Tombstone Inscriptions of the Old Mennonite Cemetery of Hereford

OLD HEREFORD MENNONITE CEMETERY

Bauman, Bauer, Bayford, Bechtel, Beeker, Beidler, Berky, Beyer, Bieler, Bobb, Bower, Brensinger, Buchwalter, Buler,
Butterweck, Clemmer, Clymer, Detinger, Diehl, East, Ehst, Eschbach, Folk, Fox, Frederick, Fretz, Fuchs, Funck, Funk, Gehman, Geisinger, Gottshall, Halteman, High, Hunsberger, Jantz, Johnson, Koch, Kungle, Landis, Latschar, Lesser, Mack, Mengel, Miller, Moll, Moyer, Myer, Nester, Oberholtzer, Oholser, Phlieger, Reichert, Sassaman, Schieber, Schneider, Schoenly, Schwatz, Shelley, Springer, Stauffer, Strunk, Thomas Weiss, Wetzel, Yoder, Young.

Many matrilineal names and birth dates are included in the entries. A great many of these graves are of people born in the 18th century.

Notable age:

Elizabeth Mengel, b. 1741, 1.33.
Abraham Gehman, b. 1766, 1.37.
Philip Hoch, b. 1755, 3.32, his wife Anna, b. 1762, 3.33.
Killion Weiss, b. 1751 4.32, wife Catharine, b. 1764, 4.31. Abraham Bechtel. b. 1749 4.47.
Jacob Bauman, b. 1750, 5.41.

Row 1 notes:

There are 40 burials in Row 1. Twelve born 18th century, Oberholtzers, Gehmans. Eleven children die, age six or less.
Spellings vary, compare Clemmer 1.12 and Klemmer, 1.16 or Klemer, 2.18. Sometimes different spellings occur in the same line, Oberholtser and Oberholser (1.39), or differ from a previous, as Oberholtzer 1.18-23. Old spellings, name:Cathrina, (1.4), Salharena, (1.32), Therusah 3.1, Bachtly, 6.17.

Row 2:

There are 35 burials in Row 2, eight children, seven born in the 18th century.
Folk 2.21, Thomas, 2.22.

Row 3:

18 born 18th century, 7 children.
Septimus Moyer 3.19

Row 5:

nine child graves.
5.28 Maria Bauman, 9 sons, age 40.
5:30 Isaac Bauman, 5.30, "Age, 32 hours."
5.44 Heinrich Stauffer, m. three times, in succession. His wives are buried in reverse order from his grave, the first, 5.47, farthest.

Row 6:

Almost all 19th century births. Of 22 names in Row 6, nine are children. 5 child graves in a row, 6.5-9.
Touching inscriptions on the graves of Lydia Stauffer, 6.21, and her daughter of three, 6.20.

Thursday, January 17, 2008