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Mercer County Cemeteries | |
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Mercer County Home Cemetery
Coolspring Township
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| Name | Born | Birthplace | Died | Deathplace |
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| Armour, John B. | 1824 | Pennsylvania | 29 Sep 1907 | Mercer, PA | |
| Bahan, James | 1821 | 9 Apr 1900 | Mercer, PA | ||
| Clingan, Samuel | 1816 | 5 Aug 1886 | Coolspring Twp, Mercer Co., PA | Samuel is said to have been the most comical and distinguished inmate ever admitted. Entry: "Cute, cunning and comical, yet very simple." (Hist of Mercer Co.) | |
| Davis, John | John, a Welshman and an old inmate of the County Home, was aged 83 in 1888. The History of Mercer County, PA reports he was one of the oldest puddlers in the U.S. and began his trade in 1819. Per Wikipedia, a puddler is an occupation in iron manufacturing. Puddling was a process to convert pig iron into wrought iron with the use of a reverberatory furnace. | ||||
| Dunn, James | 1819 | 5 Aug 1901 | |||
| Eaton, Charles | 1829 | 7 Feb 1916 | Coolspring Twp, Mercer Co., PA | ||
| Fath, Elizabeth (Benger) | 16 Oct 1836 | Austria | 26 Jul 1933 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Greggs, John | 1835 | Ireland | 16 Aug 1909 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Hager, David | 1827 | 1 Jun 1900 | |||
| Hartsuff, Harriet | Harriet, from Sandy Lake, was one of the first 14 inmates at thte county home who were received Jan 4, 1853. County Home notes describer her: "The cords and ligaments of her legs are contracted or stiffened so that she cannot walk. She is intelligent and cheerful. 18 yrs old." | ||||
| Hilliard, Mrs. Melinda | 13 Jun 1790 | near Albany, NY | unknown | In 1888, the History of Mercer County, PA book reports Melinda was an inmate at the home and also the oldest person in the county. She was 99 yrs. old. | |
| Ivansirvig, Charles | 1894 | 27 Mar 1923 | |||
| Jewett, Mary | 1853 | 22 Dec 1898 | Mary, from Hickory Twp., was one of the first 14 inmates at the county home who were received Jan 4, 1853. County Home notes describe her: "15 yrs of age, entirely simple, has many traits of the snake, bites herself and is very vicious." | ||
| Kramer, Christ | 1829 | 28 Nov 1908 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | ||
| Loutzenhiser, Jacob | 1837 | 9 Feb 1907 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | ||
| McGuinn, Jane | 1800 | 15 Jun 1897 | |||
| Mitchell, Minerva | 1813 | 18 Nov 1886 | Minerva was the 1st inmate registered at the county home. From Delaware Twp, she was 40 at the time and nearly blind. (Hist of Mercer Co.) | ||
| Nelson, Mary | 1829 | 19 Nov 1899 | |||
| Perry, John | 1805 | 5 Oct 1897 | |||
| Quinby, Jessie | 1851 | Sharon, Mercer Co., PA | 18 Sep 1916 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Roberts, Rebecca | 1827 | 14 Feb 1915 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | ||
| Schumaker, Michael | March 1821 | Germany | 6 Apr 1903 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Thomas, Lewis | Aug 1838 | Wales | 1 Mar 1922 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Uditt, James | 15 Dec 1869 | Croatia | 11 Mar 1944 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | Death Cert states he was born in Jugoslavia |
| Vaughn, John | 27 Dec 1833 | Wales | 27 Jul 1919 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | |
| Woolsey, Alexander | 1843 | 28 Jul 1924 | Coolspring Twp., Mercer Co., PA | ||
| Young, Lydia (Johnson) | 14 Jan 1849 | 19 Mar 1934 | wife of Perry Young | ||
| Zinkovich, Thomas | Jun 1868 | 7 Oct 1935 | |||