Washington County PA Archives, Old Quaker Cemetery, East Finley Township, Washington County, PA ************************************************ Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/ ************************************************ Files contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gary L. Caldwell, , December 2017 This page was last updated: 10 December 2017 Old Quaker Cemetery East Finkey Township 40.06543, -80.35534 Directions: From Washington, PA, take Interstate 70 toward Wheeling, Take exit 6 for Pennsylvania 231 toward Claysville,Turn right onto Valley View Rd, Turn right onto Sunset Rd/S Sunset Beach Rd, Turn right onto Chapel Hill Rd, Slight right onto Raspberry Rd/T470, Turn right onto Quaker Ridge Rd. Cemetery is 0.2 mi on the left Background: The first building known to have been used in East Finley township for religious worship was the Quaker meeting-house, built in 1797. It was a simple log house, which also did duty as a school-house. In the year 1800, during the term of school taught by Mr. Heaton, this building was burned, and the society was without a regular place for services until 1803, when a house of hewed logs was erected. The most prominent members in this Friends' meeting were Robert, Joseph, and Samuel England, Enoch Vansyock, Isaac Elliott, and their families. The organization was never a strong one, and when many of the members moved to Ohio and other Western States it gradually died out. Samuel England, an old gentleman of more than eighty years, is the only Friend remaining in this part of Washington County. Their last meeting in this vicinity was held more than forty years ago, July 14, 1841. (Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882). Transcribed by Gina Nestor of Canonsburg, PA in March 1998 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES England George 7 Apr 1860 46 yr 9mo 29da England Martha P. No dates wife of George England England Mary 7 Oct 1844 9 Apr 1886 England Samuel 12 Dec 1800 9 Jan 1885 England Tracy 6 Aug 1874 79yr England Enlow Eleanor 5 May 1849 63yr 3mo 16 day Enlow Henry 27 Jan 1837 61yr 4mo 5da LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Mount Drucilla 1900 Mount John 8 Mar 1843 83yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Scherich Abraham 14 Dec 1899 42yr 5mo 16da Scherich Abraham Unreadable son of A.J. Scherich Scherich Christian 19 Feb 1851 16yr 6mo 9da son of A.J. Scherich Scherich Joanna 8 Sep 1831 42yr 7mo 22da wife of Matthew Scherich Scherich Lydia 10 Mar 1842 12yr 15mo 17da Scherich Martha Ann 1850 10yr 6mo daughter of A.D.J. Scherich Smith Moses 18 Sep 1852 4yr 9mo 11da son of Ebenezar and Fanny Smith LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Vansoyog Enoch 17 Apr 1877 8yr son of Moses and Mary Vansoyog (as Vansoyog Mary 11 Aug 1870 79yr 7mo 11da wife of Moses Vansoyog Vansoyog Moses 1 Jul 1859 66yr 3mo 10da LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES W (unknown) Anne A. 1842 No dates