Located west
of New Danville Pike (Rt. 324), behind farm
buildings.
History:
- Earliest recorded
burial - 1725
- Latest recorded
burial - 1908
- William F. Worner,
vol. 3, p.50-58.
"The Shank graveyard,
50 feet by 50 feet, was on the farm of Charles P. Helm,
in Lancaster township, according to Worner in 1935. It is
about half a mile south of Lancaster City, near the South
Sewage Treatment Works, and a few hundred hundred yards
west of the New Danville Pike. It's situated in a little
valley not far from the farm buildings. In 1935, the
graveyard was encolsed by an iron fence, five feet high,
having an iron gate and in excellent condition."
(Worner)
- Worner counted 33
head stones and 27 foot stones.
Transcriptions:
- 1935- William F.
Worner, vol.3, p.50.
- undated- Benjamin B.
Lippold, vol. 2.
- undated- Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society.
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