Trinity United Brethren Cemetery

Location:

McKee's Rd., McKee's Half Falls, Chapman Township

History:

"The Trinity Church ... was erected in 1860 as a union church for the use of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1885 the church came into the exclusive use of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. The building [was] a large two-story brick structure with a cupola that originally contained a bell. When the church was abandoned as a place of worship about the turn of the century, the bell was removed and was placed on the steeple of the Paradise Church. There is an old cemetery adjoining the west side of the church building that has long since been abandoned." Dunkelberger, p. 650.

Source of Inscriptions:

J.C. Shaffer & M.P. Arnold, (Wagenseller,) 1904.
Finsterbush, 7 December 1993.

Notes:

See the cemetery listing from Wagenseller's Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County.

Inscriptions:

[Bickel, Elizabeth, w/o John, March 3, 1835-March 30, 1872; 37 y.]
[Bickel, John, July 1, 1826-May 7, 1896; 69 y., 10 m., 6 d.]
[Bickle, Emma G., d/o Henry, Nov. 10, 1864-Dec. 17, 1867; 3 y., 1 m., 7 d.]
[Bickle, Emma M., d/o John, b. Jan. 17, 1869; 6 m., 5 d.]
[Bickle, George, s/o John, b. May 15, 1864; 1 m., 3 d.]
[Bickle, Leah, d/o John, b. March 10, 1862; 3 m., 28 d.]
[Bickle, Lewis, s/o John, b. Aug. 5, 1868; 11 d.]
[Bickle, Lovina, d/o John, b. March 18, 1863; 3 m., 2 d.]
Emrick, Wm. Grant, s/o Emanuel & Minerva, Nov. 12, 1865-Aug. 14, 1869; 3 y., 9 m., 2 d.
[Glace, Emanuel, s/o Fred., March 20, 1863-Feb. 8, 1865; 1 y., 10 m., 18 d.]
[Glace, Solomon, Sept. 18, 1802-Oct. 28, 1869; 67 y., 1 m., 10 d.]
Glase, John E., s/o F. & Elizabeth, Oct. 30, 1864-Sept. 28, 1869; 4 y., 10 m., 28 d.
Hilbish, Barbara Ellen, w/o Philip, Feb., 1815-Sept. 14, 1851; 36 y., 7 m.
Hilbish, Charles Edwin, s/o Philip, d. Sept. 7, 1855; 6 m.
Hilbish, James Herbert, s/o Philip & Margaret, d. May 28, 1862; 5 y., 2 m., 20 d.
Hilbish, Dr. Thomas J., July 9, 1849-May 20, 1881; 31 y., 10 m., 11 d. "Died with his brother, Dr. F.S. Hilbish, Green Springs, O."
Hoffman, Precilla M., d/o David & Amanda, March 2, 1860-July 12, 1879; 19 y., 4 m., 10 d.
[Houseworth, Benjamin, s/o Henry, May 30, 1858-April 20, 1864; 4 y., 10 m., 20 d.]
Houseworth, Catharine, w/o John, Dec. 8, 1805-April 14, 1866; 60 y., 4 m., 6 d.
[Hummel, infant s/o A.J. & March 4, 1886-June 29, 1886; 3 m., 25 d.]
Kramer, Beneville, Aug. 7, 1820-Oct. 2, 1871; 51 y., 1 m., 25 d.
[Kramer, Elizabeth, w/o Beneville, Aug. 7, 1823-Aug. 7, 1895; 72 y.]
[Nerhood, Rachel, w/o George, July 15, 1817-March 22, 1871; 53 y., 8 m., 7 d.]
Rine, Peter, Jan. 3, 1817-Oct. 15, 1867; 52 y., 9 m., 12 d.
Steffen, Margaret, w/o George, May 14, 1817-Feb. 21, 1885; 67 y., 9 m., 7 d.
Wilt, George W., July 7, 1831-April 4, 1889; 57 y., 8 m., 27 d.
Wilt, John Lewis, s/o Washington & Satah, May 1, 1868-March 7, 1870; 1 y., 10 m., 6 d.
Wilt, Sarah, w/o Washington, June 22, 1832-July 10, 1900; 68 y., 18 d.