Friedens Church Cemetery - Section 1

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Cemetery	Friedens Church Cemetery - Section 1 - Page 1
Location	Near Mt. Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 11 South to Mt. Crawford. Take a left onto Route 257 (Friedens Church Road). Stay on Route Friedens Church Road for several miles and you will see church/cemetery on the right side of the road.
Notes	Well maintained. Facing the front door of the church, Section 1 is the old section of the graveyard to the left of the church, and Section 2 is the newer section to the right of the church. Both sections were recorded starting in the southwest corners and from left to right facing headstones. Section 1 in the "Remarks" column there are some notes from John W. Wayland. Some show Abstracts of Executor, Administrator & Guardian Bonds by Ms. Priode. Also some show recordings by Leiby or Hinke. August 8, 1928, John W. Wayland wrote: "I went to old Friedens Church (Reformed, German Reformed), between Mt. Crawford and Cross Keys, and began to copy inscriptions in the old graveyard (Section 1). I have been told that the Lutherans also worshiped at Friedens same years. I am told the old cemetery is full of graves but not many of the graves have stones or markers. Probably more than half of the graves in the old cemetery never had any markers or wooden slabs which have rotted down. A few wooden markers remain, but none of them have legible inscription. Some are sandstone, some a kind of marble, some a shaly (sic) kind of stone that scales off. A number of the stones, with almost faded inscriptions, are lying down and almost overgrown with grass, etc. The old brick church house, a century or more old, was not the first building here, I suppose. Mr. Q. G. Kaylor, of Kaylor Park, was with me. Most of the oldest inscriptions are in German. This was a German community and a German Reform church, one of the oldest in the state." There is another listing of Friedens Church cemetery/map/records located on Rockingham County, VAGenWeb, website - https://sites.rootsweb.com/~varockin/friedens/friedens_church_cemetery.htm
Survey Date and Recorder	20 Jul 2006 Martha Lee, Bob & Lois Emswiler
Photos	Robert Crawford, Thomas Flory, Deb Wake, L.S.C., Gwen Bryan

Cemetery Index

Frieden's Church Cemetery Pages

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Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
000	Bohn	Susanna	24 Feb 1754	13 Feb 1817
000	Holwe	Cunrad	15 Mar 1740	19 Dec 1817		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded. Maybe should be died in 1816 as Exe. bond- 21 Jan 1817 Conrad Hulvey, executor Henry Hulvey is recorded.
000	Lang	Elisabeth		22 Apr 1805		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded
000	Messerley	David C.		23 Feb 1832 ?	Age 6y 10m --d, s/Solomon & Mary Messerley	No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded-stone broken
000	Messerley	William		2 Oct 1832	Age 9y 2m 22d, s/Solomon & Mary Messerley	No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded
000	Rauhof	John George	20 Feb 1810	16 Mar 1815		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded
000	Rauhof	Peter	13 Jun 1813	6 Mar 1815?		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded
000	Roller	Peter. Senr.	1 Apr 1763	17 Aug 1836		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded-refer to Peter Ruebush in this listing as he has same dates.
000	Schmidt	Christoffel	26 Dec 1735	1798		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded born 26 Dec 1735, died 1798-sandstone sunk into ground.
000	Schmidt	Hannah	? Oct 1781	20 Mar 1802		No visible marker 2006; Recorded in 1897 by either Leiby or Hinke.
000	Sefly	Mille ?				No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded small sandstone lying on ground-almost illegible
000	Sehler	Ulrich	1753	1811		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded data. Record by Leiby or Hinke in 1897- born 1753 d. 4 Apr 1811. Adm. bond- 21 May 1811 Ulrick Sailor, admrs. Henry Sipe & Mary Sailor.
