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42. Beatus Steyer, 1877.
43. Irwin T. Geissinger, 1871-78, born at Allentown, son of Clayton Geis- singer.
44. William J. Neuman, 1879, born at Allentown, son of Julius Neuman.
45. Emil C. Bryant, 1879, son of William Bryant.
46. Carson P. Spogen, 1877-79, son of Anthony Spogen.
47. Arthur C. Van Billiard, 1879-80, born at Easton, son of Monroe Van Billiard.
48. James T. Bray, 1875-80, and Charles H. Bray, 1878-30, children of Henry and Sarah Bray.
49. Paul H. Wollmuth, 1876-81, son of Charles Wollmuth.
ROW II .- LITTLE BOYS.
I. Herman Meinhart, 1858-59, from Bristol, Pa.
2. Beati Steiner, 1859, twin children of Samuel Steiner.
3. Albert C. Schmid, 1860, son of Charles Schmid.
4. Samuel H. Eckert, 1856-51, born in Philadelphia, son of Jacob Eckert.
5. William H. Krause, 1861, son of Levin Krause.
6. William H. Schmid, 1861-62, son of Charles Schmid.
7. Francis A. Overpeck, 1855-57.
8. William Henn. (?) .
9. Francis L. Dinnich. (?)
10. Cornelius Wm. Hesse, 1860-63, son of Anton Hesse.
II. William Maharg, 1863, son of William Maharg.
12. Marcus J. Wolf, 1862-63, son of Joseph Wolf.
13. Francis E. Belling, 1863, Sylvester Belling's child.
14. John C. Karte, 1856-64, son of Frederick Karte.
15. Beatus Leinbach, 1864, infant son of Dr. Augustin Leinbach.
16. Paul Polster, 1855-55, from Jersey City, adopted by Adolph Gugatsch.
17. John H. Stone, 1865, son of Samuel Stone.
18. Beatus Hagen, 1866.
19. George A. Breder, 1867, son of Cyrus E. Breder.
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20. Samuel A. Bealer, 1868, son of Julius A. Bealer.
21. Eugene Herman Huettig, 1855-68, son of John Huettig.
22. Disinterred.
23. Granville A. Schupp, 1860-69, born at Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co., son of Levi Schupp.
24. Louis F. Beckel, 1864-70, son of Charles N. Beckel.
25. Harry F. Fahs, 1865-70, son of James M. Fahs.
26. William H. Sigley, 1870, son of Owen Sigley.
27. Richard Wm. Heberling, 1869-70, William Heberling's son.
28. Henry O. Koch, 1871, Adam Koch's child.
29. Edward P. Fahs, 1870-71, son of James M. Fahs.
30. Josiah Transue, 1825-97, born in Nockamixon Township, Bucks Co., Pa. ; a cabinet maker and turner. In 1850 he married Sarah L. Christ. After living for many years in the "Gemeinhaus" they re- moved, in 1884, to West Bethlehem.
31. Beatus Stoneback, infant son of William Stoneback.
32. Henry F. Riegel, 1866-72, son of Benjamin Riegel.
33. William J. Koch, 1872, son of Adam Koch.
34. Harry Sutton, 1873, son of Jesse Sutton.
35. John H. Fahs, 1873-74, so of Allan O. Fahs.
36. Joseph P. Fahs, 1874, son of James M. Fahs.
37. William H. Vogler, 1874, son of Rev. W. H. Vogler in Philadelphia.
38. Robert J. Meyers, 1874-75, son of James Meyers.
39. John C. Jacoby, 1876, son of Eugene Jacoby.
40. Francis David Schneller, 1819-95, born at Bethlehem ; a baker and tinker by trade. In 1844 he married Sarah E. Krause.
41. Stewart E. Weber, 1875-77, son of John Weber.
42. Beatus Daily, 1877, infant son of Lorenzo Daily.
43. Edmund J. Eastwick, 1889-90.
44. Abraham A. Reinke, 1870-78, born at Chaska, Minn. ; son of the Rev. C. L. Reinke.
45. Beatus Koch, 1879.
46. Albert P. Styers, 1876-79, son of William Styers.
47. Thomas A. Luckenbach, 1879-80, son of Augustus Luckenbach.
48. Frederick S. Engle, 1878-80, son of F. J. Engle.
49. Walter H. Wollmuth, 1880-81. "Ruhe in Frieden."
ROW III .- BOYS AND MEN.
