Son of Henry Pletcher and Magdalena Schenck.
Newer tombstone is broken off and ends with "aged" with the age missing. An original fieldstone tombstone was also found and does not have birth info. A birthdate of 28Feb1830 is given for this child in an article on Michael Schenck by J. Clayton Shank in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Magazine, April 1984. A birthdate of 27Sep1830 is given by Beverly Telfer at the Pletcher/Nestlerode genealogy website. Neither source cites where the date came from.
Depending on which birth date is used, Joseph was either 3 months or 10 months old at time of death. Either way, he was born in 1830.
Newer tombstone is broken off and ends with "aged" with the age missing. An original fieldstone tombstone was also found and does not have birth info. A birthdate of 28Feb1830 is given for this child in an article on Michael Schenck by J. Clayton Shank in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Magazine, April 1984. A birthdate of 27Sep1830 is given by Beverly Telfer at the Pletcher/Nestlerode genealogy website. Neither source cites where the date came from.
Depending on which birth date is used, Joseph was either 3 months or 10 months old at time of death. Either way, he was born in 1830.
Son of Henry Pletcher and Magdalena Schenck.
Newer tombstone is broken off and ends with "aged" with the age missing. An original fieldstone tombstone was also found and does not have birth info. A birthdate of 28Feb1830 is given for this child in an article on Michael Schenck by J. Clayton Shank in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Magazine, April 1984. A birthdate of 27Sep1830 is given by Beverly Telfer at the Pletcher/Nestlerode genealogy website. Neither source cites where the date came from.
Depending on which birth date is used, Joseph was either 3 months or 10 months old at time of death. Either way, he was born in 1830.
Newer tombstone is broken off and ends with "aged" with the age missing. An original fieldstone tombstone was also found and does not have birth info. A birthdate of 28Feb1830 is given for this child in an article on Michael Schenck by J. Clayton Shank in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Magazine, April 1984. A birthdate of 27Sep1830 is given by Beverly Telfer at the Pletcher/Nestlerode genealogy website. Neither source cites where the date came from.
Depending on which birth date is used, Joseph was either 3 months or 10 months old at time of death. Either way, he was born in 1830.
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(carved arc over words)
Joseph
Pletscher
Jenner 15 (in German, January 15)
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