UKLK Twp. Cemeteries2

Bedford County , Pennsylvania

Union,, Kimmel, Lincoln , and King Twp., Photos.

Roudabush Cemetery

Lois Martin / Allison sent an old photograph of the Roudabush Cemetery as it appeared many years ago.

Lois writes:

"While the Roudabushes are not my ancestors, I lived next to this cemetery as a young girl. The
cemetery now is in very bad condition. The barn is still standing. A current picture would not be good
as the tombstones have fallen down and the weeds are taking over. The picture I am sending is a
photo copy of an original taken quite a few years ago. You can see the tombstones to the left of the barn."


"I know the names of the people who own this farm at present and some of the past owners.
There was also a Roudabush School there at one time. My Dad tells of it, and it would have
been located just below the cemetery somewhere. "


"I helped a lady (after corresponding through E-mail) locate this cemetery. She said that she is led to
believe that her ancestor, Hannah Bisel, is buried there. However, we found no proof of it.

We counted about 14 graves and here is the information from those stones that we were able to read:
John husband of Catharine Roudabush died Dec 8 1859 age 51 yrs 8 mos 27 days
Catherine wife of John Roudabush died Apr 18 1888 age 78 yrs 7 mos 18 days Their monument was made by C(?) Grunninger of Schellsburg."
"There were two bronze markers:
On the first was - Jacob and Elizabeth Roudabush. The second bronze marker listed the following names:
James H. Roudabush, George E. Roudabush, Mary Etta Roudabush, and Samuel Roudabush." "These bronze markers were added years ago probably because there were no names on some of the tombstones, or they were unreadable. A lot of the tombstones are laying down, with grass covering them. We had two of my husbands nephews helping us to lift them up and see if there was any writing on them. It just worked out that they happened to be in the area. The lady we were helping would not have gone in there alone, nor do I think I would have.......Hope this is all helpful to someone, sometime...."

Thank you Lois for sending this information and the beautiful old photo!
If you have questions about the Roudabush Cemetery or perhaps the Mt. Union Cemetery, just down the road, and you would like to contact Lois Martin / Allison directly, you may email her at:
lallison@bedford.net


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