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Bethel Evangelical Cemetery
Plowville, Berks County, Pennsylvania

GPS: 40.204451, -75.908899

Contributed by: Jerry Brown, []
Published: May 17, 2003
Total records: 39

The cemetery is west of Route 10, 1 mile south of Plowville PA, on a small road called Lilly road.

History

Bethel Evangelical Church was built in 1845 and rebuilt in 1872. The Church is long gone. Only the tombstones and a stone marker with a bronze plaque remain. This cemetery began about 1846 and according to the burials ceased to be active about 1876.

Cemetery Records

Records published here were compiled from tombstone inscriptions by Jerry Brown on February 20, 2004, and compared to previous readings by Mrs. C.M. Steinmetz and Miss Minnie Deturck, May 1936, and by G. N. Brown, Oct 1999.

Beam, Samuel, b. May 27, 1819, d. Apr. 30, 1904, age: 84yr 11mo 3da
Beam, Sarah H., b. Dec 25, 1824, d. Sep 7, 1877, age: 52yr 8mo 13da
Beam, William T., b. Jun 24, 1861, d. Dec 8, 1882, age: 21yr 5mo 14da, son of Samuel & Sarah Beam
Brown, Catherine (Glass), d. Sep 28, 1863, age: 70yr 7mo 22da
Brown, Elizabeth, b. Sep 6, 1819, d. Oct 15, 1893, age: 74yr 1mo 9da
Brown, Henry, d. Jul 15, 1875, age: 55yr 11mo 23da
Brown, John Howard, d. Dec 25. 1879, age: 5yr 11mo, son of John & Elizabeth E. Brown
Brown, John, d. Aug. 30, 1855, age: 66yr 3mo 11da
Garman, George S., d. Nov 17, 1885, age: 2mo 24da, son of Wm. & Elizabeth
Garman, Harriet, d. Nov 04, 1881, age: 52yr 1mo 17da
Garman, Leonard, d. Dec 15, 1879, age: 57yr 7mo 14da, Co F 42 Reg, Civil War Vet
Himes, David W., d. Jan 31, 1880, age: 79yr 7mo
Himes, Elizabeth, Jan or Jun 26, 1879, age: 75yr, wife of David
Hoffman, Albert, b. Jan 13, 1845, d. Oct 31, 1863, age: 18yr 9mo 18da, son of Henry & Elizabeth Hoffman
Hoffman, Davis, b. Dec 11, 1828, d. Jun 18, 1870, age: 41yr 6mo 7da, son of Henry & Elizabeth Hoffman
Hoffman, Elizabeth, b. Jan 01, 1808, d. Jan 13, 1882, age: 82yr 0mo 12da, wife of Henry Hoffman
Hoffman, Henry, b. Jan 1, 1800, d. Nov 17, 1863, age: 63yr 10mo 16da
Martha Rhoads, b. Sep 01, 1812, d. Mar 09, 1893
McCormick, Delilah, d. Apr. 10, 1877, age: 5yr 27da, daughter of Samuel and Mary
McCormick, Howard, b. Mar 02, 1862, d. Aug. 17, 1907, age: 45yr 5mo 5da
McCormick, Infant, Jan 06, 1867, age: 18da, daughter of Samuel and Mary
McCormick, Mary, b. Feb 10, 1841, d. Oct 20, 1912, age: 71yr 8mo 10da, wife of Samuel McCormick
McCormick, Samuel, b. Jan 11, 1828, d. May 04, 1905, age: 77yr 3mo 23da
Oswald, Emelley, no dates, daughter of John & Mary
Oswald, Sarah, no dates, daughter of John & Mary
Rhoads, Jeremiah, b. Dec 18, 1809, d. Oct 07, 1882, Father
Rhoads, Sariah, b. Oct 11, 1845, d. Mar 01, 1906, Mother
Richard, James Herbert, b. Feb. 16, 1853, d. Dec 25, 1853, age: 10mo 9da, son of Augustus & Louisa
Richard, Keturah Ann, b. Sep 25, 1851, d. Apr 11, 1853, age: 2yr 6mo 7da, daughter of Augustus & Louisa
Segner, Bertie, d. Jul 07, 1869, age: 9mo 23da, daughter of Henry & Cathering
Segner, Catherine, d. Jan. 23, 1905, age: 76yr 3mo 11da, Father, wife of Henry
Segner, Charles H., d. Jan 21, 1875, age: 9mo, son of Henry and Catherine
Segner, Henry, d. Dec 09 1894, age: 70yr 8mo 29da
Susanna Hoffman, b. Mar 31, 1820, d. Jan 24, 1894, age: 73yr 9mo 24da
Witman, Benj. F., b. Dec 12, 1842, d. Mar 03 1892, Co. A 128 Reg, Civil War Vet
Witman, Cyrus S., b. Nov 11, 1819, d. Nov 08, 1887, age: 67yr 11mo 28da, Our Brother
Witman, Elizabeth, b. Sep 28, 1810, d. Dec 20 1887, age: 77yr 2mo 22da
Witman, Mary, b. Jul 07, 1810, d. Jun 07, 1861, age: 50yr 11mo, wife of Issac Witman
Witman, Phillip, d. Mar 02, 1881, age: 64yr 8mo 21da