Old Cemetery also known as Salisbury Cemetery

SALISBURY CEMETERY

Known as "Old Cemetery" situated on a hill at the eastern end of Salisbury, Elk Lick Twp. Somerset Co., PA. Local History: This old burial place usually referred to by the town people as "The Old Cemetery on the Hill" to distinguish it from the newer, Odd Fellows Cemetery of Salisbury, is undoubtedly the town's first burial ground. There seems to be no records available to tell us just when the cemetery was started, but the oldest inscribed date of death found there in is 1815. It was in this same year the Peter Shirer, one of the town's founders, built the first store in Salisbury but as the beginning of the town dates back to 1796, it is probable that some of the many uninscribed graves are older than 1815. To get an accurate records of the number of graves here is practically impossible because of the haphazard stone markers, are arranged. In many cases a headstone or a footstone seems to be lacking, and the graves are so spaced that one is likely to mistake the headstone of a child's grave for the footstone of an adult one, or vice versa. Also, there is no way of determining whether the various loose stones, lying about here and there (some inscribed) or leaning against trees, belong to graves yet in the cemetery but no longer evident to the eye, or belong to some of the former graves from which bodies were removed and transferred to the town's newer cemetery. However, it is save to estimate that there are a t least 270 persons buried here, most of them people who died before 1880. There are comparatively few graves after that date, though there are several since 1900, and one in 1933. Two interesting points might be noted in connection with this cemetery. The one is the fact that two or three veterans (the one German born) of the Revolutionary War are found buried here. The other point is the occurrence of a rather striking phenomenon. When the body of one Henry Brewer, an old man, was taken up and removed to another cemetery some years ago, it was found to be completely petrified, and recognizable to former acquaintances. This hardening process had not apparently affected the other bodies that were moved from the cemetery.

Transcribed from the WPA records by Jean Wall

