Cemeteries: WPA Records of Old Graveyard on Ross Younkin Farm, Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Old Graveyard on Ross Younkin Farm
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Upper Turkeyfoot Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated on Ross Younkin Farm, Somerset Road, 1 1/2 miles west of Kingwood, Upper Turkeyfoot Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. 
                            Farm originally owned by Forward [sic?] Younkin.
  
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    LAST-NAME    FIRST-NAME      BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED     INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    SLATT        Susan C.        .             18 Aug 1848   75y 1m 26d   .
    KING         Rebecca         .             4 Apr 1845    3y 1m 28d    d/o S.& S. King
    MAY          Peter A.        .             15 Jul 1862   9m 3d        s/o P.& S. May
    DWIRE        Catherine, J.   .             2 Jul 1883    85y 5m       [initial J. located after last name]
    UNKNOWN      Adult           .             .             .            Not Marked
    UNKNOWN      Child           .             .             .            Not Marked
    KING         Susannah        4 May 1811    27 Nov 1834   23y 6m 23d   In memory of; w/o Thomas King. Vain word forever to you Heaven is my native air
    ~            ~               ~             ~             ~            ...I bid my friends a short adieu Impatient to be there. (Bear at top of stone)
    WEHIER       Cyrus           .             14 Aug 1843   10y 3m 6d    s/o J.& C. Wehier
    DWIRE        Shapet          .             12 Jul 1868   72y 2m 26d   .
    YOUNKIN      Catherine       .             7 Aug 1843    80y 9m 23d   Consort of Frederick Younkin
    LEIGHLITER   Jemima C.       .             4 Feb 1826    38y          In Memory Of
  
  
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    LAST-NAME    FIRST-NAME      BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED     INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    KING         Sarah           10 Feb 1807   29 Jul 1854   44y 5m 19d   consort of Thomas King
    BOUCHER      Elizabeth       .             Oct 1850      86y          w/o John Boucher
    YOUNKIN      Frederick       .             7 Aug 1843    80y 9m 23d   In Memory Of
    MAY          Adam F.         .             15 Aug 1861   9m 14d       s/o F.& S. May
    YOUNKIN      Frederick       .             20 Aug 1862   8y 6m 2d     s/o F.F.& S. Younkin
    BROUCHER     Caroline        .             Oct 1854      8y 6m 2d     d/o J.& E. Broucher
    BOUCHER      Elizabeth       .             Oct 1851      36y          w/o John Boucher
    UNKNOWN      .               .             .             .            There were about 30 graves in this cemetery, nearly all the marked stones were down,
    ~            ~               ~             ~             ~             ...and some piled along the broken-down stone fence.
  
  Total 48 graves