Stones Of Faith - Pennsylvania Germans and their Gravestones

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Pennsylvania and American German Gravestone Guide

St.Luke's (Old Williams), Williams Township,
Northampton Co. PA - Group 4

Photos Copyright: Richard Mammana

Rosina Miller Stone
Rosina Miller (Knecht)
1751 - 1811		 Sophia Buss Stone
Sophia Buss (Bergstraser)
1829 - 1852

Funeral Text:
1 John 3 v. 5
And ye know that he was manifested to
take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

This stone is uniquely
worded, it reads in part:
"She beheld the light of
this world (birth 1/18/1829)
She gave herself in
marriage (marriage
5/3/1851) and lived then in the marriage 11 months 25
days and slipped away
(death 4/28/1852)"
Stone signed:
J. Frey - Easton

Group 4

Picture Groups:   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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