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    HERSHEY’S MENNONITE CHURCH CEMETERY

    Original Stones read in 1908

     Added to list in 1934 and

          March of 2002

 

 

 

THE FOLLOWING LIST MIGHT HAVE TYPO ERROS AND I HAVE READ THE STONES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.  SOME OF THEM ARE VERY OLD AND HARD TO READ. SOME STONES ARE NOT LISTED AS I COULD NOT READ THEM AT ALL.                    

 

Cemetery Name:  HERSHEY'S MENNONITE CHURCH  rebuilt in 1897    

Location of Cemetery: "York,PA  Take Rt 30 West to Thomasville look for Biesecker Road, turn right " onto Biesecker Road cross over E. Berlin Road and Admire Road.  Go about 1 mile and church is on the right.                   

                  

Left side of Church from road                  

Surname     First Name        Birth Date  Died        Age and Inscription

                       

Baer        Abraham                       4/8/1820    son of Daniel & Annie Baer

Baer        Daniel B.                     4/2/1913    age 66 years 10 mo 5 days

Baer        Annie                         3/17/1905   wife of Daniel age 53 years 11 days

Baer        Isaac                         2/3/1883    aged 71 years  2 mos 9 days

Baer        Anna                          8/14/1900   wife of Isaac 81 years 9 mo 13 days

Boring      infant                        6/19/1902   son of E. O. & A. M Borning 1 day old

Boring      Elizabeth         1849       1931        aged 81 5 mos 13 days

Brown       James                         3/19/1822   aged 10 mo 2 days S/O Ezra & Mary

Chronister  Lovinia                       3/15/1876   W/O Amos D/O David & Marie Myers 21-0-8

Gochenaur   Joseph            1800        1/17/1876   aged 76 years 5 mos 15 days

Gochenaur   Rebecca                       4/15/1875   wife of Joseph 66 years 5 mo 18 days

Gochenaur   Solomon                       6/8/1872?   son of Julia & Catherine 20-2-3

Gochenaur   Barbara                       10/28/1882  wife of Jacob  age 86 years 8 Days

Gochenaur   Levi M.                       3/6/1883    5/6/1916    aged 33 years 1 mo

Gochenaur   Joel              4/20/1820   12/28/1896  aged 76 years 9 mos 8 days

Gochenaur   Leah              2/22/1817   1/8/1894    aged 76 years 10 mos 16 days

Goodwin     John                          10/7/1905   aged 73 years 6 mo 16 days

Goodwin     Leah                          3/16/1925   aged 84 years 8 mo 29 days W/O John

Gunkel      Ruth Ella                     6/3/1879    daughter of Samuel & Ruth 1-0-16

Harbold     Grant H.          1910        1951 

Harbold     Mary E.           1898        1967 

Harbold     Carrie H.         12/2/1882   9/13/1981  

Harbold     Wilson            10/20/1872  9/4/1939   

Harbold     Marion            11/15/1907  10/7/1978  

Harlacher   William H.        1857        1944        aged 87 years 3 mo 3 days

Harlacher   Mary              1859        1928        wife of William H. 68 years 10 mo 17

Herschey    Joseph                        7/7/1874    age 67 1 mo 13 day

Hershey     Annie                         9/9/1882    D/O Jacob & Lydia 14 years 2 mos 14 days

Hershey     Elizabeth                     6/3/1873    age 64 1 mo 27 days W/O Joseph

Hershey     Jacob                         5/10/1911   aged 76 year 11 mo 29 day

Hershey     Lydia                         5/16/1895   wife of Jacob age 63 year 3 mo 3 day

Hershey     Anna Mary         9/9/1808    10/12/1888  Wife of David 

Hershey     David             02/25/1810  1/5/1899    88 years 10 mo 10 days

Hobaugh     Rozetta                       9/5/1900    wife of P.C. Hobaugh 48 years 9 mo 28d

Kauffman    Christian                     10/18/1847  aged 18 years 5 mo 6 day

Kauffman    Isaac                         3/29/1893   age 69 year 22 days

Kauffman    Mary                          8/1890 ?    wife of Isaac

Kauffman    Margaret                      10/18/1899  wife of Christian 90 years 7 mo 28days

Kauffman    Christian                     10/29/1882  age 83 years 13 days

Kauffman    Mason                           No Dates

Kauffman    Christian B.      1850        1915 

Kauffman    Emma Z.           1855        1938        wife of Christian B. 83 years 7 mo 28

Kauffman    Harry Z           1874        1913        On same stone Christian B & Emma Z.

