Cemeteries: WPA Records of Bridegum Cemetery, Northampton 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: Bridegum Cemetery Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Northampton Township Cemetery Location: Situated in Northampton Twp. Somerset Co. PA. on the Moses Leister farm, north of the buildings, at the edge of the woods on top of the hill to the left of an old abandoned road, there was at one time an old church building there now gone. This was also known as Mulls Church many years ago. Then as Bridegum. This congregation is finally known as Mt. Lebanon. IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/northampton/smcems/BRIDEGUM-CEMETERY1.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPA. Nansy . 11 Sep 1863 . (stone) SPAUGY Margaret . 13 Sep 1863 65y 5m 13d (Church record) SPA. A. . 29 Oct 1854 . (stone) SPAUGY Adam . 4 Oct 1853 68y 8m 24d (Church record) SPAUGY William H. . 14 Nov 1862 1m 14d s/o J. & L.J. Spaugy SPAUGY Lydia Ann . 5 Oct 1862 21y 2m 9d Consort/o John Spaugy STURTZ Catherine . Oct 1865 55y 6m . STURTZ William . May 1867 70y 2m . WEISEL David . 30 Dec 1838 5y 11m 8d s/o D.& P. Weisel IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/northampton/smcems/BRIDEGUM-CEMETERY2.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWEITZER Emanuel . 30 Mar 1862 13y 10m 11d s/o George & Susan Sweitzer POORBAUGH Wilson . 13 Aug 1848 13y 2m 19d s/o Jacob Poorbaugh POORBAUGH John D. . 15 Mar 1850 2m 3d s/o Jacob H. Poorbaugh POORBAUGH Cyrus . 25 May 1848 1y 13d s/o Jacob & Hannah Poorbaugh POORBAUGH John . 15 Nov 1864 69y 5m 21d . TRESSLER Eleanor Poorbaugh 26 Dec 1821 25 Apr 1850 28y 3m 29d w/o Levi Tressler, d/o John Poorbaugh POORBAUGH Herman . 11 Dec 1865 27y 6m 28d . UNKNOWN . . . . about 40 graves not inscribed. From the record of burials of Rev. B. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...Knepper, the following were copied stating there deaths occurred in ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...the Mulls Congregation, and likely nearly all were buried in this ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...cemetery, some of the ministers dates do not corospond [sic] with ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...the tombstone records. POORBAUGH Christina . 1 Nov 1848 . of George* IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/northampton/smcems/BRIDEGUM-CEMETERY3.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POORBAUGH Child . 22 Jun 1848 1y 2m child/o Jacob Poorbaugh BENJAMAN Christina . 5 Oct 1849 51y of John POORBAUGH Child . 20 Mar 1849 2m 9d child/o Jacob Poorbaugh MULL Catherine . 10 May 1851 80y . WAGAMAN Lydia . 17 Feb 1852 27y 5m 19d of Andy POORBAUGH Philip . 11 Jan 1852 67y . MULL John . 8 Nov 1854 41y 7m . POORBAUGH Samuel . 24 Nov 1855 3m 17d of Andrew POORBAUGH Sarah Ann . 17 Nov 1861 4y 9m 2d of Philip GOUGHENOUR Wilson . 23 Feb 1862 7y 3m 9d of A. POORBAUGH William Andrew . 5 Sep 1862 4y 9m 1d of Mriah POORBAUGH Polly . 27 Feb 1863 61y (George) IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/northampton/smcems/BRIDEGUM-CEMETERY4.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHAFFER Jacob . 5 Mar 1864 63y 9m 23d . POORBAUGH Wilson . 15 Aug 1864 13y 2m of Jacob POORBAUGH John, Sr. . 19 Nov 1864 69y 6m . POORBAUGH Herman . 14 Apr 1865 26y 8m 18d (John Sr.) POORBAUGH George . 18 Nov 1865 68y 21d . MARTZ Daniel . 21 Mar 1868 65y 6m 6d . POORBAUGH Benjamin . 2 Mar 1870 16y 10m 29d . BITTNER Child . 3 Mar 1871 abt 7y child/o John P. Bittner POORBAUGH Susan . 5 Mar 1871 33y 8m 13d of George BRIDEGUM William . 19 Oct 1872 1m 16d of Valentine SPAGY Rebecca Susan . 27 Oct 1873 2y 1m 9d .