WOW! I just had to check out the name of Chester A. Mentzer as I read in the description of the cemetery. MENTZER was my mother's maiden name, and I have been doing extensive research on the name trying to connect all the line. So I found out that, the owners now are the grand daughter of the Chester Mentzer. If I can remember right, you did say the owners of the property are Gene and Mary Lowry? The relationship goes back 6 generations to our main descendant. That 6th generation making Mary's 5th great grandfather and my 5th great grandfather were brothers! Interesting! Gloria --- On Sat, 12/13/08, Adam Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Boyd <[email protected]> > Subject: [PALANCAS] Inscriptions and Location of Ellmaker Graveyard, Earl Township > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 5:57 PM > The following is transcribed from William Frederic Worner, > "Ellmaker > Graveyard, Earl Township," Worner Collection, > Lancaster County > Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, volume 1, > number 20, > pages 134-138. It is also posted at > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=2285996&GRid=32151740&CRid=2285996& > > --------- > Inscriptions: > > Amos, son of Esaias E. and Sarah Ellmaker. Born August 3, > 1838; died > June 5, 1878. > > Elias, second son of Leonard and Anna Margaret Ellmaker. > Born on the > farm in 1732; died December 10, 1756, from wounds received > at > Braddock's defeat, July 3, 1755. > > Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Ellmaker. Died March 2, 1836, > in the 81st > year of her age. > > Esaias E. Ellmaker. Born June 19, 1802; died November 27, > 1867. Aged > 65 years, 5 months and 8 days. > > Harriet, daughter of Levi and Hannah Ellmaker. Born March > 17, 1819; > died September 2, 1823. > > Leonard Ellmaker. Born in 1697 in Nuremberg, Germany. > Married and came > to Pennsylvania in 1726. Died in 1782. > > Levi, son of Esaias E. and Sarah W. Ellmaker. Born November > 18, 1834; > died July 17, 1869. > > Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Ellmaker. Born > March 30, > 1783; died September 30, 1798. > > Nathaniel Ellmaker. Born December 1, 1751; died April 24, > 1837. Aged > 85 years, 4 months and 23 days. > > Sarah, wife of Esaias E. Ellmaker and daughter of Dr. John > Watson of > Donegal. Born May 18, 1802; died October 10, 1886. Aged 84 > years, 4 > months and 22 days. > > Anna Margaret Hornberger, wife of Leonard Ellmaker. Born in > 1703. > Married and came to Pennsylvania in 1726. She was born in > Frankendal, > Germany. Died in 1779. > > ---------- > Description: > > The Ellmaker family graveyard is on the farm of Chester A. > Mentzer in > Earl township, about two miles east of Rowland's > Reformed church, and > approximately 700 feet north of "Peter's > Road," as the highway was > called in olden times [Latitude: 40.061088, Longitude: > -76.067153]. > The graveyard, 30 by 35 feet, is enclosed by a stone wall, > four feet > high, encased in concrete, with a shingle coping. There is > no entrance > to the enclosure. Outside the graveyard is a large cedar > tree, > probably no less than 150 years old. It is doubtful if > there is > anywhere in Lancaster county a burying ground that presents > a more > quaint and venerable appearance than this one. The location > is about > 150 feet from the barn. The walls are whitewashed, and the > shingle > coping which comes to a point in the middle of the wall, is > designed > to shed the water like the roof of a house. The venerable > cedar tree > around the ancient farm house, together with the old barn > and out > buildings, and the near-by neglected resting place of the > dreamless > sleepers, all give special emphasis to the beautiful > thought and > prayer of Henry Francis Lyte, in his matchless hymn, > "Abide with Me" > > "Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; > Earth's joys grow dim, its glories fade away; > Change and decay in all around I see; > O Thou who changest not, abide with me." > > It is unfortunate that a graveyard with an appearance so > venerable, > and which contains the mortal remains of a soldier, Elias > Ellmaker, > who participated in Braddock's ill-fated expedition, > and who died > December 10, 1756, from the effects of wounds received in > that > campaign, should be so neglected: The grass needs to be > trimmed, the > weeds cut, and the pile of boards in the corner removed to > another > place of storage. On April 27, 1935, the time of our visit, > there were > eleven head stones in position. One head stone was broken > in half. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message