Hostetter Cemetery



The Hostetter cemetery is located along a farm lane off Route 322, west of Fontana. The entrance to the farm lane is 0.4 mile east of Mt. Pleasant road. The farm lanes lies to the south of Route 322, and the cemetery is located 0.7 mile down the farm lane.

A map of the grave markers is shown below. An * indicates a field stone bearing no inscription. A letter indicates a grave marker bearing an inscription. Unless otherwise indicated, all grave markers are tombstones. An list of inscriptions follows.

The # denotes the position of a memorial, which reads: 

Layout of cemetery:        South  =>


 *   *  R

        w

                       *       *

                *                         *   v

                    *                 *           *  *   *

                                                  P  Q   s   t   u

 p      *                                            *

 *      *              *              *   *   *   q  r   L   M   N  O



                                          k       l  m   n   o
                                      #
                                          G       H  I   J   K

                                                                 *

            *                         *       h                  i  j


 *   *  d       *   e  f   g

 *   *  D       a   *  E   F   b      c

Tree                       A   B   C

========== farm lane ======================================================


The inscriptions listed below are based primarily upon personal visits during the Summer of 1993. A list of inscriptions was prepared by David J. Bachman in 1980; this list is on file at the Lebanon County Historical Society, Lebanon, PA. In most cases, my observations are in good agreement with those of David Bachman. Where differences existed, the earlier readings by David Bachman are listed, except where I was able to very clearly and accurately read the inscription. Uncertain readings are reported within brackets, [ ?].

a
1801
B C
(field stone)
 b
A. H.
(field stone,
probably a footstone)
 c
[A. ?] H. H.
d

(tombstone bearing
no inscription)
 e
H. M.

(field stone)
 f
S. G.

(fieldstone, footstone)
g
A. H.

(footstone)
 h
1802
H. E. S.
(field stone)
 i
[1808 ?]
[ ?] E. S.
(field stone)
j
P E S
1804
(field stone)
 k
E. H.
(field stone,
footstone)
 l
J. [W. ?] H.

(field stone, footstone)
m
A. H.

(field stone, footstone)
 n
A. H.

(field stone, footstone)
 o
[ ?]

(field stone)
p
179[ ?]
A H
(field stone)
 q
1802
[H. E. ?] S.
(field stone)
 r
1802
A H S
(field stone)
s
B. E. S.
1808
(field stone)
 t
[ ?]
(field stone,
possibly footstone)
 u
[ ?]
(field stone,
possibly footstone)
v
[I ?] S
1813
(field stone)
 w
F

(field stone, footstone)
A
HAPPY AT HOME
JOHN HENRY
son of
JOHN & ELIZABETH
HOSTETTER
Died
April 16, 1862
Aged
2 Years 1 mo. & 28 d.
 B
In [Memory of ?]
[ ?]
[daughter of ?]
John & Elizabeth
Hosteter
Died May [2 ?]7, 18[51 ?]
Aged
7 months & 27 d.

 C
In Memory of
JACOB
son of
John & Elizabeth
Hosteter
Died May 22, 1856
Aged
5 years 7 mo. & 22 d.
D
hier [ruhet ?]
Johannes [Kingrich ?]
starb [den April 1, 18 ?]
Sein alt war 39 Jahr
und 2 Monat


 E
In
Memory of
Sarah [C ?]rundon
born October 25th 1815
died January 7th 1842
Aged 26 Years 2 Mo.
& 13 das
 F
In Memory [of ?]
A[B ?]OLINE HEAGY
Born Sep. 7 1816
Died Nov. 30 1849
Aged 33 Years
2 Mo. & 23 D.
G
[ ?]
ELIZABETH









(remainder of inscription is illegible)
 H
IN
MEMORY
OF
John Wessly
A son of
George [B. ?] and
Maria Hauck
Born May 15th
1849 And died
April 8th 1850
Aged 10 month
and [23 ?] days
 I
hier ruhet
Anna
[tochterin ?] von
Johann [u. Elizabeth ?]
[Hostetter ?]
Geboren den 12 Octo
ber 1846
Starb den 15 Novemb
1847
alt worden 1 Jahr und
1 Mo. u. 3 Tag
J
[hier ruhet ?]
Abraham
[Sohn ?] [ ?] Johann u.
[Elizabeth Hostetter ?]
Geboren den 16 [Juni ?]
1842 starb den 26sten
Marz 1843: alt worden
9 Monate und 9 Tage
 K
hier ruhet
L[y ?]dia [Hostettn ?]
geboren
den [15 ?] November 1830
und starb
den 28 May 1833
alt worden 2 Jahr
6 Monat u. 13 Tag
 L
hier ruhet
[M ?]atlena Hoch
steder Sie starb
den 5 [Juni ?] 1798 Ihr
Alter war 29 Jar und
[11 ?] tag
M





(inscription is illegible)
 N
[hier ruhet ?]
[Anna ?] Hochste
ter [Sie starb den ?]
[ ?] [October 1811 ?] Ihr
[Alter war ?] [4 ?]
[ ?]
 O
[hier ruhet ?]
[Catharina ?] Hoch
steder [ ?] den


(remainder of inscription is illegible)
P
[ ?]
[Sarah ?]
[tochter von ?]
[Christian ?] u. [Anna ?]
Hostetter
[geboren den 10 Juin ?]
18[29 ?]
Starb den 15 [Mai ?]
185[2 ?]
Alt worden
22 Jahr 11 m. u. 5 t.
 Q
[ ?]
[ ?] [geboren ?]
[ ?] 18[ ?]0







(remainder of inscription is illegible)
 R
JOHN HENRY
[son of ?]
[Isaac S. ?] & [Leah ?]
[Fox ?]
DIED
[June ?] 24 [1868 ?]
AGED
11 m. 1[3 ?] d.



Submitted by David Blauch



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