Old Leister's Church Cemetery, Carroll Co., MD

The old Leister's Church Cemetery lies in the woods on the north side of 
Gorsuch Road, just south of the Leister's Church Road intersection, east 
of Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. Information was obtained from 
the Historical Society of Carroll County and was submitted by Rose Marie 
von Gunten (undated) which states she believed her father was the only 
person around who knew the cemetery was there. She remembered her father 
telling her Gabriel Hammer, one of the names on the tombstones, had come 
over from Germany. Her father told her the people buried there were the 
first German settlers in that area which used to be referred to as "Dutch 
Heaven". The old German Church was torn down and a large new home is 
now on the property. A new Leister's Church and cemetery was built not 
too far from the old site. Inscriptions were copied by George Horvath but 
not dated.
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HAMMER
Henry W. b/ 4 Jul 1866; d/ 27 May 1888 @ 21y.10m.23d
Andrew d/ 22 Mar 1893 @ 73y.11m.23d
...Margaret (wife) b/ 15 Nov 1827; d/ 5 Jun 1893 @ 66y *


HOFFMAN
Andrew b/ 29 Oct 1850; d/ 28 Feb 1902 @ 51y.3m.29d


ROCK
John - Co H., 3rd Maryland Infantry *


STRUTH
William b/ 23 Sep 1819; d/ 25 Sep 1908 @ 89y
...Christina E.H. (wife) b/ 10 Sep 1815; d/ 13 Jan 1902 @ 86y.4m.3d
George b/ 12 Jun 1822 in Laulerlanik, Germany; d/ 9 Apr 1896 @ 73y.9m.27d
...Catharine (wife) b/ 20 Oct 1822; d/ 26 Jul 1903 @ 80y.9m.6d


WITTE
William F. b/ 31 Jan 1883; d/ 2 Oct 1937 
...Mary F. (wife) b/ 28 Nov 1885; d/ 16 Oct 1909
(In 1980, Joan Hoffman Porterfield took inventory and has their birthdates as 1833 and 1835, respectively, 
and William's death year as 1907) *


Footstones
J.S.B.
M.H.
C.S.

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