Difference between revisions of "Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery"
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The Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery is in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It is also known as Concord Union Cemetery (United Cemetery ?). | The Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery is in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It is also known as Concord Union Cemetery (United Cemetery ?). | ||
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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 13 April 2013
| Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery | |
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| Aliases |
Concord Union Cemetery, United Cemetery |
| Location | Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvanias[1] |
| Used By | Concord Methodist Episcopal Church members |
| Active Years | c. 1815[2] |
Overview
The Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery is in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It is also known as Concord Union Cemetery (United Cemetery ?).
"The first Methodist Church was built on the land of Mr. [James] Widney, in what is now the Methodist cemetery, lying south of Concord, on the road to Doylesburg."[3]
Location
Findagrave.com claims[4] the location is: Latitude: 40.24378, Longitude: -77.70243.
<googlemap zoom="17" lat="40.24378" lon="-77.70243"> 40.24378, -77.70243 </googlemap>
However, Google labels that location as the "United Cemetery." Another cemetery (tombstones visible on the satellite photo) is located directly north of the United Cemetery. This northern cemetery, located at 40.246745N, 77.702115W, might be the actual location of Hugh and Sarah Linn.
<googlemap zoom="17" lat="40.24675" lon="-77.702115"> 40.24675, -77.702115 </googlemap>
People Buried in the Cemetery
- Hugh Linn (1753) and wife Sarah Widney