Brubaker Mennonite Cemetery

Location:

Southeast end of McNess Road, Union Township

History:

Jacob Brubaker came to Snyder Co. from Juniata Co. in 1818 and married Mary E. Blosser of Port Trevorton. He became the first Mennonite bishop in Snyder Co. and was the first bishop of the Stauffer Mennonite Church in 1846. His first wife Mary died in 1830 and is the first marked grave in this cemetery. The last grave in 1917 was also that of a Mary Brubaker. Three early bishops of the Stauffer Mennonite Church are buried here: Jacob H. Brubaker, Daniel B. Brubaker, and Michael Brubacher. Daniel B. Brubaker organized a Brubaker Church in 1855 when he was expelled for signing a petition to build Peiffer Valley Road. With the building of the Susquehanna Mennonite Church and the return of some members to Lancaster Co. the Brubaker Church, which met in homes and did not have a building, was dissolved about 1890.

Source of Inscriptions:

J.C. Shaffer & M.P. Arnold, (Wagenseller,) 1904.
Finsterbush & Swanger, 1 August 1998.

Notes:

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

Inscriptions:

• B., [?] L.
• B., D., J. 30, 1853; 4 m., 8 d.
• B., H., 1843; 20 y., 4 m., 18 d.
• B., J., Sept. 14, 1854; 3 y., 11 m., 14 d.
• B., L.S., 1841.
• B., M.E., 1895; 1 d.
• B., M.L.
• B., S.E., 1902; 2 d.
• B., S.L.
• B., S.S., 1845.
• Brubachar, Alesabath, [1868.]
• Brubachar, Ana, 1855.
• Brubachar, Barbara [S., d/o Abraham H.,] 1856; 48 y.
• Brubachar, Catarena, [w/o Michael,] 1856.
• Brubacher, Daniel, d/o D[aniel, 1850-1855.] 
• Brubacher, Hatta B., 1881-1885.
• Brubacher, Jacob H., 1788-1854.
• Brubacher, Marea [S., d/o Abraham H., 1820-1872; 62 y.]
• Brubacher, Mary E., w/o Jacob H., 1797-1830.
• Brubacher, Sara S., [w/o Daniel,] 1855; [37 y.]
• Brubacher, Simon B, 1885.
• Brubaker, infant d/o A.S. & Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1882.
• [Brubaker, d/o Jacob A., 1888.]
• B[rubaker], A.L., [s/o Michael.]
• Bruba[ker], Abm. Barba, Ma. 28, 1855.
• Brubaker, Anna O., d/o Daniel & Anna, d. March 25, 1890; 3 y., 5 m., 20 d.
• Brubaker, Annie, w/o Joseph [B.], Jan. 10, 1818-March 16, 1892; 74 y., 2 m., 6 d.
• [Brubaker, Barba, w/o Abraham, 1817-1855; 38 y.]
• Brubaker, Catharine, d/o A. & S., d. June 13, 1869; 1 m., 14 d.
• Brubaker, Daniel, s/o A.S. & S.M., Sept. 13-Nov. 2, 1870; 1 m., 19 d.
• Brubaker, Daniel B., [s/o Jacob H., Aug. 18,] 1817-[Aug. 15,] 1886; 69 y.
• Brubaker, Daniel M., May 29, 1857-Sept. 9, 1896; 39 y., 3 m., 11 d.
• Brubaker, David L., s/o J. & K., 1853; 4 m., 8 d.
• [Brubaker, David S., s/o Abraham, 1853-1857.]
• Brubaker, Elizabeth, [w/o Jacob H., d. Sept., 1887; 90 y., 7 m., 5 d.]
