Private cemetery in Washington Township, Dauphin County. Stone found in back of a house that is along Feidt Road, over new cement bridge on left on top of Creek hill going from route 209. Must ask owner of property to see it. The stone is in good shape.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great--Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, immigrant from Germany. She married John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767), which is now in Washington Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Their land is east of the present-day village of Rife and west of the borough of Elizabethville.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great--Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, immigrant from Germany. She married John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767), which is now in Washington Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Their land is east of the present-day village of Rife and west of the borough of Elizabethville.
Private cemetery in Washington Township, Dauphin County. Stone found in back of a house that is along Feidt Road, over new cement bridge on left on top of Creek hill going from route 209. Must ask owner of property to see it. The stone is in good shape.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great--Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, immigrant from Germany. She married John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767), which is now in Washington Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Their land is east of the present-day village of Rife and west of the borough of Elizabethville.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great--Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, immigrant from Germany. She married John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767), which is now in Washington Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Their land is east of the present-day village of Rife and west of the borough of Elizabethville.
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