Westmoreland County PA Archives Cemetery Transcriptions.....Hay (Shaffer) Private Cemetery - (partial survey)
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HAY (SHAFFER) PRIVATE CEMETERY,
Mount Pleasant Township,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania.

HISTORY OF HAY (OR SHAFFER) Private Cemetery
This old cemetery is situated in Mount Pleasant Township, 
Westmoreland County, at the forks of the road originally 
known as Clay Pike, and just off the Main Wagon Road, 
traveled by the Stage Coaches from Pittsburg to Cumberland, 
over which drovers drove herds of cattle, sheep and turkeys 
shortly after the War of the Revolution. The latter part of 
1834, Daniel Hay purchased the farm on which the cemetery is 
located. He is the son of Michael & Elizabeth Young Hay, 
and was born November 15, 1807. He married Catharine 
Friedline, who was born February 21st, 1813. Both bodies 
rest in this private cemetery, together with two children, 
who died young; also, a second wife of Daniel Hay, Margaret 
Stairs Hay. Daniel Hay was the owner and proprietor of the 
Old Tavern known as “Ye Ole Hay Tavern”, where the drovers 
with their herds would put-up for the night. Many of his 
descendents still live in Westmoreland County. The 1867 
Atlas of Westmoreland County, By S.N. & D.G. Beers 
Surveys, and published by A. Pomeroy, shows the following as 
owners of the various farms in the vicinity of the Cemetery, 
D. Hay Hotel; P. Hays; D. Hay Saw-mill; J. Harman; W. Hays; 
D. May; L.H. May; J. May; Mrs. Stimmel; Shaw Estate.

Descendents of these families are buried within the little 
private burial ground. The Cemetery tombstone inscriptions 
show a burial as late as 1928. However, it is in very bad 
condition, and inaccessible by road, due to the fields being 
cultivated annually, grains of various kinds being harvested 
therefrom. The farm is partly owned (being originally 
one-thousand acres) by Mr. Jesse M. Hays, Acme, Westmoreland 
County, Pa. The old tavern has been dismantled, which was 
built of logs and stone, and replacing it is a beautiful 
stone home of Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Halle; Mrs. Halle is 
a daughter of Mr. Jesse M. Hays, and she is a Member of 
Braddock Trail Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, Mount Pleasant, Penna.

These Tombstone Inscriptions were copied by Miss Almette 
Pearl Gay and her Mother, August 31, 1947 and typed by Miss 
Almetta Pearl Gay, #273 East Crawford Avenue, Connellsville, 
Penna. As a contribution from Braddock Trail Chapter, 
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 
Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

Row nearest fence, next to Donegal

#1 NICHOLS Mary 1812 - 1905 Tall square monument

#2 COLE Susan 1839 - 1899 Same marker Foot marker - Susan 
and M.N.

#3 MAY Catharine Our Mother Born May 4, 1826 - Died Oct 4, 
1899, Aged 73 Yrs 3 Mos “On that immortal shore, we shall 
meet and part no more.”

#4 MAY Levi H. Our Father Born March 8, 1823 Died February 
7, 1894, Aged 70 Years, 10 Mos 29Ds Foot markers C.M. And 
L.H.M.

#5 CRISE Samuel V. 1848 - 1920

#6 CRISE Solomon 1827 - 1910

#7 CRISE Elizabeth Our Mother Born May 8, 1828 - Died 
January 7, 1905

#8 HARCOM Catharine Born May 5, 1863 Died May 29, 187? Gone 
but not forgotten

#10 CRISE Wm. F. 1858 - 1876

#11 MAY Ada B., Dau of L.S. And M.J. May Died December 12, 
1891, Aged 6 Yrs 11 Mos 21 Ds

