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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Edna Irene Messick
3 Jun 1914
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
7 Jun 1914
Cemetery Name:
Brenneman Mennonite Church Cemetery
Grave Location:
6
8
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Tombstone Note:
c/K. L. & Isadora
Tombstone
Remarks:
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 31′ 34.3″ N
Longitude:
78° 52′ 32.9″ W
Source Date Remarks :
Oct-02
Brenneman Mennonite Church Cemetery. Compared 2002 walk through to J. Robert Swank's records of 1967.
Cemetery Notes
In 2002 Martha Lee found several broken stones in the first couple of rows and stones buried in bushes. Some stones were face down and to heavy to lift and read but I believe were recorded by Mr. Swank. There is an open area between rows 4 and 5 with no markers. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote "Brenneman Mennonite Cemetery is the site of the old Brenneman Church. It was used as a place of worship and also a school as there were no public schools." Mr. Swank goes on: From the Brenneman Family History (page 30 # 96) we find, "The Brenneman Church was built on the Peter Brenneman farm one mile north of Greenmount in 1826 by the Funks, Shanks, Swanks and Brennemans of the vicinity of Linville, Singers Glen, Greenmount and the Brush." Mr. Swank notes "Deed Book 24 Page 338 - Oct 1852. Peter Brenneman to Joseph Wenger & (?) Burkholder trustees of Mennonite Society, two parcels of land on road to Geo. Shavers Mill; one for meeting house now built, one for burying ground."
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia. From downtown Harrisonburg, take Route 42 north 4.7 miles and turn left onto Route 778 (Brenneman Church Road). Go 1.0 miles and cemetery is on the right side of road.
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