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HERSHEY  REFORMED  MENNONITE  CEMETERY

This quaint little graveyard can be found about 1½ mile south of Hershey on Bachmanville Road. Its location is documented on the map of Derry Township in the Dauphin County Historical Atlas of 1875, p. 69. There it is recorded as the Hershey Church Cemetery. The neatly ordered rows contain a mix of relatively new and very old headstones. The oldest grave is that of Abraham Hershey, son of Isaac and Mary Hershey, who died in 1845.

Milton S. Hershey's father, Henry, was originally buried here and a large family monument marking the original grave still stands. On October 12, 1920, Milton Hershey arranged for his father's body to be moved to the family plot in the Hershey Cemetery. This cemetery is adjacent to the Hershey Reformed Mennonite Church and was established about 1845. It was in this church that members of the Hershey family preached through the 19th century.

The cemetery is believed to be owned by the Reformed Mennonite Church and is also known as the Old Hershey Meeting House Cemetery, the Hershey Church Cemetery, and the Bachmanville Road Cemetery. The graveyard was recorded in 1995 and about 200 stones remain today. 

We would be happy to conduct a cemetery search or do more extensive research for you.  The cemetery search would include all Derry Township cemeteries plus others that are closely associated with our township.  Most of the names in our cemetery database are not available elsewhere on the Internet.  The cost is $5 per surname and you may supply up to three alternate spellings (total of four).  If you find your ancestors in the list below and require additional information, please contact us . 

For more thorough research, please request a copy of our research policy.   In addition, our obituary list and our name index of “lost and found” ancestors may be of interest to you.  Please check our main library page for these and other links, as we continue to update our information on line.

The names carved on the stones are listed below: