Templeton Private Cemetery

Location:

South of Rt. 304, Jackson Twp., Snyder Co.

History:

"This cemetery is … between New Berlin and Dry Valley … across from the Dairy Farm [sic, now Moyers' egg farm] on the main road. In 1915 there were about 36 headstones, all of native limestone … There were possibly buried here St. Clairs, Hunters, VanValzahs, and Templetons." Many years ago a farm road was run through the cemetery and the tombstones were leaned against a tree. These few legible stones are still there, although the road itself is now abandoned. - Lontz, Union Co., Pa., 1865-1965, 1966, p. 142.

Source of Inscriptions:

Dr. C. DeEtte Edgett, (Lontz,) 10 October 1915.
Finsterbush & Swanger, 1994, 1998.

Inscriptions:

B., J., d. 1801; 39 y., 7 m., 19 d.
C., J., 1825; 3 y., 11 m., 25 d.
L., [?], d. 1823; 29 y., 1 m., 10 d.
L., M., Feb. 9, 1817.