Stern Cemetery
Above is a photo of the STERN CEMETERY. The person in the photo is Robert Christian Reichard, son of Edna Eby Stern Reichard. The house, as it appears in 1998, was built on the Stern Farm in 1802. This home and cemetery is located in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is on Trail Road, approximately 1 mile north of the Elizabethtown Road, leading to Manheim, Pennsylvania. Many footstones are in a corner inside the cemetery. A list of these is included in this transcription. Many of the entries are in German, and will be included here.
This is a transcription prepared in 1981 by Gerald and Martha Hossler, and submitted by Peggy Reichard of Mountville, Pennsylvania. (reichard@redrose.net)
1. STERN, ABRAHAM In memory of / ABRAHAM / son of SAMUEL & & ANNA/ STERN/
Born December 17, 1847 & died October 23, 1851 /
Aged 3 years / 10 mos. & 6 days.
2. KINDICH, SUSANNA Heir Ruhet/ SUSANNA/ tochter von JACOB/ und
CATHRINA/ KINDICH begorten/ den 13 ten July/
1846 Starb den 25/ ten August 1849/Alt 3 Jahr 1 mo/
und 12 tage.
3.___________________ Brownstone sand-type tombstone, nothing legible.
Possible a child, maybe of JACOB & __________ HOFFMAN.
4. EVANS, SARAH Heir Ruhet/ SARAH/ tochter von JOHANNES
und/ELISABETH EVANS/geborten und
gestorben/den 14 ten May/1852.
5. FREY, AARON Heir Ruhet/ AARON?Sohn von DAVID/und
CATHARINE/FREY gestorben/den 10ten Sep/
1853/ Alter 3 Jahr.
More information on cement is illegible.
6. FREY, EMANUEL Heir Ruhet/EMANUEL / sohn von JACOB / und
CATHARINE / FREY gestorben / den 14ten Sep/
1853 / Alter 2 Jahr / 1 mo und 6 ta.
7. FREY, CATHARINE Mother / CATHARINE L. / wife of / DAVID
FREY/ Born Dec 26, 1827 / Died June 9, 1896 /
aged 68 years 5 mo / & 3 ds.
There is a 4 line verse that is illegible.
8. FREY, DAVID Father / DAVID FREY / Born June 25,
1825 / Died October 20, 1904 /
Aged / 79 yrs. 3 mos. / and 25 days.
Verse at bottom: Rest Father rest in quiet
sleep / while friend in sorrow o’er thee weep.
9. STERN, CATHARINE Our Mother / CATHARINE / wife of CHRISTIAN
STERN, born July 5, 1802 / Died February 3, 1896
Aged 93 years, 6 months and 28 days.
A 4 line verse is illegible, but the word
Our Mother, and Catharine are arched.
10. STERN, CHRISTIAN Heir Ruhet / Unser Vater / CHRISTIAN
STERN/ Born June 5, 1802 / Starb. Mar. 7, 1878 /
Alter__ Jahre 3 mo / und ___tage.
11. STERN, ELIZABETH Heir Ruhet / ELIZABETH / touchter von
JACOB und ELIZABETH STERN geborten /
den 18 May 1797 Alter / Ungefehr / 3 Jahr.
12. STERN, JOHANNES Heir Ruhet / JOHANNES / Sohn von JACOB/
und ELIZABETH STERN geborten / den 25 Jannar /
1795 Alter / Ungefehr / 3 Jahr.
13. STERN, ELIZABETH Heir Ruhet / ELIZABETH / Ehefrau von /
JACOB STERN eine / geborten WOLGEMUTH /
geborten den 13ten / October 1770 Starb /
den 21ten Jannar 1822. Alter 51 / Jahr
3 mound. There is some illegible after that.
14. STERN, JACOB Heir Ruhet / JACOB STERN / geboren
den 7ten May 1767 Starb / den 31ten May /
1853. Alter 86 / Jahre und 21 tage.
15. THOMAS, CATHARINA CATHARINA / Enfrau von / DAVID THOMAS geboren /
February 23, 1793 / starb den Dec 20, 1874.
CATHARINA is arched.
16. THOMAS, DAVID DAVID THOMAS, April 6, 1782 / August 21, 1873.
91 yr 4 mo. 15 ds. “DAVID THOMAS” is arched.
17. STERN, SUSANNA SUSANNA / wife of / JACOB STERN / Born
December 11, 1796 & Died October 4, 1875 /
Aged 78 yrs 9 mo & 23 days.
Word SUSANNA is arched.
18. STERN, JACOB Our Father, JACOB STERN, Born /__
dates are illegible, but family records
record him as follows: Born Feb 12, 1799
and died November 6, 1880.
19. STERN, MICHAEL MICHAEL, son of JACOB & SUSANNA
STERN. Born August 7, 1830, and Died
August 11, 1844. Aged 14 years, 4 days.
20. LEHN, SAMUEL Heir Ruhet / SAMUEL LEHN / Starb den
23ten / Jannar 1847 alt / wor den 24 Jahr /
9 tage.
