Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery

 This is a record of the names of the persons  buried in the  Old Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery and the location of their  last resting  place within this historical burial ground. We believe  that this listing  will be of personal interest to the countless  descendants and friends  of more than 600 persons laid to rest in this  "Hallowed Ground" dating  from the beginning of the 18th Century.
 

     Many  inquiries and requests  for information have been received from  descendants and friends in many  parts of the United States, who wish to  know the location of their  ancestors' graves, and also desire to provide  continuous care for their  last restings places. By dividing the  cemetery into size areas on  paper, listing as A to F inclusive which are  almost equal in size and  shape, and by listing the graves in each area  by number according to  their location in the area, it should now be a  relatively easy task to  find any grave for which the name is known
 

      Unfortunately a few graves  have no names or are unmarked.  during the depression of the 1930's some  work was done by the Federal  Government in this cemetery, when a few  markers such as footstones were  removed probably because they had  fallen over or were pulled out of the  ground and it was impossible to  replace them in their proper location.  This, however, does not affect  the basic purpose of providing a helpful  means of locating a particular  grave or graves whose position may be  desired by descendants and  friends.
 

Location:

End of Byers Lane in Gettysburg, PA
(For GPS directions, use location 375 Byers Lane)
 

May N. Riley Credits

THE RILEY CONNECTION
 

The information furnished in Appendices A-F was compiled by May N. Riley in   memory of James Reid (Reed) and wife Margaret (Floyd) Reed; Benjamin  J.  Reed, Sr.(17441828) D2 353;A108 and wife Sarah (Jack) Reed D2 354  A109;  Benjamin J. Reed, Jr  (1789-1870) D2 357;A112 and wife Arabella   Eliza (McClellan) Reed.    and of
Frederick Shulley I  (1748-1841) A3 20;E112; Frederick ShulleyII  (1784-1869; Frederick   Shulley III (1837-1911) and wife Lucretia V.  Riley (1844-1922) daughter  of Barnabas  Riley, Jr (1799-1880) and wife  Maria Sheets  (1805-1890), a daughter of David and Eliza  (Shulley)  Sheets A3  30;E107.
 

Brother of Barnabas, Michael Riley is ancestor of Charles C. Riley,Sr, married author,  May N. (Sanders) Riley in 1943.