This vintage image of the Turkeyfoot Regular Baptist Church near Ursina, Somerset County, PA, also known as the "Jersey Church," is not dated and the faces are not identified. It is the the oldest church west of the Allegheny Mountains. 

Some 30 major branches of Younkin cousins have been involved with this body of believers over the centuries as leaders, members and donors, including more than 300 cousins and spouses who sleep for the ages in the sacred soil of its adjoining cemetery. Among the burials are 55 bearing the Younkin family name. Aged Civil War veterans were honored here over the years in cleanups and ceremonies marking Memorial Day, known then as "Decoration Day," with some of our cousins taking part. The site was a destination stop for Younkin Reunion cemetery tour in 1994.

Below, this photograph has been scanned in high resolution and cropped in six equal sections and enlarged below for easier study of the faces. Scroll down for more.

The grave markers at far left of this image appear to be topped in mounds of fresh earth and one instance marked with a small United States flag and covered with flowers. This suggests that the event could have been a Memorial Day commemoration of the military fallen, also known as Decoration Day. Two of the older men are wearing hats bearing the insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Civil War veterans from the Union Army. 

~ Honor Roll of Names ~

Emily J. (Younkin) Clevenger Family - Burials: Paul A. Clevenger (1995) - Goldie Elaine (Basinger) Clevenger (2021).

Alexander "Wilson" Conn Family - Burials: Alexander "Wilson" Conn (1938) – Susan (Harbaugh) Conn Strickler (1957)

Frederick Dull Family - Burials: Clara "Clarry" Ream (1876) - Frederick Dull (1896) - Margaret "Peggy" (Faidley) Dull (1899) - Albert Ream (1877) -  Steward Hobernicht (1902) - William Hobernicht (1906) - Roy Hobernicht (1906) - Harry Hobernicht (1908) - Herman Phillippi Dull (1931) - Candace J. (Lichliter) Dull (1935) - Frederick Wilson Dull (1943) - Lewis Hobernicht (1944) - Mary Jane "Jennie" (Harned) Hobernicht (1949) - John Edward Harned (1963) - Carrie A. Dull (1974) - Edna May Dull (1983).

Hannah "Lucy" (Murray) Eicher Family - Burial: Margaret (Nace) Leone (2012)

Samuel Melchi Firestone Family - Donation: In memory of J. Gertrude (Conn) Firestone in 1988 to help pay for crumbling plaster ceiling. Burials: Iva Leora Gertrude Firestone (1915) – Samuel Melchi Firestone (1948) – Jessie Gertrude (Conn) Firestone (1987) – Marion "Ray" Firestone (1981) – Reba Garnet (Firestone) Peters (2000) - Thomas Courtney Rush (1975).

Amanda (Younkin) Hechler Family - Burials: Donald Alvin Warrick (2016) – Fern Lucille (Lytle) Enos (2025)

Edna Lilly (Gorsuch) Hyatt Family - Governance: Lawrance W. Jarvis served on the Jersey Cemetery Association. - Burials: Lloyd Melvin Hyatt (1947) – Edna Lilly (Gorsuch) Hyatt (1971) – Francis "Melvin" Hyatt (1967) – Mary Emm May (Hyatt) Custer (1977) – Mildred Catherine (Hyatt) Kreger (2000) – George Arthur Kreger (1950) – Georgetta (Kreger) Conway (1990) – twins Kylee Lanell Leonard (1999) and Makenzie Jo Leonard (1999) – Dianna Lavon Hatton (1937).

Barbara (Younkin) King Family - Burials: Hiram King (1851) - Barbara (Younkin) King (1857) - Thomas R. King (1861) - Hulda Jane "Huldy" "Hiley" King (1863).

Enoch Miner Sr. Family – Burial: Elmer E. Moon (1902)