1. Henry C. Boyd, 1859, son of A. R. Boyd, born at Catasauqua.
2. George A. Goth, 1857-60, son of Anthony Goth.
3. Disinterred.
4. Otto M. Volkmar, 1859-61, son of Carl Volkmar.
5. William Johnson, 1868.
6. David Franklin Zoellner, 1854-62, died of small-pox, a son of William Zoellner.
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7. James O. Becker, 1851-62, son of John Becker.
8. Emil F. Betge, 1861-62, son of Gustav Betge.
9. Edwin S. Van Kirk, 1862, son of Benjamin Van Kirk.
IO. George H. Welsh, 1860-53, a mulatto child, son of Robert Welsh of South Bethlehem.
11. Morris T. Luckenbach, 1862-63, son of Thomas Luckenbach.
12. William T. Leinbach, 1863, Dr. Augustin Leinbach's child.
13. Jacob Overpeck, 1863, son of Edward Overpeck.
14. Alfred J. Luckenbach, 1862-64, son of James H. Luckenbach.
15. Beatus Witmeyer, 1864.
16. William E. Fahs, 1861-65, son of Allen O. Fahs.
17. Otto Meyer, 1865-66. The father, L. Otto Meyer, boarded at the Eagle Hotel.
18. Owen S. Kreiter, 1866-67, son of Aaron Kreiter.
19. William H. Knes, 1863-68, son of John Knes.
20. Henry Palmer Osborne, 1811-68, born at Hope, N. J. He married, in 1834, Emily C. Paulus, and after her death, in 1847, Charlotte Clewell. He had five children of his first marriage and six of the second.
21. John Heckewelder Rice, 1816-58, born at Nazareth. In 1840 he mar- ried Clarissa Mies, who bore him 5 children. In 1861 he enlisted in the service of his country as lieutenant of the Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served for two years, when failing health compelled him to resign his commission.
22. John Henry Eberman, 1832-58, born at Lititz, Pa .; son of Rev. William Eberman (G, V, 27). He studied theology, taught at Nazareth Hall, and was minister at West Salem, Ill. He married Anna Senseman. In consequence of domestic troubles he exchanged the service in the Moravian Church for that in the Lutheran, and died at Schuylkill. Haven, Pa.
23. Ehrenfried R. Martin Linke, 1809-70, born at Neudietendorf, Saxe- Coburg.Gotha. He went out as a missionary to the Danish West Indies in 1840, and served until 1855. After returning to the States, he was in the following year appointed minister at Schoeneck, where he served for 4 years. He was married to Caroline Warner.
24. Amos Bealer, (Boehler), 1809-70; son of William Boehler. In 1837 he married Juliana Rauch. He was a tailor by trade. For a number of years he was an invalid.
25. Benjamin Wilhelm, M.D., 1816-70, born at Königsfeld in Baden, Ger- many. He came to Bethlehem in 1845, and married Frederica Paulus of this town. He was a well known physician. His wife died on April 16, 1870, and he followed her on July 13 of the same year.
26. Louis Ferdinand Levering, 1810-70, born at Lititz, youngest son of Abraham Levering. He was married to Barbara C. Lambert, and their union was blessed with 13 children, 8 sons and 5 daughters, of
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whom, however, but three sons and two daughters survived their father. In 1847 he moved to Lancaster and in 1867 to Bethlehem.
27. George Leander Winkler, 1848-70, born at Salem, N. C. He learned the art of printing and in 1867 entered the Moravian College and Theological Seminary, with a view to studying for the ministry. He died at the College.
" And Jesus beholding him loved him."
28. John Christian Jacobson, 1795-1870, born at Burkall, near Tondern, Sleswig. He studied theology in Germany, and having accepted a call to this country served successfully as pastor and principal at Bethany and Salem, in North Carolina, and at Nazareth. From 1849-67, for 18 years, he was President of the Provincial Board of the Moravian Church. In 1854 he was consecrated a Bishop. He mar- ried, in 1826, Ann Lisette Schnall. A son became professor in the Moravian College, and a daughter married the Rev. Edw. Rondthaler.
29. Joseph Newby Eberman, 1829-70, born in Antigua, the son of Rev. William Eberman. He was weak-minded and helpless. By the in- scrutable dispensation of God he continued to live for nearly 50 years, being tenderly nursed by his devoted mother.
30. Sylvester Allen Transue, 1853-71, a house painter, son of Josiah Tran- sue. He had a diseased leg, which finally necessitated an amputa- tion.
31. Julius Schrader, 1821-71, from Hurte, Brunswick, Germany, In emi- grating to America, his ship was wrecked on the coast of South Car- olina. His wife was Susan A. Thomas who bore him 4 children.
