This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tspeers_2 Surnames: Gillen, Bush, Perkins,Gwynn, etc. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3490.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Carletta, Ginger Hill Cemetery is a small coal mining cemetery on top of a hill between Monongahela and Bentleyville that had a very outstandking above ground 15 diameter pipe containing a conveyor carrying coal toward Monongahela. My grandfathers fraternal grandparents are buried there. I have JPG pictures of some of these tombstones. His gm was Mary Bush 1829 - 1880 who married James Gillen 1829-1896. Their daughter Margaret Gillen 1855 married Joshua Bush 1847 - 1930 both buried at Ginger Hill. Joshua and Margaret's son was Charles H. Bush 1873 - 1878. Margaret Gillen's siblings were Frank M. Gillen my ggf (who married Dora Belle Gwynn and lived in Monongahela and in Fayette County in or near Belle Vernon), and Wilson Gillen 1852 - 1914 buried at Ginger Hill. I couldn't find an Ames or Bush in Odell's book on early VA settlers but I did find a John Bushong who bought 216 acres near Woodstock on the North Fork Shenandoah from William Rogers in 1778. Perhaps John dropped the ending of the name to make it more pronounceable. My gf George and ggf Frank M. Gillen are shown in an early 1910's newpaper picture working at the glass plant in Belle Vernon. My gm was a Perkins from Fayette City and had other siblings who lived in Fayette County. Hope there is a connection. Tom Speers of Belle Vernon. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.