Adam Johann Schafer Born: 27 Apr 1788 Died: 10 May 1848 Plot:
Age 60y 13d Where born: Germany Where died: Mt Carmel Son of: John Lenard Schaffer (8 Aug 1726 Germany-18 May 1769 Germany) & Anna Marie Lein (3 Apr 1757 Germany-24 Oct 1835 Germany) Married: 6 Sep 1814 Germany Agatha Maser* Lived at: 1840 Wabash Children: - Elizabeth (28 Feb 1815 d: Mt Carmel m: 25-Oct-1832 Pittsburgh PA Christian Seitz) -
Anna Maria [Mary] (17-Oct-1818 Germany 9-Sep-1900 Mt Carmel m: Apr-1838 William Seitz) -
Anna Eva (11 Aug 1820 Germany-16 Nov 1868 Mt Carmel m: ca 1840 Jacob Kerstein*) -
Maria Elizabeth [Eliza] (19-Nov-1823 Germany 3-Jan-1873 Mt Carmel m: 17-Jun-1841 Mt Carmel Adam Stein {1819-1895}) -
Ludwig [Lewis] (1826 Germany- Mt Carmel m1: Elizabeth; m2: 15-May-1887 Wabash Co Mrs Julia Ann Greathouse Butler) -
Anna Mary* (1827 m: Henry Kramer) -
Margaret (1834-1856 m: Frederick Weinbach both buried Rose Hill Cem )
* indicates buried with Adam Johann Schafer in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
