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| Cemetery | Brenneman Mennonite Church Cemetery |
| Location | Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia. From downtown Harrisonburg, take Route 42 north 4.7 miles and turn left onto Route 778 (Brenneman Church Road). Go 1.0 miles and cemetery is on the right side of road. |
| Notes | In 2002 Martha Lee found several broken stones in the first couple of rows and stones buried in bushes. Some stones were face down and to heavy to lift and read but I believe were recorded by Mr. Swank. There is an open area between rows 4 and 5 with no markers. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote "Brenneman Mennonite Cemetery is the site of the old Brenneman Church. It was used as a place of worship and also a school as there were no public schools." Mr. Swank goes on: From the Brenneman Family History (page 30 # 96) we find, "The Brenneman Church was built on the Peter Brenneman farm one mile north of Greenmount in 1826 by the Funks, Shanks, Swanks and Brennemans of the vicinity of Linville, Singers Glen, Greenmount and the Brush." Mr. Swank notes "Deed Book 24 Page 338 - Oct 1852. Peter Brenneman to Joseph Wenger & (?) Burkholder trustees of Mennonite Society, two parcels of land on road to Geo. Shavers Mill; one for meeting house now built, one for burying ground." |
| Survey Date and Recorder | Oct 2002 Martha Lee |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
| Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beard | James | no visible marker-known to be buried in unmarked graves per Swank's records of 1967 | |||||
| Fulk | Charles Homer | 16 Sep 1880 | 3 Jun 1893 | no visible marker-known to be buried in unmarked graves per Swank's records of 1967, children Abram & Susan | |||
| Fulk | Mary Catherine | 26 May 1891 | 5 Jun 1893 | no visible marker-known to be buried in unmarked graves per Swank's records of 1967, children Abram & Susan | |||
| Shank | Elizabeth | 3 Jan 1836 | no visible marker-the Heatwole History book shows her buried here but she is recorded as buried in the Lindale Mennionte Church Cemetery, aged 46y 4m, w/Henry Shank, nee Heatwole | ||||
| 001 | Acker | Lucy Ann | 16 Aug 1807 | 17 Nov 1888 | 81y 3m 1d, consort/Peter | nee Barnes | |
| 001 | Acker, Jr. | Peter | 13 Oct 1808 | 13 Nov 1873 | Aged 65y 1m | s/Peter & Mary Driver Acker | |
| 001 | Ocker | Peter | 23 Sep 1753 | 30 Mar 1832 | |||
| 001 | Acker | Anna Marie | 3 Dec 1764 | Nov 1849 | illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1960s, d/Lewis & Barbara Driver Acker | ||
| 002 | Anthony | Sophia M. | 14 Sep 1826 | 29 Sep 1890 | illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1960s, 1st wife of James Beard then 2nd marriage to John A. Anthony per Swank, nee Moyers | ||
| 002 | Beard | Amanda J. | 17 Mar 1846 | 5 Mar 1894 | illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1960s | ||
| 002 | Beard | Ruth E. | 22 Aug 1852 | 8 Mar 1894 | illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1960s | ||
| 002 | Beard | Mary E. | 20 Jul 1850 | 9 Dec 1926 | |||
| 002 | Dillard | Sylvester W. | 1879 | 1941 | |||
| 003 | Beard | Myron & Nannie | 20 Jan 1904 | no visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1960s as a child's stone | |||
| 004 | Mitchell | Catherine | 31 Oct 1833 | 29 May 1897 | w/E. S. | d/Jacob Nave | |
| 004 | Mitchell | E. S. | 12 Oct 1828 | 5 Sep 1907 | s/Jacob & Catherine | ||
| 005 | Wood | Bertie May | 4 Feb 1877 | 22 Sep 1906 | aged 28y 8m 17d, w/Wade H. | d/Geo. & Mary S. Etting, 1w/Wade H. | |
| 005 | Wood | Georgia M. | 25 Aug 1906 | 27 Jul 1907 | c/W. H. & B. C. Winecord Wood | ||
