Cemeteries: WPA Records of Simpson Burial Ground, Jenner Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Simpson Burial Ground
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Jenner Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated on the Chas. Ash farm, Jenner Twop., 
                            about 1 miles east of Acosta, 
                            known in that neighborhood as "the cememtery with the bell" which was 
                            cast by A. Fulton in Pittsburgh in 1848 and erected by Abraham Simpson.  
                            The bell was tolled for funerals.
  *= Veteran
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME        BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE     AGE/AGED         INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    SIMPSON     S.A.                                                            Participated in the following engagements, Chatanooga, Atlanta, Savannah and
    ~           ~                 ~             ~              ~                ...was with Sherman on his celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea.
  * SIMPSON     Samuel A., M.D.                 26 Aug 1867    31y 2m 28d       Late Asst. Surgeon of the 52nd Regt. Ohio Vol.
    SIMPSON     Catherine                       20 Mar 1847    71y 7m 8d        In Memory of
    SIMPSON     David                           26 Mar 2847    75th yr of age   In Memory of
    SIMPSON     Magalene          3 Mar 1804    27 Jan 1844    42y 10m 24d      In Memory of
    SIMPSON     Abraham                         20 May 1861    68y 9m 11d
    SIMPSON     Abraham                         15 Apr 1847    9y 24d           In Memory of, s/o A. & M. Simpson
  
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME        BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE     AGE/AGED         INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    SIMPSON     Isaac             6 Oct 1799    11 Jan 1818    18y 2m 25d       Jesus lag ja selbst in Grabe Heil mir dasz ich Jesum habe Deun ich weiss dasz
    ~           ~                 ~             ~              ~                ...aus der Barbe Er mein Herr mich such einst ruft. (native sone vault on top
    ~           ~                 ~             ~              ~                ...of ground with marble tablet on top with the above inscription.)
    BYERS       Mary                            26 Feb 1847*   66y 5m 11d       In Memory of (*should read Feb. 20, 1847)
    BYERS       Jacob                           18 Feb 1847    72y 9m 6d        In Memory of
    BEAM        Isaac             27 Jan 1842   20 Jun 1842    4m 24d           In Memory of, s/o Abraham Beam
    BEAM        George            29 Dec 1839   25 Jun 1840    5m 25d           In Memory of, s/o Abraham Beam
    SIMPSON     Elizabeth                                                       In Memory of, d/o A. & M. Simpson (infant)
    SIMPSON     Charles H.                                                      In Memory of, d/o A. & M. Simpson (infant)
  
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME        BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE     AGE/AGED         INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    KORNS       Catharine                       19 Feb 1850    23y              consort of Alexander Korns
  * SHAFFER     Michael                         11 Jun 1864    22y 5m 11d       In Memory of, Of Co. C. 54th Regt. P.V., wounded in the Battle Newmarket, VA.
    ~           ~                 ~             ~              ~                ...on the 15th of May 1864.  Died at the Claryesville Hospital Md.
    BYERS       Michael                         26 Feb 1847