Moraine State Park Cemeteries

(Work in progress.)

Within the park there are several cemeteries which contain between one and 20 graves each. The first cemetery is the Veterans or Davis Cemetery which is located along North Country Club Road on the previous M. H. Davis property. One Civil War and one War of 1812 veterans are buried here. Another cemetery located along North Country Club Road is that of an infant; this is the Cranmer Cemetery. The Harris or Shatter Cemetery is located south of Chestnut Ridge Road and south of former T-404 Road on the former William Harris property, and is enclosed by a hand cut stone wall. The Pigoni or McCandless Cemetery is located west of T-404 Road on the former Joseph Pigoni property, and used to be enclosed by a steel pipe railing. Another cemetery is the Roberson or Jobe, which is located east of McCall Road, north of the Natural Gas Pipeline, and near the former Laura Robinson property. The B. W. Snyder Cemetery is located adjacent to and north of Burton Road. A hand cut stone wall surrounds these gravesites.

Next is the McBride Cemetery, which is located south of Chestnut Ridge Road and south of the Earl Stamm farm property. It is in the middle of a cultivated field and is marked by a wrought iron fence which surrounds it. The Mount Zion Church Cemetery is located east of the PA Route 528 Bridge on the south shore of the lake in the churchyard. The Mount Zion Church is an interior holding within the park. The Frazier Cemetery was located adjacent to Big Run Road. A Frazier infant's headstone was moved by a previous property owner and placed along Pleasant Valley Road. The stone has since disappeared. The Negley Cemetery is located south of the North Country Club Road on a hilltop close to Park Boundary Comer 113.

The following information on the cemeteries' gravestones has been collected by the park staff and volunteers. Work will continue on trying to identify all the information on the stones.

1. Veterans Cemetery or Davis Cemetery

The Veterans or Davis Cemetery is located along North Country Club Road on the former M. H. Davis property and is marked by a locust post rectangle. The cemetery is located at 40 degrees 57.960 minutes N, 79 degrees 59.541 minutes W at an elevation of 1322 feet. The cemetery contains three plaques. One to honor a Civil War Soldier (GAR 1861-1865), and one to honor a veteran of the 1812-1814 war. A bronze plaque inscribed William Davis, Capt. Shatters Co. 138 Regt, War of 1812, was installed beside the veteran 1812-1814 plaque between 1995-1997. There is also supposed to be a Thomas Wimer buried here.

2. Harris Cemetery or Shaffer Cemetery.

 The Hams or Shatter Cemetery is located south of Chestnut Ridge Road and south of the former T-404 Road on the former William Harris property and is enclosed by a hand cut  stone wall. The cemetery is located at 40 degrees 57.676 minutes N, 80 degrees 00.291 minutes W. The Butler Jaycees rebuilt this cemetery in approximately 1964, because it was vandalized. The cemetery has three head stones, one of which has no inscription.

1. Catharine Shatter, Died November 17th, 1827, Aged 73 years

2. Naomi Shatter, Died November 5th, 1837, Aged 7 years

3. No inscription.

3. Pigoni Cemetery or McCandless Cemetery

The Pignoi (Pigoni) or McCandless Cemetery is located west of T-404 Road on the property formerly owned by Joseph Pignoi. The coordinates for the cemetery are 40 degrees 57.266 minutes N, 80 degrees 00.837 minutes W at an elevation of 1325 feet.

There are two headstones in this cemetery.

1. Hannah McCandless, Departed this life. May 15,1988, in her, 76th year, on same headstone, Kezia, McCandless, Departed this, life Nov 24,1859, in her 18th year, below Kezia on same headstone. Nancy A. McCandless, departed this, life Oct 3, 1868, in her 22nd year.

2. Joshua, McCandless, Died, Sept 8,1891, Aged, 52 Y 4 M, 8 D, Our Father Come Home, on same headstone, Lucinda, wife ofJosuah, McCandless, Died, Sept 7,1889, Aged, 52 Y, 9 M, 4 D, Our Mother Come Home.

There were four footstones, one with no inscription, one with an inscription that is not legible, one is inscribed with K. M., and the other inscribed with L. J. McC.

4. Roberson Cemetery or Jobe Cemetery

The Roberson Cemetery or Jobe Cemetery is located at coordinates 40 degrees 56.436 minutes N, 80 degrees 00.867 minutes W. This location is east ofMcCall Road and north of the Natural Gas Pipeline near the former Laura Roberson property. There are three graves in this cemetery, two of which are marked by a single headstone.

1. Jobe, Rufus, 1911-1955, Father; Laura, 1919-1965, Mother

2. The unmarked grave is Mary Lou Roberson, bom December 20, 1953 and Died

June 29, 1954. She was the daughter of John Roberson.

5. B. W. Snyder Cemetery

The B. W. Snyder Cemetery is located at coordinates 40 degrees 58.602 minutes N, 80 degree 00.277 minutes W along the north side ofBurton Road at an elevation of 1176 feet.

A hand cut stone wall surrounds it. Snyder descendants maintain the cemetery. There are a total of twenty stones in this cemetery.