NO	SURNAME		RELATIONSHIP	BORN	DIED	AGED	NOTES
1	JOHNS	Scott		1844	1918		Co. H. 21 Reg. Co. I. 9th Reg. PA. Cav.
2	WELFLEY	Ormanda	wife of R. S. Johns	1850	1933
3	One Infant grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
4	MCKINLEY					77 yrs. 3 days
5	One grave, undertaker's marker.
6	MCKINLEY	Ruhamah				77 yrs. 43 days
7	MCKINLEY	Jeanette			11/19/1927	89 yrs.
8	One child grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
9	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
10	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
11	FADELY	Mary		04/14/1773	12/06/1838	65 yrs. 7 mos. 16 days	In Memory of
12	FADELY	Adam		03/05/1765	02/15/1828	62 yrs. 11 mos. 10 days	In Memory of
13	FADELY	Eve		01/15/1798	02/01/1824	26 yrs. 16 days	In Memory of
14	Five adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
15	Two adult graves, field stone markers, illegible
16	One Infant grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
17	M. M.	(field stone marker)
18	FADELY	Adaline		07/19/1811	03/2/1833	21 yrs. 8 mos. 3 days
19	About three graves, in a quadrangle of trees. Initials on one look somewhat like B.E.B. field ston markers
20	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
21	KLIVES	A.			05/21/1919
22	STRERNER	Elizabeth	wife of Solomon Sterner		08/01/1864	69 yrs. 9 mos. 23 days
23	HEIM	John			07/26/1825	4 yrs.
24	One Infant grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
25	Onc Child grave, field ston marker, not inscribed.
26	C. x D.				1839
27	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
28	DURST	John N.			1815	27 yrs.
29	Three adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
30	Two children's graves, field ston marker, not inscribed.
31	B. O.				07/1899	71 yrs
32	HELM	J.
33	WIMER	Catharie				died age unknown	In Memory of Consort of
34	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
35	WIMER	Martin				77 yrs.	Revolutionary War Veteran
36	KREIDER	David		03/05/1749	02/23/1814	76 yrs. 11 mos. 10 days	Revolutionary War Veteran Born at Manheim Germany
37	Two children's graves, field ston marker, not inscribed.
38	Five adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
39	One Infant grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
40	WEAVER	George			07/01/1878	68 yrs.
41	WEAVER	Harriet	wife of George Weaver		08/09/1894	68 yrs. 5 mos. 14 days
42	WAGNER	Zachariah T.		1848	1924
43	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
44	N.	E.	adult grave
45	Three adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
46	RICHTER	Mary E.	dau. Of Jacob & M. Wagner		07/07/1870	33yrs. 11 mos. 15 days
47	GRIFFITH	Lydia	wife of Jenkin Griffith		04/22/1849	21 yrs. 9 mos. 23 days
48	PENS	Daly			07/22/1926	2 yrs.
49	PENCE	Polly, Mrs.		01/30/1800	04/05/1831	31 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days	Sacred to the Memory of
50	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
51	NOLAN	P.			1821	8 yrs.
52	LAMBERT	Missouria E.	dau. Of J.W. & C. Lambert		03/22/1844	1 day	Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven
53	LAMBERT	Whyoming E.	dau. Of J.W. & C. Lambert		10/26/1861	6 yrs. 24 days	Weep not father and mother for me. For I am waiting in Glory for thee.
54	LAMBERT	John H.	son of J.W. & C. Lambert		06/21/1855	2 yrs. 5 mos. 11 days	Earth counts a mortal less Haven and angel more.
55	Three adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
56	GREEN	Laulah E.	dau. Of W.J. & A. L. Green		05/27/1881	4 yrs. 9 mos. 26 days
57	One child grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
58	BREIG	Joseph	son of D. & d. Breig		09/12/1850	4 mos. 2 days
59	BREIG	Angeline	dau. Of F. & P.A. Breig		12/05/1860	5 mos. 16 days
60	BREIG	Theresia	dau. Of D. & C. Breig		08/15/1851	19 days
61	WAGNER	Mary C.	dau. Of A. & P.A. Wagner		11/06/1861	1 yrs. 8 mos. 25 days
62	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
63	SHIRERS	Peter			01/10/1846	76 yrs. 1 mon.	In memory of (one of Salisbury 's founders
64	DERR	Catharine			07/31/1822	73 yrs.
65	SHIRER	Gertraut		02/12/1722	11/11/1843	71 yrs. 8 mos. 29 days	Boast not another day Nor call tomorrow thine. Thou mayest be snatched away by sudden death like mine.
