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| Pigeon Creek Cemetery, 45 Church Road Eighty-Four, PA. 15330 (412) 225-3431 | Web pages |
Cemetery Reading of Pigeon Creek Baptist Church Graveyard
by Lyle and Clyde M. Watson, Jr.
compiled October 1974 from his book:
Pigeon Creek Baptist Church - The History of a Congregation in Vanceville, Pennsylvania written by Lyle Brooks Watson, 1976).
Pages photocopied by Ruth A. Sprowls, typed by Merleen S. Gholdston
and proof-read by Ruth A. Sprowls in October 2006
Pigeon Creek Baptist Church Graveyard Click Alphabet to reach web pages:
The family plots and single graves are listed alphabetically by SURNAME.
There is a Children’s Corner where many graves are unmarked or marked by uninscribed
stones or stones that have become broken and eroded over the years and which now are unreadable. Many graves are unmarked in other areas of the graveyard also.
| NAME, LAST |
FIRST | BORN | DIED | INSCRIBED | RESEARCHER COMMENTS |
| MARTIN | David L. | 1842 | 1905 | ||
| Amanda M. | 1850 | 1905 | |||
| MARTIN | Margaret Martin | born Oct 11, 1806 | died Dec 1, 1890 | ||
| Juliann Martin, wife of John Graham | Sept 13, 1846 | Sept 3, 1886 | |||
| McCARTY | Hannah S. McCarty | 1840 | 1927 | ||
| McDONOUGH |
Infant Son of J & E McD. | Died Dec 10, 1865 | (Two small identical stones set closely side by side) | ||
| Infant Dau of J & E McD. | Died Dec 10, 1865 | [same as above] | |||
| McGIFFIN | Geo. W. McGiffin | born June ?? 1824 | died Jan 2 1868 | Co D ?5 Pa. Vol. (stone eroded, numerals gone) GAR Marker 1861 – 1865 |
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| McILVAIN | Robert | died Nov 5, 1864 in his 70 yr of his age | |||
| Ann | died June 28, 1878 in the 84 yr of her age | ||||
| McILVAINE | Elizabeth S. | 1869 | 1931 | ||
| Grant |
1866 | 1937 | |||
| Ruth |
30 days 1895 | ||||
| Lloyd G. | 1905 | 1922 | |||
| MILLS |
Samuel Mills 1823 – 1918 | Pvt. Co C 140 Pa Vol Inft Civil War | |||
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Catherine | 1833 | 1911 | ||
| Levina B., dau of S & C Mills | born May 10, 1857 | died Aug 27, 1877 | “At rest in Heaven” | ||
| Mary Adel, dau of S & C Mills | died Feb 6, 1876 Aged 1 yr 2 ds |
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| Abraham U., son of S & C Mills | died May 31, 1863 Aged 1 yr 7 ms 20 ds |
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| Anne M., dau of S & C Mills | died July 7, 1868 Aged 1 yr 11 ms 26 ds |
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Mathilda M. Mills |
1872 | 1930 |
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| Elizabeth A. Mills | 1855 | 1930 | |||
| MITCHELL | Morrison M. Mitchell | died April 18, 1884 Aged 52 yrs 8 ms 2 ds |
“Gone but not forgotten” | ||
| Martha A. Mitchell | died Oct 10, 1894 Aged 64 yrs 8 ms 10 ds |
“Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest God calls away when He thinks best.” |
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| John I. | 1860 | 1945 | |||
| Rachel S. | 1858 | 1936 | |||
| James K. | 1865 | 1948 | “Father” | ||
| Mary E. | 1866 | 1955 | “Mother” | ||
| MORRIS | Cyrus N. | 1843 | 1933 | ||
| Elizabeth | May 7, 1808 | Oct 14, 1895 | “At Rest” | ||
| NICHOL | Robinson A. | May 18, 1860 | Feb 22, 1922 | “Father”
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| Emma J., wife of Rob A Nichol | June 17, 1859 | June 23, 1905 | “Mother”
“At Rest” |
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| NICHOL |
Oscar Lewis, son of J S & S J Nichol | born Sept 2, 1875 | died Jan 21, 1885 | “Gone but not forgotten” |
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| Rachel J., dau of John S. & Sarah J. Nicholl | died May 23, 1879 Aged 8 mos & 17 ds | (Poetic inscription no longer readable) | |||
| Sarah Jane Nichol, dau of J S & S J Nichol | born Sept 4, 1891 | died Jan 22, 1895 |
“We loved this tender little one.” | ||
| NICHOL | Infant dau. of R.J. & M.A. Nichol | Sept. 14, 1924 | |||
| NICHOL | Samuel G., son of J.W. & Elizabeth Nichol | Born April 30, 1895 | July 30, 1898 | ||
| NICHOL | Samuel F. | born May 23, 1816 | died April 1, 1889 |
“Father”
“I know that my Redeemer liveth.” |
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| Rachel D., wife of Samuel Nichol | born Sept 20, 1817 | died Sept 18, 1901 | “Mother” | ||
| NICHOLL (double stone) |
Julius West Nicholl | July 14, 1855 | September 4, 1941 | ||
| Elizabeth Morton Nicholl | November 16, 1857 |
July 4, 1904 | |||
| PANGBURN | John 1836 | 1908 | |||
| His wife Ervena | 1844 | 19XX |
(This is one large stone with both names and dates carved into it, but the last two digits have never been chiseled out. Impossible to tell from appearance of the graves whether one or two are buried.) |
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| Foursided Monolith: | Front inscribed: Children of J. & E.E. PANGBURN |
“On that bright immortal shore, We shall meet to part no more.” T.S. Wright (The name Wright may be the poet or the man who made and set the stone.) |
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| Left side:
Birdie |
died Jan 10, 1881 Aged 2 yr 10 ms |
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| Right side:
Maggie May |
died Dec 27, 1877 Aged 3 yr 2 mo 24 ds |
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| Back side:
Infant Son |
died Nov 19, 1896 | ||||
| PANGBURN |
Harry H. Pangburn | born Apr 27 1880 |
Died Oct 10, 1901 | “Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to weep A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the last of foes.” Our Babe is inscribed upon a little stone at the |
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| SCOTT | Albert T. Scott | 1847 | 1913 | ||
| Camiella E. | 1858 | 1921 | “His wife” |
Continue to T to Z names in reading of Pigeon
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
*If anyone is your family, I can add your
contact name or other info under "Researcher Comments."*
| A copy of the cemetery records made September the 19th
1937 is available from: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution 1776 D Street Washington, D.C. 20006 Ask for Pigeon Creek Baptist Cemetery Records (1803-1937) from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Records Committee, DAR. Volume 1. 1938. Cost was $5.50 in 1975. |
Go to Index Page of all Cemeteries listed on the Washington County PAGenWeb site.
Broadband Users: the complete West
Finley Cemetery Listing on one page.
NOTE: LARGE file but NOT in Alphabetical Order.
Or the complete Alphabetical List on one page (Large File, for Broadband).
Look at Washington Cemetery Aerial
View, Park Ave, Washington, PA ***LARGE FILE***
See Index of other area cemeteries (Fayette Co., Somerset Co) at Helen Durbin's website.
Also see PAGenWeb Tombstone Photo Project,
Washington County PA at link:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/ts-photos.htm
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This page was added Nov. 6, 2006
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