32. Louis Frederick Beckel, 1826-SI, a leading merchant and talented mu- sician, son of Chas. F. Beckel. He was married to Caroline Eber- man, a daughter of the Rev. Wm. Eberman.
33. Philip Henry Goepp, 1798-18:2, born at Gnadenfrei. He studied theology and taught in the Moravian Theological Seminary at Gna- denfeld. In 1834 he accepted a call to this country, being appointed Administrator of the Unity's Estate, and a member of the Provincial Helpers' Conference. In 1861 he resigned and, returning to Germany, spent nine years at Stuttgard, where his wife died. After coming back to America, he resided with his son Charles on Staten Island, where he died. Goepp Street was named after him.
34. Gustav Adolph Spatzier, 1860-72, born at Jeffersonville, Indiana ; a son of Gustav Spatzier.
35. Peter Anton, 1799-1872, born at Wesele Berg, in Bavaria, of Roman Catholic parents. He emigrated in 1829, and, having settled near Bethlehem, he was converted through a tract sent him by Sarah Horsfield. He joined the Moravian Church in 1848.
36. John Bernhard Spiegler, 1806-73, from Neudietendorf, Germany. He came to Bethlehem in 1865. He followed the trade of dyeing and weaving.
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37. John Christian Malthaner, 1810-73, born at Leonbrunn, Würtemberg. He came to this country in 1828 and became well-known as a manu- facturer of pianos. With his wife, Kath. Schoenheinz, he had 8 children.
38. Alfred Bonthron Lind, 1818-94, born in Jamaica, West Indies. He was educated in England and, in 1847, entered the mission service in Jamaica, In 1852 he married Elizabeth Oates. For some years he was a member of the Directing Board of the Moravian Church on that island. He retired from office in 1891 and, in 1894, came to the States with his wife, on a visit for recreation, being an invalid.
39. George Charles Schneller, 1790-1874, son of Rev. Geo. Schneller, of St. Kitts. He married Mary Brown, who bore him 13 children, six of whom preceded their father to the grave.
40. William Bush, 1799-1875, born at Reading. He was twice married, first to E. Hall, then to M. Breder.
41. William Cornelius Reichel, 1824-76, born at Salem, N. C. He taught at Nazareth Hall and in the Bethlehem Parochial and Boarding Schools. From 1858-62 he was professor in the Theological Semi- nary and later a successful principal of Linden Hall Seminary at Lititz, Pa. In 1870 he again accepted a position as professor in the Bethlehem Boarding School. He also was a voluminous and skill- ful writer of local history. After the death of his first wife, m. n. Gray. he was married to A. Harkins.
42. James A. Peiffer, 1838-77. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he en- listed in the Union Army and served with distinction until 1865, ris- ing to the rank of sergeant. In 1866 he married R. Reif, but his health broke down and he was removed to a Military Asylum in Vir- ginia, where he died.
43. Henry Augustus Bigler, 1837-78, born in Philadelphia, second son of Bishop David Bigler ; was here on a visit from New York ; died of consumption.
44. Eugene Alexander Frueauff, 1806-79, born at Lititz, studied at Naza- reth and in the Theological Seminary at Gnadenfeld, Germany. He served the Church with zeal and faithfulness as warden and admin- istrator of estates belonging to the Moravian Church as such, but es- pecially as principal of the Moravian School at Lititz, which office he held twice. He attended the General Synods of 1836 and 1857. He was married to his cousin Agnes Frueauff of Zeist, Holland. Their union was blessed with three sons and one daughter.
45. Peter Kleckner, 1807-79, from Lehigh Co., joined the Church in 1830. He was married to Caroline George and died after a protracted ill- ness.
46. Charles Frederick Beckel, 1801-80; first a watchmaker; began and successfully carried on a large foundry. Since his 14th year he was a member of the Moravian church choir and, for 53 years, of the corps of trombonists. He was also, for more than 30 years, Secretary
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of the Board of Trustees, and for six years burgess of Bethlehem. With his wife, Charlotte Brown, he celebrated their golden wedding in 1873.
47. Charles E. Grosh, 1859-80, son of William Grosh. He was injured in a railroad accident and died at St. Luke's Hospital.
48. Orville Augustus Grider, 1832-88. He was in the army from 1861 to 1862, as lieutenant of Co. C, of the 129 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Afterwards he married E. C. Smith of Nazareth, who died in 1870. He worked as a baker and confectioner at Bethlehem, Allentown and Brooklyn.
