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HISTORY OF THE
COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND, PENNSYLVANIA
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN
EDITED BY GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT
PHILADELPHIA: L.H. EVERTS & CO. 1882
PRESS OF J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.. PHILADELPHIA
LONG RUN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CEMETERY
This ancient church congregation was organized under the Redstone
Presbytery in the last quarter of the past century. Its present
brick edifice was erected in 1865. Among the early settlers buried
in its cemetery are:
Catherine, wife of Benoni Gregory, died Dec. 18, 1833, aged 92.
George Miller, died Nov. 11, 1843, aged 86; his wife, Christina, died
Feb. 6, 1826, aged 63.
John Miller, died Oct. 8, 1845, aged 55.
William Michael, died July 9, 1846, aged 58; his wife, Elizabeth,
died April 14, 1835, aged 40.
Sarah Marchand, wife of Edward Scull, died June 8, 1845; born March
1, 1819.
Nancy, wife of Henry Boyd, died June 14, 1838, aged 58.
John Scull, died Feb. 8, 1828, aged 63; his wife, Margaret, died
Sept. 9, 1842, aged 75.
John Irwin Scull, died Jan. 31, 1827, aged 37.
Abby Scull, died Jan. 12,1831, aged 70.
Robert Taylor, died Aug. 6, 1824, aged 84.
Margaret A., wife of Isaac Taylor, died Sept. 22, 1822, aged 21.
John Macurdy, died May 12, 1825, aged 54.
John Hindman, died April 8, 1810, aged 48; his wife, Isabella, died
Dec. 7, 1832, aged 74.
James Cowan, died Oct. 11, 1826, aged 54.
Matthew Cowan, died Dec. 25, 1819, aged 84; his wife, Rachel, died
April 10, 1815, aged 61.
William Ewing, Sr., died Nov. 17, 1838, aged 89; his wife, Ann, died
Sept. 25, 1818, aged 75.
Alexander Ewing, Sr., died Feb. 14, 1826, aged 56.
Nancy, wife of Alexander Ewing, Jr., died Feb. 10, 1846, aged 39.
Martha White, died Dec. 11, 1874, aged 73.
Samuel Mann, died March 11, 1803, aged 50.
Amelia Mann, died Dec. 17, 1790, aged 30.
William Fullerton, died Nov. 10, 1827, aged 63; his wife, Hannah,
died May 3, 1797, aged 29; his wife, Barbara, died Jan. 12, 1803,
aged 34; his wife, Jane, died March 21, 1820, aged 53.
Daniel Fleming, died Aug. 20, 1819, aged 58; his wife, Susannah, died
Dec. 16, 1825, aged 59.
Daniel Fleming, Jr., died Jan. 21, 1820, aged 21.
Thomas McKean, died Nov. 11, 1841, aged 78; his wife, Margaret, died
June 24, 1837, aged 78.
John Cavett, born June 7, 1778, died Feb. 22, 1872.
John Cavett, died Oct. 5,1847, aged 77; his wife, Jane, died Dec. 27,
1827, aged 51; his wife, Elizabeth Cavett, died March 16, 1845,
aged 50.
Andrew Carson, died May 18, 1830, aged 35.
Jacob Cort, died Oct. 13, 1853, aged 47.
Mrs. Mary Ward, died April 15,1828, aged 62.
Hannah, wife of John Gray, died July 30, 1850, aged 53.
Boyd Ward, died Dec. 21, 1848, aged 55; his wife, Nancy, died April
20, 1840, aged 40.
Catherine Huffnagle, died Feb, 21, 1843, aged 80.
Juliet, wife of John Forsythe, died Aug. 16, 1834, aged 41.
Thomas Plumer, died March 3, 1811, aged 43; his wife, Ann, died May
20, 1815, aged 37.
Matthew Robinson, died May 22, 1833, aged 51; his wife, Rebecca, born
1794, died Oct. 11, 1865.
Jane Tilb, died Jan. 19, 1820.
George Kennedy, died Dec. 17, 1841, aged 70.
John Boyd, died May 18, 1840, aged 78; his wife, Rachel, died Oct.
29, 1848, aged 68.
Joseph Hall, died Dec. 10, 1824, aged 53.
Charles Stewart, died July 2, 1836, aged 62.
Hannah, wife of William Woods, died Oct. 17, 1847, aged 75.
Robert Marshall, died Jan. 28, 1829, aged 63.
Samuel Wattirs, died July 8, 1838, aged 51.
Rev. Christopher Hodgson, of M.E. Church ministry, born Sept. 12,
1811, died March 25, 1874.
Mary Osburn, died Aug. 19, 1839, aged 60.
Samuel Logan, died June 7, 1823, aged 25.
Margaret, wife of David Logan, died July 30, 1843, at an advanced age.
Adam Coon, born June 13, 1774, died April 23, 1854; his wife, Mary,
born Jan. 1774, died Oct. 15, 1858.
William Caldwell, Sr., died Dec. 7, 1872, aged 79.
John Cooper, died 1820, aged 84; his wife, Jane, died 1793, aged 43.
James Cooper, died 1826.
Alexander Cooper, died 1851.
