The Old Zimmerman Cemetery

 

In The

Mahoning Valley

 

From grave stone transcriptions done by

Kimberley Dreisbach Keys

 

The Zimmerman Cemetery is located along Rt. 902 in the Mahoning Valley, between St. John’s Lutheran Church and the blinking light at the New Mahoning intersection.  It is on private land and is not visible from the highway.  Many of the stones are old and illegible, some are engraved in Pennsylvania German.  Where there is uncertainty about the transcription, a question mark appears in the list. 

 

Individual stones are separated by dashes ( ------ ), the plots separated by  asterisks (******).

 

Israel F. Ahner

Born February 5, 1851

Died March 24, 1889

Aged 38 yrs  1 mo 19 days

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Thomas Beltz

Born September 9, 1805

Died July 6, 1892

Aged  86 yrs 9 mos  7 days

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BENNINGHOFF MONUMENT

 

J.D. Benninghoff                                                 Elizabeth    Benninghoff 

Born February 5, 1822                                        Born July 10, 1824

Died March 8, 1893                                             Died  December 16,1899

Aged 71 yrs 1 mos 3 days                                  Aged 75 yrs  5 mos 6 days

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Elizabeth  Benninghoff

1874 - 1877

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Catharine Benninghoff

1876 - 1877

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Clara M. Benninghoff

1867 - 1877

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Sara

Wife of T. Buck

( no dates just a stone  slab stuck in ground )

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       COCHRAN    FAMILY     PLOT

 daughter of                                                        

Leonard & Diana                                           Christena Cochran

Mary Ann                                 ------------      Born July 16, 1880

Born September 22, ?????                            Died April 16,1913

Died June 8, 1874

                             James W.

                                 Born March 22, 1860

                                 Died September 4, 1875

 

( the above were on a monument)

 

infant son                                                                        daughter of        

of Louisa                                                ----------            B.E & Monta Cochran

( could not read rest of the stone)                               Born November 22, 1910

                                                                                           Died December 8, 1910

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GROW MONUMENT       

Henry                                                          Sallie Ann Grow

 Born August 16, 1840                             Born June 27, 1852

Died January 16, 1893                              Died  May 25, 1922                   

Aged 52 yrs 5 mos                                   Aged 69 yrs 10 mos 28 days

[Note: Son of Benjamin Grow]

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stone found next to Grow Monument

 

Henry Grow

Co F 132 Reg PA INF  [This is the Civil War marker for the Henry Grow above]

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Benjamin Grow

Died March 27, 1894

80 yrs old

[Note:  Wife Susannah nee Becker b. 1814, d. 10/7/1886, buried in St. John’s Cemetery]

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Edwin Dreisbach

1890  -  1967

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DREISBACH

Mose                                                    Emaline

Born June 28, 1863                             Born March 11, 1863

Died November 25, 1935                    Died August 25, 1935

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                            GILL

William                                     Laura

1869  -  1963                             1873  -  1963

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Amos G. Jones

Born April 24, 1929

Died October 10, 1929

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??  David

son of

D.A. & Alverna

KISTLER

Died September 26, 1883

Aged 1 mos 1 day ????  stone hard to read

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Beulah

daughter of

David A. & Alverna

KISTLER

Born April 13, 1893

Died September 11, 1893

Aged 4 mos 28 days   ???? difficult to read

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   KISTLER MONUMENT           

 

David D.                                             MAry M.

Born September 16, 1831                 Born March 9, 1835

Died October 8, 1882                        Died  June 30, 1910

 

                                  Alice A.

                                  Born April 1, 1876

                                  Died February 22, 1877

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Charles A. KISTLER

son    of

D. A. Alverna KISTLER

Born October 4, 1897????

Died September 8, 1898

Aged 11 mos 4 days

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Minnie V. KISTLER

daughter of

D.A. Alverna KISTLER

Born September 28, 1896

Died January 20, 1897

Aged 3 mos 22 days        

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                              LOBIN

Charles W.                                Mary M.

1862  - 1941                                 1868  - 1924

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                            LUCH       

Clara  M.                                                 Herbert

Born February 26, 1879                        Born February 8, 1877

Died January 15, 196????                    Died February 8, 1965

             last digit hard to read

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                        LUSCH         

Charles N.                                     Loretta M.

Born October 5, 1905                  Born  July 18,1912

Died December 30, 1989             Died July 23, 1979

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Amos Miller

Born October 21, 1818

Died September 28, 1896

Aged 77 yrs  11 mos  7 days

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Catharine  Miller

Born June 9, 1821

Died  November 25, 1908

Aged 87 yrs 5 mos  16 days

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Ella Miller

1908  -  1935

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MILLER MONUMENT     

 

Wilson                                                Saloma                                  

Died July 17, 1878                             Died August 29, 1897                                             

13 yrs 7 mos 24 days                         Aged ????? difficult to read

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   ?????   Musselman

Died March 2, 18?????   parts of stone were difficult to read

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Mary M. Musselman

Born July 6, 1876

Died February 22, 1877

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                       MUSSELMAN

Josiah                                                      Emaline

Born November 5, 1837                         Born May 1, 1849

Died December 20, 1912                        Died April 12, 1939

1st SGT  Co A 202 Reg Pa Vol

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              NOTHSTEIN

Jacob                                                    Matilda Ahner ( maiden name)

Born September 6, 1833                     Born November 26, 1837

Died February 13, 1907                      Died October 4, 1906

Aged 74 yrs 5 mos 7 days                Aged 68 yrs 10 mos 8 days

Co F  132 Reg PA INF

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                   SITLER

Harvey O.                               Clara M.

1871  -  1949                              1867  -  1955

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Mabel L. Jones

   Strohl

1800 1935

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Christian Wehr

Born May 22,1807 ?????   possibly 1887 stone wore to much to correctly read it

Died November 13, 1889

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Lucy Anna Wehr

Born November 5, 1822

Died August 27, 1832

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Frederick J. Zellner

1928  -  1934

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                                ZELLNER

Moses C.                            Emma  A.

1891  -  1943                        1890  - 19— [Note: Emma  is buried with her brother Harold Sitler, in
Trachsville, PA at the Jerusalem Cemetery.  Her burial place was changed due to lack of grounds care at the old Zimmerman Cemetery]

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  ZIMMERMAN MONUMENT    

Polly                                                  Benjamin

Born August 15,1818                      Born January 28, 1820

Died October 29, 1909                    Died  June 2, 1880

                             Amandus

                             Born April 1, 1860

                            Died February 7, 1877

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                      ZIMMERMAN

Samuel                                                Louisa E.

Born November 2, 1846                    Born January 15, 1848

Died October 10, 1903                      Died October 19, 1925

 

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Grave stone transcriptions by

Kimberly Dreisbach Keys

 

Web page

By

Jack Sterling

2001