Directions (all distances approximate) From the intersection of Route 30 (Lincoln Highway) and Route 896 (Hartman Bridge Road) located east of Lancaster, follow Route 896 south to Strasburg. Turn right onto Route 741 (Miller Street), and follow for 1-1/4 miles, passing Strasburg Pike (on the right). Route 741 bears to the right (becoming Village Road) where Penn Grant Road meets it. Continue straight ahead at this curve and follow Penn Grant Road until it dead-ends on Hager's Road about 1/10 mile. Turn left on Hager's Road and follow it about 1/2 mile until it dead-ends on Twin Elm Road. Turn left again and about 1/10 mile at the top of a small rise on the right is the cemetery surrounded by a hurricane fence. Map courtesy of MapQuest

Photos of Plot Locations

Figure 1a.– Upon entering the gate, the Kendig burial plot is in the back left corner. The general area is easily identified by a black stone marker leaning to the right that is to the left and beyond the cluster of white marble markers that are in the center of the photo.


Figure 1b.– Past the cluster of marble markers are the gravestones for the Kindig plot (in the center of the photo to the left of the small American flag).


Figure 1c.– Looking east toward the fence, Henrich Kendig is to the left. His wife Maria (Groff) Kendig is marked by a flat black slate with the letters "M.K."


Figure 2a.– Brackbill Monument marking the grave of Harry G. Brackbill Jr., a descendent of Rev. Benedict Brackbill who immigrated to America in 1717 and is interred at the Strasburg Mennonite Church and Cemetery (the markers for Henrich and Maria Kendig can be seen in the background).


Figure 2b.– Closer view of Henrich Kindig's marker with inscription and interpretation.

HIER RUHET  DIE GEBEINE VON  HENRICH KINDIG  WAR GEBOHREN DN   1 TN DECS 1763 STARB DN 14 TN OCT 1825 WAR ALT 61 IAHR  10 MON 14 DAGE  Here Rest The Remains of Henrich Kindig Was Born The 1 of December 1763 Died The 14 of October 1825 Was Age 61 Years 10 Months 14 Days