Zion (Morr's) Union Church Cemetery

Location:

Freeburg Road, Washington Twp., Snyder Co.

History:

"One of the oldest burial grounds in [Snyder] county is the Zion's Church graveyard, one mile north of Freeburg.  A grant of land of forty-two acres was given to Andrew Morr, Casper Roush, and Peter Straub, in 1770, for the erection of a Lutheran Church and for a burial ground.  Many of the early settlers of Freeburg and vicinity are buried there."

Source of Inscriptions:

Wagenseller, 1904.
Finsterbush & Milton Loyer, 13 November 1993.
Finsterbush, 5 July 1994.
Finsterbush & Swanger, 2 September 1995.

Inscriptions:

• Boyer, Catharine Lenig, w/o John Ziegler, 2nd w/o Wm. Boyer, April 27, 1845-Sept. 10, 1885;  40 y., 4 m., 13 d.
• [Duke, George, d. Sept. 22, 1879; 53 y., 4 m., 14 d.]
• Heckman, June 8, 1830-Dec. 7, 1901; 71 y., 5 m., 29 d.
• Heckman, Margaret, w/o Jacob, April 2, 1822-Nov. 5, 1893; 71 y., 7 m., 3 d.
• Heckman, Salome, June 29, 1833-Jan. 9, 1884; 50 y., 6 m., 10 d.
• Lenker, s/o Geo. F. & Han'h. M., stillborn Jan. 19, 1885.
• [Mains, Daniel, s/o Daniel & Julia, d. June 15, 1863; 7 y., 9 m., 21 d.]
• Menges, Jacob, May 2, 1775-Oct. 6, 1847; 72 y., 5 m., 4 d.
• Menges, Joh. Adam, Sept. 2, 1730, Germany-1814; 83 y., 8 m., 4 d.  [German.]
• Morr, Elizabeth, w/o John O., Sept. 4, 1762-Sept. 4, 1801; 39 y.  [German.]
• Morr, Elizabeth, nee Gemberling, w/o Philip, July 13, 1768-Aug. 11, 1811; 43 y., 1 m., 2 d.  [German.]
• Morr, Elizabeth, d/o Philip & Elizabeth, July 29, 1795-1796; 1 y.  [German.]
• Morr, Lidia, d/o Philip, July 4, 1800-1801; 1 y., 2 m.  [German.]
• Morr, Michael, s/o Philip, June 12, 1791-[Oct. 17,] 1794; 3 y., 4 m., 5 d.  [German.]
• Morr, Sarah, d/o Philip & Elizabeth, Feb. 13, 1790-1791; 1 y.  [German.]
• Nagle, Elizabeth, w/o Henry, Dec. 26, 1810-Feb. 4, 1887; 76 y., 1 m., 6 d.
• Nagle, Henry, July 11, 1812-Sept. 1, 1890; 78 y., 1 m., 21 d.
• Riegle, Ana Maria, nee Renninger, w/o Christopher Riegle, Peter Straub & Andrew Morr, July 12, 1747-April 26, 1817; 69 y., 9 m., 14 d.  [German.]
• Roush, Lydia, w/o Simon, Jan. 31, 1805-May 24, 1887; 82 y., 1 m., 24 d.
• [Roush, Simon, March 4, 1801-Feb. 22/2, 1884; 82 y., 11 m., 18 d.]
• Stroub, Sarah Ann, w/o Samuel H., Jan. 5, 1838-July 10, 1862; 24 y., 6 m., 5 d.
• Walter, Peter, Sept. 18, 1738, Germany-Feb. 14, 1804; 63 y., 4 m., 24 d.  [German.]
• Weber, Ana Cathrina, May 7, 1786-June 30, 1794; 8 y., 1 m., 3 d.  [German.]  "Hier liegt der leib Ana Cathrina Weberin ist gebohren im Jahr 1786 d. 7 Tag Mei und ist gestorben im Jahr 1794 den 30 den Juni und ist begraben worden d. 1 Tag Juli und ist alt worden 8 Jahr, 1 Mo., 3 Tag."
• Wolf, Henry, March 8, 1815-March 22, 1884; 69 y., 14 d.

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