Fahl Cemetery #2
Updated 06/07/2023
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Two family-plot cemeteries for the Fahl lineage exist within the immediate Auburn area. Since the other cemetery has the earliest interment of the two sites, this has been titled Fahl Cemetery #2. This site has previously been believed to have had a total of five visible interments; three adults and possibly two children or infants. However, presently the site is now considered to contain only three visible adult interments and two smaller "foot-stone" markers associated with two of the adult grave sites.
The website "genealogy.com" has a "thread" that reads "Home>Forum> Surnames>Fall and is subtitled "Re: Fohl, Johann Dietrich-1709". A visitor to that website posted the following information about this cemetery: "Also buried there are Henry's wife Salome, and their son Abraham...though the stones are no longer there. There are also 12 other unmarked graves at this site". This information is apparently inaccurate and should not be considered factual. Both Salome's grave marker and Abraham's grave marker are easily found in the Auburn Cemetery located on Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. It would be highly illogical to presume that somebody moved just the grave markers from a private family cemetery into a public cemetery for no apparent reason. Additionally, there is no physical evidence, nor does there seem to be adequate space, for a total of fourteen unmarked graves to have been located within this small Fahl family cemetery location. Although this cemetery is listed upon the Auburn Area Historical Society's website in an effort to provide a comprehensive listing of all known interments within the Auburn area, it should be stressed that both Fahl cemeteries are located on private property and no one should assume entry onto these sites without first obtaining permission from the owners. |
(Johannes?) John Fahl - (Johannes?) John Fahl was born in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA, on September 7, 1771. He was the son of Johann Dieter Fahl and a currently unidentified mother.
John was the husband of Mary Elizabeth (Wildermuth) Fahl (who is interred on this site). He was the father of Elizabeth Fahl Ebling (who is not interred on this site), Henry Fahl (who is interred on this site) and Katharina Fahl Alspach (who is not interred on this site). John died on January 7, 1857 - the same year as the establishment of Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
Mary Elizabeth (Wildermuth) Fahl - Mary Elizabeth Wildermuth Fahl was born on June 14, 1783. She was the wife of John Fahl (who is interred on this site). She was the mother of Elizabeth Fahl Ebling (who is not interred on this site), Henry Fahl (who is interred on this site) and Katharina Fahl Alspach (who is not interred on this site). Mary died on February 13, 1874.
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Mary Elizabeth (Wildermuth) Fahl - This small grave stone was initially presumed to indicate the interment of a child or infant by some individuals; however, upon further examination and research, the most probable explanation for this marker is that of a "foot-stone" for the grave of Mary Elizabeth (Wildermuth) Fahl.
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Henry Fahl - Henry Fahl was born on November 22, 1805. He was the son of John Fahl and Mary Elizabeth Wildermuth Fahl (both of whom are interred on this site). He was a brother of Elizabeth Fahl Ebling (who is not interred on this site) and Katharina Fahl Alspach (who is not interred on this site).
Henry married Salome "Sarah" (Elizabeth?) Wildermuth Fahl. They had the following children: Abraham Fahl (who died of typhoid fever), Catharine Anna Fahl Schaller, Elizabeth Fahl Heim (who is believed to have been interred in a presently undocumented and unmarked grave in the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA according to the website findagrave.com), Henry Fahl, John W. Fahl, Joseph Fahl, Loweina Fahl, Mary Ann Fahl Fraunfelder, Sarah Fahl Wildermuth and Susanna Fahl Mengel. Henry is documented as owning a large tract of farm land which he operated until his death at age 77. He died on April 24, 1883. |
NOTE: Local folklore states that this cemetery was the result of an "Indian" (Native American) attack during which a family of settlers (the Fahls) were desperately attempting to reach the sanctuary of nearby Fort Lebanon when they were overtaken and brutally killed. The slain bodies were believed to have been subsequently interred at the site of the slaughter, buried where they were discovered. However, Fort Lebanon ceased to exist approximately a century prior to their deaths; "Indian" atrocities had basically stopped many decades prior to their deaths; and...if this story was really true, then it would represent the longest single massacre in history since their dates of death span twenty-six years!