Cemeteries: WPA Records of Confluence Baptist Cemetery, Lower Turkeyfoot 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: Beverly Sellers-Niel and proofread by Carl Gaus 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: Confluence Baptist Cemetery Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Lower Turkeyfoot Township Cemetery Location: Situated in West Confluence Lower Turkeyfoot Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. Additional Information: [Old burial ground situated where West Confluence now stands.] * Left-of-surname = Veteran NOTE: The following list is transcribed in the page sequence the tombstones were recorded. There's an alphabetical list of the same information at the bottom of this file. IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST01.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FICHTNER Clarence 1881 1917 . . FICHTNER Benjamin 1861 1916 . . BURNWORTH Lucille 1903 1917 . . MINDER John 1875 1920 . . REYNOLDS Anna May 1875 1923 . . REYNOLDS O. Raymond 1881 1932 . . STERNER Maggie . 6 Jul 1894 23y 9m 18d d/o S. & H. Sterner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Will you come to our graves, when our spirits have fled, and beneath the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...grassy sod, we are laid with the dead, when the hearts that love you ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...are turned to clay, and in Calvery's cold dews, we are passing away. STERNER John . 28 Sep 1889 16y, 8m, 13d s/o S. & H. Sterner STERNER Bennie . 23 Aug 1875 6m, 15d s/o S. & H. Sterner STERNER Scott 19 Apr 1849 21 Oct 1905 . 27 Jul 1900* wife's date of death STERNER Harriet . 27 Jul 1900 58y, 11m, 3d . WALLACE Anna Bell 1850 1904 . . FRANTZ G. B. 3 Dec 1841 . . . FRANTS Lizzie 21 Jun 1842 8 Mar 1901 . [last name as recorded] Gone but not forgotten. Lo - one brief line an ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...answer sad implies. Honored beloved and wept, here Mother lies. CLOUSE Sarah 1849 1903 . . * CLOUSE Harmon . . . Civil War Veteran. Co. 11 CLOUSE Walter 1877 1920 . . IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST02.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNS Infant 7 Apr 1906 7 Apr 1906 . d/o S.T. & M.E. Downs DOWNS Gerald 31 Mar 1908 10 Mar 1909 . s/o S.T. & M.E. Downs PANCOAST Elizabeth 17 Feb 1848 15 Feb 1916 . (Familiarly known to all as 'Mother') LITTLE Thomas 1848 1922 . . BOYD Chas. Ray 25 Oct 1902 16 Jun 1906 . (This inscription is on a small stone in the 'Lyttle' lot) God's Finger ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...touched him & he slept. SHOW Jud I. 15 Aug 1835 1 Jan 1921 . . SHOW Elizabeth 1 Apr 1841 . . w/o Jud I. Snow SHANK Henry 1862 1925 . . SHANK Isabelle 1861 1927 . . PULLEN Edith Pearle 1889 1893 . . PULLEN Hazel Irene 1893 1896 . . BENTON Peter K. 1859 1927 . Father PARNELL Samantha A. 1870 . . Mother PARNELL Jasper 1863 1931 . Father PARNELL Mary 1897 1913 . Daughter YOUNKIN Father 1844 1927 . . YOUNKIN Mother 1853 1925 . . YOUNKIN Warren 1893 1913 . . KINGSLAND Catherine 17 Sep 1860 14 Mar 1905 . In memory of our Mother DANIELS Regina 1834 1914 . In Memory of McDONALD George R. 13 Mar 1861 22 Oct 1924 . . McDONALD Cornelia 7 May 1862 20 May 1901 . . IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST03.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLIVER William A. 1850 1911 . (This inscription is on the back of Clouse monument) WALTON George H. 1856 1910 . . WALTON Harry P. 1892 1922 . . WEAVER Jacob H. 1846 1919 . . WEAVER Mary 1848 1930 . w/o Jacob H. Weaver HALL Isaac L. 1838 1930 . . HALL Marica 1847 1911 . . HALL Wm. . . . (Died Recently, No Inscription) SCHELL Sarah . . . Not Marked GROVE Reuben 9 Dec 24 Aug 1911 . s/o W.E. & C. Grove HARNER James 1914 1916 . . GLODFELTY Thomas J. 15 Oct 1878 14 Feb 1915 . . FARRELL Father . . . Not Marked FARRELL Child . . . Not Marked BOWLIN Robert Jul 1896 Jan 1915 . . BOWLIN Newlin J. 1844 1923 . . GOUGHENOUR Unknown . . . Not Marked, Tradition: Wm. or James Coughenour BOWER Ethel B. 3 April 1902 27 Jun 1915 . d/o W.S. & M.B. Bower GROUSE J. Melvin 1916 1917 . . SHOW Jacob C. 1845 1916 . . LININGER Luther M. 1850 1910 . . LININGER Amanda 1852 1926 . . LININGER Lucy A. 6 Aug 1888 . 