Author: Schuyler C. BrossmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House and Burial Ground
Author: Schuyler C. BrossmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House and Burial Ground, Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Author: Schuyler C. BrossmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ontelaunee (Pa. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Drumore Quakers’ Precious Habitation
Author: D. Douglas MillerPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 151447364X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Built in 1816, the Drumore Quaker meetinghouse in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was home to the Drumore Friends Meeting for 120 years. Quakers moved to the area at the turn of the 19th century and became part of Little Britain Monthly Meeting. Many of its members were active in the Underground Railroad at mid-century, as were other Quakers thoughout Lancaster County and elsewhere. By the early 20th century the meeting was in decline, but members who were concerned about the preservation of the meetinghouse and cemetery formed the Drumore Cemetery Association. Many of those Friends are pictured below at the time of the meetings 1916 centennial. The association has faithfully maintained the property and in 2016 is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the building of the meetinghouse.
Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey
Author: Janice Kohl SarapinPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813521114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This illustrated guidebook to New Jersey's old burial grounds is unique, not just for New Jersey, but for anywhere in America. Janice Kohl Sarapin introduces you to the history and lore of old graveyards. She shows you how to read epitaphs, how to date gravestones by style, how to restore an abandoned graveyard, and how to find out the stories of the people buried there. She describes more than 120 fascinating old burial grounds throughout the state (including the cemeteries of African-Americans, Jewish communities, and other ethnic and religious groups). She provides full directions and details about what makes each one special as well as suggestions for planning your visit and for educational activities to use with children and adults.
The Friends Meeting House
Author: Hubert LidbetterPublisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Quaker Meeting Houses, Burial Grounds, Properties and Funds in the Area of York Monthly Meeting
Author: Society of Friends. York Monthly MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Colonial families of Philadelphia
Author: John W. JordanPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5880233553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
The Quaker Community on Barbados
Author: Larry Dale GraggPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher.
Quaker Meeting Houses
Author: Quaker Meeting Houses. Burial Grounds, Properties and Funds in the Area of York Monthly Meeting. [With Illustrations.].
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Author: York Monthly Meeting (Scoiety of Friends)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description