Cemeteries: WPA Records of Oldham Graveyard, Shade 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: Catherine Yoder 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: Oldham Graveyard Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Shade Township Cemetery Location: Situated in Shade Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. Located on a farm formerly owned by William Oldham, at Crumb. Now the property of Richland Township Water Co., Windber Pa. The graveyard a private one, lies on a hillside, about one quarter mile northeast of the old barn. * Left-of-surname = Veteran IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/shade/smcems/OLDHAM-GRAVEYARD1.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRICK Isiah . . . . HELBIG Rufus . . . HELBIG (family marker) HELBIG Mary 1880 1921 . w/o Rufus Helbig OLDHAM Berthail . 28 Aug 1898 2m 28d d/o J. & A.E. Oldham; Budded on earth to bloom in heaven OLDHAM Alda E. . 27 May 1898 23y 2m 17d w/o Jesse Oldham; Gone but not forgotten (Crown of thorns on stone). UNKNOWN child . . . not marked UNKNOWN child . . . not marked UNKNOWN child . . . not marked * HANKENSON Solomon . 17 Sep 1897 61y 8m Co. F. 206 Regt. Pa. Vol. * UNKNOWN adult . . . not marked; (Civil War Vet) ROYER Eliza E. 20 Apr 1848 24 - 1904 . . CRUM Jesse 1849 19-- . CRUM (family stone) Father CRUM Miriam 1854 1923 . Mother LOHR Gladis B. 9 Apr 1900 9 Apr 1900 . Gone to be an angel UNKNOWN adult . . . not marked UNKNOWN adult . . . not marked SMITH Abia . 17 Mar 1901 25y 9m 26d w/o Sam. S. Smith; God gave, He took, He will restore, He doeth all things well LOHR Maggie B. 26 Sep 1873 4 Mar 1916 . . FELIX Amanuel 1845 1894 . . FELIX Sarah 1853 1926 . . IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/shade/smcems/OLDHAM-GRAVEYARD2.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FELIX Irvin B. 1893 1900 . . FELIX Samuel . 17 Aug 1876 19y 21m 22d s/o J. & E. Felix; Dearest Brother, Thou hast left us, here the loss we deeply feel, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...but tis God that has be-reft us, he can all sorrows heal FELIX Polly . 9 Feb 1854 8y 1m d/o J. & E. Felix FELIX Anniel . . . (no dates) YOUNG Barbara . 25 Oct 1881 72y 3m 15d . YOUNG Casper . 1 Apr 1883 64y 9m 29d . YOUNG Issac . 8 Sep 1909 85y In the Lord Jesus I have put my trust. YOUNG Hannah 1836 10 Apr 1915 79y w/o Issac Young; Her tolls are past, here work is done, she fought the fight, the victory won. YOUNG Emily 16 Jul 1890 28 Sep 1911 . d/o J. & M. Young YOUNG Ida B. . 25 Feb 1886 2y 9m 26d He took Thee from a world of care. LAPE Mary . 25 Nov 1859 30y 1m 10d w/o Abram Lape FELIX Peter . 14 Jul 1856 65y in the 65th year of his life FELIX Polly . 18 Apr 1884 83y 6m 16d w/o Peter Felix; Our Mother CRUM Josephine . 10 Apr 1898 3y 5m 29d d/o J. & M. Crum; Gone to be an angel FELIX Anne . 31 Aug 1863 3y 2m 16d d/o G.R. & A.C. Felix; In memory of IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/shade/smcems/OLDHAM-GRAVEYARD3.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FELIX Ellen . 9 Sep 1863 5y 2m 18d . GLOSS George . 21 Mar 1838 about 70y . GLOSS Barbara . 9 Jan 1852 77y 3m 23d . OLDHAM Elizabeth . 13 Apr 1864 77y 3m 23d w/o Sm. Oldham WAGNER Ollie M. 1891* 1833* . *either they reversed the years or error in death year