1y, 3m, 17d d/o L.M. & A. Lininger. Sleep on in thy beauty thou sweet angel child, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...by sorrow unblighted, by sin undefiled. REIBER Louisa 3 Apr 1854 2 Jul 1933 . . REIBER William 9 Nov 1850 . . . IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST04.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUMBERT John D. 1898 1921 . At Rest UNKNOWN . . . . Marked with field stone. Not Inscribed HIMMEL Bertha . 1 Aug 1877 2y, 5m, 11d d/o Michael & M. Himmel SANDS Doris Ida 30 Aug 1903 22 Sep 1927 . . SANDS Ora M. 1902 1903 . Sleeping "Biddie's Chick" (Biddie was the nickname of the Father). HEINBAUGH Hiram . 2 Oct 1863 8y, 8m, 9d . UNKNOWN Child . . . Not marked AYERS E. . 13 Feb. 1839 . (Note spelling) (A very quaint plain stone, very well preserved) HEINBAUGH Kezia . 13 Jul 1865 78y, 5m, 9d . HEINBAUGH John . 9 Sep 1868 81y, 1m, 12d . STERNER Ira S. . 26 Mar 1890 23y, 2m, 22d . KOONTZ Frederick 1866 1918 . . KOONTS Cornelia 1870 . . . BROWN Elizabeth 1846 1925 . . * BROWN Perry . 17 May 1901 . PVT. Co. B. 184 PA. Inf. * SANNER Ross . . . Capt. Co. H. 85 PA. Inf. SHOW Arthur 1903 1918 . . UNKNOWN . . . . Not Marked (North of Hiram Heinbaugh Plot) UNKNOWN . . . . Not Marked (North of Hiram Heinbaugh Plot) SHIPLEY Beeson . . . s/w child (In South end of cemetery) Not marked SHIPLEY Child . . . s/w Beeson (In South end of cemetery) Not marked STERNER Chas. . 27 Dec 1878 22y, 9m, 24d s/o J. & A.E. Sterner STERNER Adaline . 20 Jan 1890 65y, 20d w/o Jacob Sterner. Our Mother, We loved her, Yes we loved her, but Angels loved ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...her more, and they have sweetly called her to yonder shining shore. IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST05.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STERNER Jacob . 24 Jul 1895 75y, 10m, 12d . STERNER Chas . . . (No Date) SHIPLEY . 1865 1925 . . SHIPLEY infant . . . . McCLINTOCK William H. 1857 . . . BENDER Edward R. 1878 1917 . . FISHER Clara 18 Apr 1911 5 Nov 1921 . d/o J.M. & L.M. Fisher [overwrite May or Nov for death month] FISHER Ronald 29 Jul 1920 27 May 1926 . s/o J.M. & L.M. Fisher CUNNINGHAM George E. 1849 1900 . . CUNNINGHAM Cora M. 1857 1918 . w/o George E. Cunningham Total 96 graves = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The following alphabetical list is the same information as above except it is SORTED by NAME There are 5 scanned image files [CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST01.jpg thru CONFLUENCE-BAPTIST05.jpg] in the following URL: IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/lower-tf/confluence-baptist/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AYERS E. . 13 Feb. 1839 . (Note spelling) (A very quaint plain stone, very well preserved) B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BENDER Edward R. 1878 1917 . . BENTON Peter K. 1859 1927 . Father BOWER Ethel B. 3 April 1902 27 Jun 1915 . d/o W.S. & M.B. Bower BOWLIN Newlin J. 1844 1923 . . BOWLIN Robert Jul 1896 Jan 1915 . . BOYD Chas. Ray 25 Oct 1902 16 Jun 1906 . (This inscription is on a small stone in the 'Lyttle' lot) God's Finger ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...touched him & he slept. BROWN Elizabeth 1846 1925 . . * BROWN Perry . 17 May 1901 . PVT. Co. B. 184 PA. Inf. BURNWORTH Lucille 1903 1917 . . C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * CLOUSE Harmon . . . Civil War Veteran. Co. 11 CLOUSE Sarah 1849 1903 . . CLOUSE Walter 1877 1920 . . CUNNINGHAM Cora M. 1857 1918 . w/o George E. Cunningham CUNNINGHAM George E. 1849 1900 . . D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DANIELS Regina 1834 1914 . In Memory of DOWNS Gerald 31 Mar 1908 10 Mar 1909 . s/o S.T. & M.E. Downs DOWNS Infant 7 Apr 1906 7 Apr 1906 . d/o S.T. & M.E. Downs F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FARRELL Child . . . Not Marked FARRELL Father . . . Not Marked FICHTNER Benjamin 1861 1916 . . FICHTNER Clarence 1881 1917 . . FISHER Clara 18 Apr 1911 5 Nov 1921 . d/o J.M. & L.M. Fisher [overwrite May or Nov for death month] FISHER Ronald 29 Jul 1920 27 May 1926 . s/o J.M. & L.M. Fisher FRANTS Lizzie 21 Jun 1842 8 Mar 1901 . [last name as recorded] Gone but not forgotten. Lo - one brief line an ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...answer sad implies. Honored beloved and wept, here Mother lies. FRANTZ G. B. 3 Dec 1841 . . . G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GLODFELTY Thomas J. 15 Oct 1878 14 Feb 1915 . . GOUGHENOUR Unknown . . . Not Marked, Tradition: Wm. or James Coughenour GROUSE J. Melvin 1916 1917 . . GROVE Reuben 9 Dec 24 Aug 1911 . s/o W.E. & C. Grove H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HALL Isaac L. 1838 1930 . . HALL Marica 1847 1911 . . HALL Wm. . . . (Died Recently, No Inscription) HARNER James 1914 1916 . . HEINBAUGH Hiram . 