Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17046 United StatesCoordinates: 40.34102, -76.42522 - This cemetery is marked as being historical or removed.
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The cemetery at Salem Evangelical Lutheran church no longer exists; the land was used to construct a larger chapel. In September to November, 1898, all graves were re-interred to a single vault at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, in Section O, with no tombstones erected. Some of the original tombstones are in storage in the church basement. Some families erected a new memorial at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, if they wished. Contributor Mosslady has a list of the tombstones in Salem's basement. Memorials for the legible tombstones were entered at Mount Lebanon Cemetery.
Fortunately, famed Pennsylvania historian William Henry Egle (1830-1901) recorded many of the original graves and published them in 1883 in "History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" on page 140, although Egle reported some could not be read. Another list of burials from church records is published in "Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; burial records, 1773-1876" by Frederick Weiser, 1935. (FHL Microfilm 1434022). The Lebanon County Historical Society also has a copy of the church burials along with photos of the tombstones still in Salem's basement.
The cemetery at Salem Evangelical Lutheran church no longer exists; the land was used to construct a larger chapel. In September to November, 1898, all graves were re-interred to a single vault at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, in Section O, with no tombstones erected. Some of the original tombstones are in storage in the church basement. Some families erected a new memorial at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, if they wished. Contributor Mosslady has a list of the tombstones in Salem's basement. Memorials for the legible tombstones were entered at Mount Lebanon Cemetery.
Fortunately, famed Pennsylvania historian William Henry Egle (1830-1901) recorded many of the original graves and published them in 1883 in "History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" on page 140, although Egle reported some could not be read. Another list of burials from church records is published in "Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; burial records, 1773-1876" by Frederick Weiser, 1935. (FHL Microfilm 1434022). The Lebanon County Historical Society also has a copy of the church burials along with photos of the tombstones still in Salem's basement.
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- Added: 11 Feb 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2341447
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