Concord Cemetery
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Concord Cemetery
Click picture to view enlargement. View of Concord Cemetery and the old Concord Methodist Church from Main Street. Picture taken in 2000 by Carolyn J. Burns The Concord Cemetery is located in the churchyard by the old Concord Methodist Church. Concord Church was first established in 1819 when George Hoffman, a farmer from Pennsylvania, formed a Methodist "class meeting." As lay preacher, he led services and helped circuit riders. Concord was a religious and social center for farm families. The pioneers built a log church in 1824 and after it burned, a brick church in 1849 was built. With an addition, the Concord Church-on-the-Hill served until a large modern building was erected in 1962 and 1968. Gravestone readings that include the only legible information for the names Herr, Nickel, Parrish, Schoenherr, and Stebleton: |