Church: Marriages and Baptisms of Westmoreland Co natives: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church: Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Marriages and Baptisms of Westmoreland County Residents. With permission of the Fairfield County, Ohio Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society in whose publication -St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, with 19th century baptisms, deaths and burials and early 20th century deaths and burials. The following information was found in the archives of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Ohio in a notebook previously owned by Rev. George W. Mechling apparently written circa 1860. It was entitled sermons preached in 1860 with entries of baptisms and marriages predating 1860. The notebook was not complete. The marriages and baptisms were performed by Rev. Mechling while he was a preacher at St. Peter's. MARRIAGES Josiah Baughman m. Catherine Herold 27 Oct 1859, residence Hempfield Tp., in German, $2 John C. Fox m. Lizzie C. Briser 2 Feb 1860, residence Hempfield Tp, in English, $3 Henry Boutser m. Kate T. Mathews 15 May 1860, residence she from Ligonier Tp, he from Kansas Territory, in English $5 Herman McKelvey m. Lizzie Ambrose 16 AUg 1860, residence Ligonier Tp, in English, $2.50 BAPTISMS -NAME, BORN, BAPTISED, PARENTS, PLACE AND COST, SPONSORS Geo. Wash. Mechling Stall b. 30 Jun 1859, bp 16 Oct 1859 son of John and Magdelene Stall of Ligonier, sp parents ----- Kuhns b. 1859, bp. 13 Nov 1859, parents Philip and --- Kuhns, Ligonier, sp parents Mary Elisabeth Row b. 17 Nov 1860, bp 12 Sep 1861, parent Catherine Anne Row, Greensburg in house, $1, sp mother Mary Cathrine Shelby b. 23 May 1861, bp 26 Sep 1861, daughter of Joseph and Jane Shelby, Brushcreek, sp mother Phil. Henry Sinigbigler b. 22 Jun 1861, bp 26 Sep 1861, son of John and Sarah Anne Sinsegbigler(sic), Brushcreek, sp mother Peter Smidth Yont/Yant b. 6 Jun 1861 bp. 4 Oct 1861, son of David G. and Elise Yant/Yont, Mann, sp parents Sarah Catharine Kuhns b. 25 Aug 1861, bp 17 Oct 1861, daughter of Reuben and Sarah M. Kuhns, Heralds, sp parents