Family gathered around the gravestone of Elias Eberly Gehman
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Family gathered around the gravestone of Elias Eberly Gehman and his wife Sarah Ann Hoffman Gehman at Bethany Evangelical Congregational Cemetery near Martindale, Earl Township.
Students of Conestoga School, c. 1891. Possibly near New Holland. Teacher is Martin G. Weaver. Identified from left in first row: Aaron McQuate, Samuel M. Martin, Annie Martin, Harry J. Martin, Ida Fox, Barton Stauffer, Lizzie Beam, Nora Burkey, Cora Fox, and George Hollinger. Second row, from left: William Z. Martin, Horace K. Martin, Lizzie Martin, Lizzie Weaver and Warren Weaver. Third row, from left: Peter J. Martin, Abram Stauffer, Wayne Burkey, George Weaver, Mary Martin and John H. Weaver. Fourth row, from left: Harry Ludwig, Wayne Ammon, Tobias Martin, Annie Weaver, Ida Stauffer, and Mary Ammon. Fifth row, from left: Anna Martin, Lydia Martin, Etta Weaver, Emma Weinhold, Horace Martin, and Walter McQuate. Sixth row, from left: Lydia Ann Hollinger, Scott McQuate, Joseph Burkey, and Amos Weaver.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. General view - dwelling house in the grove on the left, barn in center, old family graveyard of John Leonard Ellmaker on the right in the distance.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. The front garden, old spinning wheels used by previous generations - the wheel on the porch was brought from the Palatinate, Frankenthal, in May 1726, by Mrs. John Leonard Ellmaker (born Hornberger) when she came to Lancaster County, PA.
Ellmaker Homestead farm. All that now remains of the old apple tree, originally brought from the Palatinate by Mrs. Anna Margaretha Ellmaker (Hornberger) when she and her husband, John Leonard Ellmaker, came to Lancaster County in 1726. It flourshed for 160 years until about 1886. The farm was sold in 1887, the life of the old tree may therefore be said to have been coexisted with that of the farm itself in the Ellmaker Family.
