. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. 66 The Pennsylvania-German Society. sented to some of the descendants and they quickly con-sented, scarcely one of them knowing of his place ofburial. The removal took place on November 13, 1894,at which time brief funeral sen-ices were held in thehistoric meeting-house, conducted by the author of thissketch, assisted by Rev. T. , of Philadelphia. On thisoccasion descendants of the fifth,sixth, seventh and eighth genera-tions were present to the numberof twenty-five. During theselong years, there stood over hisgrave a small slab of Pen
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. 66 The Pennsylvania-German Society. sented to some of the descendants and they quickly con-sented, scarcely one of them knowing of his place ofburial. The removal took place on November 13, 1894,at which time brief funeral sen-ices were held in thehistoric meeting-house, conducted by the author of thissketch, assisted by Rev. T. , of Philadelphia. On thisoccasion descendants of the fifth,sixth, seventh and eighth genera-tions were present to the numberof twenty-five. During theselong years, there stood over hisgrave a small slab of Pennsyl-vania blue-stone marble, with thefollowing inscription: Hier Ru-. 8CR1 AT SCHRlESHEW CERMANY. I63. •CVM£ TO GER***™** 1789 DIED 1735 4removeo frqh gVWSSURYINe CRpuPJDij--^ hen i die gebeine | A. M. | gebor-en 1679. I gestorben 1735. | Alt56 Yahr. This slab was retained as a foot-stone, and for ahead-stone there was erected a plain white marble slababout five feet in height, with the following inscription :Alexander Mack, Sr. | the first minister | and organizerof the I Church of The Brethren | in the year 1708. |Born at Schriesheim, | Germany, 1679. | Came to Ger-mantown | 1729, died 1735. | Removed from | Axes Bury-ing Ground, | Thus his remains now rest in themidst of his own people, and beside those of his son andsuccessor, Alexander Mack, Jr. He has to-day a numer-ous descent, some account of which is given in the appen-dix to this sketch. It would be interesting to have a list of the baptisms per-formed by Alexander Mack, but aside from the seven of 1 See illustrations. Seal of the Brethren. 67 the original members that he baptized,
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