Overgrown Herr Chapel Cemetery full of hidden history

A marker at Herr Chapel Cemetery denotes the grave of a veteran of the Union Army — the Grand Army of the Republic — who served during the Civil War.

This headstone at Herr Chapel Cemetery is among many that have tilted or sunk.

Some headstones at Herr Chapel Cemetery are disintegrating.

This simple wooden sign marks the entrance of Herr Chapel Cemetery, located in Hampton Township near the border with McCandless. The cemetery was once connected to United Brethren Church, a long-defunct Mennonite meeting house.

Benjamin and Elizabeth Herr lie in the cemetery bearing their name. Herr’s father also was the namesake of Herr’s Island in the Allegheny River near Lawrenceville, now known as Washington’s Landing.

This cenotaph memorial at Herr Chapel Cemetery honors George Pannel, a private in the Union Army, who died in a Confederate prison in 1864 and is likely buried in a common trench grave in the National Cemetery in Salisbury, N.C.