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MT. PROSPECT CEMETERY INFORMATION CARD

 Cemetery List Contributed by Gary L. Caldwell

Note: The Burial List Submitted by Gary L. Caldwell is not
to be reproduced for re-print without Mr. Caldwell's permission.

Cemetery Name: Mt. Prospect Cemetery 
(Note: There are actually two cemeteries in Hickory - Mt. Prospect and Mt. Pleasant. The map shows the locations.)

Cemetery Name: Mt. Prospect Cemetery 

Address: 

Mt. Prospect Cemetery Association

PO Box 397
Hickory, PA 15340-0397 

Phone: 724-356-4428

Location: Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington County, PA, at the intersection of Routes 50 and 18

Latitude: 40°17'40.35"N
Longitude: 80°19'41.17"W

Background: See history written by Gary L. Caldwell.  

Mt. Prospect Presbyterian Church was formed on April 20, 1825, when Washington Presbytery gave approval to a movement among the Scotch-Irish settlers of Mt. Pleasant for the establishment of a Presbyterian church at Hickory. The first burial in the Mt. Prospect cemetery was around 1830.


Census: Complete Database supplied by Gary L. Caldwell. 
1 ).  Up through 1984 - previously published in Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Washington Co., PA, Vol. 5, 1984 
2 ). East & West Finley Twp. Cemeteries. Copies in the Special Reference Room at Citizens Library, Washington, PA
3 ). History of the Mount Prospect Graveyard and Cemetery.  Published under the direction of Mount Prospect Cemetery Association, 1972.  Book available in the Special Reference Room at Citizens Library, Washington, PA Call No.: SR 929.3 Whi 

4 ).  See  http://www.genealogicalsocietyswpa.com/cgi-bin/photos.cgi   Scroll to bottom of page to see photo.

5 ). There is additional information on burials at both cemeteries, Mt. Prospect and Mt. Pleasant, in books written by A. D. White, an amateur historian from the Hickory area. The books are available in the genealogy section of the Public Library, Washington, PA and at the A.D. White Research Center in Avella, PA.

More Information:  Mt. Prospect Cemetery
Washington County, Pennsylvania Cemetery Database – compiled by Gina Nestor, 2001. jgnestor AT comcast.net

 

 

 

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