Kauffman    Moses B.                     6/12/1921   aged 64 years 10 mos 21 days

Martin      Ivan G.           1919        1920 

Martin      Louis             1928        1928        0-1-2 Had a wooden marker

Martin      Titus GorC        1913        1914 

Myers       Christian                     6/16/1881   age 49

Myers       David             7/30/1817   12/30/1899  age 82 years 6 mo

Myers       Maria                         9/24/1887   wife of David age 64 years 6 mo 2 days

Quickel     Paul S.                       2/11/1914   8 mo 6 days S/O Peter & Annie

Reinecker   Guy                           10/12/1888  S/O J. W. & L. J.  2-4-28

Rinehart    Sarah K.                      4/13/1877   age 1 yr 5 mo 7 days d/o Peter 7 Rebecca

Ruppert     Effie                         8/22/1887   D/O Daniel K. & J. M.  0-2-21

Ruppert     Lydia                        6/15/1887   8 mos 28 days D/) R. H. & Amanda

Ruppert     Harvey C.                     12/23/1885  S/O Daniel K. & J. M.  0-11-1

Ruppert     Charlie P.                    07/19/1883  S/O S. K. & L. E.  1-3-21    

Ruppert     Michael K.                    9/25/1933   age 78years 7 months

Ruppert     Leah                          3/17/1924   age 72 years 10 mo 27 days

Ruppert     Susana                        02/08/1894  wife of Michael Ruppert aged 71 years                              

Ruppert     Michael K.                    12/7/1903   aged 77 years 10 mo 14 days

Ruppert     Harvey C.                     12/23/18--  son of --------Ruppert

Ruppert     Harry L.                      10/191907   S/O R. H. & A.  0-2-07

Ruppert     infant                        7/24/1901   D/O R. H. & A. 0-0-2

Smith       Mervin K.                     9/3/1906    age 7 mo 3 days S/O SS & A

Smith       Sarah Annie       4/11/1882   9/27/1972  

Smith       Sylvester         12/21/1874  7/12/1909   age 34 years 5 mo 22 days

Speck       Emma E.           10/11/1877  3/13/1961   Age 84

Trimmer     Daniel            1838        1923        aged 85 years 3 mos 9 days

Trimmer     Sophia            1846        1921        "Wife of Daniel, 75years 3 mos 10 days

Unknown     George W.                     9/12/1877   Son of Michael & Susanna 20 years 5 mo                                                      Daughter of David & Maria Myers

                                                      aged 21 years 8 days

                                   

 

 

RIGHT SIDE OF CEMETERY                   

 

Surname     First Name        Birth Date  Died        Inscription

 

Brenaman    Joseph                        11/27/1845  age 73 yrs 1 mo 26 days

Brubecke    Johan             3/29/1772   4/27/1810  

Brubecke    Anna              03/29/1772  04/24/1840  aged 68 years 0 mo 28 days

Brubecker   Johnannes         10/15/1770  3/23/1844   aged 73

Bushy       Mary                          8/20/1860   wife of Christain 68 years 5 mo 4 days

Bushy       Christian         7/3//1782   2/22/1856   age 73 yrs 7 mos 19 days

Byers       Charlotte L.                  8/24/1900   aged 83 years 4 mo 5 days

Goch        Sarah             7/17/1802   6/26/1834   aged 31 years 11 mo 9 days

Goch        Jacob             6/9/1757    8/26/1834   aged 77 years 2 mos

Goch        Daniel            7/5/1804    11/20/1834  aged 30yrs 4 mo 0 days

Gochenauer  Jacob             10/5/1822   7/18/1849   age 26 years 9 mo 13 days

Gochenauer  Eve               3/20/1768   6/7/1847    aged 79 years 2 mo 18 days

Gochenold   Jacob             5/5/1790    4/25/1851   aged 68 years 11 mo 20 days

Gouchenaur  Joseph B.         8/5/1827    4/22/1835   aged 7 yrs 8 mo 17 days

Hantz's     Phillip                      6/7/1869    aged 64 years 9 mo 19 days

Hantz's     Anna                          7/8/1849    wife of Phillip  44 years 5 mo 19 days

Harbold     John                          04/28/1865  aged 71-9-4

Hershey     Joseph            5/31/1783   6/3/1852    age 69yrs  3 days

Hershey     Elizabeth         10/15/1781  3/16/1839   wife of Joseph age 57 years 6 mo 1 day

Hershey     Mary              6/27/1838   4/12/1839   Daughter of Joseph age 9 mos 15 days

Kauffman    Christian         4/12/1781   1/12/1835   age 63 yrs 9 mo 0 days

Kauffman    Susanna           10/10/1798  8/30/1853   aged 54yrs 10 mos 20 days w/o Abraham

Kauffman    Henry                         2/14/1860   aged 85 years 4 mos 28 days

Kaufman     Abraham           2/28/1827   10/31/1847  age 20 8 mos 0 days

Kaufman     Abraham           10/8/1792   12/4/1834   age 42yrs 1 mo 27 days

Kindig      George            5/30/1761   1/9/1839    age 77 years 7 mo 10 days

Kindig      Elizabeth                     12/26/1838  wife of George age 72

LeFever     Mary E.                       12/17/1868  age 3 yrs 8 mo 11 days D/o George & Mary

Leib        Elizabeth                     7/21/1859   age 37 yrs 4 mo 1 day Wife of Henry M.

