Daniel & Maria founded this family cemetery with their friend & neighbor, John Gerber before 1814.
Most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, who acquired the cemetery in a "land grab". Although promises had been made to reinter those buried in the cemetery, there is no record of that ever having been done - there is no record of any other cemetery having received the bodies. The railroad was built over the bodies of the Gerber and Bitting families. Later the State of Pennsylvania built freeways over the same land - without concern for the bodies buried there. More recently (2016) the State proposed further roadworks in the area, and although there was some acknowledgment that bodies are likely lying under the highway and offramp, the State seems to have no interest in correcting the problem.
Most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, who acquired the cemetery in a "land grab". Although promises had been made to reinter those buried in the cemetery, there is no record of that ever having been done - there is no record of any other cemetery having received the bodies. The railroad was built over the bodies of the Gerber and Bitting families. Later the State of Pennsylvania built freeways over the same land - without concern for the bodies buried there. More recently (2016) the State proposed further roadworks in the area, and although there was some acknowledgment that bodies are likely lying under the highway and offramp, the State seems to have no interest in correcting the problem.
Daniel & Maria founded this family cemetery with their friend & neighbor, John Gerber before 1814.
Most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, who acquired the cemetery in a "land grab". Although promises had been made to reinter those buried in the cemetery, there is no record of that ever having been done - there is no record of any other cemetery having received the bodies. The railroad was built over the bodies of the Gerber and Bitting families. Later the State of Pennsylvania built freeways over the same land - without concern for the bodies buried there. More recently (2016) the State proposed further roadworks in the area, and although there was some acknowledgment that bodies are likely lying under the highway and offramp, the State seems to have no interest in correcting the problem.
Most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, who acquired the cemetery in a "land grab". Although promises had been made to reinter those buried in the cemetery, there is no record of that ever having been done - there is no record of any other cemetery having received the bodies. The railroad was built over the bodies of the Gerber and Bitting families. Later the State of Pennsylvania built freeways over the same land - without concern for the bodies buried there. More recently (2016) the State proposed further roadworks in the area, and although there was some acknowledgment that bodies are likely lying under the highway and offramp, the State seems to have no interest in correcting the problem.
Gravesite Details
Daniel & Maria Bitting founded this family cemetery before 1814 with their neighbor, John Gerber. The cemetery was substantially destroyed in 1884 by the railroads, and further so when roads were later built through the cemetery.
