Stones Of Faith - Pennsylvania Germans and their Gravestones

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Pennsylvania and American German Gravestone Guide

Forks or Salem Church (Werkheiser or Stocker) Cemetery,
Forks Township, Northampton Co. PA - Group 5

Photos Copyright: Gayle Fisher

Christina Sand Stone
Christina Sand (Seib)
1733 - 1814		 Adam Sand Stone
Adam Sand
1731 - 1793

Stone reads in part:
She beheld the light of the world (was born) in Gemelsbach(Gammelsbach)...
Died after 8 weeks of illness..
Verse:
I am looking forward to the glad time when I will revive. Then will I behold you in Glory, God my Redeemer and I, by the means of you Oh Lord, will combine with all godliness in the eternal rest to come.

Stone reads in part:
Married Christina Seib...beget of the marriage 4 sons and 2 daughters
Group 5

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