b. 1719 d. aft. 1769, husband of Mary Lincoln, believed buried in this cemetery, he was an early settler of the Deep Creek Valley.
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Article from news clipping by Russ Maurer, dated 12/22/1995 centered upon this cemetery and the myth of Lincoln kin buried here. The cemetery is located just off Lincoln Lane near the Little Mahanoy Creek at Taylorsville. The cemetery is on posted private land and permission should be sought by owners before accessing with respect. It is somewhat maintained to preserve but many burials according to known records either have no markers or are made of native stone and may be hard to locate. Some have been vandalized, removed or even thought washed away by flooding over time for which this location is known.
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1/17/2020: Information on Francis Yarnell and family can be found posted on genealogy.com forum by Tina McNulty, 1/1/2002 "There were Kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln in Schuylkill County" a Paper Written and Prepared for The Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania by Edgar Downey. In the early 1770s when he was commissioned to survey land Yarnell purchased a large amount of fine farmland in the vicinity of Taylorsville, Barry Twp. and proceeded to clear enough for several farms. Northumberland County was organized in 1772 and its southern line not yet established, therefore he was assessed as a resident of Augusta Twp. in that county for several years. Later once the lines of Northumberland Co. were accurately established he became a resident of Berks Co. By 1811 the land where his farms were located became Schuylkill Co., now part of Barry Twp. The Great Road of The King's Highway ran through his farms. It is stated that both he and his wife Mary spent the remainder of their years here and are buried here in the old burial ground, now known as Reed's Cemetery, just off The Great Road which he surveyed on the south bank of the Mahanoy Creek. They were married abt. 1741.
Reed is also referred to as Bickels Cemetery although signage shows Reed for another prominent area family. The covered bridge over the creek is long gone more than likely washed away, the graves are unmarked although other Yarnall/Yarnell markers exist here.
!Edit of Taylorville should read Taylorsville, Barry Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania and correct by today's standards.
Oral histories state both are buried here and being Quaker/Mennonite/Friends did not believe in adorning their graves with monuments.
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Article from news clipping by Russ Maurer, dated 12/22/1995 centered upon this cemetery and the myth of Lincoln kin buried here. The cemetery is located just off Lincoln Lane near the Little Mahanoy Creek at Taylorsville. The cemetery is on posted private land and permission should be sought by owners before accessing with respect. It is somewhat maintained to preserve but many burials according to known records either have no markers or are made of native stone and may be hard to locate. Some have been vandalized, removed or even thought washed away by flooding over time for which this location is known.
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1/17/2020: Information on Francis Yarnell and family can be found posted on genealogy.com forum by Tina McNulty, 1/1/2002 "There were Kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln in Schuylkill County" a Paper Written and Prepared for The Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania by Edgar Downey. In the early 1770s when he was commissioned to survey land Yarnell purchased a large amount of fine farmland in the vicinity of Taylorsville, Barry Twp. and proceeded to clear enough for several farms. Northumberland County was organized in 1772 and its southern line not yet established, therefore he was assessed as a resident of Augusta Twp. in that county for several years. Later once the lines of Northumberland Co. were accurately established he became a resident of Berks Co. By 1811 the land where his farms were located became Schuylkill Co., now part of Barry Twp. The Great Road of The King's Highway ran through his farms. It is stated that both he and his wife Mary spent the remainder of their years here and are buried here in the old burial ground, now known as Reed's Cemetery, just off The Great Road which he surveyed on the south bank of the Mahanoy Creek. They were married abt. 1741.
Reed is also referred to as Bickels Cemetery although signage shows Reed for another prominent area family. The covered bridge over the creek is long gone more than likely washed away, the graves are unmarked although other Yarnall/Yarnell markers exist here.
!Edit of Taylorville should read Taylorsville, Barry Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania and correct by today's standards.
