Cemetery Location:
In the heart of Massanutten, on the old Abraham Brubaker farm on Route 615, 1.5 miles south of U.S. Route 211. It is just outside the northwest corner of the backyard.
The graves were marked with a sandstone without any dates or inscription. The old part is on the east and most of the
graves are marked with small sandstones without names or dates. Barbara Miller Brubaker, wife of Abraham, is buried here. She saved herself and a small daughter in 1759 by running to her husband, who was working in a field, and having him take her across the river to a fort cellar on the farm. When her husband returned he found that the Indians had plundered his home and tried to set it on fire.
The reason the graveyard was near the house and had no markers at the old graves, the Brubakers were afraid the Indians might find them and remove the bodies in order to get the scalps.
In the heart of Massanutten, on the old Abraham Brubaker farm on Route 615, 1.5 miles south of U.S. Route 211. It is just outside the northwest corner of the backyard.
The graves were marked with a sandstone without any dates or inscription. The old part is on the east and most of the
graves are marked with small sandstones without names or dates. Barbara Miller Brubaker, wife of Abraham, is buried here. She saved herself and a small daughter in 1759 by running to her husband, who was working in a field, and having him take her across the river to a fort cellar on the farm. When her husband returned he found that the Indians had plundered his home and tried to set it on fire.
The reason the graveyard was near the house and had no markers at the old graves, the Brubakers were afraid the Indians might find them and remove the bodies in order to get the scalps.
Cemetery Location:
In the heart of Massanutten, on the old Abraham Brubaker farm on Route 615, 1.5 miles south of U.S. Route 211. It is just outside the northwest corner of the backyard.
The graves were marked with a sandstone without any dates or inscription. The old part is on the east and most of the
graves are marked with small sandstones without names or dates. Barbara Miller Brubaker, wife of Abraham, is buried here. She saved herself and a small daughter in 1759 by running to her husband, who was working in a field, and having him take her across the river to a fort cellar on the farm. When her husband returned he found that the Indians had plundered his home and tried to set it on fire.
The reason the graveyard was near the house and had no markers at the old graves, the Brubakers were afraid the Indians might find them and remove the bodies in order to get the scalps.
In the heart of Massanutten, on the old Abraham Brubaker farm on Route 615, 1.5 miles south of U.S. Route 211. It is just outside the northwest corner of the backyard.
The graves were marked with a sandstone without any dates or inscription. The old part is on the east and most of the
graves are marked with small sandstones without names or dates. Barbara Miller Brubaker, wife of Abraham, is buried here. She saved herself and a small daughter in 1759 by running to her husband, who was working in a field, and having him take her across the river to a fort cellar on the farm. When her husband returned he found that the Indians had plundered his home and tried to set it on fire.
The reason the graveyard was near the house and had no markers at the old graves, the Brubakers were afraid the Indians might find them and remove the bodies in order to get the scalps.
Gravesite Details
Daughter: Catherine Brubaker Roads 1761-1831 wife of John Roads 1760-1825 (Rhodes). Both are buried in Licking Cemetery, Hebron, Licking, Ohio.
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