Old Road Mennonite Cemetery
Also known as Martin Family Graveyard , White Horse Mennonite Cemetery
Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Gap, Pennsylvania 17527 United StatesCoordinates: 40.03325, -75.98073 - Cemetery ID:
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(Previously called White Horse Meetinghouse)
5795 Old Philadelphia Pike
Gap, PA 17527
(717) 768-3450
Old Road Mennonite Church (White Horse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Old Road (or White Horse) Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located near Martin Family Graveyard one mile east of White Horse, Lancaster County, PA, is a part of the Hershey circuit of the Lancaster Conference. Until 1841 the congregation met for worship in private homes and in the Pequea Presbyterian church. In 1841 a stone meetinghouse was built along the Old Philadelphia Pike. In 1892 a frame building farther from the road and larger replaced it. This meetinghouse was remodeled in 1947. In the mid-1950s, Martin R. Hershey and Sanford E. Hershey were the ministers, and Clair Eby bishop. The membership in 1957 was 104.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 49. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
Cemetery adjoins church
(Began as Martin Family Graveyard)
(Formerly called White Horse Mennonite Cemetery)
(Previously called White Horse Meetinghouse)
5795 Old Philadelphia Pike
Gap, PA 17527
(717) 768-3450
Old Road Mennonite Church (White Horse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA)
Old Road (or White Horse) Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), located near Martin Family Graveyard one mile east of White Horse, Lancaster County, PA, is a part of the Hershey circuit of the Lancaster Conference. Until 1841 the congregation met for worship in private homes and in the Pequea Presbyterian church. In 1841 a stone meetinghouse was built along the Old Philadelphia Pike. In 1892 a frame building farther from the road and larger replaced it. This meetinghouse was remodeled in 1947. In the mid-1950s, Martin R. Hershey and Sanford E. Hershey were the ministers, and Clair Eby bishop. The membership in 1957 was 104.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 49. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
Cemetery adjoins church
(Began as Martin Family Graveyard)
(Formerly called White Horse Mennonite Cemetery)
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- Added: 30 Apr 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2259380
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