Cemeteries: WPA Records of Burkholder Cemetery (#1), Summit Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Burkholder Cemetery (#1)
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Summit Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated in Summit Twp., on farm formerly owned by Cornelius Burkholder 
                            in a field north and above the barn about 40 rods at the edge of the woods 
                            and about 1/2 from the Cross Roads Church of the Brethern.
  
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    LAST-NAME     FIRST-NAME    BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE      AGE/AGED      INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    BURKHOLDER    Mary E.       .             24 Dec 1903     23y 3m 10d    .
    BURKHOLDER    Elizabeth     .             6 May 1907      17y 4m 27d    .
    BURKHOLDER    Annie E.      .             26 Aug 1866     2y 4m 5d      d/o N. & C. Burkholder
    BURKHOLDER    Noah          .             23 Jul 1883     63y 9m        Rest Father Rest in Quiet Sleep While Friends in Sorrow Oer Thee Weep.
    BURKHOLDER    Caroline      .             19 Dec 1890     60y 7m        w/o Noah Burkholder.  She died as she lived trusting in God
    BURKHOLDER    Ada V.        .             11 Dec 1897     7d            .
    BURKHOLDER    Cornelius     1851          1927            .             .
    BURKHOLDER    Malinda       1859          1938            .             w/o of Cornelius Burkholder
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Child         .             .               .             Not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    UNKNOWN       Adult         .             .               .             Native stone not inscribed
    .             .             .             .               .             *In this cemetery are said to be buried members of the Briskey Family
    ~             ~             ~             ~               ~             and possibly David Griffith who died in 1799 and first wife.
    BRISKEY*      Family        .             .               .             .
    GRIFFITH*     David         .             1799            .             .
    GRIFFITH*     Wife          .             .               .             first wife of David Griffith
    BRISKEY*      William       .             17 Jan 1859     42y 9m 29d    Probably Jan 17, 1859
    BURKHOLDER    Catherine     .             8 Aug 1866      1y 6m 21d     d/o Noah Burkholder
  
  Total 21 graves
  E.C.S 12 Jul 1934