Old Friends Cemetery Contributed by Elaine Frey of
Canton, PA Location: Across from the Shunk United Methodist Church (see picture at end of this posting).
We are grateful to Elaine for this valuable record of the history of Sullivan County. In August 2010, June Howard
contributed pictures of several tombstones and markers from this cemetery. We have linked these pictures
in the listing below. We are much appreciative of June's efforts in this regard. She is a descendant of the Rowe,
Molyneux and Tomlinson families of Sullivan County, and is related by marriage to the Vough family. You can learn
more about these families at Last updated: March 2014 |
Old Friends Cemetery
Shunk, PA
October, 2002
Photo Taken by Mike and Debbie Krause
NAMES |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
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Battin, Charlotte (Bradley) * |
July 25, 1925 * |
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Dec. 3, 2008 * |
D/o James & Viola (Hartman); w/o Eugene "Gene" * |
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Battin, Ellen |
12th mo 16th day 1828 |
11th mo 6th day 1858 |
Nee Woodhead, wife of Joshua |
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1873 |
1955 |
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May 6, 1812 |
May 22, 1890 |
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4th mo 21st day 1853 |
4th mo 21 day 1858 |
Daughter of Joshua & Ellen |
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Battin, Myrtie L. |
No date |
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1902 |
Wife of George |
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Battin, Nancy |
April 23, 1821 |
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Feb. 1, 1878 |
Nee Bagley, wife of Joseph Battin |
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1848 |
1924 |
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7th mo 22nd day 1855 |
11th mo 13th day 1882 |
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Jan. 2, 1908 |
July 25, 2003 |
Wife of Lawrence L. Baumunk |
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June 6, 1906 |
Oct. 16, 1995 |
Together Forever |
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April 13, 1930 |
February 7, 2002 |
Married July 6, 1952 |
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February 14, 1930, 1930 |
No date |
Married July 6, 1952 |
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Brown, C. A. |
1877 |
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1910 |
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1875 |
1940 |
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July, 9, 1905 |
Dec, 21, 1980 |
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Jan. 4, 1880 |
Jun. 3, 1959 |
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1932 |
Nee Carl, wife of Richard m.June 30, 1951 |
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1953 |
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1929 |
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2009 |
On Back of Stone: Our Children; |
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;On Back of Stone for Richard D. Caseman: |
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Dunlap, Daniel L. |
November 28, 1967 |
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June 15, 1997 |
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Father |
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1889 |
1951 |
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1891 |
1947 |
Nee Decker, wife of Edwin E. Frey |
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1854 |
1932 |
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Aug. 23, 1918 |
July 30, 1999 |
Flag Holder 1941 World War II 1945: same stone as Leona |
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Oct. 31, 1923 |
No date |
Wife of Lawrence Frey m. 6-14-1941 |
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On Back of Stone: Our Children |
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Lawrence D. II, 1943, Ina R. , 1944 |
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Donald L., 1945, Lillian L.,1955 |
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1855 |
1925 |
Nee Battin, wife of John W. Frey |
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Apr. 29, 1921 |
Jan. 11, 2007 |
Same stone as Uva Steele Gillespie Frey |
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Nov. 18, 1921 |
Oct. 13, 2008 |
Same stone as Sheldon Ellsworth Frey |
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Nov. 7, 1808 |
Jan. 2, 1874 |
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July 10, 1817 |
Dec. 12, 1882 |
Nee Weakley |
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Co K 50th Pa. Inf.; |
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July 17, 1856 |
Nov. 26, 1880 |
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8th mo 1st 1880 |
Aged 1 yr. 1 mo. 28 days |
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Son of C. & Elizabeth M. |
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Flag Holder: GAR 1861 - 1865 |
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July 27, 1884? |
Wife of Isaac Hoagland |
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Age 68 years & 6 mo. ? |
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April 11, 1883 |
Age 69 years. |
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Co K. 11th Pa. Reg |
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Flag Holder: GAR 1861 - 1865 |
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3rd mo 23rd day 1874 |
74 years; same stone as Elizabeth |
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McCarty, Christina |
1818 |
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1851 |
W/o Henry |
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5th mo; 2nd day 1879 |
4th mo 13th day 1887? |
Son of J.B. & C. McCarty |
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10th mo 26th day 1871 |
(Pardoe) Wife of Aaron McCarty |
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4th mo 20th day 1844 |
63 years Wife of Joel McCarty |
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McCarty, Howard |
1909 |
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October 1992 |
S/o Sam and Cora (Smith) McCarty |
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5th mo 19th day 1850 |
78 years |
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McCarty, Mattie |
1911 |
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May 1992 |
W/o Robert; d/o George & Eliza Hogoboon |
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5th mo 22 day 1855 |
26 years 5 mo 19 days |
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8th mo 7th day 1846 |
3rd mo 6th day 1870 |
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Jan. 1, 1851 |
May 2, 1851 |
Grandson of Perus & Anna Williams |
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Plossi, Susan Rae (Frey) * |
Sept. 13, 1971 * |
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July 12, 2002 * |
D/o Lawrence D. Jr. & Nancy Lee (Finney) *; |
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Aug. 19, 1933 |
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Rexer, Ruth J. |
1923 |
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January 1994 |
W/o Edward; d/o James & Ruth Kirby |
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Aug. 31, 1968 |
Foster Son of Rit Randall |
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Williams, Anna |
Nov.8, 1808 |
Dec. 1, 1865 |
Nee Hoagland, wife of Perus Williams |
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1816 |
1851 |
Wife of Henry |
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Oct. 15, 1838 |
June 25, 1842 |
Grandchild of Perus & Anna |
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1844 |
1931 |
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Feb. 12, 1902 |
Wife of George Battin |
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Aged 23 Years |
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Williams, Perus |
Oct 3, 1806 |
Feb. 28, 1851 |
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Oct. 15, 1838 |
Oct. 15, 1838 |
Grandchild of Perus & Anna |
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Sept. 2, 1909 |
Jan. 15, 1910 |
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Co B. 58th Pa. Inf. |
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Flag Holder GAR 1861 -1865 |
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* Editor's Note:Thanks to the contributions of Wendy Giuliano in April 2013, we now know that this stone marks the final resting place of Ferdinand Heess, born in 1838 in Germany. He was one of two sons of Christian and Dorothea (Weigle) Heess to die in the Civil War. The other, Albert, died about the time of the Second Battle of Bull Run, while Ferdinand died in a hospital in the South, likely in the area of Charleston, S.C. His body was brought home and buried here. You can read a Letter he wrote in 1862 to his sister, Amelia (Heess) Battin, describing his role in the campaign by the Union forces to retake Charleston.
Shunk United Methodist Church
Shunk, Sullivan County, PA
Across Route 154 from Old Friends and the Brown
Cemeteries
October 2002
Photo by Mike Krause
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