Vincent Mennonite Church Cemetery
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Vincent Mennonite Church Cemetery

Also known as Rhoades Burial Ground, Rhoads Burying Ground

East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    East Vincent Township, Pennsylvania 19475 United States
    Coordinates: 40.17782, -75.56384
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Vincent Mennonite Cemetery formerly known as Rhoad's Burying Ground

Located at Schuylkill Rd and Mennonite Church Rd, East Vincent Twp, Chester County, PA (near Spring City)

Rhoad's Burying Ground is probably one of the oldest in the area. Frederick Sheeder, in his 1845 sketch of Vincent Township [PMHB, Vol. XXXIV (1910), January, April & July editions] said, "the meeting house that has allways whent by the name of Rohd's this meeting house was built 1750 the old Germans nearly all in the neighborhood church and meeting folks burried on this graveyard Adam Miller that died on John Shuler's place was burried here before the revolution Henry Heffilfinger, the father of Jacob, was burried here 1790 . . . and old John Wagner, Loranz Hippel in the year 1785 (sic), old John and Henry Rohds, Nicholas Miller and other old members rest here".

Vincent Mennonite Cemetery formerly known as Rhoad's Burying Ground

Located at Schuylkill Rd and Mennonite Church Rd, East Vincent Twp, Chester County, PA (near Spring City)

Rhoad's Burying Ground is probably one of the oldest in the area. Frederick Sheeder, in his 1845 sketch of Vincent Township [PMHB, Vol. XXXIV (1910), January, April & July editions] said, "the meeting house that has allways whent by the name of Rohd's this meeting house was built 1750 the old Germans nearly all in the neighborhood church and meeting folks burried on this graveyard Adam Miller that died on John Shuler's place was burried here before the revolution Henry Heffilfinger, the father of Jacob, was burried here 1790 . . . and old John Wagner, Loranz Hippel in the year 1785 (sic), old John and Henry Rohds, Nicholas Miller and other old members rest here".

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