Maria Stauffer

Maria was the daughter of Christian Guth, born in 1808 Ransbrunnerhof, Germany. Died in 1853 on the estate Muhlenbach, Germany near Sturzelbronn, France. Christian married Magdalena Steiner, mother of Maria.

Maria came to America with an uncle and two sisters in 1868 to Washington, Illinois.

Herald of Truth - Volume XV, Number 5 - May 1878, pages 89 and 90 STAUFFER.- Feb. 26th, in Seward Co., Neb., in childbed, Sister MARY, wife of Joseph STAUFFER, aged 28 years and 25 days. She leaves a bereaved husband and three children to mourn their loss. Her child she took with her. She was a faithful sister in the Amish church. She bore her brief sickness with great patience. A very touching sermon was delivered on the funeral occasion by Joseph Gascho and P. P. Hershberger, from Lamentations 3: and Matt. 24:42-44. This family with his parents came to this place from Livingston Co., Ill., and in less than a month the sister was called to her eternal home.

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