OLD SAINT PETERS

CEMETERY

TWP 15 | RNG 18 | SEC 8 | NW QTR

TSCHOPP ROAD NE
LANCASTER, OH 43130

Joe McFarland

The Far-Land Legacy
The Publishing Legacy Company

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Legacy Card for the Old Saint Peters Cemetery.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From Lancaster, travel north on North High Street and continue to the right (after the fairgrounds and Rising Park) onto Granville Pike. Continue north as the road merges into Lancaster-Newark Road NE and turn left onto Carroll Eastern Road NE. The Old Saint Peter’s Church sits on the left. The cemetery lies behind the church.

THE HISTORY

Fredrick and Elizabeth Goss donated land to establish the Saint Peter’s German Reformed Church. Founded on April 5, 1833 originally as a log structure the current building replaced it in 1870. Upon its foundation, Reverend George Weiss pastored the church between 1833 – 1854. The name changed later to Saint Peter’s United Church of Christ and currently stands known as “The Little Country Church.”

PHOTO GALLERY

MEMORIALS

BASED ON LOCATION OF TOMBSTONE
ROW STARTS FROM
OLD SAINT PETER'S CHURCH

ROW 1

Saloma
(Breitenstein)

Anna Marie
Chamberlain

ROW 2

Mary Elizabeth
Thoman

Harley F.
Ballmer

John
Ballmer

Margaret Rebecca
Tschopp

Walter John
Ballmer

Elias
Ballmer

Maggie Leota
Boyer

ROW 3

Hannah
(Albright)

Almeda
Reef

Clarkie H.
Mondhank

Charles M.
Bertschin

John
Bertschin

Sarah Ann
Schadle

William Henry
Bertschin

Orpha Belle
Hanna

Jacob J.
Bertschin

Clara Margaret
Bertschin

ROW 4

John
Schaub

ROW 5

Annette
Doomy

John
Doomy

Anna
Bury

Elizabeth
(Miller)

Lourinda Ellen
Wertz

George W.
Keller

Rebecca
Baumberger

Samuel
Wertz

Della Rebecca
Wertz

Clara A.
Wertz

ROW 6

Francis Christopher
HUber

Anna Maria
Hoover

Mariah
Omnig

Adeline
Ginder

Daniel J.
Ginder

Infant Daughter
Ginder

Anna Elizabeth
Steiger

Conrad
Steiger II

Elizabeth
Friedly

Rosiena
Steiger

John Russell
Fitzer

Herman Edgar
Lawyer

Henry
Steiger

ROW 7

Anna
Madory

Anna Emelia
Madory

Ester
Madory

ROW 8

Maria E.
Miller

Infant Son
Steiger

Infant Son
Steiger

Anna M.
Cly

John
Cly II

Isabell
Jackson

John
Jackson

ROW 9

Barbara Ann
(Goss)

John
Goss II

Elizabeth
Goss

Barbara
(Miller)

John
Miller

Peter
Saladay

Adam
Creider

Barbara
(Crider / Lorash)

Mariah
Daring

Frederick
Goss

Julia
Wirtz

Barbara A.
(Miller)

John
Goss

John
Goss III

ROW 10

Samuel
Cly

Barbara A.
(Cly)

Frederick
Goss

Anna
Brederston

Daniel
Huffman

Barbara Ann
Cly

Caroline
Daring

Kutz Conrad
Gebhart

Elbert
Gebhart

ROW 11

Albright
Wirtz

Daniel
Wirtz

Samuel
Soliday

Henry
(Unknown)

Jacob
Crider

Sarah E.
Tschopp

Adam
Weaver

Sarah E.
Weaver

Catharine
Tschopp

ROW 12

Mary
Daring

Johann Jacob
Soliday

ROW 13

Elizabeth
Kunkel

Jacob
Snyder

Anna M.
Aneshensley

John
Ginder I

Mary
(Ginder)

ROW 14

Maria
Abbott

George G.
Goss I

Frank
Huber

Daniel
Goss

Elizabeth
Goss

Infant Son
Goss

Tobias
Goss

Sarah
Goss

Infant Son
Albrecht

ROW 15

Daniel
Chudy

Martin
Soein

Jacob
Baumgardner

Johannes
Wertz

Anna
Oderbolz

Eva
Wertz

Christena
Wertz

ROW 16

Albright W.
Goss

Johann
Goss I

John
Thoman

Elizabeth
Gerster

Sarah
Goss

Daniel John
Goss

Joseph
Freisch

Peter
Daring

Barbara
Brodenstein

Peter
Daring

Petrus
Daring

Mary Elizabeth
Baker

Adam
Daring I

Adam
Daring II

Marcus
Daring

Maria M.
Neiswander

ROW 17

Frederick J.
Graff

Maria Rebecca
Ball

Jacob Kreider
Landis

Mariah L.
Kauffman

Catharine
Kinch

Morris
Landis

Elizabeth
Gamber

Emanuel
Kinch I

ROW 18

Christian E.
Bertschin

Anna M.
(Bertschin)

Daniel
Tschopp

Anna
Hersel

Henry
Anishansly

Anna
(Anishansly)

Samuel
Hoffer

Jacob
Hoffer

Hannah Maria
Maderis

Samuel J.
Bush I

Magdalena
Lather

BASED ON BURIAL RECORD - BURIAL SPOT UNKNOWN
TOMBSTONE POSSIBLY STACKED IN PILE IN ROW 9

Hannah
(Albright)

Amos
Anishansly

Clara
Chrance

George
Goss II

Susanna
Goss

Barbara
(Graff)

Flora Bell
Harter

Martin
Harter

Peter Macklin
Harter

Susanna
Miller

Barbara
(Miller)

UNKNOWN TOMBSTONES

Row 4

Row 6.1

Row 6.2

Row 6.3

Row 8

Row 9.1

Row 9.2

Row 9.3

Row 9.4

Row 9.5

Row 9.6

Row 11.1

Row 11.2

Row 11.3

Row 16

Row 18

FAIRFIELD COUNTY MAP

THE REFERENCES

Cemeteries of Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio (Lancaster: The Fairfield County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994), 123-130.

“Old Saint Peters Cemetery,” Find A Grave, last modified January 24, 2009, https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2290871/old-saint-peters-cemetery.

PHOTOS

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