000	Seiler	Georg	12 May 1794 ?	1810		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded.
000	Siefey	Catharina	6 Mar 1730	10 Jan 1814		No visible marker 2006; John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded
001	Kaller	Elisabeth	4 Mar 1780	27 Jan 1840	Aged 59y 10m 23d, consort/Phillips
001	Green	Cecil W.	16 May 1901	31 Jul 1970
001	Green	Delphia E.	3 Jun 1903	23 Mar 1978
001	Wilberger	Alan Douglas	20 Sep 1963	24 May 2005	Husband & Daddy
001	Wilberger, Jr.	William Winston	5 Mar 1934	23 Jun 2005	Husband, U.S. Air Force
001	Wilberger	Shirley Tate	6 Mar 1940		Wife	w/William Wilston Wilberger, Jr.
001	Keys	Raymond Thomas	30 Sep 1925	24 Mar 1992	PFC U.S. Army WWII
001	Keys	Lynn Marie	10 Dec 1936	13 Sep 2005	Blessed Mother & Grandmother
001	Wilberger	Tirza S.	3 Apr 1908	13 Nov 1979	Mother	w/W. Winston
001	Wilberger	W. Winston	27 Jan 1908	12 Oct 1979	Father
001	Wilberger	William G.	12 Nov 1872	2 Nov 1964	Father
001	Wilberger	Jennie L.	10 Nov 1878	10 Feb 1966	Mother
001	Wilberger	Phillip Mohler	21 Jul 1920	16 Apr 2001	Father, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force WWII Korea
001	Carver	David F.	22 Dec 1854	23 Oct 1936	Father
001	Carver	Emily C.	3 Dec 1851	6 Apr 1924	Mother	w/David F.
001	Bateman	Birdie Carver	4 Sep 1887	28 Sep 1964
002	Baker, Sr.	John	1754	1830	Dedicated by descendants 10 Aug 1980
002	Baker	Anna Whitmer	1761	1838	His Wife	w/John
003	Dovel	Daniel	20 Mar 1773	18 May 1827	Aged 54y 1m 27d
003	Dovel	Catharine	16 Feb 1766	13 Oct 1830	Aged 64y 7m 27d
003	Ruebush	Peter	1 Apr 1763	17 Aug 1836		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded the name as Peter Roller Senr.
003	Whitmer	Martin	25 Jan 1763	2 Dec 1842
003	Whitmer	Eve Elizabeth	7Jul 1768	13 Apr 1834	Aged 65y 8m 6d, consort/Martin
003	Schwatz	Friederich	10 Aug 1722	18 May 1793		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded died 1795
003	Shoemaker	Rebecca	15 Mar 1815	11 Apr 1835
003	Hofman	Nimrod	21 Nov 1816	30 May 1817	Aged 6m 9d
003	Gong	Abraham	Apr 1807	9 Apr 1807		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded Abraham Gongwer, born 7 Apr 1807
003	Gong	Johan Georg	17 Dec 1737	18 Oct 1799		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded Johan Georg Gongwer, Exe. bond- 17 Dec 1799, name missing in book but admrs. were Magdalene Gongware & Joseph Gongware