Harriet Virginia (Younkin) Moon Family - Members: Andrew J and Harriet V. (Younkin) Moon. - Burials: Blanche E. Moon (1893) - Infant Moon (1893) - Leslie Moon (1895) - Harriet V. (Younkin) Moon (1908) - Andrew J. Moon (1916) - Mary Anne "Annie" (Gilmore) Moon (1919) - Sarah Arminda "Minnie" (Moon) Hostetler (1922) - Paul Hostetler (1926) - Samuel Hostetler (1927) - Jean Woods (1928) - Edna (Hostetler) Woods (1932) - Helen Louise (Hostetler) Meyers (1933) - John Oscar Hostetler (1935) - James Walter Moon (1943) - Ralph Edmund Hostetler (1944) - Albert Floyd Moon (1944) - Herbert Paul Moon (1946) - William Scott Hostetler (1954) - Martha Ann (Burnworth) Moon (1963) - James Edgar Hostetler (1966) - Andrew J. Hostetler (1973) - Andrew Bruce Moon (1973) - Floria P. (Burdett) Hostetler (1974) - Woodrow E. Hostetler (1978) - Ronald Eugene "Tom" Hostetler (1983) - Helen V. (Gower) Hostetler (1988) - Ruth Anna (Logsdon) Hostetler (1978) - Robert L. Havner (1988) - Harry Paul Hostetler (1988) - Alma Florence (Moon) Havner (1995) - Orpha Etta (Firestone) Hostetler (1996) - Mabel Frances Hostetler (1999) - Clayton L. "Bud" Tressler (2002) - Roy Eugene Hostetler (2009) - Jean Elizabeth (Hall) Hostetler (2011) - Betty Louise (Hostetler) Rutkowski (2015) - Norma Jean Hostetler (2020) - 

Mary Ann "Polly" (Younkin) Phillippi Family - Administration: Jonathan "John" Enos was a longtime caretaker. - Burials: John R. Enos (1910) - Mary Ann (Phillippi) Kreger (1918) - Gertrude (Stairs) Enos (1921) - Harry Ray Enos (1934) - Frederick S. Kreger (1934) - James Wesley Kreger (1940) - Marshall Enos (1943) - Pearl Edna (Leydig) Anderson (1943) - Samuel "Judson" Enos (1948) - Jonathan "John" Enos (1949) - Rebecca Jane (Lingenfield) Kreger (1952) - Mary "Mollie" (Rush) Enos (1954) - Glenn Kreger (1956) - Harry Clifford Kreger (1960) - Elizabeth (Wilson) Enos (1966) - Edna May (Hyatt) Kreger (1966) - Walton "Max" Enos (1967) - Eleanor (Boal) Kreger (1969) - Martha "Alice" (Williams) Enos (1971) - Warren H. Enos (1976) - Sarah Jane (Dodson) Enos (1978) - Helen (Wiltrout Berkey) Enos (1984) - Thomas J. Lincoln (1985) - Ila Jean Enos (1987) - Jessie Lillian (Hall) Enos (1987) - Lester James Enos (1987) - William Clarence Enos (1991) - Estella Marie (Silbaugh) Enos (1992) - Sally Marie (Enos) Thompson (1992) - Glen Marshall Enos (1994) - Mary (Goniak) Enos (1994) - Frances Irene (Conn) Kreger (1997) - Ida Deborah (Leydig) Lincoln (2002) - Ethel (Enos) Pletcher (2002) - Marshall "Randy" Enos (2006) - Ruth Ethel (Leydig) Enos (2008) - Anna Maria (Batis) Enos (2011) - H. John Enos (2014) - Jason Lester Enos (2017) - Barbara (Enos) Green (2021) - Helen Jean (Umbel) Enos (2022) - Richard Scott Enos (2024) -

Catherine (Minerd) Rose Family - Administration: Charles Rose was a cemetery caretaker as a member of the Ross Rush Post of the GAR. - Burials: Catherine (Minerd) Rose (1922) – Charles Rose (1909)

Jackson "Grant" Rose Family - Burials: Iva G. Rose (1923, unmarked) – Robert E. Rose (1921, unmarked) – Rebecca (Cunningham) Rose (1947) – Jackson "Grant" Rose (1961) – Harry Rose (1974)

John "Wesley" Rose Family - Burial: John "Wesley" Rose (1927).

Levi Rose Family - Burials: Levi Rose (1952) – Walter Rose (1968) – Viola C. (Lee) Rose (1969) – Charles Henry Rose Sr. (1977) – Harriet (Smith) Rose (1986) – William Rose (1936) – Albert Glenn "Mutt" Rose (1996) – Maola (Brandt) Rose (2014) – Baby Son Rose (1946) – Harvey "James" Rose (1986) – Frances E. (Tishue) Rose (1991)

Sarah (Dull) Rush Family - Governance: LeRoy Forquer at one time possessed a complete record of the church minutes from 1775 to 1860. - Burials: Frederick I. Rush (1896) - Harvey Rush (1896) - Grant Rush (1898) - Margaret C. (Koontz) Rush (1899) - Sarah (Dull) Rush (1909) - James C.M. Forquer (1917) - Jacob Rush (1922) - Gladys Fay Rush (1927) - LeRoy "Lee" Forquer (1932) - Nancy Lee Rush (1935) - Sabina (Dull) Rush (1944) - Margaret (Critchfield) Rush (1950) - Dewey Sampson Rush (1952) - Thomas Jefferson Jacobs (1973) - Mary Alice "Mayme" Forquer (1979) - Anna (Forquer) Jacobs (1980) - Fay A. Rush (1981) - Ruth Marguerite (Groff) Rush (1986)

Louisa (Rose) Thomas Family - Burials: Samuel Thomas (1929) – Louisa (Rose) Thomas (1956) – Isabella (Chestnutt) Thomas (1968) – Harvey Samuel Thomas (1983) – William Henry Thomas (1963) – Ona (Phelps) Thomas (1967) – Sarah Jane (Thomas) Rush (1993) – William Harrison Rush Sr. (1964) – William Harrison Rush Jr. (1983) – Millicent Adele (Rush) Enos (2010) – Adelbert Madison "Deb" Enos (2005) – Leora Jane (Rush) Lytle (2011) – Clara Bell (Rush) Cannon (2016) – Henry H. Cannon (1993)

Harriet (Younkin) Romesburg Turney Family - Burials: Harvey Smith (1993) – Clema Elizabeth (Romesburg) Smith (2017) – Maggie M. (Lee) Romesburg (1979) – Myles Romesburg (1983) – Marion M. "Sally" (Holt) Romesburg (2003) – Jack C. Romesburg (2005)

Irene (Miner) Welsh Family - Burial: Ruth Ann (Moon) Stillwagon (1964).

Balaam Younkin Family - Members: William B. and Mary Ann "Mollie" (Younkin) Lenhart. Attended the church's anniverary service on Sun., June 12, 1938 with her son Otto Roosevelt Younkin. - Burials: Arvilla Younkin (1867) - Ida Mae Younkin (1881) - Amanda (King) Younkin (1898) - Clyde Alexander Reid (1920) -  Balaam Younkin (1921) - Harvey "Eugene" Younkin (1937) - Ellen B. (Conn) Younkin (1940) - Harvey G. Younkin (1957) - Daisy Fern (Mickey) Younkin (1962) - Jacob Harmon Younkin (1964) - George Lester Younkin (1973) - Emma Violet (Younkin) Lincoln (1974) - Amanda (Younkin) Reid (1974) - Winfield Scott Lincoln (1990) - Grace Louise "Tick" (Younkin) Stewart (2004).

George Washington Younkin Family - Civil War Veterans: Samuel Tressler attended at least one Grand Army of the Republic event at the church. Burials: Warren Glenn Tressler (1953) - Sadie Anna (Hensel) Tressler (1962) - Arthur Noah Tressler (1969) - Tim A. Tressler (1973) - Margaret E. (Tressler) Kreger Lee (1989) - Alfred Lee Shipley (1995) -- George D. Tressler (1995) - Everett Eugene Tressler (2006) - Howard A. "Nook" Tressler (2006) - Loretta Sue (Shawley) Tressler Shipley (2011) - Genevieve L. (Hall) Tressler (2014) - Neva M. (Hyatt) Tressler (2018) - Mabel Jean (Tressler) Shipley (2020) - Juanita Kay (Tressler) Warrick (2020) - 

Rev. Herman Younkin Family - Burials: Phylis Jean Collins (1925) - Daniel Winfield Firestone (1949) - Charles K. Sipes (1963) - James Kenneth Younkin (1963) - Lottie Mae (Firestone) Younkin (1970) - Johnny Ray Younkin (1972) - Olive E. (Snyder) Younkin (1974) - Pearl Jennie (Younkin) Firestone (1978) - Carl M. "Bud" Younkin (1987) - William Roger Younkin (1992) - Vida M. (Firestone) Sipes (1993) - Nancy Jane Younkin (1999) - Evelyn L. (Younkin) Johnson (2013) - William G. Younkin (2013) - Clinton Ray Younkin (2024).

Jacob H. "Devil Jake" Younkin Family - Burial: Jacob C. Leonard (1970).

