Time has not been kind to Hice-Pershing Cemetery, now sandwiched between the vast coal-fired Conemaugh and Seward generating stations on the north shore of the Conemaugh River in East Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
What apparently began during the late 18th century as the family burial ground of Revolutionary War veteran Johann Heinrich Heiss (anglicized to John Henry Hice), grew to include the dead of neighboring families on both sides of the river, including my own Myers and Hill ancestors, from the Westmoreland County side.
Daniel Pershing's once-grand home had pride of place near the cemetery when 19th turned to 20th century and the neighborhood was richly agricultural. Now all that's left is the gravetard in a scrap of timber on the downslope to the river.
Thank you for your blog! I am trying to trace my4th great-grandmother, Margaret Hice, who lived in Westmoreland County-maybe John Henry Hice's daughter? I have Myers in my family tree, too, but they are from southern Indiana in the 1800s. My Margaret married a Taylor and they migrated to southern Indiana so it's not impossible to hypothesize we're distantly related :)
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