66	SHIRER	Elizabeth			02/26/1829	37 yrs. 2 mon.
67	SHIRER	John			03/07/1817	82 yrs.
68	SCHULTZ	Margaret			09/16/1818	24 yrs. 4 mos.
69	SHIRER	Barney			09/10/1828	1 yr.
70	CRIDER	Cathrine			08/19/1819
71	WIMER	Eva	Consort of Thomas Patton		09/01/1848	40 yrs.
72	BREIG	Harriet	dau. Of Daniel Breig		04/26/1848	5 mos.
73	BREIG	Helen	dau. Of A. & M. Breig		10/11/1846	1 day
74	SCHWARTZ	Jacob		07/28/1760	07/26/1842	81 yrs. 10 mos. 29 days	In memory of
75	DIVELY	Michael		10/14/1787	07/10/1840	52 yrs. 8 mos. 27 days	In memory of
76	DIVELY	Juliana	Consort of Michael Dively		10/26/1853	59 yrs. 1 mon. 1 day
77	DIVELY	Cyrus		12/09/1820	09/20/1839	8 yrs. 2 mos. 1 day
78	COMPTON	Phineas			1858
79	COMPTON	Adaline			04/17/1883	72 yrs. 3 mos. 10 days
80	SHAPMAN	Elizabeth	wife of Wm. H. Shapman		08/28/1856	34 yrs. 1 mon. 2 days	In memory of
81	PATTON	Eve	wife of R. Patton		04/02/1873	71 yrs. 6 mos. 25 days
82	PATTON	Robert			10/01/1874	78 yrs. 1 mon. 2 days
83	GLOTFELTY	Elijah			12/25/1848	23 yrs. 9 mos. 18 days
84	BOUCHER	Addie E.	dau. Of I. & L. Boucher		10/06/1865	2 yrs. 6 mos. 25 days
85	BOUCHER	Jacob	son of I. & L. Boucher		02/16/1862	3 yrs. 9 mos. 10 days
86	STEWART	Laura B.			01/27/1863	4 yrs. 5 mos.
87	Two children's graves, field ston marker, not inscribed.
88	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
89	GLOTFELTY	Mary	wife of Henry Glotfelty		11/30/1861	80 yrs. 4 mos. 21 days
90	GLOTFELTY	Henry		11/04/1779	08/26/1836	56 yrs. 9 mos. 22 days	In memory of
91	GLOTFELTY	Alexander	son of Philip & Eliz. Glotfelty	06/21/1828	11/21/1831	3 yrs. 5 mos.
92	Two adult graves, field stone markers, illegible
93	GLOTFELTY	Magdalene			01/12/1895	10 yrs. 9 mos. 12 days
94	GLOTFELTY	Sol			08/1818	80 yrs.
95	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
96	One child grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
97	WAGNER	Caroline	dau. Of Henry & E. Wagner		05/02/1849	2 yrs. 4 mos. 24 days
98	Three child's graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
99	SHOCKEY	Mary		08/19/1757	01/02/1844	86 yrs. 4 mos. 15 days	In Memory of
100	WAGNER	Elijah	son of Henry & E. Wagner		10/09/1843	8 mos. 9 days
101	SHOCKEY	Eve		12/05/1833	05/27/1837	3 yrs. 5 mos. 22 days
102	SHOCKEY	Christian			04/18/1829	73 yrs.	In Memory of
103	DURST	Mary	wife of Solomon Drust		02/03/1878	67 yrs. 4 mos. 28 days	Frewell
104	DURST	Solomon	To My Husband		10/20/1857	60 yrs. 6 mos. 3 days	Dearest father, thou hast left us and thy loss we all deplore, but it was God who hath berefit us He can all our sorrow cure.
105	DURST	Lydia	wife of S. Durst	09/07/1800	08/24/1847
106	STARNER	Catharine		10/02/1762	03/06/1847	85 yrs. 5 mos. 4 days	In Memory of
107	Three adults grave, field stone markers, not inscribed.
108	MILLER	Susan	dau. Of P. L. & B. Miller		12/13/1855	3 yrs. 8 mos. 21 days
109	FAIDLEY	John		12/28/1788	03/20/1833	44 yrs. 2 mos. 20 days	In Memory of
110	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
111	CRIDER	Mary	wife of David Crider		01/28/1845	76 yrs. 6 mos.	She died in Peace She lived to die, She died to live, Her end was peace
112	WILHELM	Christian		01/14/1757	10/11/1835	78 yrs. 10 mos.
113	WILHELM	Elizabeth	wife of C. Wilhelm	07/22/1758	11/221840	82 yrs. 4 mos.
114	Four adult and one child grave, field stone markers, not inscribed.
115	RADCLIFF	Sarah A.	wife of William Radcliff		08/09/1880	39 yrs. 9 mos. 29 days
116	RADCLIFF	Loyd	son of Wm. & Sarah A. Radcliff		08/22/1880	13 days
117	Five adult graves, field stone marker, not inscribed.
118	KEIM	Fannie E.	wife of Saml. G. Keim		10/24/1871	25 yrs. 2 mos. 11 days	Dearest Meet me in Heaven
119	SUHRIE	Sally Mrs.		08/01/1806	02/03/1889
120	LOWRY	Maria			07/06/1898	71 yrs. 7 mos. 4 days
121	ROWENBERGER	Eddie	son of C.A. & S.A. Rowenberger		06/07/1873	1 yrs. 2 mos. 5 days	Little Eddie has gone to Jesus
122	GLOTFELTY	Irwin B.	son of M. & H. Glotfelty		01/25/1880	10 yrs. 1 mos. 18 days
123	GLOTFELTY	Minnie	Dau. Of M. & H. Glotfelty		08/18/1879	2 mos. 10 days
124	GLOTFELTY	Harriet	wife of M. Glotfelty		01/09/1880	31 yrs. 4 mos. 26 days
125	GLOTFELTY	Gorden S.	son of M. & H. Glotfelty		01/20/1880	5 yrs. 9 mos. 3 days
126	Two adult graves, field stone markers, illegible
127	NEWMAN	Solomon	(letter illegible)
128	NEWMAN	John			11/23/1861		Stone broken, words illegible
129	NEWMAN	Elizabeth	wife of John Newman		09/21/1861	57 yrs. 8 mos. 10 days
130	MCKINLEY	Harry K.			11/06/1861	1 yrs. 4 mos. 28 days
131	MCKINLEY	Milton E.			12/07/1861	3 mos. 25 days
132	One child grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
133	MCKINLEY	Sherman O.	son of D.O. & A.E. McKinley		06/05/1876	11 yrs. 8 mos. 21 days
134	GLOTFELTY	Jacob			01/13/1862	82 yrs. 11 mos. 26 days
135	GLOTFELTY	Elizabeth	wife of Jacob GLOTFELTY		05/15/1858	72 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days
136	FULLER	Elijah D.			01/15/1883	31 yrs. 10 mos. 19 days	His record is on high
137	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
138	JODER (Yoder)	Lyman W.	son of B. J. & C. Joder (Yoder)		09/05/1851	2 yrs. 10 mos. 1 day	Our Little
139	Two, probably adults graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
140	MCKINLEY	William S.			10/14/1864	22 yrs. 1 mos. 6 days	Vet. Corp. I So. 1. 1st Indian Vol. Artillery (cannon carved on top of stone