2 Oct 1863 8y, 8m, 9d . HEINBAUGH John . 9 Sep 1868 81y, 1m, 12d . HEINBAUGH Kezia . 13 Jul 1865 78y, 5m, 9d . HIMMEL Bertha . 1 Aug 1877 2y, 5m, 11d d/o Michael & M. Himmel HUMBERT John D. 1898 1921 . At Rest K - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KINGSLAND Catherine 17 Sep 1860 14 Mar 1905 . In memory of our Mother KOONTS Cornelia 1870 . . . KOONTZ Frederick 1866 1918 . . L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LININGER Amanda 1852 1926 . . LININGER Lucy A. 6 Aug 1888 . 1y, 3m, 17d d/o L.M. & A. Lininger. Sleep on in thy beauty thou sweet angel child, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...by sorrow unblighted, by sin undefiled. LININGER Luther M. 1850 1910 . . LITTLE Thomas 1848 1922 . . M - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - McCLINTOCK William H. 1857 . . . McDONALD Cornelia 7 May 1862 20 May 1901 . . McDONALD George R. 13 Mar 1861 22 Oct 1924 . . MINDER John 1875 1920 . . O - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OLIVER William A. 1850 1911 . (This inscription is on the back of Clouse monument) P - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PANCOAST Elizabeth 17 Feb 1848 15 Feb 1916 . (Familiarly known to all as 'Mother') PARNELL Jasper 1863 1931 . Father PARNELL Mary 1897 1913 . Daughter PARNELL Samantha A. 1870 . . Mother PULLEN Edith Pearle 1889 1893 . . PULLEN Hazel Irene 1893 1896 . . R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REIBER Louisa 3 Apr 1854 2 Jul 1933 . . REIBER William 9 Nov 1850 . . . REYNOLDS Anna May 1875 1923 . . REYNOLDS O. Raymond 1881 1932 . . S - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SANDS Doris Ida 30 Aug 1903 22 Sep 1927 . . SANDS Ora M. 1902 1903 . Sleeping "Biddie's Chick" (Biddie was the nickname of the Father). * SANNER Ross . . . Capt. Co. H. 85 PA. Inf. SCHELL Sarah . . . Not Marked SHANK Henry 1862 1925 . . SHANK Isabelle 1861 1927 . . SHIPLEY . 1865 1925 . . SHIPLEY Beeson . . . s/w child (In South end of cemetery) Not marked SHIPLEY Child . . . s/w Beeson (In South end of cemetery) Not marked SHIPLEY infant . . . . SHOW Arthur 1903 1918 . . SHOW Elizabeth 1 Apr 1841 . . w/o Jud I. Snow SHOW Jacob C. 1845 1916 . . SHOW Jud I. 15 Aug 1835 1 Jan 1921 . . STERNER Adaline . 20 Jan 1890 65y, 20d w/o Jacob Sterner. Our Mother, We loved her, Yes we loved her, but Angels loved ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...her more, and they have sweetly called her to yonder shining shore. STERNER Bennie . 23 Aug 1875 6m, 15d s/o S. & H. Sterner STERNER Chas . . . (No Date) STERNER Chas. . 27 Dec 1878 22y, 9m, 24d s/o J. & A.E. Sterner STERNER Harriet . 27 Jul 1900 58y, 11m, 3d . STERNER Ira S. . 26 Mar 1890 23y, 2m, 22d . STERNER Jacob . 24 Jul 1895 75y, 10m, 12d . STERNER John . 28 Sep 1889 16y, 8m, 13d s/o S. & H. Sterner STERNER Maggie . 6 Jul 1894 23y 9m 18d d/o S. & H. Sterner ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Will you come to our graves, when our spirits have fled, and beneath the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...grassy sod, we are laid with the dead, when the hearts that love you ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...are turned to clay, and in Calvery's cold dews, we are passing away. STERNER Scott 19 Apr 1849 21 Oct 1905 . 27 Jul 1900* wife's date of death U - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - UNKNOWN . . . . Marked with field stone. Not Inscribed UNKNOWN . . . . Not Marked (North of Hiram Heinbaugh Plot) UNKNOWN . . . . Not Marked (North of Hiram Heinbaugh Plot) UNKNOWN Child . . . Not marked W - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WALLACE Anna Bell 1850 1904 . . WALTON George H. 1856 1910 . . WALTON Harry P. 1892 1922 . . WEAVER Jacob H. 1846 1919 . . WEAVER Mary 1848 1930 . w/o Jacob H. Weaver Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - YOUNKIN Father 1844 1927 . . YOUNKIN Mother 1853 1925 . . YOUNKIN Warren 1893 1913 . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -