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Utahville Cemetery
Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Lat: 40° 44' 36"N, Lon: 78° 28' 13"W
Contributed by Trina Corson, Jun 26, 2003 [dreamzinthemist1@aol.com].
Total records = 1,212.
This cemetery is just south of the town of Utahville, on the west side
of Hwy 865.
About 1822 the Baptists organized a church at Mount Pleasant (now
Utahville) They named it Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. As early sAs
1830 the community began use of the grounds adjacent to the church
as a free 'Public Burial Ground.'
Charter of Incorporation of the Utahville Cemetery Company, Sep 17,
1886: Citizens held a meeting and selected cemetery committee to take
action to preserve graveyard May 26, 1909. Application for Charter
filed Feb 07, 1916, advertised Mar 11, 1916.
There were a few unreadable infant burials we found. This one is almost
unidentifiable, (Infant, d. 28 Jul 1851, s/o C. & E. J.)
Eileen Beers, Trina Beers and I walked and transcribed this record
on Aug 11, 2002. It contains all existing and legible burial markers.
- Trina Corson
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