141	MCKINLEY	Josephine			12/05/1854	1yrs. 3 mos. 29 days
142	MCKINLEY	Joseph S.			12/05/1854	5 yrs. 7 mos. 23 days
143	MCKINLEY	Milton			08/02/1855	1 day
144	MCKINLEY	Elmira S.			01/23/1856	2 yrs. 10 mos. 10 days
145	JOHNS	Lilly			05/18/1873	13 days
146	JOHNS	Robert M.			04/04/1885	1 yrs. 4 days
147	JOHNS	Lizzie			05/05/1873	1 day
148	STUTZMAN	Elizabeth Gerber		05/12/1798	08/1839	42 yrs.
149	GOULD	Mary E.	dau. Of J. H. & A. M. Gould		02/19/1862	2 yrs. 7 mos. 11 days
150	STUTZMAN	Jost J.			09/21/1867	76 yrs.
151	STUTZMAN	Annie M.	dau. Of J. J. & E. G. Stutzman		03/13/1870	32 yrs.	wife of J. H. Gould
152	Two adult graves, field stone markers, illegible
153	GUNTLE	Peter			04/18/1848	30 yrs.
154	WELFLEY	Jacob			02/10/1849	32 yrs. 8 mos. 24 days	In Memory of
155	WELFLEY	Henry			09/25/1848	29 yrs. 11 mos. 11 days	In Memory of
156	WELFLEY	Susanah	Consort of Isreal Welfley		03/21/1846	22 yrs. 9 mos. 10 days	In Memory of Let all who have a sould to save extend their view beyond the grave and while salvation still is nigh to Christ the friend of sinners fly
157	WELFLEY	Emily A.	wife of Martin Welfley	02/25/1822	03/18/1902
158	Five adult and two child graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
159	LIVENGOOD	Mortimer G.	son of G. G. & S. Livengood	07/21/1857	07/21/1857
160	LIVENGOOD	Albert G.	son of G. G. & S. Livengood	11/22/1859	11/22/1859
161	WAGNER	Francis M.	son of P. &. R. Wagner		12/26/1862	5 yrs. 9 mos. 10 days
162	WAGNER	Christian	To our son		05/27/1857	17 yrs. 10 mos. 18 days	Brother thou art gone before us and thy saintly soul is flown where tears are wiped from every eye and sorrow is unknown
