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From: Rick Waggener <>
Subject: [MDFR] Coppersmiths in Frederick and Carroll Counties
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:07:03 -0700 (PDT)


Pat Dailey sent me the information below from the book(s) Names in Stone by Jacob Holdcraft. (Thanks again Pat.) The Simon and Elizabeth and highlighted below are definitely the family I was looking for. They are apparently buried in Johnsville in Frederick County. I suspect that the Jacob and Elizabeth highlighted below may be Simon's parents. They are apparently buried in McKinstrys Mill, which appears to be very close to the border between Frederick and Carroll counties.

I am looking for suggestions about finding more information (or of course more information itself). Now that I know the dates of death for Simon and Elizabeth, I might be able to find their death records, which might have parents names. What might be the best way to locate these? Although they are buried in Frederick County, they might have died in Carroll County.

Rick Waggener


Emma 21 SEp 1840 0-0-5 (Emtbg Luth.39)

Ely T s/o Jacob &AA ..............2 Aug 1852 4-6--11 (McKin M P 123)

Jacob 15 Dec. 1845 age 66 (McKin M P 123)
w Elizabeth 28 Jan 1860 age 77 (McKin M P 123)

[McKin M P 1123 - McKinstrys mill, Sams Creek Methodist Protestant Cemetery. South of Pearre Road. Old Stone church building has been razed (101 names) 1957]

M Louisa w/o L F & d/o Isac and A E Baugher 4 July 1864 no age (Frdk Mt Ol 200)

Magadelena 29 May 1853 69-10-4 (Crgrstn Luth/Refd 62)

[Crgrstn Luth/Refd- Creagerstown, St John's Lutheran and Reformed Church - A Union congregation until 1908. The old church was left for the Reformed, who by 1941 had become inactive, and a new St John's Lutheran Church was built alongside. (750 names)]

Simon 20 Nov 1898 72-4-17 (all buried in Johnsv Beav D 112)
w Elizabeth 8 Dec 1893 65-10-21
d Emma 14 Aug 1886 13-6-4
s Abraham 31 Aug 1865 0-1-6
s Nelson 2 Sep 1852 0-0-11
s William J 07 20 1850 0-9-11
s Jesse 31 Jul 1860 0-2-11
d Lucinda 30 July 1862 1-1-19
s Mordecai 7 Aug 1862 11-5-11

[Johnsv. Beav. D 112 - Johnsville, Beaver DAm Brethren Churches. Off Green Valley Road (Md Rt #75) on the Beaver Dam Road. There are two Brethren churches here, at the opposite ends of the cemetery, one an Old Order and one Reformed. (1,245 names)]

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