Mennonites settled in the Jacobs Creek Valley in the late eighteenth century. They chose this place for a burial ground and meetinghouse. The first building was built of logs before 1800. It was replaced by a brick meetinghouse in 1852. Abraham Stauffer (1752 - 1826), the first minister, and his wife, Anna Nissley Stauffer (1752 - 1817), were buried here.
Mennonites settled in the Jacobs Creek Valley in the late eighteenth century. They chose this place for a burial ground and meetinghouse. The first building was built of logs before 1800. It was replaced by a brick meetinghouse in 1852. Abraham Stauffer (1752 - 1826), the first minister, and his wife, Anna Nissley Stauffer (1752 - 1817), were buried here.
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THIS MEMORIAL STANDS ON THE SITE | OF TWO STONES WHICH SAID | REV ABRAHAM STAUFFER | DIED SEP 3 1826 AGED 74 YEARS | 1817 ANNA STAUFFER GESTORBEN | DEN 20 SEPT ALTE 65 JAHR |
1996
Translation of German:
1817 ANNA STAUFFER DIED | THE 20 SEPT(EMBER) AGED 65 YEARS |
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