004	Dout	John Mathew	16 May 1745	12 Oct 1833	Aged 88y 7m 4d	Adm. bond 21 Oct 1833.
004	Dout	Mary Catherine	29 Sep 1745	28 Aug 1821	Aged 75y 11m
004	Long	Margaret	28 Dec 1768	27 Apr 1839		Aged 70y 4m 1d was on old stone
004	Ruebush	Mary Keller	1736	1815	w/John, parents of George, John, Peter
004	Ruebush	John		1784	parents of George, John, Peter
004	Ruebush	George	1775	1851		s/John & Mary Keller Ruebush
004	Ruebush	John	1782	1874		s/John & Mary Keller Ruebush
004	Ruebush	Peter	1784	1879		s/John & Mary Keller Ruebush
004	Unknown
004	Branner	Casper G.	1873	1958
004	Branner	Infant	22 Feb 1912	22 Feb 1912	c/C. G. & Ottie A.
004	Leavel	Joseph Ernest	24 Sep 1875	16 Mar 1938
004	Leavel	Hattie E. Koontz	8 Oct 1881	22 Dec 1977
005	Westial	Johanna	25 Jul 1741	2 Mar 1817
005	Unknown
005	Long	Mary		10 Apr 1797
005	Messerley	Joseph S.	10 Mar 1847	29 Feb 1852		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded died 29 Feb 1832 (date uncertain) Aged 4y 11m 19d, s/Solomon & Mary
005	Craun	Catherine E., Dr.	19 Nov 1920	26 Nov 1974
005	Craun	Claude Wilmer	11 Jan 1893	23 Jul 1972
005	Craun	AliceTrobaugh	24 Aug 1892	4 Dec 1967
005	Craun	William Carlyle	10 May 1918	10 Jun 1942
006	Jost	Maria	4 Sep 1744	2 Mar 1815	Aged 70y 6m
006	Unknown	German Girl	23 Sep 1816		Aged 10y 10m
006	Seftley	Valentine	1728	16 Feb 1802		Exe. bond- 20 Apr 1803 Vallentine Safley, bondsman George Safley	Image
006	Seftley	Catharina	Apr 1742	5 Jul 1814	Aged 72y 3m	John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded born 1740	Image
006	Reim	Catharina	1772	1772
006	Messerley	George W.	12 Jun 1850	27 Feb 1852		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded- died 27 Feb 1832 or 1852 Aged 1y 8m 15d, s/Solomon & Mary
006	Whitesell	Mildred S.	20 Oct 1921	12 Nov 2004
006	Whitesell	C. Switzer	4 Oct 1907	12 Nov 1971
006	Whitesell	Frank L.	27 Oct 1881	2 Sep 1962
006	Whitesell	Margaret M.	10 Sep 1881	4 Jan 1965
007	Unknown
007	Seiler	Matheis	15 Aug 1796	9 Aug 1799	Aged 3y	John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded died 5 Aug 1799
007	Ruebush	Mary	Mar 1736		Aged either 19 or 79y	John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded died 1815
007	Tutwiler	Leonard	1740	1804	Leonhardt Duttweiler, born in Switzerland
007	Armentrout	Hattie M.	17 May 1878	4 Jul 1896	w/Otis M.
007	Winegord	Joseph E.	23 Dec 1844	11 Feb 1894
007	Hart	James W.				No dates
007	Hart	Fannie F.			His Wife	No dates, w/James W. Hart
008	Osbourn	Harry	1881	1948
008	Osbourn	Lula B.	1886	1973
008	Osbourn, Jr.	Harry	1931	1963
008	Schencker	Jacob	10 Feb 1765	14 Mar 1815	Aged 60 y 1m 4d	Adm. bond- 16 May 1815 Henry (should be Jacob) Shank, admrs. Catharine Shank (his wife) & Jehu Gum. Rockingham Co. Minute Book 8, p78 dated 16 May 1815 Catharine Shank widow of Jacob Shank presented his verbal will. This is Jacob Schenck not Schencker. Tombstone all the words are separated by a dot. There is a dot between Schenck and er. The "er" is German for "he"-Klaus Wust pointed this out years ago. Jacob Shank married Catharine Wise 4 Dec 1787 Shenandoah (now Page) Co.,VA. He signed the marriage bond as Schenck. Children baptized at Friedens Church as Schenck.
008	Carpenter	William	28 May 1775	3 Apr 1837	Aged 61y 10m 5d		Image
009	Hoffman	Daniel	22 Feb 1758	Jun 1798		John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded him as minister; adm. bond- 24 Sep 1799 Daniel Hufman, admr. Mary Huffman
010	Sluser	Georg	9 Aug 1746		Aged 89y
010	Schlossern	Barbara Hausern	10 Dec 1754	5 Apr 1809	born Barbara Hausern, married Georg & lived with him 34y 4m 14d	John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded she died 22 Nov 1774
010	Schlosser	Georg	18 Jan 1721	28 Feb 1815	Aged 94y 1m 10d	Adm. bond- 17 Oct 1815 George Slusser, Jr., admr. George Slusser
010	Long	Sarah	16 May 1792	17 Jun 1834	w/George
010	Long	Patsy D.	10 Nov 1813	22 Feb 1832
011	Linn	Robert	13 Feb 1776	11 Sep 1859	Aged 83y 6m 29d
011	Linn	Isabell		5 Apr 1847	Aged 66y
011	Linn	Samuel		3 Feb 1833	Aged 10y
011	Ehrman	Anna Maria	8 Dec 1754	8 Dec 1814	Aged 60y	Translated from the German on stone.
011	Schenck	Jacob	Jul			Illegible stone-buried; Jacob Schenck 3 Jul 1794 - 25 Jan 1817 age 22, rest below ground (source unknown). Adm. bond- 18 Mar 1817 Jacob Shank, admr. Magdaline Shank (his wfie), bondsman John Shank (his brother).
