Lost Creek Cemetery,
McAllisterville, PA

by Jeanne Bowman and Scott Dykes
September 2009

With research help from J. A. McAlister, we believe these people to be the family of H02-3. Personal visit on Sept 1, 2009 by Scott Dykes and L. Jeanne Bowman, along with Carl McAlister and his wife, Joan Wentz.

Long time member, Robert Jesse McAlister (CMA member #393), my brother Scott Dykes, and I have been working together and have connected a very large section of McAllister / McCallister families living in and around Hopewell Township, York County, PA -- now known as James, J78. This research was supported by a little booklet compiled by Helen Blasser Zeller found in York Heritage Library, File #3472, York Pa. In addition, there are many news clipping and the U.S. Federal Census that I cross-referenced to this booklet and placed them in booklets to the Genealogy Committee in May 2009. This material and some important DNA results from Robert Jesse placed him in subgroup # 2. This research leads us to believe J78 is the seventh son of Hugh, H02. All paperwork has been submitted and to my knowledge approved, but we need a Gedcom to submit for final approval by the Genealogy Committee before lines will be merged.

On September 8, 2009 brother Scott Dykes, Carl F. McAlister, his wife Joan (Wentz) and I took a field trip to McAlisterville, Juniata County, PA. As we topped the ridge, we located McAlistersville, which opened up to a very beautiful valley floor, with great acreage and farm land and steams. Soon we located The Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery and listed the many McAlisters buried there as follows.

Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery is located on Singer Hill Road, just off Rockland Road in Fayette Township. Comments, connections, cross-references, and new submissions are welcome. (Contact the CMA Webmaster.) See the CMA journal, MacAlasdair Clan for Winter, 2013 for more information.

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James McAlister b. 22 Nov 1818 d. 25 Jul 1878 Line Note: H02-7-2-1 ?	Mary F. (Leonard) McAlister b. 12 Dec. 1894 d. 6 Mar 1978 wife of H. Harrison McAlister Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-3
Hugh Linn McAlister b. 1916 d. 1977 Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-3-1	Lane L. McAlister b. 28 Jul 1918 d. 28 Apr 2001 Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-3-2
W. Harrison McAlister b. 20 Nov 1815 d. 1 Nov. 1895 Rebecca J. Kelly b. 7 Jul 1825 d. 28 Sep 1913 Line Note: H02-4-2-3	Sally Thompson McAlister d. 29 Jun 1897 86 yrs 5 mos. 23 days Line Note: H02-4-2-1
Annie McAlister d. 17 Sep 1891 66 yrs 5 mos. 22 days wife of James Gilfilen Line Note: H02-4-2-6	John B. McAlister d. 29 Jun 1891 69 yrs 8 mos. 18 days Line Note: H02-4-2-5
William McAlister d. 14 Apr 1861 80 yrs 7 mos 18 days Line Note: H02-4-2	Mary McCulley d. 2 Jul 1847 59 yrs 10 mos. 10 days Wife of William Line Note: H02-4-2
S. L. McAlister Family Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8?	Stephen Loyd McAlister b. 25 Nov 1840 d. 13 May 1933 Battallion E 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8
Anna M. Elliott b. 7 Dec 1844 d. 30 May 1918 Wife of S. L. McAlister Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8	Jane Elliott McAlister b. 13 Feb 1883 d. 29 Mar 1962 Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-1
Hugh H. McAlister IV b. 11 May 1887 d. 23 May 1943 Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-3	Mary Rhoda McAlister b. 17 Apr 1885 d. 2 Jan 1953 Line Note: H02-3-3-4-8-2
Hugh McAlister d. May 02 1867 61 yrs 6 mos. Line Note: H02-3-5-2	William Irvine McAlister b. 7 Nov 1847 d. 9 May 1924 Line Note: H02-3-3-6-4
Hanna C(atherine Westfall) McAlister d. 26 Mar 1900 66 yrs 2 mos. 16 days Wife of J. A. McAlister Line Note: H02-4-6-5	James Allen McAlister d. 16 Jul 1891 - 64 yrs 9 mos. 26 days Line Note: H02-4-6-5
Rachel Agnes McAlister Harshberger b. 3 Aug 1837 d. 9 Aug 1921 Wife of Joseph Van Ormer Line Note: H02-3-5-2-3	Henry Harshberger M.D. b. 8 Feb 1816 d. 1883 (first husband to Rachel) Line Note: H02-3-5-2-3
Jane T. McAlister b. 11 Mar 1822 d. 27 Sep 1890 68 yrs 6 mos 6 days Line Note: H02-4-3-8	R. Wilson Jamison b. 24Sep 1816 d. 1 Jun 1875 Sarah T. McAlister b. 24 Jun 1823 d. 20 Nov 1896 Line Note: H02-4-4-4
Emma C. ? b. 1861 d. 1947 Line Note:	Frances E. McAlister d. 3 Jul 1854 - 2 yrs 25 days Line Note: H02-3-6-9-1
Double "L" McAllisters, probably unrelated to the above, but in the same cemetery.
G. Washington McAllister b. 9 Feb 1828 d. 6 Sep 1902 Mary Myers b. 13 Nov 1827 d. 8 Jan 1908 Line Note: H02-3-6-9	George Irvine McAllister b 28 Sep 1890 d. 13 April 1966 Isadora Reynolds b. 22 Oct 1889 d. 12 Dec 1966 Line Note: H02-3-6-9-5-2