Fayette County Genealogy Project

Upper Middletown United Methodist Cemetery - Menallen Twp.

Compiled from records by Jane McCann Walsh and E. M. Whetsel

After lamenting for a number of years that no accurate record of this cemetery existed, in the summer of 2002, we undertook the task of cleaning, reading, re-reading and photographing each headstone in the cemetery. Additionally, obituaries, County Death Records and a few remaining fragments of church records were used to compile, what we believe to be, the  only accurate recording of this historic cemetery.

 

The earliest burial that can be documented by a headstone that is still standing is that of Zechariah Johnson, September 29, 1833. However, the church, and probably the cemetery, was in existence as early as 1784, known as the Methodist Episcopal Meeting House.

 

In 1835, the land on which the church and cemetery stood, was part of a 6+ acre plot owned by Daniel and Susan Jordan Whetsel. Daniel and Susan Whetsel sold the land that year. However, the land on which the church and cemetery stood, as well as an access road to the plot, was specifically excluded from the sale. No record exists in the Fayette County Courthouse that indicates that ownership of the church and cemetery was ever transferred to the Methodist (Episcopal) Church.

Surname Given Name(s) Born Died Notes
Archibald Isaiah M 1859 1935
Archibald Sarah J 1859 1948
Anderson Effie 4/15/1900 w/o Noah Anderson
Anderson John 4/8/1900 s/o Noah & Effie Anderson
Barcus B G No Date
Barcus Clarke S 12/16/1857 s/o D H & S J Barcus; 14y 22d
Barcus Daniel H 12/31/1878 Our Father; In the 79th year of his age
Barcus Jane E 12/10/1857 d/o D H & S J Barcus; 16y 6m 14d
Barcus Kizzie No Date
Barcus Massy 09/02/1898
Barcus Mercy 09/02/1895
Barcus Richard 12/26/1844 5y 6m
Barkley Josiah 02/25/1895 Age 57y 6m 27d
Barkley Mary Ann 12/25/1836 8/30/1900 w/o of Josiah Barklay
Barnes Margaret D 1828 1908 Mother
Barnes Westall H 1829 1908 Father
Barnes William A 01/26/1869 s/o W H & M D Barnes; 2y 11m 26d
Barnett Margaret Beam 1866 1942
Beeson Mary 10/24/1850 Aged 48y 11m 27d
Beeson Rezin 10/12/1858 Aged 63y 8m 12d
Beniston Mary A 02/23/1866 2/14/1901 w/o James Beniston
Berry John G 5/20/1902 s/o Samuel & Lyda Berry
Bitner Louie H 1877 1956
Bitner Mary M 1903 1904
Bitner Ralph O 1903 1904
Bitner William P 1875 1933
Black Arthur A 09/21/1885 4/1/1909
Broken 1853 In the 66th year of her age
Brown 1901 1901
Brown Alexander 03/22/1808 01/29/1885
Brown Anna B 1911 1915
Brown Anna Louisa 06/25/1856 10/11/1875 w/o Asahel C Brown
Brown Annie 1881 1925 Mother
Brown Asahel C 03/09/1855 6/8/1917
Brown Belle M 09/10/1858 3/4/1928 w/o Asahel C Brown
Brown Clara Almeda 10/18/1881 6/15/1907
Brown Donald K 1906 1923
Brown James 07/10/1859 04/05/1894
Brown Olive M 1899 1902
Brown Olive M 7/16/1900 d/o Erwin K & Anna B Brown
Brown Ruth C 12/10/1810 04/22/1887 w/o Alex Brown
Brown Sarah A 12/31/1849 d/o A & R Brown; Aged 4m 20d
