Washingtonm County PA Archives Cemetery Transcriptions.....Frankfort Springs UP Cemetery (partial survey) ************************************************ Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/ ************************************************ Files contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gary L. Caldwell, <caldwell.gary@gmail.com>, March 2012 This page was last updated: 31 March 2012 Frankfort Springs United Presbyterian Cemetery Frankfort Springs, Beaver County, Pennsylvania 40�29'6.02"N, 80�26'27.11"W Hanover Township Frankfort UP 3326 PA 18 Frankfort Springs, PA 15021 Directions from Burgettstown, PA: Follow PA-18 N for 8.4 mi, cemetery is on the left Frankfort Springs was part of Washington County until 1800 and is just 800 feet over the county line. In 1790 two missionaries of the Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania--Rev. Archibald White and Rev. John Anderson --were sent to Western Pennsylvania to organize a congregation. On a ridge between King's Creek and Harmon Creek, they organized Harmon Creek Associate Church. The church was later called King's Creek Church. At first the congregation worshipped in a tent and later erected a log building. The church relocated twice before constructing a brick building in 1836. The church building caught fire and burned to the ground in 1876. The congregation changed their name to Frankfort Springs United Presbyterian Church in 1888. The building at the north end of town (and the one still used) was the original Frankfort Springs UP church so that has the UP cemetery behind it. In 1968 the United Presbytrian and Presbyterian churches merged and for a while the congregation worshiped for the summer months at the brick (Frankfort Springs UP) building and the winter months at the Frankfort Presbyterian frame church at the middle of town. Church members even hauled the electronic organ back and forth! Ultimately the decision was made to keep the brick building (UP) at the north end of town because it had a basement.It also has a center aisle which was a nice benefit. In 1977, the frontage was sold and the church was torn down, but the cemetery still is owned by the church. (Information provided by Mary McMillan - Frankfort Springs resident) This data was collected by the DAR and found in the genealogy section of the Citizen抯 Library in Washington PA library. The data is from 1936 so the burial records may not be complete. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Anderson J.B. (Mrs) 1862 1894 Arnold John (Sr) 20 Nov 1863 64yr Arnold Mary 29 Jan 1880 75yr Arnold William T. 1833 1898 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Berlin Eliza 8 Jul 1813 23 Feb 1877 Berlin Samuel 27 May 1806 26 Mar 1895 Day of death is typed over and 26 is best guess Bigger James 16 Oct 1861 75yr Bigger Mary 12 Jan 1862 65yr wife of James Bubbett Willis 3 Nov 1857 12 Oct 1883 Burns Eleanor 27 May 1825 18 Dec 1893 Burns Henry A. (MD) 12 May 1885 32yr Burns John B. 16 Aug 1819 8 Feb 1907 Burns John Joseph 20 Nov 1850 20 Dec 1872 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Candless Unreadable 28 Jun 1883 53yr Carothers Eleanor 9 Mar 1877 76yr wife of John E. Carothers John E. 2 Mar 1868 68yr Carothers William 2 Jul 1860 56yr Coventry Agness A. 1834 1894 Coventry Hibbitt M. 1864 1909 Coventry Jane Hood 22 Jan 1863 26yr wife of James Coventry Robert R. 14 Sep 1822 22 Jan 1863 age is shown as 26 Coventry William 1830 1902 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Dowling Sarah 7 Jun 1865 73yr Duncan Mary 1837 1905 Duncan Samuel 1825 1880 Duncan Samuel 20 May 1880 54yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Frazer James 21 Jul 1864 23yr Frazer Margaret 11 May 1910 87yr Frazer Mary E. No dates 51yr Frazer Mary Gibson 1906 87yr Frazer William H. 6 Apr 1874 82yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Hood Margaret 26 Nov 1875 76yr wife of William Hood William 6 Oct 1866 67yr Hood William (MD) 1865 25yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Johnston Moses C. 19 Nov 1871 75yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Leeper Mary 7 Apr 1887 88yr Leeper Sammie 9 Aug 1897 86yr Leiper A 5 Nov 1825 23 Feb 1904 wife of Captain Robert Leiper Robert (Capt) 21 Aug 1862 84yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Maxwell Robert 2 Mar 1874 61yr McCauley Agness 22 Mar 1847 71yr McCauley Andrew 2 Sep 1843 81yr McClung Caleb 10 Apr 1807 11 Feb 1878 McCracken Alexander 5 Apr 1817 2 Dec 1892 McCracken Margaret 5 Mar 1825 23 Feb 1904 wife of Alexander McCreary Ann Carothers 19 Jun 1863 55yr wife of Henry B. McCreary Henry B. 17 Apr 1886 83yr McElwee Not listed (D.D.) 1 Apr 1802 1 Jun 1886 According to a history of Beaver County, his first name was William and he was the pastor of the church from 1838 to 1878 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Purdy Elizabeth 19 May 1859 20yr Purdy Isabel 9 Mar 1868 24yr Purdy J.L. (Rev) 17 Sep 1821 7 Aug 1885 Purdy Margaret 23 Nov 1859 24yr Purdy Martha 16 Mar 1861 20yr Purdy Mary 6 Nov 1859 20yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Ralston John 25 Aug 1852 52yr Our Father Ralston Rachel 19 Aug 1863 45yr wife of John. Our Mother Ramsay Anna 5 Sep 1882 85yr wife of Mitchell Ramsay James (DD/Rev) 6 Mar 1856 84yr Pastor of the Congregation of Chartiers and Professor of ????? in the Associate Theological Seminary, Canonsburg Ramsay Jennie 3 Aug 1864 26yr wife of Thomas Ramsay Margaret 8 May 1865 87yr Year of death is unclear - 65 is best guess Ramsay Nannie 16 Dec 1873 34yr wife of Thomas Ramsay Thomas 23 Jan 1822 12 Mar 1907 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Savage Jane 1815 1908 Smith Elizabeth 19 Feb 1874 73yr Smith James 15 Jan 1865 73yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Wallace Guyan 6 Apr 1864 70yr