from page 260 of Joseph Cochran's 1879 "History of Mifflin County" - 'The Old Lewistown Cemetery' "In a walk through these old grounds, we reflect on the lives and experiences of those now sleeping here - the pioneers of this town and county. There is a moral sublimity in his work. We note the following names and dates: Agnes Stark, died 1810, aged 65; Edward McCarty, Sheriff of Mifflin county, died October 14, 1805; David Jordan, died 1822, aged 77; William Buchanan, died 1767, aged 25; Arthur, his son, died 1792, aged 28; George Forster, died 1805, aged 33; James Robinson, died 1842, aged 82; Robert Hope, died 1803, aged 32; Jenet, wife of Robert Hope, died 1849, born 1765; Andrew Keiser, died in 1848, aged 80; Hon. William McCoy, died 1841, aged 63; Jane Kerns, died 1825, aged 70; Amy Major, died 1792; George McClelland, died 1811, aged 44. Other names follow of various dates. Among them we note the names of Kinsloe, Rittenhouse, Cameron, Steele, Montgomery, Caldwell and others. This old cemetery has long since ceased to be used as a place of interment, there having been 3 or 4 others located in the suburbs of the town. The town and all the surrounding valleys are above an average in general health, and there are more cases of extreme longevity than we often meet in any locality."