49. Maurice Charles Jones, 1810-81, born in London, England, spent a portion of his youth in Wales and came to the United States in 1826. After attending the Theological Seminary at Nazareth, he studied medicine with Dr. A. L. Stout. Though lame and walking on crutches he generally acted as visitors' guide. With his wife, m. n. Agnes Willey, he had one son and one daughter.
ROW IV .- MEN.
1. John Frederick Rauch, 1786-1863, born at Lititz. He was a member of the Board of Trustees and an Elder of the Church, also treasurer of the Home Mission Society. His first wife was Sus. Beckel who died in 1811 ; his second wife, M. C. Toon, died in 1857.
2. Jonathan K. Taylor, 1842-63, son of David H. Taylor of Bethlehem. He went into the war as Captain of Co. C, Bethlehem Volunteers of the 129th Regiment, received a mortal wound at the battle of Fred- ericksburg, on December 13, 1862, and died in the Hospital at George- town. D. C.
3. Christian Jacob Wolle, 1788-1863, born at Bethania, St. Johns, W. I. His first wife, M. Luch, having died a short time after their marriage, he married Eliza Horsfield. He had charge of the Sun Hotel until 1824, when he moved into the J. Heckewelder house on Cedar street, and became a Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. He was also a botanist and a good musician. His daughter married the Rev. F. Holland.
4. Robert Daniel Ross, M. D., 1826-63, a Cherokee, born in Tennessee. He studied at Princeton and in Philadelphia and became a physician and councilor among the Cherokees, but was obliged to leave his home on account of the war.
5. Eugene Cassler, 1848-66, son of Joseph Cassler, born at Bushkill, this county ; not a member of the Church.
6. John Bloom Vail, 1839-64, from Albany, N. Y., a Quaker. He mar- ried Maria Eckert of Philadelphia and in 1863 entered the United States Navy.
7. Herman Kunze, 1836-68, born at Schoenlinde in Bohemia ; a married man.
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8. Copeland Boyd, 1789-1864, born near Reading. He married Laetitia Horsfield, moved to Bethlehem and established a paper mill.
9. George Haus, 1795-1864, from Reading ; twice married, first to Eliza Jones, and again, in 1839, to Lizette Daubert.
10. William Cornelius Peiffer, 1832-64. He married Eliz. Reder. His wife preceded him to the grave in 1860.
11. George Charles Rieser, 1834-64 born in Nazareth Township. He taught in the Bethlehem Public School and married E. L. Stolzenbach.
12. Samuel Junghaus, 1827-64, born at New Herrnhut, St. Thomas. He was a tailor and came from Germany in 1855, settling first at Hope- dale, Pa. His wife was Christine Ruppert of New York.
13. John Daniel Freytag, 1793-1864, a son of Dr. Freytag. He was for a time a merchant in Philadelphia. His wife, Euphemia A. Tombler. died in 1840.
14. Henry Joseph Oerter, 1827-64, born in Bethlehem, married to Magd. Bloss. In 1853 he moved with his family to Moravia, Iowa, but re- turned in 1806, and settled below Freemansburg, this county. During the war he served with distinction as Captain of a company of Volun- teers and was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. In the night of November 29 he was killed by persons unknown and his body thrown into the canal. One son, William H., entered the ministry.
15. Gilbert Vincent Fradeneck, 1809-64, born at Mt. Bethel, this county ; a shoemaker by trade, and, for 10 years, a constable. In 1834 he married Henrietta Cassler, of Nazareth.
16. John Henry Stolzenbach, 1802-65, born at Homburg, Hessen. He came to Bethlehem in 1834, with his wife Anna Eliz., m. n. Vogel, and be- came janitor in the Young Ladies' Seminary. He also served for a quarter of a century as organ-blower and bell-ringer in the church.
17. William Louis Brown, 1818-65, son of Matthew Brown ; married to Phoebe A. Bleck ; for a time a merchant, and for the last eight years of his life an efficient teacher in the Moravian Parochial School.
18. John Andrew Kremser, 1791-1865, a tanner, born at Nazareth. He married Susanna Bauer and for many years lived at Rittersville. He was survived by four daughters.
19. Herman Lawrence Stadiger, 1810-66, born at Bethlehem, a son of the church warden, Rev. John Frederick Stadiger. He married, in 1842, Sophia Shelly, and was a tinsmith by trade, living at Friedensville until 1864.