#12 MAY Mary C., Dau of L.S. And M.J. May Died March 5, 
1895, Aged 8 Mos 9 Ds

#13 MAY MAY Mary J. : Lewis 1863 - 19 : 1860 - 1928 Mother : 
Father

#14 Field stone not legible

#15 Stone not legible

#16 Stone not legible

#17 HAYS John A., Died Oct 9, 1856, Aged 52 Yrs 10 Ms 1 Da 
Masonic Emblem on monument

#18 HAYS Nancy, Wife of John A. Born May 10, 1789 Died May 
10, 1877, Aged 88 Years 6 Mos Balance not legible

#19 HAYS C. H. Hays Co. G 34 Pa. Ing. GAR Marker

#20 G. A. H. Balance not legible

#21 Very old stone, not legible

#22 Very old stone not legible

#23 McFARLAND Tomb - To the memory of John R. McFarland Who 
was born Aug 30, 1778 and departed this life February 20, 
1832, Aged 55 Yrs 6 Mos 10 Ds Blessed are the dead who die 
in the Lord, They rest from their labor and their works do 
follow them.

#24 Not legible

#25 HAY George A. Hay Died Oct 3, 1835 Aged 28 Yrs 1 Mos 19 
Ds

#26 Field stone

#27 Field stone

#28 Field stone

#29 GAR Marker no headstone

#30 HAYS Sarah Campbell, Consort of Abraham Hays CAMPBELL 
Died August 26, 1835, Aged 59 Yrs 5 Mos Inscription not 
legible (Some German writing)

#31 HAYS Abraham Hays Died June 20, 1841, Aged 69 Years 8 Ds

#32 Katheryn A., Wife of Byerly Died Sept 21, Aged 21 Years 
8 Mos 15 Ds Stone broken in two, balance not legible

#33 HAY Catherine Hay, Consort of Daniel Hay Died February 
22, 1857, Aged 44 Yrs 9 Ms 11 Ds Our Mother here lies 
underground The dearest friend we never found, But thru the 
Lord's Unbounded Love, We'll meet again in Realms above.

#34 HAY Daniel J., Son of Daniel and Catherine Hay Born Sept 
7, 1840 Died December 13, 1854

#35 HAY Barbara Eliza, Dau of Daniel and Catherine Hay Born 
December 16, 1842 Died February 20, 1848

#36 HAY Margaret Stairs Hay, 2nd Consort of Daniel Hay 
STAIRS Born October 6, 1824 Died 1884

#37 HAY Daniel Hay Born Nov 15, 1807 Died 1872

#38 MAY John, In memory Died July 18, 1845, Aged 58 Yrs 1 Mo 
2 Ds

#39 LANGABAUGH C. H. 1861 - 1914

#40 LANGABAUGH C. N. Born March 5, 1811 - Died January 17, 
1890

#41 LANGABAUGH Nancy, Wife of C.N. Langabaugh Died April 25, 
1851, Aged 39 Yrs 9 Ms 7 Ds Balance not legible

#42 GAR Marker - no monument

#43 NICHOLAS Isadore Nichols

#44 Field stone

#45 Field stone

#46 Fieldstone

#47 ZEILINE Tall square marked inscription on two sides not 
legible Our Mother Julia A. Died January 13, 1904, Aged 63 
Yrs 10 Mos 21 Ds

#48 Field stone

#49 ZILINE George, In memory Died October 10, 1859, Aged 66 
Yrs 11 Mos 24 Ds

#50 ZILINE Anna G. Died September 2, 1848, Aged 60 Yrs 4 Mos 
23 Ds

#51 Old stone not legible

#52 Old stone not legible

#53 Old stone not legible

#54 Old stone not legible

#55 Old stone not legible


[Source: TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS of CEMETERIES in Cook, 
Donegal, East Huntingdon, Hempfield, Mount Pleasant, and 
Unity Townships, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Presented 
to Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, 
D C, and to Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, by Braddock Trail Chapter of the National 
Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Mount 
Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Charlotte Hay Beard (Mrs R Edwards), 
Regent , November 1st, 1947]