Mengel's Eck Cemetery
Updated 07/26/2023
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The "Mengel's Eck" Family Plot Cemetery is located approximately two-and-one-half miles west of Auburn, Pennsylvania on the site of the mid-1800s farm of Peter Mengel. "Eck" is the Pennsylvania "Dutch" (German) term for "Corner". This general area was once populated by several families bearing the Mengel surname. The grave marker depicted is believed to have been installed at a much later date than that of any of the actual interments within this family plot. Any contemporary grave markers that may have been installed at the time of the various interments are no longer apparent. The following is an unconfirmed list of individuals who are believed to be interred here based on the grave marker pictured above as well as unsubstantiated information provided by enthusiast Tim Gruber on the genealogical website findagrave.com:
(1) David Mengel** - Born November 19, 1862. Died in infancy - circa 1862 or 1863, exact date uncertain. Son of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Brother of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.
(2) Peter Mengel - Born 1824. Died October 2, 1878. Grandson of Adam Mengel*** and Elisabeth Blatt Mengel as well as Leonard Rishel (Sr.?) and Magdalena (or Magdalene) Hittel (or Hittle) Rishel. Son of Conrad Mengel and Susanna Rishel Mengel. Brother of Adam Mengel, Benjamin Mengel, Catharina Mengel Matz, Esther Mengel, Franklin Mengel, Louisianna Mengel, Lucy Mengel Hoffman, Manassas Mengel, Sarah Mengel, Sophia Mengel and William Mengel. Husband of Mary A. Faust Mengel. Father of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.****
(3) Rebecca Mengel - Born January 22, 1877. Died in infancy - presumably circa 1877, exact date uncertain. Daughter of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Sister of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.
(4) Zeno Mengel - Born July 9, 1878. Died in infancy - circa 1878 or 1879, exact date uncertain. Son of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Brother of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), and Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer and Sibylla Mengel Lengel.
(1) David Mengel** - Born November 19, 1862. Died in infancy - circa 1862 or 1863, exact date uncertain. Son of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Brother of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.
(2) Peter Mengel - Born 1824. Died October 2, 1878. Grandson of Adam Mengel*** and Elisabeth Blatt Mengel as well as Leonard Rishel (Sr.?) and Magdalena (or Magdalene) Hittel (or Hittle) Rishel. Son of Conrad Mengel and Susanna Rishel Mengel. Brother of Adam Mengel, Benjamin Mengel, Catharina Mengel Matz, Esther Mengel, Franklin Mengel, Louisianna Mengel, Lucy Mengel Hoffman, Manassas Mengel, Sarah Mengel, Sophia Mengel and William Mengel. Husband of Mary A. Faust Mengel. Father of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.****
(3) Rebecca Mengel - Born January 22, 1877. Died in infancy - presumably circa 1877, exact date uncertain. Daughter of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Sister of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer, Sibylla Mengel Lengel and Zeno Mengel.
(4) Zeno Mengel - Born July 9, 1878. Died in infancy - circa 1878 or 1879, exact date uncertain. Son of Peter and Mary A. Faust Mengel. Brother of Acquilla F. Mengel, Catharine "Kate" Mengel Reber, Clara Mengel, David Mengel, Emanuel Mengel, Mary F. Mengel Schaffer, Phebe Mengle Greiner (or Griner or Kriner), and Rebecca Mengel, Sallie F. Mengel Scheaffer and Sibylla Mengel Lengel.
*NOTE: Photograph of grave marker was taken and contributed by Auburn Area Historical Society (AAHS) Lifetime Member, local historian and researcher, and AAHS website contributor John Bambrick.
**NOTE: David Mengel is alleged to have been interred within the Mengel's Eck Family Plot Cemetery according to information provided by enthusiast Tim Gruber on the genealogical website findagrave.com; however, no physical evidence is present on site to either confirm or refute this claim, so it remains unsubstantiated.
***NOTE: The following excerpt was taken from the genealogical website findagrave.com and is believed to have been submitted by contributor Dawn Timmins: "Adam Mengel was a farmer who lived a few miles north of Port Clinton and just west of Molino, in an area known long ago as Mengel's Eck, which is located in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA. He is the progenitor of a large and prominent family originally located in south-central Schuylkill County. Adam was an American Revolutionary War veteran. He served as a private in Captain Nicholas Schaeffer's Company, 1st Battalion, Berks County Militia, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was called into Continental Army service on Dec 19, 1776 and released from service January 22, 1777."
****NOTE: In addition to the four possible interments listed above, several siblings of Peter Mengel (the patriarch interred within this cemetery) have not had their interment site determined by moderate research efforts; theoretically, one or more of those individuals could possibly be interred within this cemetery. Those individuals are: Adam Mengel, Catharina Mengel Matz, Esther Mengel, Franklin Mengel, Louisianna Mengel, Sarah Mengel, Sophia Mengel and William Mengel. Additionally, there could be still other interments on this site whose identities are unknown.
**NOTE: David Mengel is alleged to have been interred within the Mengel's Eck Family Plot Cemetery according to information provided by enthusiast Tim Gruber on the genealogical website findagrave.com; however, no physical evidence is present on site to either confirm or refute this claim, so it remains unsubstantiated.
***NOTE: The following excerpt was taken from the genealogical website findagrave.com and is believed to have been submitted by contributor Dawn Timmins: "Adam Mengel was a farmer who lived a few miles north of Port Clinton and just west of Molino, in an area known long ago as Mengel's Eck, which is located in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA. He is the progenitor of a large and prominent family originally located in south-central Schuylkill County. Adam was an American Revolutionary War veteran. He served as a private in Captain Nicholas Schaeffer's Company, 1st Battalion, Berks County Militia, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was called into Continental Army service on Dec 19, 1776 and released from service January 22, 1777."
****NOTE: In addition to the four possible interments listed above, several siblings of Peter Mengel (the patriarch interred within this cemetery) have not had their interment site determined by moderate research efforts; theoretically, one or more of those individuals could possibly be interred within this cemetery. Those individuals are: Adam Mengel, Catharina Mengel Matz, Esther Mengel, Franklin Mengel, Louisianna Mengel, Sarah Mengel, Sophia Mengel and William Mengel. Additionally, there could be still other interments on this site whose identities are unknown.