Her maiden name and her exact DOB are from the "fhheld" database on RootsWeb.com's WorldConnect project. This family tree indicates that she is buried in Bethel Cemetery.
According to the "fhheld" family tree, she was the daughter of John WHITLINGER (born bef 1785 in Germany) and Mary Catherine SHEARER (born abt 1785 in Westmoreland Co, PA).
In 1836 she married Samuel L. ERB (1814). They had eleven children:
1. Simon P. ERB, b: ABT 1837 in PA
2. Uriah Franklin ERB, b: 4 OCT 1839 in PA*
3. Nathan ARB, b: ABT 1841 in PA
4. Samuel ARB, b: 28 AUG 1843 in PA
5. Lewis ARB, b: 1848 in PA
6. Keziah A. ERB, b: JAN 1849 in PA
7. Joseph ERB, b: JUL 1850 in Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
8. Henry John ERB, b: 3 OCT 1852 in PA
9. Ellen Margaret ERB, b: ABT 1854 in PA
10. David ERBE, b: 1857 in PA
11. John ERB, b: ABT 1859 in PA
*Her son Uriah Franklin ERB is buried to her right in this cemetery.
Margaret's gravestone inscription:
MARGARET
Wife of
Samuel Arb
DIED
Feb 12, 1885
Aged 70 Years
& 10 Months
Alan's note: This is an old, marble headstone which has been greatly weathered by acid rain. I first photographed the stone on April 9, 2009. To get the best possible photo, I went back to the cemetery two days later when the sun was at a high angle to the stone .
According to the "fhheld" family tree, she was the daughter of John WHITLINGER (born bef 1785 in Germany) and Mary Catherine SHEARER (born abt 1785 in Westmoreland Co, PA).
In 1836 she married Samuel L. ERB (1814). They had eleven children:
1. Simon P. ERB, b: ABT 1837 in PA
2. Uriah Franklin ERB, b: 4 OCT 1839 in PA*
3. Nathan ARB, b: ABT 1841 in PA
4. Samuel ARB, b: 28 AUG 1843 in PA
5. Lewis ARB, b: 1848 in PA
6. Keziah A. ERB, b: JAN 1849 in PA
7. Joseph ERB, b: JUL 1850 in Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
8. Henry John ERB, b: 3 OCT 1852 in PA
9. Ellen Margaret ERB, b: ABT 1854 in PA
10. David ERBE, b: 1857 in PA
11. John ERB, b: ABT 1859 in PA
*Her son Uriah Franklin ERB is buried to her right in this cemetery.
Margaret's gravestone inscription:
MARGARET
Wife of
Samuel Arb
DIED
Feb 12, 1885
Aged 70 Years
& 10 Months
Alan's note: This is an old, marble headstone which has been greatly weathered by acid rain. I first photographed the stone on April 9, 2009. To get the best possible photo, I went back to the cemetery two days later when the sun was at a high angle to the stone .
Her maiden name and her exact DOB are from the "fhheld" database on RootsWeb.com's WorldConnect project. This family tree indicates that she is buried in Bethel Cemetery.
According to the "fhheld" family tree, she was the daughter of John WHITLINGER (born bef 1785 in Germany) and Mary Catherine SHEARER (born abt 1785 in Westmoreland Co, PA).
In 1836 she married Samuel L. ERB (1814). They had eleven children:
1. Simon P. ERB, b: ABT 1837 in PA
2. Uriah Franklin ERB, b: 4 OCT 1839 in PA*
3. Nathan ARB, b: ABT 1841 in PA
4. Samuel ARB, b: 28 AUG 1843 in PA
5. Lewis ARB, b: 1848 in PA
6. Keziah A. ERB, b: JAN 1849 in PA
7. Joseph ERB, b: JUL 1850 in Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
8. Henry John ERB, b: 3 OCT 1852 in PA
9. Ellen Margaret ERB, b: ABT 1854 in PA
10. David ERBE, b: 1857 in PA
11. John ERB, b: ABT 1859 in PA
*Her son Uriah Franklin ERB is buried to her right in this cemetery.
Margaret's gravestone inscription:
MARGARET
Wife of
Samuel Arb
DIED
Feb 12, 1885
Aged 70 Years
& 10 Months
Alan's note: This is an old, marble headstone which has been greatly weathered by acid rain. I first photographed the stone on April 9, 2009. To get the best possible photo, I went back to the cemetery two days later when the sun was at a high angle to the stone .
According to the "fhheld" family tree, she was the daughter of John WHITLINGER (born bef 1785 in Germany) and Mary Catherine SHEARER (born abt 1785 in Westmoreland Co, PA).
In 1836 she married Samuel L. ERB (1814). They had eleven children:
1. Simon P. ERB, b: ABT 1837 in PA
2. Uriah Franklin ERB, b: 4 OCT 1839 in PA*
3. Nathan ARB, b: ABT 1841 in PA
4. Samuel ARB, b: 28 AUG 1843 in PA
5. Lewis ARB, b: 1848 in PA
6. Keziah A. ERB, b: JAN 1849 in PA
7. Joseph ERB, b: JUL 1850 in Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
8. Henry John ERB, b: 3 OCT 1852 in PA
9. Ellen Margaret ERB, b: ABT 1854 in PA
10. David ERBE, b: 1857 in PA
11. John ERB, b: ABT 1859 in PA
*Her son Uriah Franklin ERB is buried to her right in this cemetery.
Margaret's gravestone inscription:
MARGARET
Wife of
Samuel Arb
DIED
Feb 12, 1885
Aged 70 Years
& 10 Months
Alan's note: This is an old, marble headstone which has been greatly weathered by acid rain. I first photographed the stone on April 9, 2009. To get the best possible photo, I went back to the cemetery two days later when the sun was at a high angle to the stone .
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