The Pine Furnace Methodist Evangelical Church cemetery is located in Valley Township, Armstrong Co., PA. The church was first organized in1846 with services held in a house located 1000 feet to the northeast of the cemetery. On July 22, 1873, George Bossinger conveyed an acre from his farm to the Trustees of the Pine Creek Methodist Episcopal Church for $1. A frame church was erected on the site and a cemetery established to the rear. Although the church was razed in about 1920, the cemetery is well maintained It is situated along Pine Furnace Road, about 1 mile east of Route 66 and about 6 miles northeast of Kittanning.
STONE INSCRIPTIONS copied April 1998
Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments BABLE, William W. 1858 1922 BABLE, Elizabeth J. 1857 1943 BASSINGER, M. June 1919 1971 BASSINGER, Margaret C. 1892 1973 BASSINGER, William H. 1890 1982 BASSINGER, W. Harry 1913 BEDSON, Faustini 1907 1980, BEDSON, G. Ramsey 2/5/1925 7/11/1991 Sgt US Air Force WWII BLANCHARD, A. Co. E. 88th PA Inf. -GAR BOSSINGER, David 1846 1874 BOSSINGER, Emma 1856 1875 BOSSINGER, George 1814 1895 BOSSINGER, Mary 1817 1904 BOSSINGER, Phobe C. 1861 CAMERON, Margaret A. 5/13/1857 7/18/1919 DAVIS, Stella 1880 1931 DAVIS, Isaiah 1872 1958, DAVIS, Cerissa L. 1889 1967 grandma DAVIS, Helen G. 1931 1977 mother DAVIS, William Albert 1/23/1901 2/15/1918 s/o Mr. & Mrs. Isaiah Davis DAVIS, Samuel 4/10/1797 4/21/1875 father DAVIS, Philip H. 7/22/1906 7/14/1959 PFC 207 Base Unit AAF World War II HEFFELFINGER, Martha Clair 3/11/1882 11/1899 HOOVER, infant 12/28/1901 infant of S. & M. Hoover HOOVER, Mary Ann 12/8/1877 52 y & ? m; wife of A.K.Hoover HOOVER, Caroline 1866 1934, HOOVER, William S. 1866 1944 HOOVER, Lois L. 10/11/1903 5/2/1906 daughter of S. & M. Hoover LOWRY, Arnold 1903 1979, LOWRY, Marcus R 2/6/1928 6/14/1995 M Sgt. US Army Korea McCULLOUGH, Ellsworth 1884 1901 son of James & Alice McCullough McCULLOUGH, James Madison 1847 1902 father McCULLOUGH, John 1890 1903 son of James & Alice McCullough McCULLOUGH, Alice Reedy 1859 1904 mother McCULLOUGH, Mary Belle 1897 1904 dau of James & Alice McCullough MURPHY, Emmett C. 1855 1909 MURPHY, John C. 1884 1912 MURPHY, Anna Bell 1834 1918 MURPHY, John 4/26/1921 Co. A 143 O.N.G. - GAR PYLE, baby girl 1974 RHODES, Rosa M. 1878 1928 RHODES, John N. 1834 1915 RHODES, Margaret 1834 1916 wife of John N. Rhodes RHODES, Homer D. 1868 1931 RHODES, Eddie 9/3/1873 5/21/1876 son of J.N. & Margaret Rhodes RONEY,Mary Emma 1855 1916 RUTTER,John 1/24/1895 age 69 y RUTTER,Eliza J. 3/3/1898 age 77 wife of John SCHRECONGOST,Alexander 1827 1889 Pvt. 38th Regt. PA Res. Inf. SLEASE,John 1852 1910 SLEASE,Harvey 1854 1912 SLEASE,Emma 1854 1918 SLEASE,Edward Ross 1879 1919 SLEASE,Martha E. 1859 1949, SLEASE,Jacob 11/27/1822 3/3/1897 SLEASE,Mary 4/28/1890 66y & 8 m wife of Jacob Slease SLEASE,Charley W. 9/6/1878 age 1y 7m 4d STEFFY,Viola May 8/7/1921 8/29/1921 daughter of Mr.& Mrs. William Steffy WAUGAMAN,Delbert 11/17/1912 10/18/1914 son of Wilt and Rose Waugaman WAUGAMAN,Rosannah 12/25/1828 10/25/1909 mother WAUGAMAN,Ruth 11/3/1898 11/6/1898 daughter of George H. & Elizabeth H. WAUGAMAN,Sophia Dittman 1854 1876 wife of J. M. Waugaman WAUGAMAN,Henry S. 1847 1917 WAUGAMAN,Rebecca 1851 1929 wife of Henry S. Waugaman WAUGAMAN,baby boy 1933 1933 WAUGAMAN,J.M. 1853 1935 WAUGAMAN,William H. 1904 1938 WAUGAMAN,David J. 1871 1938 WAUGAMAN,Alice J. 1873 1941 WAUGAMAN,Kathryn I. 1912 1987 married August 12, 1931 WAUGAMAN,Peter 8/29/1820 3/22/1896 father WAUGAMAN,L. Lucetta 4/9/1905 4/25/1906 WAUGAMAN,Roland V. 2/13/1902 8/28/1902 WAUGAMAN,Ruth A. 9/30/1903 8/30/1904 WAUGAMAN,George H. 1859 1911 WAUGAMAN,Elizabeth H. 1864 1914 wife of George H. YOCKEY,Laura Mary 4/18/1863 1/10/1904 wife of J.C.Yockey YOCKEY,John C. 1860 1940 YOCKEY,Senie Florence 2/14/1883 2/13/1885 daughter of J.C. & L.M. Yockey ZIMMERMAN,Minerva 1854 1906 wife of D J Zimmerman
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