Cemeteries: WPA Records of Hess Cemetery, Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Hess Cemetery
    Survey Date:            circa 1948
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Stonycreek Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated in Stonycreek Twp., Somerset Co., PA.  
                            In the field near the barn on the farm of Harry Miller.
  
  * Left-of-surname = Veteran
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME   BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED      INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    HESS        Henry        23 Sep 1757   23 Apr 1831   73y 7m        .
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             uninscrirbed
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             uninscrirbed
    ASHRICK     Elizabeth    .             2 Nov 1846    29y 5m 11d    consort of Peter Ashrick
    ASHRICK     Peter        .             10 Apr 1860   43y 2m 15d    .
    MILLER      Isaac W.E.   .             15 Oct 1889   .             .
    MILLER      Jennie A.    .             5 Feb 1884    .             .
    MILLER      Jefferson    .             18 Jan 1892   .             .
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             not inscribed
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             not inscribed
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             not inscribed
    UNKNOWN     Adult        .             .             .             not inscribed
    UNKNOWN     Child        .             .             .             not inscribed
    ZIGLER      John         .             1 Nov 1858    47y 10m 27d   .
    HESS        Magdalena    25 Mar 1758   19 Aug 1831   74y 5m 25d*   *(dates do not agree)
    F---        James        5 Feb 1896    11 Feb 1896   .             .
    UNKNOWN     Grave        .             .             .             not inscribed
    CUSTER      Shannon      Dec 1881      .             .             s/o J.L. Custer
  * KELLER      Levi         .             .             .             Soldier, (said to be buried here)
  
  Total 19 Graves
  J.B.S. & E.C.S. 5 Sep 1948