Lower Swatara Township near Middletown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Stoner Cemetery

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 2024

1. Stoner Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Heinrich Steiner (Stoner) built a stone home, barn, outbuildings, and a cemetery circa 1800.

By 1910, there was no farm left and Mary Stoner died, willing the cemetery to the First Church of God in Highspire.

Nature, road construction, vandalism, and vehicle collisions took a toll on the stone walls surrounding the cemetery.

In 2019, the First Church of God and the Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society joined forces, and with help from Rep. Thomas L. Mehaffie, III and Keystone Mountain Lake Carpenters' Unions' labor, the cemetery walls were repaired.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.

Location. 40° 12.033′ N, 76° 45.986′ W. Marker is near Middletown, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County. It is in Lower Swatara Township. It can be reached from West Harrisburg Pike (Pennsylvania Route 230) west of Wayne Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2077 W Harrisburg Pike, Middletown

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PA 17057, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Col. James Burd (approx. 0.7 miles away); The United Brethren in Christ (approx. 1½ miles away); B'Nai Jacob Synagogue (approx. 1.7 miles away); Camp George Gordon Meade (approx. 1.8 miles away); Burd Tombs (approx. 1.8 miles away); "Sant Peter's Kierch" (approx. 1.8 miles away); Revolutionary War Monument (approx. 1.8 miles away); Middletown (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middletown.

Also see . . . Stoner Farm and Cemetery. Heinrich Steiner (Stoner) emigrated

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 2024

2. Stoner Cemetery Marker

Marker is on a boulder just inside the cemetery gate.

from the Tulpehocken Settlement in Berks County sometime prior to 1780. He purchased land and built a stone home. The Stoner Farmhouse stayed in the family until the early 1900’s. (Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society) (Submitted on October 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

View Inside Stoner Cemetery Walls image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 2024

3. View Inside Stoner Cemetery Walls

Stoner Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 27, 2024

4. Stoner Cemetery

View of the cemetery from across West Harrisburg Pike/PA-230. The cemetery's stone walls, particularly the side facing the road, were repaired in 2019.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.