• Brubaker, Elizabeth, d/o Joseph & A., d. Oct. 19, 1854; 1 m., 19 d. [German.]
• Brubaker, Emma O., d/o D.M. & A.R., d. Jan. 20, 1891; 1 y., 5 m., 11 d.
• Brubaker, Esther, w/o Daniel, 1822-1887; [75 y., 1 m., 2 d.]
• [Brubaker, Henry, s/o J. & K., 1848.]
• Brubaker, Henry, s/o A.S. & S., July 19-Aug. 8, 1880; 14 d.
• Brubaker, Jacob, s/o J. & K., 1851-1854.
• Brubaker, Jacob A., 1845-1890.
• Brubaker, Jacob B., Sept. 9, 1815-Jan. 30, 1885; 69 y., 4 m., 21 d.
• Brubaker, Jacob B., [1890.]
• Brubaker, Jacob M., s/o J.S. & S.A., March 11, 1879-Feb. 7, 1881; 1 y., 10 m., 26 d.
• Brubaker, John, s/o A. & B., 1840-1842.
• Brubaker, Joseph [B.], Jan. 18, 1820-Nov. 9, 1896; 76 y., 9 m., 21 d.
• Brubaker, Joseph A., s/o Moses & Phebe, Nov. 3, 1866-Jan. 9, 1868; 2 y., 2 m., 6 d.
• Brubaker, Joseph S., s/o Jacob & Sarah, Aug. 1, 1858-Nov. 29, 1865; 7 y., 3 m., 28 d.
• Brubaker, Katie A., w/o Joseph [B.], 1821-1853. 
• Brubaker, Katie E., d/o David A. & Levina, d. Aug. 14, 1904; 16 y., 3 m., 5 d.
• Brubaker, Martin, s/o Joseph & Anna, d. March 18, 1857; 1 y., 1 m., 2 d. [German.]
• Brubaker, Mary [S., d/o Jacob B. & Sarah,] July 9, 1839-Sept. 9, 1902; 63 y., 2 m.
• Brubaker, Mary, 1843-1917.
• Brubaker, Mary, [w/o Jacob A.,] d. May 7, 1906; [59 y.]
• Brubaker, Mary M., [d/o Joseph & Annie,] July 5, 1859-July 14, 1890; 31 y., 9 d.
• Brubaker, Menno, s/o Jacob & Sarah, d. Aug. [29], 1873; 19 d. 
• Brubaker, Menno, s/o D.[M.] & A.[R.], d. Oct. 25, 1884; 1 y., 1 m., 27 d. [German.]
• Brubaker, Michael, d. 1886.
• Brubaker, Phebe, w/o Moses, June 9, 1844-Nov. 5, 1878; 34 y., 4 m., 26 d.
• [Brubaker, Polly (Mary), w/o Moses, b. 1849.]
• Brubaker, Sallie O., d/o Dan'l. M. & Ann R., d. Sept. 9, 1894; 5 y., 7 m., 26 d.
• Brubaker, Samuel, s/o A.B. & B.S., 1843-1847.
• [Brubaker, Samueal, s/o J. & K., 1848-1848.]
• Brubaker, Samuel O., s/o D.M. & A.R., d. Sept. 18, 1892; 10 m., 2 d.
• Brubaker, Sarah, w/o Jacob [B.], Dec. 11, 1817-Nov. 17, 1887; 69 y., 11 m., 4 d.
• Brubaker, Sarah S., [d/o J. & S.,] Jan. 10, 1842-May 17, 1900; 58 y., 4 m., 7 d.
• B[rubaker], S[olomon] B., [s/o Jacob & M., 1876-1904.]
• Brubaker, William O., s/o D.M. & A.R., d. March, 1896; 5 m.
• Leinbach, Fanny, w/o Fredrick, 1815-1885.
• Linebach, Fredrick, 1886; [63 y.]
• Ramer, Fanny, w/o Henry, March 7, 1801-Jan. 10, 1879; 77 y., 10 m., 3 d.
• Ramer, Henry, April 26, 1796-Oct. 21, 1873; 77 y., 5 m., 23 d.
• Ramer, Henry, s/o Henry & F., d. March 29, 1845; 3 m., 24 d.
• Ramer, John S., Aug. 6, 1833-Dec. 11, 1869; 36 y., 4 m., 5 d.
• W., M., 1863.
• Weaver, Fanny, d/o John & Eve; 14 d.
• W[eaver], S[usan, w/o John, 1817]-1863; [46 y.]

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