(Possible location of where Robert is buried, next to his grandaughter; Cardington Twp., Morrow Co. OH--Photo taken Dec. 1997)

Robert Isaac McCartney (September 21, 1791 - December 24, 1837)
Robert Isaac McCartney, the oldest son of Ephraim and Ann (Sanford) McCartney, was born September 21, 1791, in Mifflin Co., PA and married Lydia Martha Runk December 31, 1811 in Westmoreland Co., PA. They had eight known children, the first two being girls and the others boys. The 1820 Federal Census (Microfilm # M33-98) Bedford Co. PA, Bedford Twp. lists Robert and wife residing. Robert died at the age of 46 in Cardington Twp., Morrow Co., OH, then Marion Co. One of Robert's grandchildren, Lydia A. (daughter of Jacob R.), died July 16, 1851 at the age of 1 year, 3 months and 20 days and was buried in section 22 of Glendale Cemetery in Cardington Twp., Morrow Co., OH. Her plot is quite large with no other headstones in close proximity (see photos above). It is my assumption that Robert was buried in the same plot fourteen years earlier without a headstone or a headstone that no longer exists.

Lydia Martha Runk (July 1, 1794 - August 22, 1870)
Lydia Martha Runk was born July 1, 1794 in Lancaster Co., PA and died at the age of 76, in Wilton Junction, Muscatine Co., IA. Three months after the death of her husband in Cardington Twp., Lydia returned to Washington Twp. in the same county on March 31, 1838. Twelve years later the 1850 Census of Morrow Co., OH, Cardington Twp. (495/497) lists Lydia (55), and sons Daniel (33), Robert (31), Washington (20), and Isaac (17). Two years after the 1850 census on September 13th, Lydia left for Iowa to spend the remainder of her life with relatives. The 1870 federal census of Muscatine Co., IA [page 577 (190-204)], lists Lydia, age 78, born in PA, living with son Jacob R. McCartney and his family. Lydia and sons Isaac R. (Isaac R.'s wife Mary and their son William), Daniel, Robert, and Robert's infant child, are all buried in Isaac R.'s plot (section E, Lot 44) in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton, IA (see image below).

Lydia's father, Michael Runk (whose father’s name was also Michael), was born in 1765 in Lancaster Co., PA. Michael married Mary Schowalter, her senior by three months, in 1786, in Lancaster Co., PA. Mary Schowalter, who was of German descent, was born in 1765, in Lancaster Co., PA. Michael and Mary had nine or ten children, seven of whom lived to adult age. Lydia Martha Runk was the fourth child and the third of the girls. Michael Runk died at the age of 54 in Westmoreland Co., PA, April 4, 1819, and his wife Mary at the age of 81, in Stark Co., OH, April 29, 1846.

Original plot book-Oakdale Cemetery. Lydia M. (Runk) McCartney listed as #6.