Johanes Schnauffer / Snouffer (1752-1810)

Johanes Schnauffer / Snouffer

Birth

15 Nov 1752

Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

12 Feb 1810 (aged 57)

Frederick County, Maryland, USA

Burial

Kriders Lutheran Church Cemetery

Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Add to Map

Plot

Sec. B, row 20, grave 48

Memorial ID

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See the Snouffer & Campbell families website www.snocam.us for biographical and family history data.

Johanes Schnauffer (John Snouffer) was the youngest son of Johann ("Hans") Michael Schnauffer (1716-1773) and Magdalena Wendel (1716-c.1775), who immigrated from Germany and arrived with their family in Philadelphia aboard the ship Nancy on 16 Sep 1751. The family lived for a few years in Pennsylvania and then moved on to Maryland.

He and his wife Christina had 8 children.

Inscription

According to "Old Krider's Cemetery Inscriptions," vol. 16, Carrolltonian, p. 11 (1996), his tombstone states:
"Hier | liegt | begraben | Johanes Schnauber | ____ gebohren Anno | 1752 (?) den 15 den November | und starb den 12ten(?) February | Anno 1810 ____ | ____ Christiana | ____ Jahr 1776 (?) | ___ September und ___ | ___ 9 (?) Kinder 1 Sohn | under 8 (?) Dochter sie lebten im | Ehestand 34 (or 31) Jahr er brachte (?) | ___ Alter auf 57 Jahr 2 Monat.... (rest [is] buried)."

Gravesite Details

Both headstones were standing upright until recently, but by Oct. 2006 Johanes' stone had fallen over on its face. The stone was repaired and a new commemorative stone was dedicated at a Snouffer family reunion, 9 Oct 2010.