20. Johann Gottlieb Volkmar, (alias Fuehrman), 1797-1868, a weaver from Seif hennersdorf, Saxony ; a widower. He emigrated in 1856, and died after prolonged sufferings from poverty and sickness.
21. Job Wolston Rose Pharo, 1826-66, born at West Creek, N. J. ; an ex- pert bricklayer. He married Cordelia Levers of Bethlehem, who died in 1863. He was baptized on Easter of 1865.
22. Charles Reichert, 1828-66, born in Lower Saucon Township, a farmer. He was survived by his wife, m. n. Frick.
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23. Charles F. Lott, M.D., 1781-1866, born at Princeton, N. J., a physician ; lived here in retirement. He died at Quakertown, Pa.
24. Henry Jung, died in 1869, aged about 50 years. He was a journeyman tailor.
25. Charles B. McCarty, 1838-67, son of Andrew E. McCarty ; a soldier during the Rebellion, in the 46th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, he rose to the rank of sergeant major.
26. Jesse William Lynn, 1810-68, born in Lower Saucon, a tailor ; came to Bethlehem in 1855. He was married three times. With his first wife he had six children ; with the second, one. He married the third in 1863.
27. Christian Frederick Witmeyer, 1804-68, born at Sindelfingen, Würtem- berg ; a blue dyer ; came to Bethlehem in 1818. He was unmarried. Having had the misfortune of losing a leg, he came to live with his married brother, and the two remained together for 37 years, until the day of their death.
28. John George Witmeyer, 1797-1868, brother of Christian F. Witmeyer ; came to America with him in 1818. In 1823 he married Maria Hall, who died after two years. He joined the Moravian Church, together with his second wife, Juliana Maier, in 1827. For 23 years he was an invalid from the effects of rheumatism. On August 12, 1868, his . brother died at 11 A.M., and he followed him at to P.M. of the same day.
29. Augustus Milchsack,' 1798-1871, born at Lancaster, son of George Milchsack. He was first apprenticed to the hatter Tschudy, at Lititz ; next worked as a tailor with J. C. Weber, and as a weaver with ( ;. Brown, of Bethlehem, and finally conducted a bakery on Broad Street. He married Hannah Everett, of Emaus, who died in 1863. For a number of years he was the head-sacristan of the Bethlehem con- gregation.
30. Thomas David Luckenbach, 1816-71, born near Bethlehem, son of David Luckenbach, and the last of the family who had the mange- ment of the Luckenbach farm in South Bethlehem. He was married to Josephine Witmeyer, who bore him 8 children.
"So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies the wave along the shore."
31 Peter Wolle, 1792-1871, born at New Herrnhut, St. Thomas. He was one of the three theological students with whom, in 1807, the Mora- vian Theological Seminary was opened. He served as minister and pastor at Lancaster, Philadelphia and Lititz, and in 1845 was consecrated a Bishop of the Church. From 1855-61 he was a member of the governing board of the Moravian Church in America. His wife, m.n. Schober, departed this life in 1853. Their union was blessed with five sons and one daughter.
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32. William David Tombler, 1826-72, son of Charles C. Tombler. Having married Mary Thompson, of Stroudsburg, he took up his residence at Mauch Chunk, where also he died.
33. Matthew Henry Buyer, 1824-72, born at Untereisesheim, Würtemberg. He was married to the widow M. E. Glitsch, m. n. Hedrich, and moved to South Bethlehem from Reading, Pa .; found employment in the Zinc Works.
34. Thomas Conrad Meyer, 1795-1872, born in Bushkill Township; a married man, 76 years old; was received into the church on Paim Sunday of the year of his death.
35. John J. Levers, 1800-72, from Hamilton Township, Monroe Co. With his wife, Sarah A. Reichman, whom he married in 1829, he had five children.
36. Peter Ricksecker, 1791-1873, a widower. He was born at Bethlehem. After teaching at Nazareth and Lancaster, he accepted a call as a missionary to Tobago, W. I., in 1826, and was ordained a Deacon. He also labored on the island of St. Kitts and in Jamaica, W. I., until failing health, in 1848, compelled him to return. Later he served as pastor at Hopedale, and with his son-in-law, the Rev. D. Z. Smith, in the Indian Mission in Kansas, retiring to Bethlehem in 1857. He was a skilled musician and organist.
37. George Julius Witmeyer, 1845-74, son of George Witmeyer. He was married to Selinda Saylor, and died after a protracted illness.
38. Edward Otto Brown, 1830-74, son of Matthew Brown ; some time or- ganist in the Old Chapel : died in consequence of injuries received on the railroad.
