Cemeteries: WPA Records of Downey Cemetery, Stonycreek 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: Jean Wall 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: Downey Cemetery (originally known as Kimmel Cemetery) Survey Date: circa 1934 State: Pennsylvania County: Somerset City/Town/Township: Stonycreek Township Cemetery Location: Situated at Village of Downey Pa., Stoneycreek Twp., 2 1/2 miles N.E. of Roxbury, PA. * Left-of-surname = Veteran IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/stonycreek/downey-kimmel/DOWNEY-CEMETERY1.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COBAUGH Child . . . small grave, stone marker SMUCKER Child . . . small grave, stone marker MILLER Susan Stull . 14 Apr 1892 55y 1m 20d d/o P.C. & R.Miller MILLER Rebecca . 28 Aug 1888 74y 3m 12d w/o P.C. Miller MILLER Peter C. . 10 Jun 1878 70y 1m 1d . MILLER Louis D. . 8 Oct 1884 12y 7m 29d s/o J.L. & M.J. Miller MILLER Elsie B. . 20 Feb 1885 . infant d/o J.L. & M.J. Miller GARDEN Franklin G. . 17 Mar 1894 13y 5m 28d Jos. A.C. Ringler RINGLER Zachariah . 17 Jan 1864 9y 28d s/o Jeremiah & Julian Ringler RINGLER Mary A. . . . w/o Jeremiah Ringler SCHMICKER Aaron, Mrs. . . . (Was Garden, mother of Franklin Garden) MUSSER Edward, Mr. . . . no marker MUSSER Edward, Mrs. . . . no marker COBAUGH Silas, Mrs. . . . no marker ROSS Ida S. . 6 Jan 1883 18y 2m 5d w/o J.W. Ross (first body buried in cemetery) HILLEGASS James A. 8 Sep 1844 30 Mar 1928 . . IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/stonycreek/downey-kimmel/DOWNEY-CEMETERY2.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HILLEGASS Katie A. 4 Nov 1848 20 Apr 1890 . . HILLEGASS Susan Henrietta 25 Jul 1871 28 Dec 1895 . . HILLEGASS Anna Grace 1880 1912 . . KIMMEL Orin A. 1869 1921 . . KIMMEL Alverta 1870 ---- . . KIMMEL Jonathan E. . 2 Jan 1866 3y 3m 21d s/o J. & S. Kimmel KIMMEL Charles A. . 16 Dec 1875 1y 8d s/o J.G. & H.M. Kimmel KIMMEL Vida M. . 31 Mar 1885 25y 8m 21d w/o J.L. Kimmel KIMMEL Josiah 22 May 1824 21 Dec 1903 . . KIMMEL Susan 5 Nov 1829 6 Oct 1916 . His wife KIMMEL Jacob G. 21 Sep 1850 18 Dec 1932 . . KIMMEL Abra R. 18 Oct 1848 16 Jun 1919 . . KIMMEL Sarah G. 1841 1927 . . KIMMEL Foster G. 1881 1898 . . KIMMEL Elizabeth 1840 1871 . . KIMMEL Jonathan J. 1839 1928 . . BOYER Charles E. . 4 May 1897 23y 4m 4d s/o George C. & Kate Boyer IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/stonycreek/downey-kimmel/DOWNEY-CEMETERY3.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOYER George G. 1847 1928 . . BOYER Catharine W. 1853 1922 . . BOYER Susan E. 1870 1923 . . BOYER Esther S. . 19 May 1913 89y 8m 7d w/o Geo J. Boyer BOYER George J. . 2 Apr 1904 87y 2m 5d . BOYER Wilcus . 4 Apr 1898 . s/o J.E. & M.A. Boyer BOYER Lottie B. . 7 Feb 1906 6y 9m 27yd d/o J.E. & M.A. Boyer SHANK William S. 27 Aug 1865 . . . SHANK Ephemic F. 13 Apr 1864 23 Oct 1909 . his wife SPEICHER John D. . 22 Jun 1902 4y 5m 3d s/o J. & B. Speicher BOYER Peter S. . 3 Sep 1889 31y 2m 10d . BOYER Elizabeth . 11 Oct 1896 52y 2m 17d w/o John G. Boyer BOYER John G. . 11 May 1899 57y 25d . BOYER Daniel 1852 1929 . . WEAVER Henry . 5 May 1925 79y 9m 2d . KIMMEL Rebecca B. . 19 Nov 1895 1y 6m 18d d/o E.H. & L. Kimmel IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/stonycreek/downey-kimmel/DOWNEY-CEMETERY4.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STULL Jacob F. . 21 Feb 1887 9y 6m 12d s/o G. & S. Stull STULL Joseph A. 16 Feb 1851 3 Sep 1922 . . STULL Susan 9 May 1843 1 Jan 1933 . His Wife STULL Herbert E. . 23 Mar 1891 7y 2d s/o J. & S. Stull STULL Harriet . 8 Dec 1906 77y 9m 7d . STULL Henry . 1 Feb 1898 70y 8m 17d . WALKER Minnie . 14 May 1890 20y 4m 15d w/o Frank L. Walker SCHMUCKER Aaron 21 May 1841 10 Apr 1918 . . SCHMUCKER Mary 30 Jul 1843 16 May 1899 . w/o Aaron Schmucker GORNDON Maggie . 15 Mar 1896 11y 28d* [*age is typed over could be 11m 28d] * BURKET John L.C. 1828 1916 . Civil War Vet. BURKET Sarah J. 1850 19-- . His wife LING Susan . 2 Jan 1901 81y 8m 27d w/o Phillip Ling REITZ Ella N. . 2 Mar 1898 38y 28d w/o J.J. Reitz SPEICHER Amelia . 22 Jun 1896 75y 3m 9d . SPEICHER Mary . 22 Apr 1900 66y 11m 26d w/o Jacob J. Speicher IMAGE-URL: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/wpa/stonycreek/downey-kimmel/DOWNEY-CEMETERY5.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME BIRTH-DATE DEATH-DATE AGE/AGED INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEICHER Jacob J. . 30 Apr 1911 75y 6m 6d . SHANK Harold H. 1925 1925 5m 6d . RINGLER Jeremiah 16 May 1832 3 Oct 1923 91y 4m 17d . RINGLER Julian . 31 Jan 1874 41y 9m 26d w/o Jeremiah Ringler MEYERS Irvin G. 18 Sep 1870 ---- . . MEYERS Susan A. 24 Dec 1870 15 Mar 1915 . His Wife MEYERS Samuel 6 Feb 1845 6 Oct 1918 . . MEYERS Ellen . 9 Oct 1918 . His Wife MEYERS Martin S. 16 Jul 1868 28 Apr 1918 . . Total 75 Graves