Stones Of Faith - Pennsylvania Germans and their Gravestones

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Pennsylvania and American German Gravestone Guide

Andreas Cemetery,
Carbon Co. PA - Group 2

Photos Copyright: Richard Mammana

Jane Anna Smith Stone
Jane Anna Smith
1845 - 1848		 William Steigerwalt Stone
William Steigerwalt
1837 - 1851

Jane Anna Smith Stone reads (in part):
Daughter of Col. George and Judith
Verse reads:
"Here rests my body, after me you will follow"
Funeral Text: Genesis 42 v. 36
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

William Steigerwalt Stone reads (in part):
Son of David and Lydia
Verse reads:
"It is but a quick short step between me and Death"
Funeral Text: John 16 v. 22
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Group 2

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