39. Samuel Reinke, 1791-1875, son of the Rev. Abraham Reinke. Having studied for the ministry, he served in the pastorate of the congrega- tions at Lancaster, Philadelphia, Nazareth and at other places, but was obliged, now and then, for a while, to retire from active service on account of feeble health. In 1858 he was consecrated a Bishop. In 1862 he became blind, but an operation restored the use of one eye and he continued to preach and to discharge the duties of the episcopal office, especially in the matter of faithful intercessory prayer for the Church and all its ministers. He left two sons by his first wife, m. n. Eyerle, and a son and daughter by his second wife, m. n. Hueffel. His three sons, Edwin, Amadeus and Clement all entered the ministry.
" My flesh shall rest within the ground, "Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst its chains in sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise."
40. John Godfrey Henry Weniger, 1800-75, born at Schleiz, Principality of Reuss, Germany ; emigrated in 1842. He was twice married, first to F. Mendorff, then to the widow Christiana Bapp.
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41. Frederick Christian Wolf, 1854-76, born at Freedom, Wisconsin. He was a student at the Moravian College and Theological Seminary, having entered in 1873. He died of brain fever.
42. Samuel Luckenbach, 1801-77, a son of John Adam Luckenbach, born in South Bethlehem. For nearly 40 years he worked in a lumber yard of West Bethlehem. He was married to Sarah Hauer, who bore him 9 children.
43. Henry Augustus Malthaner, 1837-88, a piano-maker. His wife, Beata M. Wendell, died in 1873.
44. Charles Frederick Kremser, 1798-1879, born at Hope, N. J. He was for many years the official grave-digger. His wife was Eliz. Wein- land, with whom he was married for 53 years, and who bore him 8 children.
45. Isaac Walp, 1827-79, born at Springfield, Bucks Co., a carpenter. In 1852 he married C. M. Brown, and in 1876 removed to Philadelphia, where he died.
46. Augustus Belling, 1808-80, born near Schoeneck, a shoemaker by trade. For 22 years he was toll-keeper at the old Lehigh bridge. In 1832 he married Helen Borhek.
47. Richard Emil Clewell, 1833-81. He was married first to S. Young, and then to M. Steiner, who departed this life in 1880. He died at Easton.
48. Ladislaus Schenck, 1820-81, born near Carlsruhe, Baden ; a gardener. He came to Bethlehem in 1842, and united with the church in 1858, having before been a Roman Catholic.
49. Albert Alexander Fradeneck, 1837-82, born at Nazareth. He died of small-pox. His wife was Rebecca Getter.
ROW V .- MEN.
1. Samuel Hoffert, 1793-1863, born in Bucks Co. In 1820 he married Louisa Luckenbach. They made their home near Allentown.
2. Jacob Miller, 1830-63, pattern maker ; married Sarah Schmael ; died in South Bethlehem.
3. Traugott Leinbach, 1798-1863, born at Salem, N. C. He was a jeweler and watchmaker, and also served as organist. His wife, Mary T. Lange, died in 1860. They had two sons and two daughters.
4. Jacob Miller, 1820-63, from Lower Saucon, this county. He married in 1846 Eliz. Reichenbach, who survived him.
5. James Gotthold Leibert, 1808-63, born at Bethlehem ; first a tanner, then landlord and owner of the Sun Hotel. In 1829 he married Mary A. Tschudy of Lititz, who bore him three sons, one of whom, Eugene, studied for the ministry. After her departure, in 1851, he was married a second time to Lydia Wieder.
6. Hiram C. Yohe, 1830-64, son of Jacob Yohe, a blacksmith by trade. He served in the army and, at the great freshet of 1862, did good work in rescuing people from drowning. He was married to E. Sherry.
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7. Frederick William Fickardt, 1844-64, son of Dr. F. Fickardt of Beth- lehem. Died in the service of his country as a soldier in the Second Regiment, heavy artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Fort Lincoln, on March 4th, 1864, aged 20 years.
8. Augustus R. Fickardt, 1846-64, brother of the preceding, and serving his country in the same Regiment. He also died at Fort Lincoln, on March 9th, 1864, of typhus, aged 18 years.
"Lovely in their lives, in their death they were not divided."
9. Charles Edmund Doster, 1829-64, born at Bethlehem, a son of Jacob Lewis Doster. He was manager in his father's woolen mill.
10. Michael Anstaett, 1827-80, born in Germany. In 1869 he married Mary Benner, a member of the church in South Bethlehem. He himself was no church member.
