Washington County PA Archives Cemeteries........................Library Christian Cemetery (partial survey) ************************************************ Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gary L. Caldwell, , December 2012 This page was last updated: 30 December 2012 Library Christian Cemetery Finleyville, Washington County, PA Lat: 40°16'59.82"N, Lon: 80° 2'45.66"W Peters Township Address: 600 Sugar Camp Road Finleyville, PA Directions: From Thompsonville, PA at US-19 N/Washington Rd, Exit onto Valley Brook Rd (East) for 2.2 mi, turn left onto Bebout Rd for 0.6 mi, turn right onto Sugar Camp Rd for 1.5mi, cemetery will be on the left. Also known as: Campbellite Church Cemetery, Cross Road Church Cemetery, and Peters Creek Christian Cemetery. The Christian Church in Peters township, near Library, Pa., was the offspring of the agitation in the Baptist Churches of Western Pennsylvania about the year 1830. A number of members left the Baptist church and formed a congregation of Disciples of Christ at Edward Riggs' house in 1836, consisting at first of six members, to wit: Edward Riggs, James Boyer, Samuel Blackmore, Henry Bennett, Sarah Moore, and Sarah Philips. These persons united themselves together to maintain public worship on every Lord's day according to the order of the primitive church, and were governed by the New Testament alone. In the autumn of 1839 a brick meeting-house was competed on a lot a little east of the site of the present house. In the spring of 1840, Thomas Campbell visited the congregation and set in order the things that were wanting by setting apart Edward Riggs as elder, and James Boyer, Obadiah Higbee, and William Morrison as deacons. On March 7, 1840, John Boyer gave a deed to James Boyer, John Philips, and Edward Riggs, trustees of the Disciple or Christian Church, of a lot containing three thousand square feet, for the consideration of one dollar. The congregation met in the brick house which had been erected on this lot for nineteen years, when, by reason of some fault in construction, it was declared unsafe for meetings. The present frame house was built in 1858. The congregation has been constantly depleted by emigration, and has thus been a feeder for other churches, but it has steadily and quietly held on its course, and received into its fellowship about one hundred and fifty members. The present membership is forty, all of whom are regarded in good standing, and the church is in a peaceful and healthy condition. During the 1937 tombstone readings by the DAR, they noted that the cemetery was in good condition but the church, one of the oldest Christian Churches, was no longer used for services. This data was collected by the DAR in 1937 and found in the genealogy section of the Citizens Library in Washington PA. The burial records may not be complete. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Adams George 20 Nov 1881 83yr Adams Mary 24 Dec 1862 58yr wife of George Sr. Atcheson Elizabeth 1866 1936 Atcheson Emma J. 1861 1916 Atcheson Samuel 30 Dec 1907 Civil War - Co. I, 155th PA Volunteer I Atcheson Sarah J. 1834 1916 Atcheson William L. 1860 1929 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Blackmore Albert 4 Sep 1860 20yr Blackmore Emma 17 Aug 1814 6 Mar 1888 wife of Samuel Blackmore Obediah 30 Jul 1848 20 Jan 1872 Blackmore Samuel 31 Oct 1805 22 Mar 1872 Boyer James 17 Aug 1888 91yr Boyer Mary P. 11 Mar 1890 73yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Chamberlain Anna F. 30 Dec 1866 29 Apr 1900 Chamberlain Cephas 28 Aug 1821 27 May 1894 Chamberlain Demas G. 5 Oct 1860 21 Jan 1903 Chamberlain Mary A. 18 Jan 1832 16 Feb 1897 Chambers Lavinia P. 1841 1901 Chapman Clara 1857 1921 wife of John M. Chapman Jesse 1898 1916 Chapman John M. 1862 1920 Chapman Johnathan D. 1860 1903 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES DeWalt Rachel B. 1852 1905 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Evans Evan Feb 1867 80yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Frye Hettie L. 2 Mar 1859 19 Nov 1886 wife of W.S. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Galley John S. 1842 1902 Galley Mary B. 1842 1904 wife of John S. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Higbee Abigal 7 May 1817 13 Nov 1889 wife of Joseph B. Higbee David 4 Oct 1824 16 Feb 1889 Higbee Elizabeth 27 Apr 1830 23 Jul 1862 Higbee Elizabeth C. 1845 9 Oct 1872 daughter of Joseph P. Higbee Joseph B. 23 May 1812 25 Sep 1892 Higbee Lucinda 16 Oct 1840 3 Jan 1916 Higbee Obediah 6 Jun 1866 85yr Higbee Sarah 6 Jan 1865 90yr Kennedy Elizabeth 1 Jan 1876 47yr wife of James Kennedy James 28 Apr 1892 78yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Lightcap Abigail G. 1859 1917 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Philips Amanda Jun 1846 Aug 1911 Philips Enoch 1837 1871 Philips James B. Aug 1828 Dec 1920 Philips Jane 18 Feb 1879 89yr wife of John Philips John 2 May 1857 85yr Philips Richard 8 May 1889 61yr Philips Sarah H. 18 Apr 1885 52yr wife of James Philips Sarah Higbee 10 Dec 1823 23 Aug 1908 Philips Susan 1836 1927 wife of Enoch Phillips Edward B. 1854 1924 Phillips Etta L. 14 Jun 1868 2 Feb 1890 daughter of R&S Phillips Frederick H. 1872 1931 Phillips Husler R. 1846 1919 Phillips Isabel Ruth 1895 1918 daughter Phillips Mary E. 1854 1924 wife of Edward B. Phillips Mary E. 1835 1892 wife of William M. Phillips Roland J. 1870 1911 Phillips William M. 1826 1911 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Scoles Sarah Higbee 1855 1921 Shrontz Nancy 28 Jun 1830 17 May 1875 wife of T.E. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Tobin Asbery 25 Dec 1858 68yr Tobin Carolin 27 Aug 1885 47yr Wife of George W. Tobin Mary 22 Dec 1816 1 Sep 1898 wife of James Tobin Mary 5 Jul 1852 90yr wife of Asbery Tobin Robert 1835 1912 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Woods Sarah Anna 1856 1908