Cemeteries: WPA Records of Old Burial Ground on A. R. Wright Farm, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Somerset County Federated Library System and its constituent libraries, the Meyersdale Public Library, Somerset County Public Library, Windber Public Library and Mary S. Biesecker Library. Transcribed by: Claire DeCecco 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: Old Burial Ground on A. R. Wright Farm Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Elk Lick Township Cemetery Location: Located on Western slope of Negro Mountain abt 500 yards Northeast of the farm buildings IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/elklick/smcems/WRIGHT01.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RINGER Michael . 29 May 1884 71y 9m 6d Rest Father, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow weep. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...(Michael Ringer was the Patriarch of the Ringer Clan in this section ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...He has a large number of descendants) RINGER Margaret . 18 Feb 1891 73y 6m 2d w/o M. Ringer * SHOEMAKER Elisah . 27 Jun 1890 . Civil War Veteran (age illegible) S. C. . 1851 . . RINGER Infant Daughter . 12 May 1882 . d/o W.M.& S.C. Ringer RINGER Infant Son . Dec 1881 . s/o S.M.& M. Ringer SHOEMAKER John 18 Dec 1813 9 May 1870 56y 4m 11d . SHOEMAKER Hezekiah . 26 Dec 1875 21y 7m 12d . SHOEMAKER Margaret . 6 Mar 1876 49y 10m 20d . SHOEMAKER Jacob . 1 Jan 1890 78y 10m 27d . WRIGHT Infant Son . 2 Jan 1887 . s/o J.& A. Wright RINGER Infant Son . . . s/o S.M.& M. Ringer IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/elklick/smcems/WRIGHT02.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BENDER Infant Son . 18 Jul 1875 4m 11d s/o E.& D. Bender SHOEMAKER Margaret . 1854 . w/o John Shoemaker RINGER Infant Son . 23 Apr 1887 . s/o S.M.& M. Ringer RINGER Infant Son . 1 Jul 1896 5d s/o N. & I.C. Ringer RINGER Infant Son . 14 1899 1d s/o N. S. & I.C. Ringer VOUGHT Harvey R. . 18 Jun 1888 2y 5m 9d s/o J.L.& M.A. Vought UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks UNKNOWN . . . . no identification marks Total 42 graves