OK, after reading the postings I received yesterday, I couldn't take the suspense anymore, so I got in the car and went to the Camp Hill Cemetery this morning. It has been a while since I was there, and I had many more names to look for - mostly Bowmans. I was not disappointed since there are so many. Anyway, I walked to the far corner (away from 23rd street - I think the northeast corner) and there under a huge pine tree/bush were tombstones, almost hidden from view. The inscriptions faced into the bush, and I was able to climb in there and identify Maria Nichols and Ann Nichols. There were 3 others beside it . One was definitely Jacob, but the last name looked like it started with an "S". The end of it looked like "berger" but the top of the "b" had a right hook to it. I believe it may be in German, but it is almost unreadable. The one beside it also looks to be the same last name, but I can't read the first name. The third on in this group is undreadable and is broken. There are a few other broken stones and one stone that looks like it was just a blank stone marker near these. Another note - there were new American Flags placed by the tombstones of Anna NICHOLS and Maria NICHOLS. There was also a new flag in a Revolutionary War holder placed by the stone for Jacob. Is there a special reason the flags would have been placed by the womens' graves? I have Anna HERSHBERGER's will and in it she officially establishes the Oyster's Point cemetery and says her husband is already buried there. She directs her executors to place stones on each of their graves. I am sure their name was HERSHBERGER or a variant spelling. I also have her deed (via executors) transferring the land per her will to Samuel, Ann and Maria Nichols. An abstract of Anna HERSHBERGER'S father's will (FUNK) says his daughter Anna is intermarried with Jacob HERSBERGER. So, why were the burials recorded with a different name, and why do the stones look like the names begin with an "S"? I guess it is within the realm of possibility the names were spelled incorrectly on the stone since they may have been done at the same time. I have seen the file on USGenWeb showing the transcription as Martzbager. I can't figure out how the names begin with an "M"- the stones don't look like an "M". Maybe a typo or a fancy H that either looked like an M or one of the sides looked like an S? The Abraham FUNK listed is Anna HERSHBERGER's brother. I believe the Christiana MAY listed is her daughter, but I don't have that documented/sourced yet. I am curious - where is there a plot listing of the Camp Hill Cemetery? Is it available for review? There were quite a few Bowman and Wolf stones that I couldn't read. The boro only has the plot holder cards and the layout of the cemetery. Thanks to everyone for all the information, you've been a tremendous help! Janice Buffington ----- Original Message ----- From: <PACUMBER-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <PACUMBER-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: PACUMBER-D Digest V02 #250

thanks for the leg work Janice..... the front door address is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/cumberland/ and look under cemeteries Direct ftp addy is ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/cumberland/cemeteries/camphillplot.txt -- joe