Kristin,
Did the gentleman that took you through the cemetery explain the name of the cemetery? We originally had it listed as the Zion Cemetery in Munderf, PA. The short time we were at the cemetery (it was cold on the day, too) I took a photo of the entrance sign with Munderf Cemetery named! I guess that is now how we enter it in the family history information?

Hi Sue
How is it listed on the sign you photographed?
Also, did I ever send you the photograph of Taylor and MaryAnn?
Dawn

The sign reads "MUNDERF CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE"

No, I did not get the picture. I think at the time we were writing about it you were changing computers or software and it was a huge under taking. Probably just forgot with all that involves.

Hello! Unfortunately, our day at the cemetery was really the only day we had up there - I'm back up North again. We had a wonderful visit with the family, just didn't have much time for research. I wanted to make it back up there, but didn't really have a chance and didn't have much time on the computer, either. Tom McFadden is the gentleman I had met with - he has some really wonderful historical items at his home. Anyway, he indicated (and unfortunately I didn't get much of a chance to see the papers myself) that there are 2 separate lots for Ben and Hugh. Ben's is at the end of the road before it loops around - as you would be looking toward my parent's house, on the left side of the road. Hugh's is on the same side of the road but a little before Ben's. Tom felt there were probably 3 graves available in Hugh's lot, which would make sense if there were 2 already buried there. I believe the lot my grandparents are in may be a double or triple lot - it's pretty big. Dad mentioned that he thought my grandfather and Uncle Virge co-owned a plot. Let's see...there are at least 6 already buried in the first row with 2 available graves at the end of it. The second row, along the cornfield, only has an infant buried in the middle of it (that's on record and marked) but if you look at the ground, it looks like there are a few other existing graves in there as well. I hate to say it, the reason we were looking so closely at availability was that my younger sister is heading to Afghanistan and she was worried about being taken care of, just in case. But anyway, Tom said that in Ben's lot, according to his records there are 3 people buried there. Ben does have a stone there, but it's fairly new-looking so like you say, it could be in the wrong spot. Both my dad and I swear we saw a stone for Hugh but I can't for the life of me remember where it was - I don't recall it being on the lot that Tom said Hugh owned. Course it's entirely possible that he owned a couple - just like my Grandfather had purchased a whole plot to care for at least some of the family. I wish I'd have had more time!!!

Hello! Well, I probably shouldn't do this, but I'm going to take a guess and I'll try to find out the real answer. I've heard the church referred to as the Munderf Zion United Methodist Church or something to that effect with the Zion in it, so it's possible the connection was made between the church and the cemetery - that could possibly be why it's sometimes also referred to as the Zion cemetery. Does that make any sense to anyone but me? Haha!

This is something I had found under a website of church records. It doesn't actually mention Carnahans - it does mention a Mrs. Black - but it may help shed some light on the Zion subject :) I don't know how well it will paste in, but here goes:


Church Records

Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church

Compiled and Edited by Rev. Norman Carlysle Young, M.Div.; M.Ed.



MUNDERF: Zion INDIANA DISTRICT

METHODIST EPISCOPAL – ERIE CONFERENCE 1847

Mailing Address: RD 5, Box 139, Brookville, PA 15825

ID: 85630

Location: Located on Legislative Route 968 approximately fourteen miles northeast of Brookville. Jefferson County, PA.



History: Methodist Episcopal - Erie Conference. The first class of Zion Church was organized in May 1847 with seven members: Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hetrick, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob McFadden and Mrs. Black. The small but devoted Christian band held weekly prayer meetings in their homes until a log schoolhouse was built in 1850. After considerable struggle, a building was put up and dedicated to God's service in 1863. It was erected on the farm of Shannon McFadden, then the property of his father Jacob McFadden. The next building was built in 1900 by Thomas Craven. It was dedicated in 1901. The class had 70 members representing 25 families among those were: Mr. and Mrs. Amos Reigle, John and Fulton Schaffner. There were 15 memorial stained glass windows, some of which are still in use. Zion was the second church built on the Warsaw or Richardsville Charge the first being Mayville (Hazen). In 1964-1965 the annex and bell tower were removed and a larger annex or vestibule erected. In 1968 Munderf Zion Church was one of five churches on the Hazen Charge: the others being Hazen, Allen's Mills, Richardsville and Lake City. The 1968 membership was 58. The Circuit name was later change to Good Shepherd Charge. The membership On January 1, 2003 was 56.



