Lancaster Tombstone Inscriptions
From the family graveyard on the Paul farm, along Indian creek, West Cocalieo Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
George Boffenmeyer, born March 29, 1809, died May 5, 1865.
Lilia Boffenmeyer (wife of George, nee Scherbe), born March 15, 1807, died December 13, 1851.
Elenora Bohder (daughter of Wilhelm and Elizabeth), born February 21, 1821, died September 10, 1832.
George Druckenbroad, born August 18, 1784, died March 6, 1841.
William Hall, born May 4, 1836, died June 11, 1861.
Peter Heinley (son of Andreas and Matilda), born August 5, 1856, died February 25, 1857.
Christian Heinley, born May 9, 1803, died May 19, 1849.
Margaret Heinley (wife of Christian) (nee Scherb), born August 26, 1797, died May 19, 1873, at 75 years, eight months, and 23 days.
Christian Heinley (son of Christian and Margaret), died November 11, 1838, at 4 years, 4 months, and 4 days.
Twin sons of Levi and Catherine Levis, born October, 1834, died same day. Three more children of Levi & Catherine, inscriptions illegible.
Von Frietrich Mentzer, born April 22, 1770, died June 10, 1843, at 78 years, 3 months, and 8 days.
Christina Mentzer, wife of Friedrich, born November 25, 1771, died October 31, 1843, at 71 years, 11 months and 6 days.
Samuel Oberlev, son of John and Susanna, born October 30, 1819, died July 23, 1842.
Margaretha Oberly, daughter of Johannes Oberly and wife Susanna, nee Scherbin, born September 2, 1816, died March 15, 1836.
Jonas Zern, born May 15, 1815, died January 29, 1899, at 83 yrs., 8 mos., and 14 days.
Mollie Zern (wife of Jonas), born February 19, 1807, died May 4, 1888, at 81 years, 2 months, and 15 days.
Christina Zern (daughter of Jonas and Mollie), born June 19, 1840, died July 11, 1865.
Elizabeth Oberlin (daughter of Obed and Catharina), born June 22, 1852. died September 20, 1857.
John Oberlin, born February 26, 1786, died June 9, 1870, at the age of 84 years, 3 months and 13 days.
Susanna Oberlin (nee Scherb, wife of John), born April 26, 1789, died September 1, 1853, at the age of 64 years, 4 months, and 5 days.
Michael Oberlin, born May 13, 1815, died October 16, 1854.
Mary Oberlin (wife of Michael), born August 3, 1822, died August 26, 1895, at the age of 73 years and 23 days.
Catherine Scherb (nee Oberlin), wife of Adam Scherb, born February 2, 1784, died January 2, 1842.
Catharina Sherb, born September 8, 1794, died October 4, 1874, at the age of 80 years, and 26 days.
Johannes Scherb, born September 6, 1767, died May 4, 1841, at the age of 73 years, 7 months, and 28 days.
Margaretta Scherb (daughter of George and Eva Stober, wife of Johannes Scherb), born February 16, 1771, died June 5, 1848, at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 19 days.
Jacob Scherb, born 1760, died March 28, 1824.
Catherine Scherb (wife of Jacob), died February 24, 1838, at the age of 72 years.
Susanna Scherb (daughter of Jacob and Catherine), born May 7, 1804, died August 3, 1842.
Samuel Scherb (son of Adam & Susanna), born Julv 16, 1823, died January 13, 1842.
SOURCE: Vol, II, No 9, August 31, 1912 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
SOURCE: Vol, II, No 6, August 10, 1912 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
SOURCE: Vol, X, No 4, August 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
SOURCE: Vol, II, No 8, August 24, 1912 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
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