011	Wilberger	Mathias		10 Jun 1818			Image
011	Wilberger	Marcabeth A.	27 Jul 1743	? Aug 1817	Aged 74y		Image
011	Zimmerman	Anna	19 Feb 1815	17 Aug 1817	Aged 2y 6m 8d		Image
011	Carpenter	Jacob	31 Jan 1805	2 Dec 1831			Image
011	Carpenter	David	17 Apr 1824	30 Nov 1831			Image
012	Slosser	Elizabeth		8 Mar 1837	Aged 27y 17d, consort/Samuel	John W. Wayland in 1928 recorded age 27y 4m 17d
012	Slosser	John B.			Aged 2m 21d
013	Davis	Robert Whitfield	6 Aug 1909	10 Jul 1978	Pvt U.S. Army WWII
013	Davis	Lottie H.	18 Mar 1912	1 Jan 1986
013	Davis	Andy T.	21 Mar 1938	17 Nov 1999	PFC U.S. Army, Vietnam	Military marker shows Andy Theodore Davis
013	Seiler	Christian	8 Dec 1783	3 Jan 1810	Aged 26y 27d	Adm. bond- 20 Mar 1810 Christian Sailor, bondsman Ulrich Sailor (his father)
013	Seiler	Peter	31 Oct 1793	24 Feb 1810	Aged 16y 4m 23d
013	Unknown
014	Craun	Julius M.	Aug 1 1915	23 May 1983
014	Craun	Sudie F.	12 Mar 1916	19 Aug 1962
014	Hulvey	Ivan H.	1884	1981	Father
014	Hulvey	Fannie C.	1887	1973	Mother
014	Hulvey	Carter F.	18 Nov 1897	31 Dec 1972
014	Miltenberger	Robert	31 Aug 1864	8 Sep 1943
014	Miltenberger	Mary J.	23 Feb 1842	10 Apr 1908	Mother
014	Miltenberger	Beulah Frances	17 Mar 1911	26 Feb 1916	Aged 4y 11m 9d, d/J. W. & Annie S.
014	Miltenberger	Annie S.	14 Aug 1875	1 Apr 1959
014	Miltenberger	John W.	24 Mar 1879	26 Apr 1965
014	Miltenberger	Carl William	23 Sep 1916	8 Sep 1974
015	Pirkey	Albert H.	22 Apr 1838	9 Aug 1915
015	Pirkey	Amanda C.	4 Oct 1844	18 Feb 1930	His Wife	w/Albert H.
015	Ballard	Fannie B.	14 Oct 1869	9 Nov 1931
015	Huffman	Annie Kyger	29 Jul 1863	30 Jun 1952
015	Huffman	George Edward	18 Feb 1859	2 Jan 1936
015	Miller	Henry R.	20 Jul 1893	6 Dec 1965
015	Miller	Clara E.	16 May 1891	19 May 1969
015	Shenk	George L.	9 Oct 1868	20 Jun 1941
015	Shenk	Melvina F.	17 Apr 1871	16 Dec 1942
015	Rodgers	Howard W.	25 Sep 1889	28 Dec 1972
015	Rodgers	Clara J.	4 Aug 1901	8 Mar 1966
016	Saufley	Virdie C.	9 Feb 1899	10 Feb 1921	w/Forrest J.
016	Miller	George R. "Giggs"	29 Jul 1917	15 Oct 1999	Dad, married 10 Aug 1939
016	Miller	Annie Belle	25 Jun 1922		Mom	w/George R.
016	Miller	Geneva F.	4 Jun 1940	30 Apr 1942
016	Miller	Infant Son		18 May 1916	s/Henry R. & Clara E.
016	Trainer	Paul Davis	8 May 1913	8 Aug 1920	s/J. R. & Emma E.
016	Trainer	David F.	6 May 1898	14 Jan 1920	s/J. R. & Emma E.
016	Trainer	Emma May	19 Apr 1916	4 May 1916	d/J. R. & Emma E.
017	Davis	Theador A.	4 Nov 1872	20 Oct 1961	Father