Brown Walter Stephens 06/07/1888 07/23/1890 Children of A C & B M Brown
Brown William W 1902 1907
Burwell James E 1872 1944
Burwell Nettie 6/30/1900 d/o Henry Barber & Sarah Burwell
Burwell Rachel 1881 1934
Byers Eliza Ellen 11/25/1900 7/25/1901 d/o L L & C C Byers
Byers Elizabeth 7/25/1901 d/o J L & Chine Byers
Carn Kate 06/17/1896
Carroll Violet May 08/24/1898 w/o Chas J Carroll; Age 24y
Coll Samuel Walter 3/1/1904
Cooper Charles H 05/22/1867 s/o J & E Cooper; 30 yrs of age
Cooper Elizabeth 12/11/1807 09/01/1887 w/o John Cooper; Born at Kerton, Lincolnshire, England
Cooper John 02/17/1808 02/04/1878 Born at Brig, England
Cooper William S 02/19/1840 s/o J & E Cooper; 8th year of his age
Craft Daisy B 1889 1915 w/o John A Craft
Craft Eliza J 1850 1929
Craft Florence G 1902 1963
Craft Helen Carol 8/6/1940 1/5/1941 No marker; d/o J A & F G Craft
Craft James R 1875 1972
Craft John A 1886 1962
Craft John H 1848 1925
Craft Ruth H 06/16/1898 d/o William & Hannah Craft
Craft Terri 11/11/1954 11/22/1954 No marker
Craft William W 1910 1973
Davis Samuel 7/5/1913 Co H 16 Regt PA Calvary; 69y
Day Arvilla 03/16/1886 Aged 19y; "Not Dead"
Dean Zadok W 11/14/1890 In his 78th year
Deane Charles Weston 1880 11/19/1902
Deane Henry C 1887 1909
Deane Paul 1855 11/28/1896
Deane Virginia R 1860 1953
Decker John R 10/26/1890 6/19/1962
Decker John Reed 09/13/1849 6/9/1908
Decker Mary I 6/7/1910 11/20/1911 Our Darling
Decker Oliver N 08/17/1896 s/o Frank & Mary Decker
Decker Paul C 1895 1928 Bat F 37 Regt
Decker Ralph G 06/11/1894 s/o John & Isabelle Decker
Decker Ralph Gordan 06/07/1893 01/23/1894
Duff Charles H 04/22/1858 s/o H T & D Duff; 5y 7d
Duff Frank 1/5/1902 Aged 61y
Duff Lydia No Date No Date w/o Frank Duff
Duff Nancy 01/01/1806 10/23/1889 w/o Frances[sic] Duff
Dunn Sarah L 07/01/1881 w/o George Dunn; In her 41st year
Feick Luella A 1901 1944
Feuster Annie H 07/30/1890 d/o J H & Ella Feuster; Aged 8m
Feuster Charles 12/18/1889 Aged 25y 10m 13d
Feuster Ella H 11/14/1910 w/o John H Feuster; Aged 51y
Feuster Elvira Jane 02/11/1882 w/o W C Feaster[sic]; 53y 1m 28d
Feuster Emily Jane ??/??/???? d/o J H & Ella Feuster; _m 8d
Feuster Emma 1864 9/30/1936 w/o Charles J Fuester
Feuster Harry N 05/14/1894 s/o John & Ella Feuster
Feuster John H 12/27/1919 Aged 58y; At Rest
Feuster Ottis 09/05/1896 s/o John & Ella Feuster
Feuster Rhoda A 6/19/1903 w/o William C Feuster
Feuster William C 10/20/1827 8/20/1903
Foulke Archie B 09/02/1871 s/o J B & H J Foulke; 7m 1d
Frakes Edna 1913
Franks James F 1862 1911
Franks Lula M 1869 1910
Fuller Dora E 02/02/1876 11/15/1900
Fuller Elizabeth 12/13/1821 7/1/1906 His wife
Fuller Florence E 1860 1947
Fuller Hannah G 02/18/1860 d/o J & E Fuller; 9y 25d
Fuller Henry 1826 02/21/1899
Fuller James 08/11/1816 02/17/1860
Fuller James Sr 10/07/1844 53y 11m 28d
Fuller James V 02/02/1860 s/o J & E Fuller; 6y 11d
Fuller Joseph 11/27/1857 Aged 36y
Fuller Lavina J 02/25/1860 d/o J & E Fuller; 12y 11m 2d
Fuller Maria J 12/05/1851 9/9/1910
Fuller Mary Ann 10/05/1788 04/18/1874 w/o James Fuller
