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Old Demetery Cemetery

 Union Church North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA

This is at the intersection of PA Routes 873 and 329. 

 

 

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Stemler (Stemmler, Stamler, Stammler), Heinrich (Henry). Born Oct. 6, 1754 (baptism record) or Sep. 24, 1754 (tombstone) in Ropperhausen, Hessia; died Feb. 22, 1830 (newspaper notice and tombstone) in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, PA; buried in Old Cemetery at Union Church, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA. Military Unit: private in Hessen-Kassel Von Knyphausen Regiment, Company 5. Service: May 4, 1774-Dec. 26, 1776; taken prisoner at Trenton and sent to Lancaster, PA Other: served in 5th Co., 1st Battalion of the Northampton County militia in 1785; married Catharina Helfrich and had 8 children

His wife Catharina Helfrich is also buried in this cemetery in Row 10.  Each grave is marked with a stone. 

donated by descendant: Barbara (Stemler) Wiemann, contact through list

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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No. 58, 23 March, 1802.

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