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Cemetery: Herman / Sassaman
/ Helfrich Private Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Near Grim Road on Siegfriedsdale Road., Berks Co., PA
City:
Township: Maxatawny Township
County: Berks County
State: PA
Nation: USA
Zip:
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From Rt. 222, 1 3/4 miles north of the traffic light
at Topton Road, turn left on Grim Road. Then go right on
Siegfriedsdale Road. The farm is .2 miles (2/10 mile) on the
right. The cemetery is in a little grove of trees about 50 yards
east (to the right, if you are looking from the road) of a long,
beat up barn. There is a wall, and one tall obelisk-type
tombstone sticking up from the weeds and undergrowth.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Small grove of trees, lots of weeds, wall borders a
cultivated field
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Wall-Broken
Gate: None
Established: About 1790
Gravestones: 20 - 25
Oldest: Not sure, but one stone read May 2, 1795 and another May
3, 1795
Newest: I believe May 5, 1856
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Unsure
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Availability: A Genealogical Guide To Berks County Private
Cemeteries by Laurel Miller, Mary Ellen Lash & Kathleen Lorah,
published in 1992. Copy is available at the Berks County
Historical Society
Landscaping: Unsure
Paths: Unsure
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Unsure
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Problem-Seasonal
Problem1:
Problem2:
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: None
Surnames:
Grim, Helfrich, Herman, Hoch, Homrigshausen, Sassaman
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Name: David Helfrich
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Date: 11/09/2003 |
