Married Katharina WAGNER on 25 Dec. 1840 by the pastor of Zion Evangelical Church Milstadt, St. Clair Co., IL.
Name on headstone spelled differently. Date of birth on headstone different than actual date of 9 May 1814. Headstone was found near Johann Georg LEPERE's headstone in Concordia Cemetery. Walking toward top of hill behind Johann Georg's headstone one will find Jacob's about 7 or 8 rows behind and to the right as one walks up the hill. July 14,2012, the stone is still there although it is tilting.∼Name on stone is spelled as Lepaer but the spelling used by family is LEPERE. According to Erlenbach church records, he was born in Erlenbach, Kreis Germersheim on May 9, 1814 [note that tombstone date is incorrect]; came to America with his father and step-mother and 6 siblings in 1835 or early 1836. The family settled in Section 22 of Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
LEPERE, Johann Georg; born 20 Sept. 1840 [sic, should be 1814] in Erlenbach, Kandel, Rheinbavaria]; he came to America in Dec. 1846 [should be 1836?]; married to Christine WAGNER in 1843; 2 children were born; 1 is a married daughter; he married a second time in 1847 to Maria Barbara BIRKNER; 10 children born to that marriage but 2 have died [1866 # 7]
["Church Records of Concordia United Church of Christ", compiled 1851- 1986 by Martha Mae Schmidt, 1986; this entry added by Robert Buecher 2020]
Name on headstone spelled differently. Date of birth on headstone different than actual date of 9 May 1814. Headstone was found near Johann Georg LEPERE's headstone in Concordia Cemetery. Walking toward top of hill behind Johann Georg's headstone one will find Jacob's about 7 or 8 rows behind and to the right as one walks up the hill. July 14,2012, the stone is still there although it is tilting.∼Name on stone is spelled as Lepaer but the spelling used by family is LEPERE. According to Erlenbach church records, he was born in Erlenbach, Kreis Germersheim on May 9, 1814 [note that tombstone date is incorrect]; came to America with his father and step-mother and 6 siblings in 1835 or early 1836. The family settled in Section 22 of Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
LEPERE, Johann Georg; born 20 Sept. 1840 [sic, should be 1814] in Erlenbach, Kandel, Rheinbavaria]; he came to America in Dec. 1846 [should be 1836?]; married to Christine WAGNER in 1843; 2 children were born; 1 is a married daughter; he married a second time in 1847 to Maria Barbara BIRKNER; 10 children born to that marriage but 2 have died [1866 # 7]
["Church Records of Concordia United Church of Christ", compiled 1851- 1986 by Martha Mae Schmidt, 1986; this entry added by Robert Buecher 2020]
Married Katharina WAGNER on 25 Dec. 1840 by the pastor of Zion Evangelical Church Milstadt, St. Clair Co., IL.
Name on headstone spelled differently. Date of birth on headstone different than actual date of 9 May 1814. Headstone was found near Johann Georg LEPERE's headstone in Concordia Cemetery. Walking toward top of hill behind Johann Georg's headstone one will find Jacob's about 7 or 8 rows behind and to the right as one walks up the hill. July 14,2012, the stone is still there although it is tilting.∼Name on stone is spelled as Lepaer but the spelling used by family is LEPERE. According to Erlenbach church records, he was born in Erlenbach, Kreis Germersheim on May 9, 1814 [note that tombstone date is incorrect]; came to America with his father and step-mother and 6 siblings in 1835 or early 1836. The family settled in Section 22 of Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
LEPERE, Johann Georg; born 20 Sept. 1840 [sic, should be 1814] in Erlenbach, Kandel, Rheinbavaria]; he came to America in Dec. 1846 [should be 1836?]; married to Christine WAGNER in 1843; 2 children were born; 1 is a married daughter; he married a second time in 1847 to Maria Barbara BIRKNER; 10 children born to that marriage but 2 have died [1866 # 7]
["Church Records of Concordia United Church of Christ", compiled 1851- 1986 by Martha Mae Schmidt, 1986; this entry added by Robert Buecher 2020]
Name on headstone spelled differently. Date of birth on headstone different than actual date of 9 May 1814. Headstone was found near Johann Georg LEPERE's headstone in Concordia Cemetery. Walking toward top of hill behind Johann Georg's headstone one will find Jacob's about 7 or 8 rows behind and to the right as one walks up the hill. July 14,2012, the stone is still there although it is tilting.∼Name on stone is spelled as Lepaer but the spelling used by family is LEPERE. According to Erlenbach church records, he was born in Erlenbach, Kreis Germersheim on May 9, 1814 [note that tombstone date is incorrect]; came to America with his father and step-mother and 6 siblings in 1835 or early 1836. The family settled in Section 22 of Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois.
LEPERE, Johann Georg; born 20 Sept. 1840 [sic, should be 1814] in Erlenbach, Kandel, Rheinbavaria]; he came to America in Dec. 1846 [should be 1836?]; married to Christine WAGNER in 1843; 2 children were born; 1 is a married daughter; he married a second time in 1847 to Maria Barbara BIRKNER; 10 children born to that marriage but 2 have died [1866 # 7]
["Church Records of Concordia United Church of Christ", compiled 1851- 1986 by Martha Mae Schmidt, 1986; this entry added by Robert Buecher 2020]
Inscription
Hier ruh
Setia sind die Todten, Die in Herreu sterben
In English, Safe are the dead, who die in the Lord.
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photo taken in Concordia Cemetery, Stookey t., St. Clair Co.,IL
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