II. Ernest August Stolzenbach, 1843-64, a son of Henry Stolzenbach, born in Bethlehem.
12. Lawson Merrill, 1839-64, lieutenant in the U. S. Navy ; boarded with his mother at the Sun Hotel.
13. James McDonald Ross, 1814-64, an Indian, son of the Cherokee chief John Ross, born at Blue Springs, Tennessee. During the Civil War . he was taken prisoner, and after being liberated he died at St. Louis. The body was brought here, and many Indians attended the funeral.
14. Gustave Henry Wapler, 1796-1864, born at Leipzig, Saxony. He came here in 1834, after the death of his wife, and was a musician, particu- larly a good violin player.
15. Edwin William Zellner, 1842-65, son of William Zellner, born in Han . over Township, Lehigh Co. He was a printer. His wife was Mar- garet Dillon of Philadelphia.
16. Frederick Christian Luch, 1799-1865, a baker. He married A. M. Rick- secker, m. n. Schenk. For nearly 50 years he was a member of the Moravian Church choir.
17. John Cornelius Hagen, 1846-65, a son of the Rev. Francis F. Hagen, born at Bethania, N. C. He was a student of the Moravian College and enlisted in the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry. While awaiting his discharge he was taken sick with fever at Cloud's Mills, Virginia, and conveyed to Bethlehem, where he died.
" Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori."
18. Clarence Kampman, 1846-65, second son of Rev. Lewis F. Kampman ; was a clerk in John Lerch's store and entered the Moravian Theo- logical Seminary to study for the ministry. In November, 1864, he left Bethlehem, having accepted an appointment as clerk to Admiral Lee of the Mississippi Squadron at Cairo, Ill. He died on board the U. S. ship Red Rover, on June 4, 1865. The body had been tempo- rarily interred at Mound City, Ill.
19. John Oerter, 1794-1866, son of Joseph Oerter. He was a book-binder, and a much respected member of the church. He was married to
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A. Eliz. Clewell of Schoeneck. One of their daughters became the wife of Rev. L. F. Kampman.
20. Christian Lange, 1802-66. In 1828 he married M. A. Jones, who bore him three sons and four daughters. After her death, in 1860, he married Esther Freeman.
21. Charles Augustus Fiot, 1803-66, a Frenchman, born and educated at Fontainebleau, near Paris, France. When 18 years old, he emigrated to Charleston, S.C. From there he moved to Philadelphia, where he taught music and painting. He also opened a music store. Retir- · ing from business, he bought a country seat near Bethlehem.
22. John Godfrey Herbst, 1793-1866, born at Meuselwitz, near Leipzig, Sax- ony : served in the army against Napoleon I. Coming to America in 1819, he married the widow A. M. Thiele, m.n. Euters, and taught in various district schools.
23. Johannes Knes, 1819-67, born at Nochten, Silesia. He came here in 1851 and found employment at the Zinc Works. On New Year's eve, while hastening home to attend the " watch-night meeting," he was struck by a passing train and died next morning. He was mar- ried to J. M. Bolm.
24. James Edward Knauss, 1814-67, son of Christian Knauss. He married Antoinette Schweizer of Hecktown, who bore him 10 children. After teaching school for ten years he devoted himself to mercantile pursuits.
25. Francis B. Stolzenbach, 1843-67, son of Jacob Stolzenbach ; born at Nazareth, married in Philadelphia, where he was employed as hotel clerk : died of consumption.
" My husband sleeps. I loved thee on earth, May I meet thee in heaven."
26. George Henry Woehler, 1790-1868, from Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany. Entering the army of Napoleon I at the age of 17, he fought in numerous battles, was taken prisoner by the British and compelled to take service in the English army, until he was again captured by the French. After Napoleon's escape from Elba, he fought in the battle of Waterloo. He came to America in 1817. His first wife, Sarah Ehret, died in 1833 at Hope, Ind. Returning to Bethlehem in 1855, he was married to Aug. Bittrich.
27. Thomas Mies, 1792-1868, born at Bethel, Lebanon Co. He married H. Dixon who died in 1858. In 1830 he moved from Lebanon Co. to a farm near Bethlehem.
28. John Rice, 1790-1868, born at Nazareth, a merchant. In 1812 he mar- ried Margaret Philips of Philadelphia, who died in 1824. He was married a second time to Joh. C. Paulus. Seven years before his death, while living in New York, he had a stroke of paralysis. Repeated attacks rendered him almost entirely helpless.
