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Snyder Herbein
Location of the Snyder Herbein Burial Ground
The Herbein Snyder burial Ground was surrounded by stone wall with gate. Burials were moved to Spies Zion Church Cemetery in May, 1984. A marker for existence of burial site, as well as the new location, placed along Bieber Mill Road at entrance to quarry.
At left is the notice from the Reading Eagle, which stated that the remains and stones were to be reinterred “in as nearly as possible, the same relative positions as before disinterment.” The former caretaker at Spies Zion Church Cemetery, Dorothy Bridygham, now aged 92, said the stones and remains had to be laid out EXACTLY as they were originally.
If Eastern Industries held true to the court order, then the original site should correspond to the Spies Zion Church arrangement.
Clip of the Cemetery from an aerial photo dated September 15, 1937:
Clip from April 17, 1946:
Image from April 23, 1955:
April 17, 1968:
Clipping from October 12, 1976, showing how close the quarrying is; the cemetery is painted red to make it visible:
Perspective alignment of the 1937 aerial with the modern Google Earth image showing approximately where the burial ground used to be.
The location of the burial ground is now a retention pond in the quarry, about 60 feet off the northwestern shore at coordinates 40.357203 North by 75.793230 West.
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History: Was surrounded by stone wall with gate. Burials moved to Spies Zion Church Cemetery in May, 1984. Marker for existence of burial site, as well as the new location, placed along Bieber Mill Rd. at entrance to quarry.
At left is the notice from the Reading Eagle, which stated that the remains and stones were to be reinterred “in as nearly as possible, the same relative positions as before disinterment.” The former caretaker at Spies Zion Church Cemetery, Dorothy Bridygham, now aged 92, said the stones and remains had to be laid out EXACTLY as they were originally.
If Eastern Industries held true to the court order, then the original site should correspond to the Spies Zion Church arrangement.
Aerial of the Spies Zion Church location, August 29, 2010:
Above, with perspective adjusted to match the 1968 aerial:
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Currently at the Spies Church Cemetery, they are arranged as follows:
Back Row, starting from the road side:
Middle Row:
Front Row:
The clearest aerial is from 1968. In this aerial, a single pixel represents about a 22 by 22 inch square. The cemetery is 16 by 16 pixels, making the cemetery about 29 to 30 feet square. Clip from the 1968 aerial:
Clip enlarged 400% and contrast enhanced:
Above, with edges:
Above, with the four largest, most visible stones highlighted in white and the walls in tan:
View of the Spies Zion Church Cemetery location, May 22, 2017:
Eastern Industries appears to have abided by the court order and faithfully relocated and preserved the arrangement of the original site.