Richard A B wrote : > Dear Doug and Charles: > > I checked back in my extensive newspaper archives on Dauphin County, and > found an article in 1897 which indicates that the remains of quite a number > of the Mumma family were removed from the old cemetery on the Mumma farm, > near Highspire, to the cemetery at Shoop's Church. The article gives the > names and tombstone dates for all those reinterred. It indicates all the > Mummas reinterred were from John Mumma, who died Aug. 13, 1857 aged 83 > years. At the end of the article it indicates "In this cemetery repose the > remains of the first Mummas who settled in Pennsylvania," which I take is a > reference to the cemetery at Shoop's Church. Maybe someone else can comment > on the location of this cemetery today, as I don't even reside in > Pennsylvania. :( By viewing my Mumma Reinterments at: <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/MummaCem.html> it may clear up a wee bit. If your referenced newspaper article 1897 includes those reburied into the SHOPE's Cemetery, this should answer your Mennonite query. Also note the two different cemeteries in Dauphin County: Shoops and Shopes :) -- Regards, CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> 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> 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>

About 1958 the old Shoops Church (a union Lutheran church) and its graveyard were eliminated to make room for the cloverleaf off I83 at Colonial Park - near the Colonial Park Mall for those familiar with Harrisburg. At that time, "they" opened the graves and extracted what might be human remains (very little of substance as you might suspect). The remains were placed into special plastic bags and placed into ten or eleven tombs (probably concrete vaults) and placed underneath a memorial stone across Route 22 in the public Shoops cemetery. There is a list of who was buried there which has been published in the Egle volumes and probably elsewhere (my 3d great grandfather was buried there but we didn't know that in time to shift him). I believe but cannot verify that the stones were buried in the vicinity of the graveyard. At the time of the removal the reformed church had already relocated to a new facility and the evangelical church that had shared Shoops were planning to relocate (that is now St Marks, not too far from the old location). There are some church records of baptisms and church attendance but little else available. There are some pine trees still standing to the right of the ramp leading off I83 which I believe framed the church and there are in fact a handful of stones still standing, I guess because they were behind the church. There is some literature available from St Marks (at least a photo copy) that shows the old church. One of the things I want to do is try to find photos of the old cemetery. Don't know if I will be successful or not. I would be happy to check the list and/or send copies of that and the early church photos is some are interested - by snail mail as they are all on paper. Happy hunting! Joan Bretz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles E. Fies, Retired" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 2:55 PM Subject: [PADAUPHI] Remains of the Mumma Family Re-interred at Shope's Meeting House > Richard A B wrote : > > Dear Doug and Charles: > > > > I checked back in my extensive newspaper archives on Dauphin County, and > > found an article in 1897 which indicates that the remains of quite a number > > of the Mumma family were removed from the old cemetery on the Mumma farm, > > near Highspire, to the cemetery at Shoop's Church. The article gives the > > names and tombstone dates for all those reinterred. It indicates all the > > Mummas reinterred were from John Mumma, who died Aug. 13, 1857 aged 83 > > years. At the end of the article it indicates "In this cemetery repose the > > remains of the first Mummas who settled in Pennsylvania," which I take is a > > reference to the cemetery at Shoop's Church. Maybe someone else can comment > > on the location of this cemetery today, as I don't even reside in > > Pennsylvania. :( > > By viewing my Mumma Reinterments at: > > <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/MummaCem.html> > > it may clear up a wee bit. If your referenced newspaper article > 1897 includes those reburied into the SHOPE's Cemetery, this should > answer your Mennonite query. Also note the two different cemeteries > in Dauphin County: Shoops and Shopes :) > -- > Regards, > > CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> > FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> > 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> > 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> > > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > Who, Where, When. > A GOOD subject says:...... John SMITH, Arkansas, 1850-1876 > A bad one says: ........ My family >