Cemeteries: WPA Records of Knepper Burial Ground, Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by the Somerset County Federated Library System and its constituent libraries, the Meyersdale Public Library, Somerset County Public Library, Windber Public Library, Somerset County Public Library, Windber Public Library and Mary S. Biesecker Library. Transcribed by: Catherine Yoder and proofread by April Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ To view other cemetery listings in this project, go to http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/toc.html __________________________________________________________ Cemetery Name: Knepper Burial Ground Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Brothersvalley Township Cemetery Location: Situated in Brothersvalley Twp. on the Old Knepper Farm now owned by Wesley Hauger, in a field south of the buildings about 15 rods and near the edge of the sugar grove. IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/brvalley/smcems/Knepper-BG1.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COBER Rebecca . 16 July 1870 34y 2m 4d In Memory of, w/o Aaron Cober KNEPPER John . 30 Dec 1857 62y 2m 17d In Memory of KNEPPER Rebecca . 5 Feb 1858 1y 11m 3d d/o John and Mary Knepper KNEPPER Elizabeth 23 July 1798 19 Jan 1868 69y 5m 20d In Memory of, w/o John Knepper KNEPPER Oliver . 17 Feb 1860 1y 1m 27d s/o John and Mary Knepper KNEPPER Mary . 22 July 1861 28y 11m 1d w/o John J. Knepper UNKNOWN adult . . . not inscribed COLEMAN Joseph . 20 Aug 1862 10y 9m 2d s/o Philip and E. Coleman KNEPPER John (26 Nov 1833) (6 Oct 1916) (82y 10m 10d) (no stone) KNEPPER Annie . (5 July 1924) (80y 7m) (no stone) IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/brvalley/smcems/Knepper-BG2.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KNEPPER Peter . 28 Nov 1845 23y 11m 20d s/o John and Elizabeth Knepper KNEPPER James . 12 Sept 1845 3y 6m 14d s/o John and Elizabeth Knepper KNEPPER Rachel . 11 Aug 1839 14y 11m 11d In Memory of UNKNOWN child . . . not inscribed UNKNOWN adult . . . not inscribed TOTAL 15 graves