21. LEHN, MAGDELENA MAGDALENA, enfrau / SAMUEL LEHN / geboren SHREINER /
________Starb./ Marz 1847 / Alter 75 Jahre 7 ds.
Some illegible, but family records indicate she
died March 4, 1847 at the age of 75 yrs, 7 mo,
5 days.
22. LEHN, SAMUEL Heir Ruhet / SAMUEL LEHN / geboren den
3ten / October 1771 / gestarbehn den 20 /
ten Jannuar 1854. Alter 82 Jahr / 3 mo / 17 tage.
23. HOFFMAN, ELIZABETH ELIZABETH, wife of JOSEPH HOFFMAN,
born December 4, 1820 and Died April 19, 1872
Aged 51 yrs, 4 mo and 15 days.
24. LEHN, ESTHER ESTHER, wife of PETER LEHN, Born June
14. 1799, and Died December 5, 1875.
Aged 76 years, 5 months and 21 days.
The word ESTHER, is arched.
25. LEHN, PETER PETER LEHN, Born December 18, 1794, and
Died October 10, 1872. Aged 77 yrs. 9 mos,
and 22 days. Name PETER LEHN is arched.
26. STERN, ANNIE Unser Muter / ANNIE K. STERN / geboren/
Aug 21, 1837 / Starb Feb 27, 1923 / Alter /
85 Jahre 6 mo. / und 16 tage, “Unser Muter”
and ANNIE K. STERN is arched on the stone.
4 line verse: Asleep in Jesus peaceful rest,
Whose making is super truly blest.
No fear, no war shall dim that hour,
Which manifests the Saviors Power.
27. STERN, CATHARINA Unser Muter / CATHARINA Ehefrau von /
CHRISTIAN STERN/ Eine geborn MOYER/
Geboren Jan 31, 1828. Starb Oct 22, 1878.
Alter 50 Jahre 8 mo und 21 tage.
“Unser Muter and CATHARINA is arched on stone.
There is a 4 line verse that is illegible.
28. STERN, CHRISTIAN Unser Vater / CHRISTIAN STERN /
geboren March 18, 1827. Starb 78 Jahre 5 mo
und 10 tage. “Unser Vater and CHRISTIAN STERN,
are arched on the stone.”
29. STERN, MARTIN Heir Ruhet / MARTIN / Sohn von CHRISTIAN
und CATHARINA STERN / geboren und gestorben der
11ten November, 1853.
30. STERN, JACOB In memory of JACOB, son of JACOB & MARIA
STERN, born August 28, 1853, and Died March
2, 1854. Aged 6 mo and 5 days.
31. STERN, DAVID In memory of DAVID, son of SAMUEL &
ANNA STERN, born and died May 11, 1854.
32. STERN, SUSANNA In memory of SUSANNA, daughter of SAMUEL
& ANNA STERN, born May 2, 1850, and Died
December 14, 1856. Aged 6 years, 1 mo and
12 days.
33. STERN, SAMUEL SAMUEL, son of SAMUEL & ANNA STERN,
born September 12, 1860, and died May 26, 1861. Aged 8 months and 14 days.
34. HOFFMAN, SAMUEL Heir Ruhet / SAMUEL, sohn von JACOB und
ELISABETH HOFFMAN. Gestor / ben den 28ten / August 1853.
Records indicate death at age of 1 year, 5 mo.
and 19 days. Part of stone illegible.
35. HOFFMAN, JOSEPH Heir Ruhet / JOSEPH HOFFMAN / geboren
den 4ten / November 1822 /
Starb den 4ten November 1853. Alter 31 Jahre.
36. HOFFMAN, JOHANNES Heir Ruhet / JOHANNES / sohn von JOSEPH
und ELISABETH HOFFMAN gestor / ben den 28ten/
______(Broken stone) Alter 3 Jahr, 5 mo and 19 tage.
37. HEISEY, HENRY HENRY HEISEY, born December 1, 1840,
and Died June 28, 1923.
38. Footstone for # 27, C.S.
39. Footstone for # 36, J.H.
The following is a list of the footstones in the corner of the cemetery,
and the listing they may represent. Some are guesswork.
C.S. #10
E.L. #24
M.L #21
J.S. #14
S.S. #17
C.S. # 9
P.L. #25
C.S. #28
C.T. #15
D.T. #16
S.S. #32
S.S. #33
S.L. #22
E.H. #23
___ # 6
M.S. #19
S.H. #34
J.H. #35
J.S. #12
___ # 4
A.S. #26
S.K. # 2
M.S. #29
A.S. # 1
J.S. #30
E.S. #11
S.L. #20
A.F. # 5
An earlier burial site was located as follows: From the present Stern Cemetery look east about 50 yards toward a little run (stream). Graves were not marked because of fear the Indians would remove bodies; however, there was a slight rise in the ground. Johanne and Barbara Stern were buried there. Any others, no knowledge. This information was given to Phares Stern Risser by his grandfather, Christian Stern.
The above information was submitted by Peggy J. Reichard, wife of Robert Christian Reichard, as Stern family member. Submitted June, 1998.
Contributed by Peggy J. Reichard
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