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Submitted: 5/4/10 • Approved: 5/4/10 • Last Updated: 4/1/18 • R33507-G33505-S3
Family monument:
North side:
AMOS
DIED
OCT.(?) 1(?), 1851
Aged 1 y, 5m, 11d
ALFRED
DIED
OCT.(?) 27, 1860
Aged 2s, 8 ms, 16d.
MARY DIED
AUG.(?) 2, 1860
Aged 18 ys, 9 ms, 29(?)ds.
LYDA
DIED Aug.(?) 2, 1860
Aged 18 ys, 9 ms, 29(?) ds.
children of
A. & E. METZ
South side:
ROCELLA [sic]
DAU. OF A. & E. METZ
Died Jan. 1, 1887
Aged 11 ms, 11 ds
[4 lines of illegible inscription]
East side:
ADAM METZ
DIED
NOV. 7, 1877
Aged 41 ys, 11 mo., 1 d.?
ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE
DIED
MAR. 2, 1892
AGED
70 YRS, 2 MO.
[4 lines of illegible inscription]
West side:
EDWARD H.
SON OF H. & D.(?) METZ
OCT. 29, 1863
MAR. 9, 1884
METZ
Individual marker:
Broken stone, most likely Amos's. Only part of inscription that can be read is:
AGED
5 MS 16 DS
Individual marker:
ALFRED
[rest of inscription is illegible]
Individual marker:
Broken stone that apparently is Mary's. Only part of inscription that can be read is:
DIED
OCT.(?) 28, 1861
Aged
8 mo., 18 ds.
Individual marker:
LYDA METZ
Died
NOV. 2, 1860
AGED
13 ys, 9 mo., 22d
Section 2
Contributed on 5/4/10 by pasteffen99
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