Diamond Rock Mennonite Cemetery, aka Chester Valley Mennonite, Chester Valley near Cedar Hollow, Chester Co PA. Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Diana Quinones Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Diamond Rock Mennonite Cemetery, aka Chester Valley Mennonite, Chester Valley near Cedar Hollow, Chester Co PA. This Mennonite congregation and cemetery was established in early 1800s. The last minister to officiate there was Rev. Israel BEIDLER who died 1876. The congregation was known as Beidler's, then Chester Valley. In the graveyard adjoining the church, the two earliest burials were in 1819. The stone-walled church was built about 1835. It is no longer in use. The cemetery is surrounded by a substantial stone wall. In 1923, N B Grubb inventoried the cemetery which had some illegible stones. Burials: Death Age Wharton Bartlet Jan 1864 3mos 29days Catharine Beidler Apr 1819 11yrs Frances Beidler 1 Apr 1819 10yrs 4mos John Beidler 13 Oct 1835 1 day Elizabeth Beidler 2 Feb 1835 32yrs 8mos 17days Mary Beidler 9 Apr 1838 1yr 2mos 8days Jesse Beidler 13 Apr 1863 52yrs 8mos 17days Nathan M Beidler 3 Jun 1838 17yrs 11days John Beidler 12 Jul 1851 81yrs 3mos 17days Abraham Beidler 23 Jun 1866 Mary Beidler 13 May 1852 63yrs 6mos 12days Mary Elizabeth Beidler 14 Mar 1852 14yrs 8mos 22days Frances Beidler 8 Apr 1855 74yrs 5mos 23days Jacob Beidler 24 Dec 1864 86yrs 27days Mary Beidler 27 Apr 1867 19yrs 7mos 13days Hannah Beidler 30 Jul 1902 83yrs 4mos 7days Elizabeth Beidler 1862 56yrs 9mos 3days Charles Bloomhart 4 Mar 1899 61yrs 2mos George Bloomhart 26 Apr 1883 75yrs 10mos 24days Catharine Bloomhart 24 Sep 1861 60yrs 11mos 24days Mary Bloomhart 29 Dec 1842 3yrs 3mos 2days Jacob Detweiler 6 Dec 1847 84yrs 7mos 14days Elizabeth Detwieler 10 May 1862 94yrs 7mos 18days Barbara Hagaman 5 Apr 1912 85yrs 4mos 1day John Hagaman 18 May 1845 18yrs John B Haldeman,s/o Jacob Jan 1857 6yrs 1mo 13days Emanuel Haldeman Jul 1846 2yrs 4mos 7days Emma Haldeman 16 Jan 1845 John Haldeman 10 Jan 1846 Sarah Haldeman Jul 1846 6yrs 10mos 19days Jacob Haldeman 15 Jan 1845 Edward McClosky 8 Nov 1850 42yrs Susan McClosky 14 Apr 1892 80yrs 9mos 3days Henry McClosky 20 Dec 1865 16yrs William McClosky no dates David Ruth 22 Jan 1842 81yrs 1mo 28days George Rickabaugh 22 Mar 1855 42yrs 2mos 8days David Rickabaugh 18 Nov 1848 76yrs Elizabeth Rickabaugh 5 Mar 1859 82yrs Jacob Rickabaugh 3 Sep 1843 81yrs Barbara Showalter Jul 1850 50yrs Ann Showalter 25 Jul 1855 68yrs George Wagner 2 Jul 1860 4mos 3days Isaac Wismer 2 Jan 1883 60yrs 1mo 26days Mary Wismer 9 Jun 1868 72yrs 2mos 19days