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| DIERDORFF FAMILY CEMETERY, BIG MOUNT, PA | ||||
| Orginially read in 1932 added to in 1969 and revised in 2004 | ||||
| THIS IS 4 MILES NORTH-EAST OF EAST BERLIN AND JUST NORTH OF BIG MOUNT. | ||||
| WHEN VISITED IN MAY, 1969, TWO WERE TOTALLY OBLITERATED. NOT EVEN A TRACE OF THE | ||||
| MARKERS REMAIN. THEY WERE LOCATED ON WHAT ARE NOW THE RICHARD BERHIMER AND | ||||
| WILLIAM RUPPERT FARMS TO THE EAST OF EAST BERLIN. | ||||
| A THIRD SITE IS ON THE CLIFF OVERLOOKING ORT'S MILL DAM, A MILE NORTH OF EAST BERLIN. | ||||
| NINETEEN STONES ARE ON THE BURIAL GROUND. | ||||
| WAS ALSO KNOW AS THE GOCHENAUER BURIEL GROUND. | ||||
| SURNAME | FIRST | Birth | DEATH | AGE & REMARKS |
| Yrs. Mos and days | ||||
| DIERDORF | PETER | 4/12/1709 | 11/30/1786 | |
| DIERDORF | HANNES | 4/11/1740 | 1792 | 52-6-2 |
| DIERDORF | ANTHONY | 3/23/1747 | 4/12/1806 | 59-0-20 |
| DIERDORF | MARIA | 3/6/1817 | AGE 70 | |
| DIERDORF | SARAH | 1/17/1787 | 4/2/1827 | 40-2-16 |
| DIERDORF | JOHANNES | 1769 | 11/25/1825 | 55-11-19 |
| DIERDORF | SAMUEL | 8/31/1839 | footstone S.D.D. | |
| DIERDORF | ELIZABETH | 1/11/1828 | 1/28/1845 | 15-0-17 footstone E.D.D. |
| DIERDORF | JOSEPH | 2/26/1787 | 11/12/1854 | |
| DEARDORFF | EVE | 1/13/1769 | 12/12/1830 | 60-10/30 |
| DIERDORF | SUSANNA | 4/10/1827 | ||
| DIERDORF | JOHN | 5/9/1797 | 2/14/1852 | 54-9-5 |
| DIERDORF | ROLANDUS | 3/13/1853 | 0-6-11 S/O BENJAMIN & SUSANNA | |
| DIERDORF | F. M. | 1764 | ONLY DATE | |
| TRIMMER | CHRISTINA | 5/22/1748 | 5/22/1823 | 75 YRS |
| TRIMMER | JOHN | 11/25/1750 | 11/29/1831 | 84-0-4 |
| TRIMMER | Eliz | 4/3/1777 | Only date | |
| TRIMMER | E. L. T. | 1778 | ||
| TRIMMER | CHRISTINA | NOV. 1831 | ||
| TRIMMER | ANDREW | 3/8/1753 | OCT. 1832 | 79-7-2 |
| TRIMMER | SUSANNA | 7/13/1753 | JULY 1841 | 88-0-15 |
| TRIMMER | E.E.T | 1773 | ONLY DATE | |
| HENNEMAN | PHILLIP | 4/16/1775 | ||
| BROWN | MICHAEL | 1825 | 21-0-0 S/O MARY & MICHAEL | |
| OVERDEER | LEWIS | 5/24/1804 | 7/27/1834 | |
| LEIB | MASSA | 8/13/1777 | 1/20/1817 | 39-4-7 |
| BLAESSER | PETER | 3/14/1810 | 75-2-16 | |
| BLAESSER | HERMAN | 5/12/1821 | 67-3-15 | |
| BLAESSER | SARAH | 11/18/1804 | 41-3-18 W/O HERMAN | |
| FERREE | PETER | SEPT. 1823 | 38 years | |
| FERREE | MARY | 4/28/1826 | 1826 | INFANT 0-6 stone sunken |
| STONE BROKEN | 11/13/1835 | 16/11/26 | ||
| PETER DIERDORFF OWNED 200 ACRES OF LAND WHICH ARE NOW THE BARTON ORCHARDS. | ||||
| HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE REVOLUTION. A D.A.R. MARKER WAS PLACED ON | ||||
| THE SITE ABUT 50 YEARS AGO. | ||||
| PETER FERREE WAS A VETERAN OF THE WAR OF 1812. THE SITE IS SO MARKED. IN 1969 | ||||
| THE SITE WAS OVERGROWN WITH BRUSH AND WEEDS. SOME STONES WERE BROKEN | ||||
| AND UPSET. SOME STONES HAD RATHER NICE CARVINGS (HAND) OF FLOWERS, VINES, | ||||
| STARS, FIGURES, ETC. | ||||
| IN 2004 THE ABOVE CEMETERIES CAN NO LONGER BE LOCATED. STONES ARE GONE | ||||
| AND THEY ARE GROWN OVER WITH WEEDS. | ||||