Fuller Mary M 1832 1930
Fuller Mary S 10/05/1850 d/o J & E Fuller; Aged 1y
Fuller W B 11/16/1895
Grant Annie 03/04/1824 06/09/1852
Grant Jacob 1815 07/07/1858
Gween Adaline 06/27/1899
Gween Mary Adaline 1848 1897
Gween Obediah P 1848 1939
Hazen David No Date No Date Co D 9th Pa Res
Hazen Eliza Ann 06/07/1851 w/o David Hazen; 27y 11m 23d
Hazen Infant 06/04/1854 s/o D & E Hazen; Aged 10d
Hazen Infant 06/09/1854 d/o D & E Hazen; Aged 15d
Hedden Hannah 04/19/1846 w/o James Hedden; 74y 6m 11d
Hedden James 08/12/1851 85y 2m 16d
Hibbard Emma 06/24/1884 w/o P Hibbard; 46y 2m 10d
Hibbard Libbie D 04/06/1851 09/24/1883 w/o J W Hibbard
Hormell Elizabeth A 10/20/1823 11/26/1892 Our Mother
Hormell William 03/09/1827 01/27/1888 Our Father
Hornbeck Joseph F 12/29/1857 s/o J D & H Hornbeck; 4m 20d
Hostetler William M 06/30/1895 s/o William & Rhody Hostetler
Johnson Zechariah 09/29/1833 Aged 23y 9m
Jordan Sarah 12/20/1904 w/o Edward Jordan; 73y 11m 11d
Kelley Esther 11/14/1870 In the 76th year of her age
Kelley Mary J 12/10/1870 9/29/1908
Kelley William P D 03/03/1870 5/27/1926
Kelly James 10/26/1853 s/o J & E Kelly; 20y 2m 27d
Kelly John 10/26/1867 In the 72 year of his age
King Infant 6/14/1907 s/o G E & J King
Kisner Jefferson Civil War
Kisner William R 1859 1911
Krepps George W 1857 1901
Krepps Infant 10/01/1899 d/o JS & Matilda Krepps
Krepps James S 1851 1947
Krepps Lucy Acklin 1866 1934
Krepps Mary E 5/14/1903 d/o James & Matilda Krepps
Krepps Mary J 1824 1911 His wife
Krepps Matilda C 1862 1957
Krepps Wilson S 1827 1859
Lewis Agness D 12/10/1845 d/o J & M Lewis
Lewis Andrew S 01/20/1862 s/o N & E Lewis; 15y 11m 15d
Lewis Anna K 1872 1956
Lewis Carlyle Pvt. WWI
Lewis Charles H 02/14/1862 s/o J & S Lewis; 2y 3m
Lewis Chilnissa C 1869 1951
Lewis Elizabeth 06/08/1869 w/o Nathan Lewis; 73y 10m 19d
Lewis Elizabeth 04/06/1865 w/o Nathan Lewis; Aged 53y 6m 9d
Lewis Elizabeth H 03/04/1890 Aged 67y 6m 24d
Lewis G. Washington 09/23/1813 04/08/1852
Lewis Hannah H 09/04/1831 3/15/1912
Lewis J Wesley 10/18/1865 s/o J & M Lewis; Aged 23y 5m 18d
Lewis James 04/11/1816 08/22/1889
Lewis James P 07/04/1789 01/14/1871
Lewis James W 05/24/1841 s/o N & E Lewis; Aged 2y 1m 16d
Lewis John 06/02/1852 92y 5m 20d; Rev.
Lewis John W 05/01/1840 s/o N & E Lewis; Aged 2y 8m 19d
Lewis Joseph N 04/24/1834 12/31/1911 Corp Co G 16 Pa Vol
Lewis Martha Olive 1866 1943
Lewis Mary 03/08/1857 w/o James Lewis; 42nd yr of her age
Lewis Mary E 02/04/1850 09/15/1851
Lewis Mary Ella 1853 1924
Lewis Nathan 05/18/1875 Aged 85y 7m; Our Father
Lewis Nathan Jr 08/14/1882 71y 1m 15d
Lewis Susan 02/20/1887 7/20/1903 w/o James Lewis
Lewis William A 01/04/1845 s/o N & E Lewis; Aged 2m 20d
Lewis William H 09/20/1840 03/12/1849
Low Joseph H 01/11/1881 s/o J R & R A Low; ?y 1m 2d
M'Colles Mary E 07/03/1858 d/o J & M E M'Colles; Aged 15d
MaCowan Esther 11/05/1800 11/09/1879
Mansell Clayton 1884 1888
Mansell Elizabeth S 1852 1934
Mansell Fulton 1892 1899
Mansell Josiah 10/10/1822 10/2/1912 Rev.
