Stones Of Faith - Pennsylvania Germans and their Gravestones

A genealogy, history, folk art and archeology site for PA Germans and their gravestones with German language translations.

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Pennsylvania and American German Gravestone Guide

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata,
Lancaster Co. PA - Group 5

Photos Copyright: Richard Mammana

Samuel Zerfass Stone
Samuel Zerfass
1767 - 1843		 Cathrina Gorgas Stone
Cathrina Gorgas 1774 - 1848
Wife of Benjamin Gorgas
Peter Miller Stone
Peter Miller (Bruder Jaebez)
1710 - 1796

Peter Miller was born in the district of Lautern in the Palatinate (Pfalz) Germany. He came to America in 1730 and began practising as a Reformed Minister. He left the Reformed church in 1735 to join the Ephrata Cloister and took the name Brother Jabez. After Conrad Beisel's death he became the Cloister's leader
Group 5

Picture Groups:   1 2 3 4 5

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