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1743 - Headstone: Harman Grothaus

St. Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery

Hier ruhet Harman Grothaus Gebohren im Jahr 1670 und Gestorben 27th Oct. 1743.

Translation: Here lies/rests Harman Grothaus, born in the year 1670 and died 27th Oct. 1743.

Footnotes:

1) Excerpt from Ammon Stapleton, Elon Osiander Henkel, Henkel Memorial Association, The Henkel memorial, A. Stapleton, 1910. Page 33:

Twenty-five steps from the Henkel plot lies Herman Groothouse, at whose house our Exile father died in 1728. He was born in 1670, and died in 1743. His son John [Henry], born 1695, died 1745, lies near him.

Sources:

St. Michael's Evan. Luth. Church in Germantown, Tombstone Inscriptions. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Page 11, 1743 - Headstone: Harman Grothaus.

Letter from Edward W. Hocker to Captain Jack Murray Greathouse, 1950. Page 4, 1745 - Headstone: Harman Grothaus, St. Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Ammon Stapleton, Elon Osiander Henkel, Henkel Memorial Association, The Henkel memorial: historical, genealogical, and biographical; a serial publication devoted to collecting and preserving the history of the Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel (known in history as Rev. Gerhart Henkel) ... who came from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1717. A. Stapleton, 1910. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized Nov 30, 2007. Page 33, Herman Groothausen grave lies within twenty-five steps from plot of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel. View @ Google Books

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