Allen Arthur Espenschied - Ragersville, OH - Zinc Headstones on Waymarking.com

This zinc headstone is a small traditional shape mounted on a rectangular stone base. Above the inscription is a raised depiction of a dove with wings outstretched over a chalice and two angels bowing on either side. It sits beside a similar marker for another child, though of different parents.

There is an additional inscription on the base.

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ALLEN ARTHUR
SON OF
HENRY & DRUSILLA
ESPENSCHIED,
BORN SEPT. 5, 1883,
DIED FEB. 2, 1884,
AGED 4 MOS. 27 DYS.

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The First German Reformed Church, with its cemetery, was organized in 1837 composed largely of immigrants from Switzerland who settled in this rich farm country near what is now Sugarcreek, Ohio, a center of Amish settlements.

The church building was erected in 1866, and the cemetery has been nicely maintained. There are perhaps as many as 700-800 interments here. There is a war memorial commemorating veterans from the Civil War, so of whom are buried here, up through World War II.

Date of birth (optional): 09/05/1883 Date of death (optional): 02/02/1884 Headstone text (optional): HAPPY INFANT, EARLY BLEST: REST IN PEACEFUL SLUMBERS, REST. Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed Website: Not listed

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