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James' aunts, Eva (1794-1864) and Barbara (1796-1863) Rickenbach are buried along with their parents Jacob Rickenbach (1757-1831) and Barbara Hertzler (1759-1838) in this small family cemetery just south of the original homestead along the railroad tracks. At one time the cemetery contained many more graves, but was bisected and overrun by the rail line in the 1830s. These four graves are all that remain. To see another very old Rickenbach grave in the nearby Stoltzfus-Koenig family cemetery, that of Jacob's niece Elisabetha (1801-1853), click here.