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Deppen Burial Ground
Penn Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

This listing was contributed by Steve Paul Johnson [steve@cleardigitalmedia.com].  Total records = 33.

INSCRIPTIONS from the tombstones in a private burial ground, in Penn Township, Berks county, on
what is locally known as the Dr. DEPPEN farm, about 3 miles southeastward of Bernville, Pa.,
along the stage road leading from Bernvill to Mt. Pleasant (Obold), Pa.  The burial ground is
a short distance south of the road and contains the remains of number of the Roman Catholic faith.

ALWEIN,             ELIZABETH           see Philip Schmidt.
DEPPEN,             CATHARINE           b. Oct. 1, 1837; d. June 2, 1841; dau. of Daniel.
DEPPEN,             DANIEL              b. Feb, 1801; d. May 12, 1863; m. Catharine Smith.
FELIX,              ELIZABETH           see John Wummer.
GRETH,              DANIEL              b. Feb. 15, 1784; d. Feb. 22, 1852; m. Elizabeth Schmidt,
                                        b. March 4, 1781; d. Dec. 18, 1840.
GRETH,              DANIEL              b. May 26, 1806; d. Nov. 11, 1874.
GRATH (Greth),      DAVID               died 1849; son of D. & M. Grath.
GRETT (Greth),      ELIZABETH           b. in 1755; d. Aug. 17, 1838.
GRETH,              FRANKLIN REUBEN     b. Aug 19, 1851; d. May 7, 1862; s. of Daniel
                                        & Mary Greth.
GRETT,              MAGDALENA           see Philip Schmidt.
GRATH,              SARAH               old 14 W., 1844.
HAAG,               ELIZABETH           see Joseph Obold.
HETRICH,            SUSANNA             see Philip Obold.
KISLING,            JOHN                b. Sept. 14, 1801; d. Feb 1, 1847.
KISLING,            SEBASTIAN           b. Jan'y 31, 1773; d. March 25, 1843; m. in 1795
                                        Catharine Schmidt, b. April 16, 1774; d. April 8, 1725; 2 s. &
                                        6 dau.
KISLING,            SUSANNA             b. April 22, 1842; d. Oct. 2, 1843; dau. of John &
                                        Catharine Kisling.
KISLING,            WILLIAM             b. March 29, 1830; d. Sept. 10, 1831; s. of Jacob &
                                        Catharine Kisling.
LAMBERT,            JONATHAN            b. Dec. 15, 1798; d. April 15, 1876.
OBOLD,              GEORGE              b. Jan'y 1, 1802; d. Feb. 20, 1854.
OBOLD,              JOSEPH              b. in 1762; d. Oct.-, 1824; m. (1) Margaret (seems to
                                        be Rudt or Budt or Gudt) with whom in wedlock 27 years, 4 s. &
                                        4 dau.; (2) Elizabeth Haag, 1 son; and (3) Margaret Obold? d. in
                                        1818 aged 47 years.  See also Philipp Schmidt.
OBOLD,              PHILIP              b. Nov. 10, 1796; d. May 27, 1843; m. in 1818 Susann
                                        Hetrich, in wedlock 24 years; 2 s. & 1 dau.
REBER,              TILLIE              b. Nov. 3, 1864; d. June 18, 1873;
RICK,               GEORGE D.           b. Sept. 7, 1853; d. Dec, 1853; s. of George & Mary
                                        Ann Rick.
SCHMIDT (Smith),    CATHARINE           see Sebastian Kisling & Daniel Deppen.
SCHMIDT,            ELIZABETH           see Daniel Greth.
SCHMIDT,            JOHN                b. March 6, 1812; d. Aug. 15, 1822; s. of Philip & Magdalena
                                        Schmidt.
SCHMIDT,            MAGDALENA           see Adam Wummer.
SCHMIDT,            PHILIPP             b. Aug. 12, 1747; d. March 6, 1808; m. Elizabeth
                                        Alwein, b. in 1742; d. in 1814; in wedlock 37 years; 2 s. & 6 dau.
                                        His wife had been the widow of Joseph Obold, with whom in wedlock
                                        6 years and had sons.
SCHMIDT,            PHILIP              b. March 12, 1772; d. Oct. 21, 1813; m. Magdalena
                                        Grett, in wedlock 13 years; 3 s. & 3 dau.
UMBENHAUER,         SAMUEL              b. Dec. 25, 1826; d. Jan'y 13, 1844.
WUMMER,             ADAM                b. June 7, 1779; d. Nov. 18, 1854; m. in 1798 Magdalena
                                        Schmidt.
WUMMER,             JOHN                b.  May 6, 1799; d. Jan'y 20, 1866; m. in 1825 Elizabeth
                                        Feliz, b. Sept. 30, 1802; d. Feb 7, 1835.

One marker contains the inscription, "W. G. 1844."