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Now Brush Creek Salem United Church of Christ, this beautiful and stately building is nearly 200 years old: it was built somewhere around the years 1816-1820, serving the colonial-era community of Brush Creek outside Irwin. The adjacent Brush Creek Cemetery...

Is Margaret’s surname Claxton, Claxson, Clarkson or Clarkston?  I know one thing for sure, it’s pronounced like Claxton in Claiborne and Hancock County, Tennessee.  There’s no debate about how to say it, only how to spell it. It’s typically spelled...

George Swanson loved his 1984 Corvette so much, he made a promise with his wife that he be buried in it. In the historic Brush Creek Cemetery near Irwin, Pennsylvania, Caroline Swanson made sure that promise was kept. On May 25, 1994, George, a local...

Lois J. Norbert, 78 of Penn Twp., died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 in UPMC East, Monroeville. She was born June 18, 1935 in Grapeville, a daughter of the late Nicholas and Grace Sadler Croushore. Prior to retirement she worked as a glass cleaner and...

Hannah was born on August 9, 1918 and passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Hannah was a resident of Royersford, Pennsylvania at the time of her passing. She was married to Albert. Friends will be received Saturday January 7 2017 from 10:00 am...