Oral histories state both are buried here and being Quaker/Mennonite/Friends did not believe in adorning their graves with monuments.
b. 1719 d. aft. 1769, husband of Mary Lincoln, believed buried in this cemetery, he was an early settler of the Deep Creek Valley.
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Article from news clipping by Russ Maurer, dated 12/22/1995 centered upon this cemetery and the myth of Lincoln kin buried here. The cemetery is located just off Lincoln Lane near the Little Mahanoy Creek at Taylorsville. The cemetery is on posted private land and permission should be sought by owners before accessing with respect. It is somewhat maintained to preserve but many burials according to known records either have no markers or are made of native stone and may be hard to locate. Some have been vandalized, removed or even thought washed away by flooding over time for which this location is known.
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1/17/2020: Information on Francis Yarnell and family can be found posted on genealogy.com forum by Tina McNulty, 1/1/2002 "There were Kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln in Schuylkill County" a Paper Written and Prepared for The Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania by Edgar Downey. In the early 1770s when he was commissioned to survey land Yarnell purchased a large amount of fine farmland in the vicinity of Taylorsville, Barry Twp. and proceeded to clear enough for several farms. Northumberland County was organized in 1772 and its southern line not yet established, therefore he was assessed as a resident of Augusta Twp. in that county for several years. Later once the lines of Northumberland Co. were accurately established he became a resident of Berks Co. By 1811 the land where his farms were located became Schuylkill Co., now part of Barry Twp. The Great Road of The King's Highway ran through his farms. It is stated that both he and his wife Mary spent the remainder of their years here and are buried here in the old burial ground, now known as Reed's Cemetery, just off The Great Road which he surveyed on the south bank of the Mahanoy Creek. They were married abt. 1741.
Reed is also referred to as Bickels Cemetery although signage shows Reed for another prominent area family. The covered bridge over the creek is long gone more than likely washed away, the graves are unmarked although other Yarnall/Yarnell markers exist here.
!Edit of Taylorville should read Taylorsville, Barry Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania and correct by today's standards.
Oral histories state both are buried here and being Quaker/Mennonite/Friends did not believe in adorning their graves with monuments.
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Article from news clipping by Russ Maurer, dated 12/22/1995 centered upon this cemetery and the myth of Lincoln kin buried here. The cemetery is located just off Lincoln Lane near the Little Mahanoy Creek at Taylorsville. The cemetery is on posted private land and permission should be sought by owners before accessing with respect. It is somewhat maintained to preserve but many burials according to known records either have no markers or are made of native stone and may be hard to locate. Some have been vandalized, removed or even thought washed away by flooding over time for which this location is known.
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1/17/2020: Information on Francis Yarnell and family can be found posted on genealogy.com forum by Tina McNulty, 1/1/2002 "There were Kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln in Schuylkill County" a Paper Written and Prepared for The Historical Society of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania by Edgar Downey. In the early 1770s when he was commissioned to survey land Yarnell purchased a large amount of fine farmland in the vicinity of Taylorsville, Barry Twp. and proceeded to clear enough for several farms. Northumberland County was organized in 1772 and its southern line not yet established, therefore he was assessed as a resident of Augusta Twp. in that county for several years. Later once the lines of Northumberland Co. were accurately established he became a resident of Berks Co. By 1811 the land where his farms were located became Schuylkill Co., now part of Barry Twp. The Great Road of The King's Highway ran through his farms. It is stated that both he and his wife Mary spent the remainder of their years here and are buried here in the old burial ground, now known as Reed's Cemetery, just off The Great Road which he surveyed on the south bank of the Mahanoy Creek. They were married abt. 1741.
Reed is also referred to as Bickels Cemetery although signage shows Reed for another prominent area family. The covered bridge over the creek is long gone more than likely washed away, the graves are unmarked although other Yarnall/Yarnell markers exist here.
!Edit of Taylorville should read Taylorsville, Barry Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania and correct by today's standards.
Oral histories state both are buried here and being Quaker/Mennonite/Friends did not believe in adorning their graves with monuments.
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