Cemeteries: WPA Records of Miller Burial Ground #3, Summit Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Miller Burial Ground #3
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Summit Township
    Cemetery Location:      Old abandoned burial ground on the farm now owned by William Bowman, 
                            in a field at the western side of Hunterick hill, 
                            just below the old trolley right-of-way, and is now cultivated over.  
                            Said to contain the body of one of Daniel Gnageys children, 
                            and several other bodies now forgotten, 
                            also the bodies of Mrs. Hostetler, 
                            Peter Miller and wife and Mrs. Samuel R. Fike, 
                            which were removed to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA. A number of years ago. 
                            Situated about 8 or 10 rods south of the Samuel J. Miller school house.
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAM         BIRTH-DATE   DEATH-DATE   AGE/AGED   INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    GNAGEY*     Child             .            .            .          *said to contain, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    UNKNOWN*    .                 .            .            .          *said to contain other bodies forgotten, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    HOSTETLER   Mrs.              .            .            .          *said to contain, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    MILLER      Peter             .            .            .          *said to contain, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    MILLER      Peter, Mrs.       .            .            .          *said to contain, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    FIKE        Samuel R., Mrs.   .            .            .          *said to contain, removed eventually to Union Cemetery in Meyersdale, PA
    PEIFER      Gustaf            .            .            .          A young man who was killed while opening a coal mine in the neighborhood and whose body was never
    ~           ~                 ~            ~            ~          ...removed. When the casket was closed the mother rapped on the lid and bid
    ~           ~                 ~            ~            ~          ...her son a last farewell, just before it was lowered into the grave.
    ~           ~                 ~            ~            ~          ...This was one of the first mine accidents in the Meyersdale region from
    ~           ~                 ~            ~            ~          ...Wm. S. Miller.