29. William Clewell, 1807-71, a son of George Clewell ; a farmer. His first wife was Sus. Trulinger who died in 1851, and his second, Abi- gail Reinhardt.
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30. Frederick G. Clewell, 1791-1871, born at Schoeneck. He died in con- sequence of a fall from a cherry tree, aged 7934 years, after living in the married state for 56 years.
31. John Chapman Cooke, 1801-71, born in New York. He was engaged in business in the South, and in New York. When he joined the Mo- ravian Church, he offered for the mission service and, in 1842, was called to the mission in the West Indies. After being engaged in that work for 16 years, he took charge of the Moravian congregation at Friedberg, N. C., until 1861, when he retired to Bethlehem. His wife was Gertrude Kelley.
" The last farewells are given, Death broke the golden' chain ; In yonder starry heaven, We hope to meet again."
32. Godfrey C. Beckel, 1782-1872, son of Tobias Beckel, born at Bethle- hem. He was married to Anna Counsel and for a time was connected with the Moravian church in Philadelphia, where he lived for 70 years. He spent the last years with relatives in Bethlehem, and was kindly cared for at the home of C. F. Beckel. He attained the age of 90 years.
33. Rudolph Max Goepp, 1830-72, a son of the Rev. P. H. Goepp, born at Gnadenfeld, Prussia. He studied at the Moravian College, taught at Nazareth Hall and later became an attorney-at-law. He died on Long Island, N. Y.
34. Henry Fahs, 1798-1872, born at York, Pa. He was married to Fred- erica Rudolphi, who bore him ten children. He died of a stroke of apoplexy, while in his boat on the Lehigh.
35. Benjamin Frederick Schneller, 1821-72, son of David P. Schneller. A shoemaker by trade, he became a Justice of the Peace. He was also a Sunday-school teacher and a sacristan of the church. In 1849 he married Maria Hent and their union was blessed with 5 children.
36. George Francis Milchsack, 1825-73; twice married, first to Rebecca Koehler who died in 1864, and again to Susanna Shupp.
37. Lewis Renatus Huebner, 1831-74, a son of the Rev. Samuel Huebner. He studied theology, taught at Nazareth Hall, and was a Professor and President of the Moravian College and Theological Seminary until 1867. Later he served as pastor of the Moravian congregations at Bethlehem, Hope, Ind., and lastly at Gnadenhütten, O., where he died. His remains were brought to Bethlehem for interment. He married, in 1867, Louisa Lehman, and left two daughters.
38. John Krause, 1794-1874, a butcher by trade, as his father and grand- father had been before him. He married Eliz. Beitel and their union, which continued for 57 years, was blessed with ten children, four of whom died before their father. He lived to see 38 grandchildren.
39. Philip Woodring Bealer, 1805-75, a widower, son of William Bealer. His wife, Salome Knauss, died in 1863. They had eleven children, 5 of whom preceded their father into eternity.
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40. Abraham Grosh, 1819-75, born at Lititz, a carpenter by trade. He was married to Lindora Borhek.
41. Matthew Cassler, 1811-75, born at Nazareth ; married in 1844 Harriet C. Beck. He was a day laborer.
42. Herman Ernst Spiegler, 1840-77, born at Alt Dietendorf, Germany ; Professor of Music at Linden Hall Seminary ; died here while on a visit to his parents.
43. Frank Edward Schultz, 1858-77, son of Henry Schultz, born at Naza- reth.
44. Anthony Goth, 1824-78, born at Schoenlinde, Bohemia, of Catholic parents. He came to Bethlehem in 1856 and joined the Moravian Church. His first wife, m. n. Nowitsky, having died in 1868, he married Eleanora Lichtenthaler. He was a good painter and a fine musician.
45. Jacob Frank Eberman, 1826-79, born at Friedensfeld, St. Croix, son of the missionary, Rev. Wm. Eberman. He became a tinsmith. His first wife was S. Wendell, and his second Cordelia Warner. One son, Clarence, studied for the ministry.
46. Alois Eger, 1800-80, from Bohemia, uncle of Anthony Goth's first wife ; a day laborer.
47. Valentine Hent, 1794-1881, born in Philadelphia ; a dentist. After the death of his wife, A. Erwin, he removed to Bethlehem, to live with his daughter, Mrs. Benjamin F. Schneller. He was the first dentist in Bethlehem. Later he was librarian of the Y. M. C. Association.
48. Harry Augustus Malthaner, 1861-81, son of Henry Malthaner, died of consumption,
"Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest."
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