Jacob J. "Dorcas Jake" Younkin Family - Burials: Foster "I.C." Younkin (1864) - Dorcas (Hartzell) Younkin (1880) - Garfield Grossman (1888) - Caroline Malinda (Younkin) Grosman (1890) - Constance Younkin (1893) - Eugene Younkin (1896) - Jacob J. "Dorcas Jake" Younkin (1903) - Emma (Ringer) Younkin (1945) - Colwell Seveno Younkin (1946) - Ernest Ives Younkin (1957).

Jacob W. "Weasel Jake" Younkin Family - Burials: Levi H. Younkin (1907) - Sara Catherine (Moon) Younkin (1914) - Thomas Heinbaugh (1918) - Elizabeth (Younkin) Heinbaugh (1927) - Infant Girl Heinbaugh (1936) - James Richard Younkin (1947) - Ermina F. "Emma" (Younkin) McClintock Walker (1948) - Jacob "Harrison H." Younkin (1959) - Albert Heinbaugh (1962) - Sarah Catherine (Ohler) Younkin (1965) - Lester Milton Younkin (1971) - James "Ralph" Smith (1973) - Linzy Sylvester Conn (1975) - Margaret L. (Shipley) Smith (1983) - Wilma Arminda (Show) Heinbaugh (1988) - Gary Lee Smith (1991) - Wallace Vankirk "Van" Heinbaugh (1996) - Martha "Mildred" (Nickelson) Smith (1999) - Iretha M. (Cameron) Younkin (2000) - George Elmer Lenhart (2001) - William Robert Smith (2001) - Bertha Pearl (Rowan) Smith (2002) - Olive Ailiene (Rowan) Conn (2004) - Rex A. Younkin (2008) -  Mary Louise (Smith) Lenhart (2010) - Susan Elizabeth Lenhart (2020) - 

John H. Younkin Family - Burials:  Walter Forsythe (1888) - John H. Younkin (1890) - Lucinda (Sweitzer) Younkin (1910) - Emily Jane "Emma" (Younkin) Barnes (1918) - Sarah "Sallie" Younkin (1924) - Cora M. Younkin (1929).

John "Wesley" Younkin Family - Burials: Etta Pearl (Younkin) Cunningham (1918) - Harold Richard Younkin (1930) - George Edward McCulley (1932) - Edwin Roy Younkin (1933) - John "Wesley" Younkin (1940) - Harold R. Younkin (1944) - Ada Charlotte (King) Younkin (1962) - George Wilbur Colflesh (1970) - Mary K. (Younkin) Tressler Hiles (1972) - Ada "Marie" (Cunningham) Colflesh (1973) - Robert Arlington Younkin (1985) - Mary Gwendolyn (Colflesh) Tressler (1990) - Walton Younkin (1990) - Paul Clifford Younkin (1992) - Virginia E. (Leonard) Younkin (1993) - Leona Bertha (Hiles) Younkin (1999) - Walter C. Tressler (1999) - Chester C. "Smut" Younkin (2002) - Vernon "Bun" McCullen (2007) - Sarah (Nicholson) McCulley (2009) - Dwight Sidney Younkin (2011).

Ross and Emma (Rush) Younkin Family - Burials: Emogene Kathryn (Glover) Suder (1998) - Jack E. Suder (2021).

Samuel Younkin Sr. Family - Members: Samuel Younkin (1810s) and possibly his wife Rachel (Deitz) Younkin prior to their 1819 migration to Ohio and Indiana.

William Harrison "Henry" Younkin Family - Burials: Ida (Hyatt) Younkin (1911) - Hazel Betty Younkin (1927) - Freda Greer (1931) - Mildred E. Greer (1931) - Helen "Hazel" (McNair Anderson) Younkin (1933) - William Harrison "Henry" Younkin (1943) - Sharon Jean Smith (1951) - Jesse Willard Rugg (1962) - Frank E. Greer (1963) - Jesse "James" Younkin (1963) - Dorothy G. (Greer) Rugg (1968) - William P. Plume (1972) - Joseph E. Younkin Sr. (1973) - Maud B. (Younkin) Greer (1978) -  Charlotte Florence (Younkin) Smith (1989) - Charles Isaac Smith (1991) - Harry C. Campbell (1993) - Alice Pearl (Smith) Morgan (1996) - Bessie I. (Younkin) Smith Campbell (1997) - Daniel Edward Smith (1997) - Mabel Catherine (Younkin) Plums (2001) - Karen Kay (Plume) Shipley (2004) - Dale Hilliard (2011) - Dorothy Lou (Rugg) Hilliard (2026).

~ Civil War Veterans/Grand Army of the Republic ~