from page 262 of Joseph Cochran's 1879 book "History of Mifflin county". This deals with his walk through the Milroy graveyard in, presumably, the late 1870's and hi observations of some of the graves; ""We note these to show the surviving population, where rests the mortal remians of the old pioneer. William P. Alexander, died 1850, aged 58 years, 6 months; and wife, died 1848, aged 55 years; John Hamlin, died 1852, aged 48 years; William McNitt, died 1864, aged 81 years; Mary, his wife, died 1846, aged 65 years, 6 months; Rhoda, wife of David C. Miller, died January 23, 1833, aged 33 years; Moses Mitchell, born 1815, died 1860; Col. William Reed, died 1877, aged 81 years, 9 months; James Thompson, died 1879, aged 78 years, 7 months; Robert M. Thompson, died 1847, aged 45 years; Christian Brown, died 1875, aged 66 years, 6 months; William Brown, died 1844, aged 57 years; and Mary, his wife, died 1844, aged 54 years; Sarah Steeley, died 1844, aged 73 years; Rachel, wife of Isaiah Coplin, died 1872, aged 72 years; John McDowell, died 1869, aged 76 years; Nancy, wife of John Beaty, died 1842, aged 75 years; John Beaty, died 1840, aged 78 years; Bruce McNitt, who lost his life by the burning of the Pacific Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, February 20, 1858, aged 22 years; James Brown, died 1841, aged 58 years; Nancy, wife of James Brown, died 1861, aged 73 years; William McDowell, died 1851, aged 75 years, 9 months. Having passed away, here rests the hardy pioneer who braved the toils and perils of frontier life. These were people of experience and strong personal character."