Cemeteries: WPA Records of Fike Burial Ground, Summit Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Fike Burial Ground
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Summit Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated on the farm of John P. Saylor, in Summit Twp., 
                            in a field adjoining the buildings south west about 40 rods, near a locust tree.
  
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    LAST-NAME    FIRST-NAME         BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE      AGE/AGED      INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    FIKE         Hiram              .             24 Sep 1886     27y 3m 8d     .
    FIKE         Harvey             .             14 Apr 1864     2y 7m 15d     s/o J.J. & S. Fike
    FIKE         Isaac              .             1 Apr 1857      2y 10m 3d     s/o J. J. & S. Fike
    FIKE         Joel               .             23 Aug 1861     4y 10m 28d    s/o J.J. & S. Fike
    UNKNOWN      Adult              .             .               .             Native field stone marker not inscribed
    (SAYLOR)*    (Barbara Folk)     .             .               .             Adult grave, native field stone marker not inscribed.
    ~            ~                  ~             ~               ~             ...(*that of Barbara, w/o John Saylor, maiden name Barbara Folk of George)
    UNKNOWN      Adult              .             .               .             Not inscribed
    (FIKE)*      Child              .             .               .             Not inscribed (*child of John J. Fike)
    .            .                  .             .               .             .
    .            .                  .             .               .             On the same farm is another cemetery, situated in a small field below
    ~            ~                  ~             ~               ~             ...the road leading to the buildings from the main road, near a thorn tree,
    ~            ~                  ~             ~               ~             ...in which two bodies are buried, not inscribed. One is said to be that of Susan Blocker.
    UNKNOWN      .                  .             .               .             not inscribed
    BLOCKER*     Susan              .             .               .             not inscribed, [*said to be that of]
  
  Total 10 graves