| 006 | Wood | Joseph N. | 30 Oct 1850 | 25 Sep 1918 | s/W. A. & Melvina | ||
| 006 | Wood | Fannie J. | 17 Jul 1850 | 31 Oct 1916 | w/Joseph N. | ||
| 006 | Webb | Edna Rebecca | 14 Feb 1906 | 23 Apr 1906 | c/Thomas C. & Annie Webb | no visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1960s | |
| 006 | Webb | Thelma V. | 23 Mar 1907 | 27 Jun 1909 | c/Thomas C. & Annie Webb | footstone with initials only visible marker - rest recorded by Swank in 1960s | |
| 006 | Webb | Worthy K. | 4 Oct 1911 | 27 Sep 1913 | c/Thomas C. & Annie Webb | footstone with initials only visible marker - rest recorded by Swank in 1960s | |
| 007 | Rhodes | Allie S. | 7 Jan 1890 | aged 20y 6m 13d | c/Anthony & Hannah | ||
| 007 | Rhodes | Infant | 18 Oct 1893 | 21 Oct 1893 | s/S. J. & Kate | ||
| 007 | Rhodes | Hannah H. | 26 Jan 1828 | 19 Sep 1892 | aged 64y 7m 23d | d/John Beery, w/Anthony | |
| 007 | Rhodes | Anthony | 7 May 1902 | aged 74y 2m 7d | |||
| 007 | Rhodes | Vernie May | 25 Nov 1894 | 19 Mar 1898 | age 3y 3m 23d, c/S. J. & Kate | ||
| 007 | Rhodes | Lena | 28 Dec 1898 | 18 Feb 1899 | c/S. J. & Kate | ||
| 007 | Rhodes | Samuel J. | 15 May 1860 | 14 Dec 1909 | s/Anthony & Hannah | ||
| 007 | Rhodes | Kate L. | 2 Feb 1868 | 16 Mar 1923 | w/S. J. | d/Christian & Rebecca Niswander | |
| 007 | Fulk | Susan C. | 19 Jan 1856 | 30 Apr 1917 | aged 61y 3m 11d, w/Abram F. | d/Peter & Mary Brenneman | |
| 007 | Fulk | Abraham F. | 16 Feb 1854 | 27 Sep 1899 | aged 45y 7m 11d | s/Josiah & Betty | |
| 008 | Beery | Henry | 19 Feb 1806 | 2 Aug 1887 | s/John & Barbara Kagey Beery | ||
| 008 | Beery | Lydia | 30 Jul 1890 | aged 79y 4m 9d, w/Henry | nee Grove | ||
| 008 | Geil | Catharine | 26 Aug 1907 | aged 74y 5m 17d, w/Rev John | d/Henry & Lydia Beery | ||
| 008 | Geil | John, Rev. | 28 Jul 1900 | s/John & Mary Driver Geil | born 27 Feb 1830 according to Swank in 1960s | ||
| 008 | Messick | Geil Richard | 10 Jun 1916 | 5 Mar 1917 | c/K. L. & Isadora | ||
| 008 | Messick | Edna Irene | 3 Jun 1914 | 7 Jun 1914 | c/K. L. & Isadora | ||
| 008 | Messick | Charlotte Bell | 2 Oct 1909 | 2 Oct 1909 | c/K. L. & Isadora | ||
| 008 | Messick | Emma Lee | 8 Aug 1908 | 20 Jul 1909 | age 11m 12d, c/K. L. & Isadora | ||
| 008 | Fulk | Hardy C. | 30 Jan 1890 | aged 3y 1m 15d | s/A. F. & S. C. | ||
| 008 | Rinker | Anna | 3 Apr 1820 | 24 Mar 1890 | aged 69y 11m 21d, w/Jonathan | ||
| 008 | Rinker | Jonathan | 3 May 1819 | 9 Apr 1902 | aged 82y 11m 6d | ||
| 009 | Geil | John H. | 28 May 1917 | aged 64y 4m 15d | s/John & Catherine Beery, born 13 Jan 1853 according to Swank in 1960s | ||
| 009 | Geil | Annie E. | 19 Dec 1900 | aged 43y 8m, w/John H. | nee Fulk | ||
| 009 | Geil | James D. | 1 Sep 1896 | aged 12y 6m 23d, c/J. H. & Annie E. | |||
| 009 | Geil | infant son | age 1/2 hour, s/J. H. & Anna E. Geil | ||||
| 009 | Geil | Martha S. | 21 Jul 1889 | aged 10m 21d, c/J. H. & Annie E. | |||
| 009 | Geil | Emma Virginia | 9 Jan 1882 | 26 Feb 1883 | c/J. H. & Annie E. | ||
| 009 | Geil | Charles W. | 9 Nov 1881 | aged 1y 1m 14d, c/J. H. & Annie E. | |||
| 009 | Geil | Joseph Edward | 10 Oct 1881 | aged 3y 7m 18d, c/J. H. & Annie E. | |||
| 009 | Geil | Sophia C. | 29 Aug 1880 | aged 3y 7m 23d, C/J. H. & Annie E. | |||
| 010 | Martz | Florence | 10 Sep 1883 | 21 Jun 1890 | d/Jacob & Lydia | illegible stone-recorded by Swank in 1960s | |
| 010 | Martz | Lydia A. | 10 Jul 1860 | 21 Dec 1889 | age 29y 5m 11d, w/Jacob | ||
| 010 | Masters | George W. | 30 Sep 1817 | 19 Nov 1881 | age 64y 1m 19d |
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