Leib        John Franklin     3/1/1850    9/29/1852   son of Henry J. 2 years 6 mo 28 days.

Lieb        Henry                         2/28/1862   son of John

Meyers      Madalena          4/8/1772    9/17/1836   aged 64 years 5 mo 9 days

Meyers      Polly                         12/1/1854   Wife of Christian 67 years 14 days

Meyers      Christian                     9/24/1855   aged 71 years 7 mo 24 days

Myers       Eliza             7/29/1851   9/1/1851    Daughter of David Myers 1 mo 3 days

Myers       Mary              5/23/1841   10/14/1850  Daughter of David & Mary 9 yrs 4 mo 21

Myers       Catherine         9/30/1849   2/9/1850    Daughter of David aged 4 mo 9 days

Raber       Jacob g.                      11/9/1865   47 years

Ruber       Polly N.                      4/18/1868   age 42 yrs 5 mo 18 days w/o Jacob G.

Ruppert     Isacc                         2/15/1855   aged 0 yrs 6 mo 8 days

Ruppert     Susanna                       9/20/1853   daughter of Michael 0 yrs 4 mo 15 days

Sprenkel    Lydia             7/9/1792    6/1/1842    Wife of Peter 46 years 10 mo 22 days

Sprenkel    Peter             8/12/1785   3/19/1856   aged 70 years 7 mos 7 days

Stauffer    Anna              11/30/1760  11/11/1841  aged 80 years 11 mos 11 days

Stauffer    Daniel Albert     2/21/1850   7/25/1851   s/o Daniel & Maria aged 1 yr 5 mo 4 days

Stauffer    Jacob             8/6/1773    5/4/1840    age 66 years 8 mo 29 days

Stauffer    Elizabeth         6/23/1787   1/14/1842   aged 54 years 6 mos 21 days

Stauffer    Mary Ellen        8/30/1850   3/13/1851   Daughter of Henry aged 6 mo 16 days

Stauffer    Leah              11/18/1848  9/3/1852    Daughter of Henry age 3

Walgamute   Elnora            11/28/1801  12/21/1843  aged 42 years 21 days w/o John

Witmer      Catharine                     12/4/1884   aged 87 years 8 mos.

Witmer      Jacob                         1/12/1870   aged 73 years 11 mos 4 days

Witmer      Elias             1/20/1830   9/6/1853    aged 23 years 17 days

Witmer      Jacob             3/4/1822    10/24/1853  aged 31 years 7 mo 21 days

Wolgamute   Levi              5/19/1828   5/2/1850    aged 21 years l mo 14 days

           

Original stones read in 1908 no longer readable

 

Rupert      George W.                     9/12/1877   20-5-15 S/O Michael & Susanna

Ruppert     Clayton H.                    1/12/1887   1-3-11 S/O S.K. & L.E.

Ruppert     Henry M.                      6/4/1884    3-8-11 S/O N,J, & Leah

Asber       Emma                          3/16/1877   0-5-24 D/O John & Susan

Ruppert     Milton                        10/4/1898   0-6-6 S/O R. H. & Amanda

Ruppert     Annie                         8-29-1890   0-6-14 D/O R. H. & Amanda

Gochnauer   John Doe                      3/8/1872    62-0-0

Byers       Joseph                        2/24/1849   79-0-0

Byers       Anna                          11/16/1867  83-0-0 W/O Joseph

Bushy       Mary                          8/20/1860   68-5-4 W/O Christian

Witmer      Caroline          10/19/1835  12/30/1849  14-2-11

Leib        Henry W.                      9/19/1859   0-11-2 s/o Henry & Elizabeth

Hershey     Infant                        no dates    S/O Jacob & Lydia

Hershey     Infant                        no dates    S/O Jacob & Lydia

Hrshey      Emaline                       8/24/1861   D/O Jacob & Lydia

Hershey     Samuel                        10/8/1855   Only Date S/O Jacob & Lydia

Shaffer     Daniel            6/2/1804    5/22/1832   28-10-0

Welkumer    Sarah                         9/21/1859   9-9-24 D/O Jacob & Susannah

Goodwin     Henry                         2/28/1862   1-2-8 S/O John & Leah

Goodwin     Jacob                         2/28/1866   0-10-4 S/O John & Leah

Goodwin     Leah                          5/12/1870   0-8-18 S/O John & Leah

Rubert      Infant Son                    no dates    s/o Reuben & Amanda

Ruppert     Infant                        12/20/1883  0-0-1 D/O R. H. & Amanda

Ruppert     Infant                        12/17/1879  S/O M. K. & Leah

Hershey     John Doe                      3/1/1862    2-7-8 S/O Abraham & Sarah

Hershey     Infant                        3/26/1868   Only date S/O Abraham & Sarah

Strickler   Isaac                         3/7/1864    6-11-7 S/O D. F. & Magdalena

Paup        Aaron                         2/5/1910    72-7-18