBRIDE Minnie 1881 1935 MAGILL Raymond 1894 1964 Father MAGILL Celesta 1896 1986 TEDFORD Kenneth C 31Jan1918 26Jan1985 Capt US Army WWII PASCOE Kenneth K d27Apr1895 4m 3d s/o JW and Minnie ELWOOD George 1920 1987 SSGT US Marines WWII MAGILL Anna S 1887 1971 Mother MAGILL J Foster 1891 1961 Father HEUPCKE Alice Mae HEUPCKE William Smith 1914 1969 ZEHNER Frease David 1883 1954 ZEHNER Sarah YOST 1887 1966 WOLFE Earl A 1904 1973 WOLFE Muriel R 1904 PAINTON Beth Ann 17Mar1963 12May1963 "Our Baby" ZIEGLER Arthur 1Apr1929 KUNKLE Margaret E 1908 1990 KUNKLE John B 1916 FORCE Dora I 1881 1969 FORCE Stella U 1924 1928 FORCE George A 1878 1932 WALTON Mildred 31May1897 28Dec1993 nee TURNBAUGH [d/o Oscar/Catherine] TURNBAUGH Catherine A 1871 1959 [nee ANDREAS] TURNBAUGH Oscar F 1863 1940 [s/o Stephen & Mary A (NAUSE)] ZEHNER Harriet M 1905 1970 [d/o Oscar & Catherine Turnbaugh] ZEHNER Clyde A 1901 ZEHNER Minnie A 1880 1968 ZEHNER John J 1875 1943 ZEHNER Baby 1902 1902 HAUZE C Raymond 1878 1937 HAUZE Ellen C 1885 1961 HAUZE John H 1905 1926 BERZANSKI Matthew S 1874 1944 Father BERZANSKI Anna M 1884 1942 Mother BENJAMIN Hellen B 1911 1951 BENJAMIN Fred L 1908 1984 ALBERTSON Lee 1931 1986 ALBERTSON Richard A 2Mar1940 28Feb1991 ZEHNER Mildred M 25May1901 27Jun1987 ZEHNER Warren F 11Mar1900 1Jun1981 ZEHNER Betty C 21May1926 27Aug1980 ZEHNER Benjamin F 18Apr1925 LANDIS Thomas M 23Jul1926 13Feb1988 US Army WWII LANDIS Jean H 6Jul1931 BROBST Dalen R 4Aug1979 5Aug1979 NEVIUS Pearl 1933 1977 Mother ZEHNER Arthur 1909 1967 ZEHNER Jane 1941 1943 ZEHNER Helen L 1905 1922 Daughter ZEHNER Sadie C 1877 1972 Mother ZEHNER Benjamin F 1877 1965 Father ALBERTSON Marjorie Z 1908 1992 ALBERTSON Virgil F 1904 1957 HARTRANFT Benjamin L 1918 HARTRANFT Alma G 1922 1992 HARTRANFT Carol L 1945 HARTRANFT Edward L 1943 1973 Vietnam Service Marker EARLY Robert W, Jr 29Dec1966 2Apr1988 Vietnam Service Marker BURNS Myra 10May1914 KISTLER Sarah K 1915 1976 KISTLER John W 1913 LAROCK Russel H 1919 LAROCK Shirley J 1935 MCCORMICK Earl 11Feb1910 7Jul1994 MCCORMICK Eleanor M 11Feb1910 7Jul1994 FEERAR Michael 25Mar1974 7Oct1993 s/o Donna and Dennis SHANK Christopher d24Sep1970 ZEHNER Wright A 15Dec1933 24Oct1991 ZEHNER Nancy M 15Sep1935 MALONEY William H 31Mar1907 2Jan1986 MALONEY Ora 4Mar1907 3May1983 VANHORN Kevin,Jr d12Jul1993 [on Wm Maloney lot] KOWALCHICK John 16Sep1900 10Apr1961 788 AAA AW BN CAC WWII ____________________________________________________________ Note: Readings taken S to N in rows parallel to public road. 1994 DT_