grberry@uswest.net wrote: > > Charles: > > Thank you for adding the two photos of the olde Presbyterian Graveyard > on Union and High Streets by Mr. Smuller's residence on your Forgotten > Cemeteries web site. > > I have a question for you and Grace: I know my Crabb family met with > others in their homes as they did not have a church building at the > time. But, the Presbyterian Graveyard on Union and High Streets did > exist. Is there a sexton record of the old Presbyterian Graveyard on > Union and High Streets, as you found the 1876 Middletown plot map that > had where the old Presbyterian graveyard was by Mr. Smuller's house. > > There should be a record somewhere that places the graves on the path > Egle followed: > Notes and Queries, Series I and II, Volume II, William Henry Egle, p. > 378: > > Middletown-on-the-Swatara: Here is a cluster, close to the street, the > the McCammons are buried for several generations; near to them the > Meyrichs--farther east the Russells, McKinneys and Crabbs. > > Question: Are any tombstones remaining in the old Presbyterian > Graveyard on Union and High Streets for the McCammons, Meyrichs, > Russells or McKinneys? Egle is obviously following a line as he walked > the cemetery and this would give a clue if there are any stones left of > these other families and they would lead exactly where my Crabbs are. > > Charles, I had a wonderful surprise large clasp envelope come in my mail > yesterday afternoon from you...2 photos: one of the obelisk of Hannah > Louisa Crabb Lauman and the other photo of the obelisk of her son Simon > Cameron Lauman in the Sant Peter's Kierch Cemetery. Thank you Charles. > > Question: When did you take these photos? You can see the snow on the > obelisks and cemetery. > > Speaking of photos, I have been able to download each of the photos into > my photo section on my computer just fine. You just click on Save and > download it. I have been sharing these downloaded photos on my berry > Family Family.com web site. Thank you. > > Thank you again, both of you. > > Regards, > Marsha Berry::}~ Thank you for your kind comments and great questions. I wish only that I had great answers on your ancestors, but can help out slightly. In the "Chronicles of Middletown", C. H. Hutchinson in 1906 wrote in great details much of the town's history. For instance, the Presbyterian graveyard passed through many owners, including, on June 7 1802, WILLIAM CRABB, among others (page 18, C of M). He further writes, in 1906,....."We have no data, however, respecting any church organization prior to 1850. The records are lost, having probably been among the private papers of some one of the original members, who are all dead." My records indicate I photographed your ancestor's obelisks on a very cold January 18, 2001; hence the snow (couldn't show the cold!) Not too much unlike the day I checked out the EBY's for Carolyn. The January 29th photos of the Presbyterian graveyard show only a monument, probably a bird-bath from the more recent past, but no tombstones were visible through the undergrowth, and no records found on them as of now. I'll keep it in my ongoing research. Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> -- Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>