Cemeteries: WPA Records of Beachy Grave Yard, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Beachy Grave Yard
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Elk Lick Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated in Elk Lick Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
                            on the farm now owned by Rev. Moses M. Beachy, 
                            one half mile south of Niverton, 
                            about 450 yards northwest of the farm buildings, 
                            near the edge of a limestone quarry.
    
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME   BIRTH-DATE   DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED   INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    M.          B.           .            1849          .          "B. M. 1849"
    N.          B.           .            21 Apr 1856   .          "N. B."
    M.          J.           .            .             .          "J. M."
    M.          B. B.        .            1826          .          "B. B. M. 1826"
    BEACHY     (Barbara)*    .            8 Feb 1850    .          (*Barbara w/o Peter Beachy, son of the first Peter Beachy in Somerset Co.)
   (BEACHY)    (Peter)       .            (1869)        (90+y)     Unmarked.  ( h/o Barbara Beachy.) (There were the parents of Bishop Joel Beachy
    ~           ~            ~            ~             ~           and Aaron Beachy, both very prominent and highly respected citizens of
    ~           ~            ~            ~             ~           Garret Co. Md.  Peter Beachy's father was also named Peter and was the
    ~           ~            ~            ~             ~           first Beachy to settle in Somerset Co. He was buried in the grave yard on
    ~           ~            ~            ~             ~           the Amos Yoder farm near Springs Somerset Co. Pa.)
  
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