Display Patriot - P-262134 - Michael KOPPENHAUER/KOPPENHAVER/KOPPENHEFFER/KOPPENHOFFER/KOPPENHAFFER
Michael KOPPENHAUER/KOPPENHAVER/KOPPENHEFFER/KOPPENHOFFER/KOPPENHAFFER
SAR Patriot #:
P-262134
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
The church and cemetery are located on a hill along State Route 225 between Elizabethville and Berrysburg. The church cemetery was established in 1780. The cemetery is well maintained. The location has a very good view of the central Lykens Valley
There is a directory of the cemetery to the right of the entrance. This directory has not been updated but most importantly it does show the location of the older graves. Many of the these headstones are unreadable, Some are in German and very difficult to read because of aging
Author: William Harry Koppenhaver
Michael Koppenheffer was born in 1733 in Lancaster PA. He married Eva, and had one child named Michael, Jr. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private in Captain George Battorff’s Company, Col. Henry Spyker’s 6th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia. He died on March 5, 1823, and is buried in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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