017	Davis	Mary E.	2 Apr 1872	30 Apr 1935	Mother
017	Davis	Leona V.	1900	1936
017	Davis	J. Frank	1898	1978
017	Landis	Hobart R.	20 Sep 1902	6 Oct 1975
017	Landis	Ethel Long	14 May 1906	19 Mar 1979
017	Long	John William	28 May 1871	7 May 1947	Father
017	Long	Minnie Etta	18 Oct 1877	23 Jun 1933	Father
017	Long	Moffett F.	14 Nov 1877	23 Apr 1964	Undertaker
017	Long	Annie A.	19 Jul 1877	16 Jun 1951
017	Long	Alton Franklin	30 Jul 1904	4 Apr 1960
017	Long	Farel Isaac	26 Sep 1918	24 Apr 1997
017	Long	Eva Beckemeier	10 Dec 1899	15 Mar 1967
017	Long	Hazel Kiser	25 Jun 1915	4 Jul 1996	Teacher
017	Long	Hassie E.	7 Jan 1894	5 May 1957	Wife	w/Basil O.
017	Long	Basil O.	30 Dec 1906	29 Jun 1987	Husband
017	Long	Aleta R.	13 Jul 1917	27 Mar 1986		w/Basil O.
017	Allen	James W.	19 May1861	21 May 1925
017	Allen	Georgianna C.	28 May 1859	28 Apr 1938
017	Allen	George K.	10 Feb 1885	18 May 1951
017	Allen	O. Lucretia	5 Apr 1890	19 Nov 1946
017	Allen	J. Ward	27 Aug 1897	20 Nov 1971
017	Allen	Florence M.	2 Mar 1897
017	Allen	B. F.	18 May 1923	12 Sep 1994	Son
017	Smith	Lillian Bonnor Bogan	1914	1973	Mother
017	Smith	Warwick Edgar	22 Aug 1909	29 Dec 1996	U.S. Navy WWII
018	Davis	Charles Paul	26 May 1946	28 Dec 1946
018	Davis	Stephen Wayne	8 Jan 1944	28 Jan 1965
018	Landis	Orren D.	29 Nov 1877	28 May 1960	Father
018	Landis	Ollie D.	2 Aug 1880	30 Oct 1947	Mother
018	Landis	Hoskins S.	13 May 1909	4 Apr 1964
018	Rhodes	Harley M.	1920
018	Rhodes	Thelma Long	1913	1962
018	Long	Ormond Daniel	1909	1987
018	Long	Margaret Boyers	1911	1993
018	Reubush	Claude I. "Chub"	2 Aug 1897	2 Nov 1986
018	Allen	Clarence Coolidge	20 May 1925	21 Mar 1999	Cpl U.S. Army WWII
018	Allen	Mary Elizabeth "Betty"	15 Dec 1928
018	Forrester	Lucy D.	1 Dec 1920	16 May 1978
019	Davis	Charles W.	10 Jan 1903	22 Oct 1971	Virginia Private U. S. Army WWII
019	Edwards	J. R.	1871	1958
019	Edwards	M. B. Clatterbuck	1907	19--
019	Winegard	Elizabeth K.	2 Jun 1900	5 Sep 1970
019	Winegard	Russell M.	14 Sep 1899	20 Aug 1968
019	Winegard	Arthur W.	10 May 1872	17 Dec 1955
019	Winegard	Mattie M.	4 Dec 1872	15 Aug 1941
019	Trobaugh	Ruby C.	4 Dec 1910	29 Dec 1936
019	Trobaugh	Mary E.	11 Jun 1891	30 Jun 1942
019	Trobaugh	Willie O.	17 Aug 1888	9 Oct 1963
019	Trobaugh	George Dewitt, Pvt.	2 Dec 1921	3 Feb 1943	Buried at sea
019	Tutwiler	Thomas H.	5 Aug 1862	10 Aug 1949
019	Tutwiler	Ella E.	20 Sep 1869	4 Oct 1954
019	Tutwiler	Thomas Nelson	31 May 1915	23 Apr 1967

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