Cemeteries: WPA Records of John Younkin Family Grave Yard, Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          John Younkin Family Grave Yard
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Upper Turkeyfoot Township
    Cemetery Location:      Located on hill above Kingwood, on old Humbert Road on farm now owned by Harry Nicolow. 
                            In Upper Turkeyfoot Twp., Somerset Co., PA
  
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    LAST-NAME    FIRST-NAME      BIRTH-DATE      DEATH-DATE      AGE/AGED        INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    YOUNKIN      Susie           9 Oct 1862      3 Jun 1811      .               .
    YOUNKIN      Freeman         13 Apr 1850     29 Feb 1898     .               .
    YOUNKIN      Belinda         5 Jul 1844      29 Dec 1912     .               .
    YOUNKIN      Ida M.          .               8 Jan 1895      2y 9m 25d       d/o F. & B. Younkin
    YOUNKIN      Mary Ann        .               11 Aug 1871     19y 8m* 13d     d/o H.& S. Younkin [*months is faded, could be 2, 8 or different]
    YOUNKIN      Nessley         .               18 Jun 1854     6y 6m 21d       s/o H. & S. Younkin
    YOUNKIN      Mary J.         26 Jan 1871     3 Sep 1915      .               .
    SMITH        Hannah          1 May 1813      19 Mar 1883     .               w/o G.N. Smith
    SMITH        Garrison N.     23 Apr 1809     23 Feb 1879     .               .
    KUHLMAN      Louisa          .               9 May 1855      20y             consort of J.F. Kuhlman
    UNMARKED     Adult           .               .               .               Not Marked
    FIRESTONE    Unknown         .               .               .               (Isaac Firestone's Mother) Not marked
    UNMARKED     Adult           .               .               .               Not Marked
    UNMARKED     Adult           .               .               .               Not Marked
    (HARE)       Child           .               .               .               Not Marked
    HARE         Susan           .               8 Nov 1846      16y 11m 15d     d/o Robert & Mary Hare. She gained the port in triumph Where all the ships company meet
  
  
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    LAST-NAME    FIRST-NAME      BIRTH-DATE      DEATH-DATE      AGE/AGED        INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    ~            ~               ~               ~               ~               While nature weeps Dear Susan sleeps
    UNMARKED     .               .               .               .               (Very Old) Not Marked
    YOUNKIN      John            6 Feb 1787      12 Dec 1839     52y 10m 6d      .
    YOUNKIN      Molly           .               14 Nov 1870     85y             .
    YOUNKIN      Jonas H.        .               3 Aug 1855      30y 13d         .
    YOUNKIN      Henry           .               12 Jun 1831     48y             .
    UNMARKED     .               .               .               .               Not Marked
    UNMARKED     Child           .               .               .               Not Marked
    UNMARKED     Child           .               .               .               Not Marked
    UNMARKED     .               .               .               .               19 more graves not marked, very much out of line. Probable evidence of
    ~            ~               ~               ~               ~               Öhurried burials of diptheria epidemic victims.
  
  Total 46 graves