163	KURTZ	Julia A.	Our Mother		12/12/1885	68 yrs. 2 mos. 9 days
164	KURTZ	Sarah M.	dau. Of J. & I. Kurtz		12/12/1848	5 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days
165	LIVENGOOD	Christian C.		1803	1889	86 yrs.
166	Four adults and two childs graves, field ston markers, not inscribed.
167	KEIM	Willie L.	son of Albert G. & Mary M. Keim		02/05/1879	10 mos.
168	WELFLELY	Allie E.	Dau. Of B. & E. Welfley	10/12/1872	01/22/1875	2 yrs. 3 mos. 10 days
169	Two adults graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
170	WELFLEY	Eve	Consort of Peter Welfley	12/11/1791	01/03/1875	79 yrs. 20 days	In Memory of
171	WELFLEY	Peter		05/25/1787	01/01/1867	79 yrs. 10 mos. 6 days
172	FOGLE	Alvin C.	son of Adam & C. Fogle		05/28/1870	2 yrs. 10 mos. 16 days	Twas an angel that visited the green earth and took the flower away
173	One adult and 2 child graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
174	BRUCKMAN	Elizabeth	dau. Of Dr. J. G. & S. Bruckman		05/04/1856	10 yrs. 10 mos. 27 days	Our Lovely
175	BRUCKMAN	Sarah	wife of Dr. J. G. Bruckman		07/26/1861	51 yrs. 1 mos. 19 days
176	DELOZIER	Torrence B.			05/22/1880	3 mos. 22 days
177	DELOZIER	Iva G.			02/26/1897	2 yrs. 8mos. 8 days
178	FINDLAY	Mortimer	son of H. & C. L. Findlay		04/29/1866	6 mos. 24 days
179	SMITH	Nora M.	dau. Of M. F. & N. Smith		02/06/1878	3 yrs. 6 mos. 8 days
180	SMITH	Sourie	no dates
181	SMITH	Missouri	Dau. Of J. & c. Smith		04/20/1865	18 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days
182	CIPE	John C.	infant
183	DONGES	John	son of H. & L. Donges		11/12/1866	3 mos. 13 days
184	CIPE	Sarah E.	wife of S. H. Cipe		08/18/1883	23 yrs. 7 mons. 2 days
185	CIPE	George W.	son of S. H. & S. Cipe		06/07/1883	2 yrs. 7 mon. 28 days
186	CIPE	John C.	son of S. H. & S. Cipe		09/27/1883	1 mon. 17 days
187	WETMILLER	Anna H.	dau. Of H. & A. Wetmiller		09/27/1868	1 yrs. 1 mon. 3 days
188	LEPLEY	Benjamin F.	son of J. & M. Lepley		03/01/1872	3 yrs. 5 mos. 4 days
189	STONER	Elizabeth	wife of I. Stoner		03/09/1872	85 yrs. 18 days
190	WETMILLER	William S.	son of H. & A. Wetmiller		11/30/1867	1 yr. 1 mon. 22 days
191	MEAGER	Josephine	dau. Of J. & C. Meager	1866	1881
192	MEAGER	William H.	son of J. & C. Meager	1881	1881
193	STUTZMAN	Elizabeth	wife of Jos. J. Stutzman		06/17/1876	54 yrs.
194	WELSHONS	Edith May	dau. Of A. F. & L. Welshons		06/10/1880	3 mo. 24 days
195	BEACHY	Susannah	wife of Samuel Beachy	05/29/1818	05/06/1887
196	One child grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
197	BEAL	C. L.	son of C. H. & A. Beal		03/19/1880	5 yrs. 7 mos. 23 days
198	BEAL	Johnny	son of C. H. & A. Beal		03/18/1880	3 yrs. 1 mon. 18 days
199	BEAL	Maggie	wife of J. N. Beal		12/27/1879	49 yrs. 4 mos. 14 days
200	Eight adult graves, field stone markers, not inscribed.
201	KREIDER	Mary	dau. Of David & Catharine Mary Kreider		1863
202	FORTHMAN	Laura Ann	dau. Of Rev. J. & F. Forthman		05/11/1866	16 yrs. 11 mos. 11 days
203	WAGNER	Eve	wife of Elijah Wagner		12/16/1875	12 yrs. 9 mos. 4 days	Of her it may be truly said She was a kind and tender hearted mother, a faithful and affectionate sister, a true and sympathizing friend, and above all, a devoted and sincere Christian
204	CARR	Sevillah	Only child of Elijah & Eve Wagner	05/12/1828	07/05/1869	41 yrs. 1 mos. 13 days
205	GOULD	Zuleka A.	only child of Dr. M.A.K.F. & S. Carr	01/08/1861	12/12/1861	11 months and 4 days
206	One infant grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
207	BOYER	Milton			09/04/1878	85 yrs. 5 mos. 5 days
208	BOYER	Samuel W.	son of O.W. & I. Boyer		12/14/1861	6 yrs. 11 mos. 14 days
209	SMITH	C. H. S.			08/01/1890	6 yrs. 7 mos. 8 days
210	SMITH	Norma	Beloved	1889	1912
211	SMITH	Evora N.	Mother	1864	1916
212	SMITH	Zelieka C.	Beloved	1882	1928
213	SIMPKINS	Elizabeth	born Arnold	1818	1898
214	BOUCHER	Maggie E.	dau. Of W. H. & A. Boucher		01/03/1880	7 yrs. 9 mos. 13 days
215	BOUCHER	Susan L.	dau. Of W. H. & A. Boucher		11/11/1880	4 yrs. 6 mos. 28 days
216	ROBERTSON	Lilly	A native of Scotland		08/02/1880	81 yrs. 12 yrs.
217	LICHLEITER	Francis M.	son of L. & S. A. Lichleiter		09/11/1879	24 yrs. 4 mos. 2 days
218	SHUNK	Corpl. Jacob					Co. H. 171 PA. Inft.
219	RINGLER	Frank B.	son of J.W. & H. Ringler		09/29/1875	5 yrs. 18 days
220	One adult grave, field stone marker, not inscribed.
221	H.	J.	(child)
222	Three child graves, small white marker, illegible or not inscribed.
	288 Graves

Reformatted: 17 April 2022