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Cemetery: Deems Cemetery
Other: Deems Burying Ground
Sign: No
Street: Richeyville Road
City: Richeyville
Township: Centerville Borough
County: Washington
State: PA
Nation: USA
Zip: 15358
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
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long_ew: W
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Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Directions: 1/2 mile north of U.S. Route 40 at Richeyville
across from mine
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: wooded
Property: Private
Access: Inaccessible
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1814
Gravestones: 2 known (more suspected)
Oldest: 1814
Newest: unknown
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: Yes
Methods: Other
Restoration: Unsure
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Availability: Washington County cemetery records
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Yes
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: No
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather: Unknown
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
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VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1: Problem-Access
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Private
Use: Residential
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Washington County Planning Commission, Centerville
Borough, local attorneys
Surnames:
Deems
Other_Information:
Revolutionary War Veteran Mark Deems is buried in this cemetery.
The Daughters of the American Revolution erected at monument on
the site in 1937. The property which contains the cemetery was
recently subdivided and the cemetery is in jeopardy of being
destroyed. The descendents of Mr. Deems are opposing the sale of
the cemetery.
Support:
Mr. Ed Sukol, President of Council
Centerville Borough
Washington County
685 National Pike West
Brownsville, PA 15417
Submitted by:
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Name: Harry Hall
Email: h_hall@stargate.net
Date: 8/11/03 |
