Old Brethren Cemetery

Directions: Heading toward Dover on Route 74 North, turn right at the traffic light in the square. You are now on East Canal Road. Continue till you come to the ‘Y’ in the road. Keep to the right of the road past a few houses. Look left and you will see the cemetery surrounded by a fence located behind a house.

As you enter through the gate for the cemetery the headstones are read from left to right. They have been read to the best of our ability as all records for the church were destroyed in a fire. The original EUB church, located in the Borough on North Main Street, moved all church documents to their new church on Emig Mill Road, across from Leib Elementary School. In 1988, an arsonist set fire to the newly built church, which burned to the ground.

To review more on the church, refer to Landmarks of Dover Section - History of Otterbein EUB Church on the website.

The following pages show a picture of the headstones with the inscriptions.

We believe that between the headstones of Peter Rauhouser and Our Mother Sarah Freysinger was probably Sarah Frysinger’s husband John Frysinger.

It is also believed that Agnes (first row) and Catharine (3rd row 3rd headstone) were sisters and they died from the small pox epidemic.

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Old Brethren Cemetery Headstones

1st Row #2 Headstone

Agnes Daughter of
W. H. & C. Drawbaugh
Born Jan 21, 1850
Died April 23, 1852
2 Yrs. 3 Mos 2 Days
   
2nd Row 1st Headstone

Sarah Frysinger
Born Sept 29, 1839
Died Jan. 14, 1907
68 Yrs 3 Mos 15 Days
   
2nd Row 2nd Headstone

Our Mother
Sarah Freysinger
Born Dec. 20, 1818
Died Aug. 24, 1898
80 Yrs 8 Mos 4 Days
   
2nd Row 3rd Headstone

In Memory of
Peter Rauhouser
Born Feb. 19, 1777
Died July 21, 1853
76 Yrs and 2 Days
   
Headstone Missing 2nd Row 4th Spot

Christiana Rauhouser
w/o
Peter Rauhouser
Born July 5, 1779
Died Sept 28, 1856
76 Yrs and 2 Days
Maiden Name was Hoffman
   
Small Headstone 3rd Row 1st Headstone

Initial P. R.
   
Small Headstone 3rd Row 2nd Headstone

Initials M. M. ("W" or "M")
   
3rd Row 3rd Headstone

Catharine Daughter of
W.H. & C. Drawbaugh
Born Nov. 10, 1861
Died Dec. 18, 1861
 
   
Small Headstone 3rd Row 4th Headstone

Initials S. F.
   
3rd Row 5th Headstone

In Memory of Christiana
Daughter of Henry &
Avalina Rauhauser
Born Sept. 20, 1856
Died March 31, 1861
4 Yrs. 6 Mos. 11 Days
   
3rd Row 6th Headstone

In Memory of Amanda I.
Daughter of Samuel Hughes
and Martha Aughenbaugh
Born July 12, 1858
Died Sept. 14, 1859
1 Yr. 2 Mos 2 Days
   
No Headstone 3rd Row 7th Spot

This is a base
but no headstone.
Unknown
   
3rd Row 8th Headstone

Lafaena Rauhauser
Born Nov. 21, 1821
Died Nov. 8, 1842

This site was last updated 06/12/12