Pastors: Warsaw/Munderf: Zion: Friend W. Smith 1854-1855; Warsaw Mission/ Munderf: Zion: James R. Mendenhall 1855-1856; George W. Moore 1856-1858 Gabriel Dunmire 1858-1860; Joseph W. Weldon 1860-1861; Samuel Coon 1861-1863; John H. Starrett 1863-1865; Abraham Bashline 1865-1867; E. C. McElhatten 1867-1868; Isaac N. Clover 1868-1870; Warsaw/Munderf: Zion/Hazen: John M. Zeile 1870-1873; William M. Taylor 1873-1876; Richardsville/Hazen/Munderf: Zion: James M. Groves 1876-1878; Richard Peet 1878-1879; Mayville (Hazen)/Munderf: Zion: William Burnham Holt 1879-1880; Richardsville/Hazen/Munderf: Zion: James Bell Neff 1880-1882; William Jacob Barton 1882-1884; Orley H. Sibley 1884-1887; William Burnham Holt 1887-1888; Richardsville/ Hazen/Munderf: Zion/Allen’s Mills: Newman’s Chapel: James C. Wharton 1888-1889; Hazen/Richardsville/Munderf: Zion: James C. Wharton 1889-1891; Hazen/Allen’s Mills: Newman’s Chapel /Munderf: Zion: Hardman F. Miller 1891-1894; Alonzo G. Mills 1894-1897; William Robert Buzza 1897-1899; Lewis W. Wick 1899-1901; James K. Adams 1901-1904; John E. Drake 1904-1906; Frank Hurlbutt Frampton 1906-1909; David R. Palmer 1910-1912; Orley H. Sibley 1912-1915; Ebenezer Wilson Springer 1915-1917; David O. May 1917-1919; Omar L. Winger 1919-1925; Ralph C. Brooks 1925-1927; Hazen/Allens Mills: Newman’s Chapel/ Arroyo/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Ralph C. Brooks 1927-1934; Hazen/Arroyo/Allens Mills: Newmans Chapel/Lake City/Munderf: Zion: Arthur Allen Swanson 1934-1935; Hazen/Allen Mills/Lake City/Munderf: Zion: William B. Allison 1935-1938; Elroy Mervin Sayers 1938-1939; Arnold W. Lundberg 1939-1940; Rollin E. Ferry 1940-1941; M. Saxman 1941-1944; Bernard C. Himes 1944-1948; Edward Charles Hasenplug 1948-1950; Milton I. Thomas 1951-1954; Hazen/Allen’s Mills/Munderf: Zion: Clair Arden Lundberg 1954-1961; Jay Sterling Pifer 1961-1964; George Edward Himes 1964-1967; Ivan DeWayne Johnson 1967-February 1, 1971; LaVerne R. Howard February 1, 1972-1985; Hazen/Allen Mills/Lake City/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: John Duane Gustafson 1985-1987; Howard Sherman Hess 1987-1994; North Clarion: Good Shepherd Parish: Allen Mills: Newmans Chapel/Falls Creek/Hazen/Lake City/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Ellen Louise Walch Blade Bullock 1994-2001; John Robert Bullock Associate 1994-2001; Good Shepherd Parish: Allen Mills: Newmans Chapel/Lake City/Hazen/Munderf: Zion/Richardsville: Ellen Louise Walch Bullock 2001-2005; John Robert Bullock Associate 2001-2005; John Doyle Hollis 2005-2006; Joni K. Brewer Williams Associate 2005--; Donald Ray Henderson 2006--;

Thanks, very interesting. So Zion is right. I guess the whole thing should be Zion M.E. Church, Munderf. Groan. I know that's not what my records all say. Very interesting to have the list of pastors and the building information. I didn't know Hazen had been called Mayville. I see one pastor is William Taylor. A very common name, of course, but now I need to see is Mary Taylor's brother's name is William M. I knew he served in the CW. He's listed on the monument at Sardis. Do you have anything on that family? I have very little.

Sue Benton's email address has changed. It is s-dbenton@comcast.net

I have been looking for a picture of taylor and mary ann walls carnahan. I have only one and wonder if it is the same picture. Taylor was my great, great grandfather. Thanks for any help. lynn