*** ONLINE AS OF AUGUST 5, 2011 ***
    



Mt. Hope Lutheran Church & Cemetery - Wayne Twnp PA

In about 1837 a group of German Lutherans were organized in Wurtemburg by the Reverend Johan Schweitzerbarth, a young Lutheran minister who immigrated from Germany in 1819 and helped establish numerous churches in western Pennsylvania. The congregation, later known as the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, was without a building of their own and met in private homes and schoolhouses for many years. I believe a traditionalist element of this congregation broke off and built a new church – located just to the north – known as the Mt. Hope Lutheran (or Zion Lutheran) Church in c1868. A small cemetery was also soon started to the rear of the cemetery on what is now Dutch Ridge Road. I believe the church, while being served by the Reverend Fred H. Daubenspeck (1866-1967), was closed down sometime in c1943 and was razed in later years. (Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(May 2012)


(Oct 2012) Full Size


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)


(Oct 2012)

Comments

  1. I grew up just down the hill from this cemetary. I remember the Church that sat near Dutch Ridge Road. the Mt Hope one room school sat on the left side of the entrance to this cemetary. I can only remember the old foundation of that school.I knew a lot of the people buried here.

  2. Both of my McQuiston grandparents are buried here.

Comment

Enter your comment below. Fields marked * are required. You must preview your comment before submitting it.