Weed School Burial Plot
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Weed School Burial Plot

Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Waterford, Pennsylvania 16441 United States
    Coordinates: 42.02754, -79.92869
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This burial plot is behind the Old Weed School near Weed's Corners, Erie Co, PA.

From "History and Genealogy of the Yaple Family" by Grace Vandervolt Crowe and Flora Yaple, published in 1977:

"In 1920 when I (Grace Vandervolt Crowe) was teaching at Weed's School, at non time all the children just disappeared for awhile. When I investigated, I found them all in the burial grounds East and South of the school eating their lunch. This was the burial grounds for the Weeds and Yaples. As that portion of Aunt Nellie Weed's farm was given for a cemetery, and some was donated for the school."

I (Eileen L Weed) visited this area in May 2014 and only three stones were visible, only one (Angeline Weed) was standing, another (Wilson Yaple) was crushed between two trees and a third (William Yaple) was laying down. No other stones were visible. They must be buried under all the brush and new trees in the area.

The other several stones I added on this site were thanks to the list in the above mentioned Yaple book. My cousin, Tom Balko, who was born in 1947, recalls that when he was a youth, there were still two rows of stones standing in the plot. The current owners also are not caring for it.







This burial plot is behind the Old Weed School near Weed's Corners, Erie Co, PA.

From "History and Genealogy of the Yaple Family" by Grace Vandervolt Crowe and Flora Yaple, published in 1977:

"In 1920 when I (Grace Vandervolt Crowe) was teaching at Weed's School, at non time all the children just disappeared for awhile. When I investigated, I found them all in the burial grounds East and South of the school eating their lunch. This was the burial grounds for the Weeds and Yaples. As that portion of Aunt Nellie Weed's farm was given for a cemetery, and some was donated for the school."

I (Eileen L Weed) visited this area in May 2014 and only three stones were visible, only one (Angeline Weed) was standing, another (Wilson Yaple) was crushed between two trees and a third (William Yaple) was laying down. No other stones were visible. They must be buried under all the brush and new trees in the area.

The other several stones I added on this site were thanks to the list in the above mentioned Yaple book. My cousin, Tom Balko, who was born in 1947, recalls that when he was a youth, there were still two rows of stones standing in the plot. The current owners also are not caring for it.







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