James Rollins, died Nov. 17, 1792, aged 47.
Anthony Rollins, died Oct. 30, 1828, aged 87.
Henry Rolands, died 1812, aged 60.
Isaac Robinson, died April 18, 1812, aged 55; his wife, Jane, died
Feb. 22, 1828, aged 74.
Richard McAnulty, died Oct. 20, 1823, aged 55; his wife, Elizabeth,
died March 17, 1831, aged 83.
Julia Parks, died Jan. 6, 1834, aged 32.
William Parks, died Nov. 14, 1837, aged 78; his wife, Margaret, died
May 7, 1832, aged 68.
Martha, wife of William Larimer, died Jan. 13, 1798, aged 27; her
husband died Sept. 18, 1838, aged 67.
John Larimer, died Dec. 26,1873, aged 80; his wife, Christiana, died
May 16, 1854, aged 51.
Isaac Taylor, died Aug. 21, 1875, aged 83; his wife, Elizabeth, died
Aug. 25, 1877, aged 71.
Benjamin Byerly, born May 15, 1791, died Jan. 3, 1864; his wife,
Jane, born Sept. 2, 1796, died Jan. 22, 1852.
Thomas Sampson, died Feb. 2, 1846, aged 52.
Samuel Black, died Nov. 7, 1870, aged 70; his wife, Jane, died Oct. 2,
1876, aged 64.
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UNION CEMETERY
This beautiful cemetery, lying about a mile southeast of the borough,
was laid out in 1873 and 1874, and the first person therein buried
was William F. Weaver, who died April 27, 1874. It comprises fifteen
acres of land most eligibly located. The cemetery association was
incorporated by the court in August, 1873, with the following
incorporators: W.F. Caruthers, Lewis Eisaman, Joseph Cort, Joseph
Lenhart, S.D. Lauffer, S.C. Remsberg, B.B. Copeland, Samuel Gills,
John J. Hurst, F.A. Happer, William Crookston, John George, Jr.,
George R. Scull, Louis Marchand, J.I. Marchand. The first board of
managers was Joseph Cort, John J. Hurst, F.A. Happer, W.F. Caruthers,
Lewis Eisaman, S.C. Remsberg. The presidents have been Joseph Cort,
John J. Hurst, F.A. Happer, Louis Marchand. The secretary since its
organization has been S.C. Remsberg. The treasurers have been F.A.
Happer, W.F. Caruthers, Thomas H. Irwin, and W.F. Caruthers (present
incumbent). The present board of managers is Louis Marchand, W.F.
Caruthers, S.C. Remsberg, Joseph Eisaman, William Wilson, and C.F.
Billhimer.
UNION cemetery is located about a mile east of the town, on the
Greensburg turnpike, and among its burials are the following:
Col. John Irwin, died Feb. 15, 1822, aged 82; his wife, Elizabeth,
died June 3, 1818, aged 70.
James Irwin, died July 24, 1833, aged 82; his wife, Jane, died Feb.
17, 1836, aged 45.
John Irwin, born Oct. 9, 1811, died June 7, 1876; his first wife,
born Sept. 14, 1811, died June 22, 1830.
Martha Atlee, wife of W.F. Caruthers, born Aug. 6, 1812, died July 6,
1876.
Samuel Gill, born May 14, 1807, died Sept. 5, 1875.
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Lenhart, died Nov. 24, 1862, aged 59.
Mrs. Mary E. George, born April 6, 1831, died Oct. 21, 1878.
Emma B., wife of Thomas H. Irwin, born Dec. 28, 1842, died March 8,
1865.
William Schribler, died June 7, 1876, aged 55.
Robert Wilson, died Jan. 8, 1846, aged 70; his wife, Jane, died Feb.
20, 1862, aged 62.
James Wilson, Jr., died May 12, 1847, aged 23.
Elizabeth Wilson, wife of R.A. Hope, died Dec. 11, 1878, aged 49.
Jacob B. Saam, born June 20, 1820, died Feb. 11, 1879.
Henry Kebort, died Aug. 29, 1877, aged 66.
Jacob Cole, died June 21, 1878, aged 37.
Martin Bowers, died June 8, 1873, aged 36.
Elizabeth, wife of Dr. D.D. Taylor, died ----, aged 59.
Mary, wife of John D. Evans, died March 27, 1876, aged 36.
Mary J., wife of D.W. Highberger, died July 6, 1876, aged 32.
Charles Robinson, died Sept. 15, 1879, aged 42.
Thomas Williams, died Nov. 27, 1878, aged 51.
Sarah Sowash, died Feb. 9, 1882, aged 38.
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THE CATHOLIC cemetery is near the above, and among its oldest
interments are:
Joseph Mason, died Sept. 23, 1876, aged 67; his wife, Julia, died
June 1, 1879, aged 71.
Frank Finnigan, died Jan. 8, 1880, aged 70; his wife, Mary, died
April 11, 1880, aged 68.
Eve, wife of John W. Hugo, died July 15, 1876, aged 55.
John Flannigan, died Nov. 2, 1876, aged 53.
Thomas Dolan, died June 17, 1877, aged 51.
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