Clayville Cemetery Traditional Cache
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Clayville was a small village, a mile and a half west of Punxsutawney. Its first settler was in 1814 . It was incorporated as a borough in 1864. Its post office, was established in 1882 and given the name Lindsey after the son of J. U. Gillespie, a principal land owner of that territory (there was already a Claysville in Pennsylvania). At the end of Foundry Street, along what is now McHugh Ave, but generally known as “Pig Alley” is the old Clayville Cemetery on land donated in 1873 by Mr. Gillespie. In its original plan the portion of the cemetery toward North Main Street was reserved for the Catholic population. And the eastern part was to be used for burials of the general public. Over the years some folk would call the Clayville burial yard the Coke Oven Cemetery because of its proximity to the Walston coke ovens that had ended nearby.. To others, after Clayville was incorporated into Punxsutawney in 1907, it was the West End Cemetery. Among its first burials were the earliest settlers of that section, several Civil War veterans and many of the immigrants who settled there to work in mines and industries. I would like to thank Tom Curry of the historical society for the information.. Absolutely no bushwhacking please. No night caching and please be respectful..
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