Mansell Malvina H 10/09/1824 04/27/1875 w/o Josiah Mansell
Mansell Thomas H 1853 1925
Marks Susan 01/09/1885 w/o Capt W J Marks; 66th year of her age
McGowan Alexander 1835 1925
McGowan Sarah 1839 1873
Muer Hope Margaret 06/24/1890 w/o Thomas Muer; Aged 45y
Muer Pearl 2/28/1901
Muir Catherine 11/22/1849 d/o R & C Muir; 25y 7m 3d
Muir Julia A 09/26/1851 d/o R & G Muir; 22y 9m 3d
Muir Robert 02/08/1852 68th year of his age
Nelson Allen 12/20/1889
Nicholson Eliza J 2/17/1912 Children of C C & M M Nicholson
Nicholson Elizabeth 3/12/1913 7/12/1913 Children of C C & M M Nicholson
Nickel John 1829 1909
Norris Cora Belle 05/02/1869 08/27/1887
Norris J B 01/14/1841 1/3/1901 Sergt. Co B 85 Pa Vol Inf
Norris M E 01/02/1845 2/20/1920 Mother
Norris Mary Clarrissa 04/18/1874 08/22/1875
O'Neal Edith L 04/05/1898
Osborn Nellie 10/23/1893
Osborne Alonzo E 1875 1948
Osborne Amelia A 10/23/1893 w/o John W Osborne; Aged 25y
Osborne Annie L ??/22/1899 d/o ____ Osborne
Osborne Annie M 11/25/1883 d/o of J & E Osborne; 22y 1m 17d
Osborne Bernice C 1930 1942 d/o Homer & Ruth
Osborne Edna May 11/23/1904 d/o A E & S M Osborne; 2m 8d
Osborne Eliza 1828 1914 Mother
Osborne Evelyn 1920 1939 d/o Alonzo & Stella Osborne
Osborne Ewing 1869 1955
Osborne Glenn M 1902 1981 PFC US ARMY WW II
Osborne Holloway F 1864 1940
Osborne James A 03/11/1899 Father; Died in the 42nd year of his age
Osborne James R 11/09/1887 Aged 64y 10m 24d
Osborne John W 2/17/1910 Aged 57y
Osborne Mary E 03/02/1886 w/o J W Osborne; 33y 9m 11d
Osborne Mary Etta 1861 1934 His wife
Osborne Mary G 10/20/1939 Mother; Died in the 78th year of her age
Osborne May Whetsel 1869 1938
Osborne Stella M 1886 1974
Parker Ella J 03/09/1888 w/o Joseph B Parker; 34y 1m 15d
Parker Margaret A 01/02/1896 d/o John & Mary Fisher
Parker Mary A 8/8/1903
Patterson Charles 1871 1930
Patterson Emeline 12/23/1853 d/o J & S Patterson; Aged 2y 7m
Patterson Henry 08/13/1894
Patterson John S 12/08/1887 s/o S & Mary Patterson; 1y 3m 17d
Patterson John Wilber 6/18/1902 1/3/1903 s/o Charles & Myrtle Patterson
Patterson Myrtle J 1876 1960
Raymond Mary E 03/04/1853 6/21/1901
Raymond Millard F 10/16/1865 10/30/1902
Reed Leonidas A 18/28/1850 4/16/1938
Reed Mary Mansell 07/24/1856 7/1/1943
Roher Andrew 9/22/1904
Rossell Franklin 04/12/1867 10/4/1914
Rossell Infant
Rossell Joseph D 12/30/1894 61st year Co F 11 Regt Pa Res Inf
Rossell Martha A 09/10/1873 w/o J D Rossell; 35y 5m 7d
Rossell Thomas S. 07/31/1877 s/o J B & H Rossell; 7m 20d
Rutter Benjamin 05/04/1804 10/27/1882 Our Father
Rutter Carol W 8/10/1903 d/o G G & E M Rutter; Age 5m 15d
Rutter Charles H ??/??/1887 ??/??/1888
Rutter George W 03/07/1825 03/18/1897
Rutter Leonard C 9/20/1905 s/o G G & E M Rutter; 4y 1m 22d