1. Gertrude, Dau of, J. A. & M. E., Wick, Died, Mar 25,1896, Aged, 11 Y. 7 M. 14 D.

2. Infant, ofJ & E Snider, Died, DC 16, 1839, A 16 ds

3. No inscription

4. Footstone-no inscription \

5. Thomas, son of , died Oct 2, 1825, Aged 6 m 2 d

6. Mary, wife of, Thos Strain, died June 12, 1839, Aged 34 Y 2m 25 d

7. Conrad S., son of, Thos & Mary Strain, died Aug 28,1839, Aged 2 m 28 d

8. Snyder, Conrad, 1736 - 1827, Nancy, 1726 -1803, Bom in Switzerland

9. Joseph,

10. Jan, daughter of, C & M. A. Snyder, died Ap. 11,1818, Aged 1 Y 3 m 19 d

11. Etfy, daughter of, C & m . A. Snyder, died April 9, 1818, Aged 7 Y 2 m 29 d

12. Ann Mary, wife of Conrad Snyder, died Jan 2, 1869, Aged 87 Ys 9 Ms & 13 Ds with a footstone inscribed with AMS

13. Conrad Snyder, died, Feb 27,1866, Aged 89 Yrs. & 1 m^ with footstone inscribed with an S

14. Footstone inscribed with an S.

15. Infant, daughter of, Thos & Mary Strain, died Nov 9,1836

16. Prussia M.C.

17. Nancy, wife of, Conrad Snyder, died July 1803

18. Conrad Snyder, died, March 10,1827

6. McBride Cemetery

The McBride Cemetery is located south of Chestnut Ridge Road and south of the Eari Stamm farm, in the middle of an old field at coordinates 40 degrees 57.212 minutes N, 79 degrees 59.319 minutes W and an elevation of 1361 feet. A wrought iron fence encloses the cemetery. The following persons are buried at this cemetery:

1. Nannie wife of, J. M. Elliott, Aug. 4, 1854, Mar. 11, 1922

2. At Rest, Kezia McBride, Aug. 2,1854, Apr. 24,1929

3. William D., son of, John & Mary, McBride, Died, May 9, 1870, Aged 13 Y, 2 M, 2D

4. Mary McBride, Died, Jan. 18, 1896, Aged, 79 Yrs, 9 Mos, on same headstone, John McBride, Died, June 30, 1884, Aged, 82 Yrs & 9 Mos

5. Wm McBride, Died, May 27, 1832

6. At Rest, John McBride, Sept 30, 1821, June 30, 1884; Mary wife of John McBride, Apr. 9,1817, Jan. !!(?), 1896.

7. Cranmer Cemetery

The Cranmer Cemetery is located at coordinates 40 degrees 58.146 minutes N, 80 degrees 00.870 minutes W along the north side of North Country Club Road and contains a single headstone. On June 14, 1997, Dave Organ of Prospect, stated that he heard from a person that the Cranmer family was headed west in 1868 and the infant died along the way. He didn't know if the baby was born dead or died shortly after. The father was a Civil War Soldier from Philadelphia and carved the stone while his wife was recuperating. They buried the infant alongside the road at its current location. It has also been said that this stone was found laying over the bank and placed here (Its original location was in a small cemetery on 169 Cupec Road also known as Shroyer Mill Road in Clay Township). This headstone was returned to its original location on Cupec Road.

1. Infant, daughter of, C. & M. A. Cranmer, Died Dec. 5, 1868

8. Frazier Cemetery

The Frazier Cemetery was originally located oft of Big Run Road and contains one grave of an infant Frazier. The approximate coordinates as indicated by Burton Badger are 40 degrees 55.932 minutes N, 80 degrees 05.404 minutes W. This headstone was reported as being moved by a former landowner and placed along Pleasant Valley Road. The headstone has since disappeared.

9. Book Cemetery or Negley Cemetery

The Negley Cemetery is located on a hilltop on the south side of North Country Club Road near Park Boundary Comer 113. The coordinates are 40 degrees 57.989 minutes N, 79 degrees 59.003 minutes W. There are a total of five stones in the cemetery. Two of the headstones have children on them, two are footstones, and the fifth is a broken slab of limestone. None of the inscriptions are readable. The following inscriptions were received from Dolores McCall on 21 November 2002.

1. Almira Davis, Wife of Joseph Davis, bom 1823, died 1861 (age 38).

2. A child, David Wimer (Weimer?), died 1860.

10. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery

This cemetery is located off of Route 528 at the Zion Baptist Church. The church and cemetery are an inholding to the park.

11. Horse Cemetery

Is supposedly located about halfway down on the west side of the Game Propagation Road leading from North Country Club Road. The inscription on the plaque reads "Judge Saulsberry; Beloved Saddle Horse of; Ida M. Capers; May 20, 1906; July 12, 1938.

12. Supposedly a Cemetery on the east side of Alexander Ridge Road at the top.

13. Supposedly an Indian Burial Ground near North Country Club Road.

14. Supposedly a Cemetery in the Trout Cove Area of the Park.

15. Supposedly a Cemetery underwater by the 528 Launch Ramp. The Henry Martsolf Cemetery is underwater at Isle.