Cemeteries: WPA Records of Shaffer Cemetery, Paint 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: Winnie 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: Shaffer Cemetery Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Paint Township Cemetery Location: A public burial ground located in Rummel, Paint Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. The cemetery lies to the north of Route 56. IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/paint/smcems/SHAFFER-CEMETERY1.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERKEY Austin 1872 1926 . . UNKNOWN Child . . . not marked HEATER H* Harry G. 1877 1926 . *extra H (?) B.O.L.F. & E. MURPHEY A. D. . 24 ay[sic] 1919 47y 11m 29d * believed to be May an A in between name and death date GRUSH Amanda 1858 1919 . w/o John Grush UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked YOUNKER George 14 Mar 1874 5 Sep 1920 . . UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked FOREST Clarence P. 8 Oct 1916 5 Jan 1918 2y 2m 27d . SHAFFER M. 1849 1931 . . WIRICK Lois Ruth . 1 Jan 1931 2y 29d . UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN Child . ` . not marked UNKNOWN Child ` . . not marked PLATT Earl R. 1903 1924 . . UNKNOWN Walter W. 1907 1921 . . WIRICK Cora 1889 1920 . w/o *esse Wirick [* can't make out the first letter] CRUSH Dorsey 4 Feb 13 Feb 1924 . s/o L.S.M. Crush IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/paint/smcems/SHAFFER-CEMETERY2.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAFFER Verna E 1915 1915 . . SHAFFER Samuel E. 1927 1927 . . UNKNOWN Child . . . not marked UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked HOLSOPPLE Henry 1847 1915 . . HOLSOPPLE Mary 1840 1917 . . UNKNOWN Adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN Child . . . not marked HELMAN Samuel C. 10 Sep 1850 21 Jun 1914 . . (HELMAN) Catherine 8 Oct 1855 14 Jul 1925 . . FOUST Jesse 1866 19- . . FOUST M. Ellen 1867 1933 . . BOWSER Paul David . 25 Jan 1913 1y 2m 26d . PARSON Wm. Vernon . 1918 . [1918 not noted if birth or death date] NULL Wm. L. 21 Oct 1860 29 Oct 1916 . Woodmen of the World SHAFFER Daniel 5 Jan 1894 12 Oct 1928 . . SHAFFER Emory 18 Apr 1901 4 Jul 1927 . . HECHLER Wilbur D. 1914 1917 . . HATTER Dorothy A. 2 Jul 1905 17 Jul 1921 . . FOUST Clarence R.* 8 Oct 1916 5 Jan 1918 2y 2m 27d [* middle initial could be different] IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/paint/smcems/SHAFFER-CEMETERY3.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLD SHAFFER CEMETERY PENROD Ida A 22 Oct 1873 28 Mar 1914 . w/o of D.* E. Penrod [*is smudged but looks like a D] R S.K.S . 20 Nov 1846 84y . SHAFFER Susan 25 Oct 1825 2 Sep 1812* . *1812 could be 1912 UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked UNKNOWN . . . . not marked 46 graves