Evangelical Cemetery
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Evangelical Cemetery

Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Coordinates: 40.94380, -77.44292
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There are no records to show if this cemetery existed at this location prior to the erection of the church in 1834. The earliest burial found was in 1835. Jacob Albright, founder of the Evangelical Association began preaching in Christopher Spangler's home in Brush Valley in 1806. The congregation grew and in 1834 the first unit of the church office in Rebersburg was dedicated. Without any specific records showing the acquisition of the land, it can be assumed that the tract was large enough to accommodate both the church building and the burial ground.

The operation of the cemetery is the responsibility of the Evangelical Cemetery Association, Inc. which was formed in 1937. In 1847 Mrs. Clara Waited donated one-half acre of the ground to the cemetery. In 1953 the association received an additional tract from Paul Glasgow, add to the east boundary for potential growth.

A complete inventory of the cemetery burials was made in May 1997. This record was augmented by the 1926 inventory made by Jasper Brungart. Several of the graves markers found by him at that time no longer exist.

From the intersection of Route 192 and Route 445 in Madisonburg, travel east 4 miles to midtown Rebersburg. Turn left onto Town Lane Road. The church is directly ahead and the cemetery surrounds the church on 3 sides. N40.56.757' and W77.26.597





There are no records to show if this cemetery existed at this location prior to the erection of the church in 1834. The earliest burial found was in 1835. Jacob Albright, founder of the Evangelical Association began preaching in Christopher Spangler's home in Brush Valley in 1806. The congregation grew and in 1834 the first unit of the church office in Rebersburg was dedicated. Without any specific records showing the acquisition of the land, it can be assumed that the tract was large enough to accommodate both the church building and the burial ground.

The operation of the cemetery is the responsibility of the Evangelical Cemetery Association, Inc. which was formed in 1937. In 1847 Mrs. Clara Waited donated one-half acre of the ground to the cemetery. In 1953 the association received an additional tract from Paul Glasgow, add to the east boundary for potential growth.

A complete inventory of the cemetery burials was made in May 1997. This record was augmented by the 1926 inventory made by Jasper Brungart. Several of the graves markers found by him at that time no longer exist.

From the intersection of Route 192 and Route 445 in Madisonburg, travel east 4 miles to midtown Rebersburg. Turn left onto Town Lane Road. The church is directly ahead and the cemetery surrounds the church on 3 sides. N40.56.757' and W77.26.597





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  • Added: 3 Feb 2008
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