Exeter Township: Formerly stood on Custard homestead, which was located at 501 Butter Lane, Mt. Penn. Removed to Aulenbach Cemetery during development of Pennside between 1911 and 1920. The site is presently bounded by George Street and Filbert, beginning at the south side of Filbert about even with the front porch line on George Street, up the hill between the two sets of buildings, one of which is 2716 Park Street. The far edge of the top of the site ends at the 2nd ground level door. From that point it continues down the hill to 3' before George Street. The cemetery is actually on a comer angle.
Size: 80' x 120'
History: According to REK, the Custard farm "later became known as the Koch, Bush & Company farm and lay east of the Endlich farm in Lower Alsace township. The boundary line between these two farms was almost identical with the boundary line of the two townships. In 1903 the borough of Mt. Penn was formed out of Lower Alsace and the Endlich farm was included. The southern boundary of the farm is Butter Lane. [MHBC p. 408] It is quite possible that this graveyard site was associated with an early mill on the Antietam, possibly the Hartman Mill shown on the 1775 map of Exeter in Pendelton's The Oley Valley Heritage - The Colonial
Years: 1700-1775.
Gravemarkers and inscriptions: copied by Mary Owen Steinmetz about 1940
Custard Benjamin April 17, 1763-Jan. 3, 1832 aged 68 8 18
Maria (Schneider) wlo Benjamin Sept. 12, 1769-May 25, 1837 aged 67 813
Mary dlo Benjamin and Mary March 12, 1799-Sept. 29, 1864 aged 656 17
Seidel Henrietta w]« Solomon and dlo Charles F. Egelman & Maria April 5, 1822-Jan. 6,1845, aged 22 9 1 m. 5 0 6; 3
children 2 living
Lydia dlo Heinrich & Lidia Sept. 12, 1822-Sept. 22, 1823 1 0 10
Seitel Lydia wlo Henry & dlo Benjamin & Mary Custert March 31, 1795-Sept. 21, 1861 aged 66 520 left Is 1d
Solomon G. March 20, 1820-Feb. 24, 1865 aged 44 11 4 m. Dec. 30, 1839 Henrietta Egelman 1s2d m. Dec 27, 1845
Wilhelmina Egelman 8 children 2s 4d living
Weidner Anna Dec. 2, 1792-Nov. 8, 1835
Eallam slo Georg & Isabella May 7, 1845 (submerged)
Jager Solomon slo Johannes & Anna Jan. 26-Feb. 18, 1812 aged 22 days
Observations: Indicate 15 rows of 34 abre.ast laying east to west. "This land was worked and used heavily, and the presence of many
animals is evident. The area was also used occasionally for very large week-end celebrations where many people came from far and wide, and the preparations of smoking meats and preparing food was a gigantic production. The manufacture of a product involving wood and metal took place, and it seems canoes or boats took wood or a finished product down the Antietam for distribution or processing. Some building in the area was used as a hospital. Seems to be a hub of commerce." [GB]
Site address: 2716 Park Street; back comer of lot is bounded by Filbert and George Street
Pin: 43-5326-05-29-2518* DB 1902 p. 0493