Rutter Mary 1859 1911
Rutter Mary C 06/26/1862 09/09/1894
Rutter Sallie 09/20/1808 06/14/1881 Our Mother; w/o Benj Rutter
Rutter William 1857 1943
Seese Dalton 11/23/1906 8/29/1907
Seese John P 1873 1941
Seese Mary E 12/21/1904 8/8/1906
Seese Mary K 1880 1958
Shepherd Anna M 7/7/1900
Shepherd Rosetta 12/09/1896 d/o Nelson & Annie Shepherd
Shepherd William N 10/28/1896 s/o Nelson & Annie Shepherd
Silbaugh Dora E 09/21/1877 11/11/1949
Smith Charles 12/8/1900 s/o Edmund & Belle Smith
Smith Charles Marcellus 1894 1908 s/o M E & I Smith
Smith Elizabeth 02/24/1833 7/5/1906 Mother
Smith Isabell Spindler 1864 1937 Mother
Smith Mary Elizabeth 1903 1985
Smith Milford E 1867 1953 Father
Smith Peter 07/17/1897 Father, Age 67y 3m 11d
Smith Stella M 1901 1922
Stephens Ellis C 10/27/1846 1/31/1900
Sutton Alice Ann 08/20/1878 w/o Eugene Sutton; 25y 2m 12d
Thistlewaite Dora 04/16/1868 d/o William Thistlewaite; Aged 2y
Thomas Lydia F 12/20/1868 d/o E & C Thomas; 21y 1m 12d
Thompson Hugh 1838 1907
Thompson Jane Ann 1843 1915
Thorne Annie 1874 1946
Thorne Harry Sr 1872 1929
Thorne John 1865 1925
Vance Eoney 02/17/1885 d/o O G & M F Vance
Vance Jesse C 08/01/1887 s/o O G & M F Vance
Vance Margaret F 05/13/1889 w/o O G Vance; Died in her 35th year
Vance Oliver F 02/21/1884 s/o O G & M F Vance
Vance Oliver G 1852 1935 In loving memory of our father
VanHorn Bernard 1770 1847 I know that my Redeemer liveth.
VanHorn Elizabeth 1777 1853
VanHorn Esther E 1819 1900
Vincent P David 1937 2001
Walter Edith S 1902 1971
Walters Alva M Jr 1914 1917
Walters Alva M Sr 1876 1939 Sgt Co D 10th Rgt Pa Vol
Walters Mary T 1877 1940
Walters Ralph T 1901 1966
Weaver Bertha A 08/17/1897 1/18/1901 d/o G K & M A Weaver
Weaver Mary B 1874 1955 Mother
Wheeler Gavin 10/31/1893 06/15/1897
Wheeler Helen Jane 12/20/1928
Whetsel A J 11/18/1827 05/12/1871
Whetsel Alice A 1877 1965
Whetsel Charles B 1875 1879
Whetsel Charles W 1913 1913
Whetsel Donald 1905 1979 Chaplain
Whetsel Earl C 1895 1958
Whetsel Edna I 1897 1972
Whetsel Elma J 02/02/1844 8/2/1904 Mother; 60y 6m
Whetsel James A 1871 1941
Whetsel Leona L 1904 1987
Whetsel M V 02/13/1837 9/17/1917 Age 80
Whetsel Margaret F 1884 1936
Whetsel Martha A 1882 1967
Whetsel Mary E 1852 1937
Whetsel Mildred 1903 12/17/1904
Whetsel W C 1850 1921
Whitman Elizabeth 10/07/1894
Wilderman Elizabeth A 1880 1912 w/o Charles Wilderman
Wilderman John W 1907 1908
Wilson Elmer E 1871 1928
Wilson Etta F 1875 1940
Wilson George W 1841 1913
Wilson Joseph 4/7/1975 Butch
Wilson Margaret 1864 1919 His wife
Wilson Ray C 2/12/1970
Wood Emmette M 7/21/1910 s/o J H & M M Wood; 1y 2m 18d
Wood John H 1879 1960
________ Lizzie Ann ??/??/????
________ Mary Ann ???? Possibly Osborne