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May 15, 1848 - November 22, 1864 |
Ferdinand Richard Rauschelbach July 3, 1843 - September 19, 1864 |
Josephine Rauschelbach August 26, 1856 - May 9, 1862 |
Pulaski Rauschelbach August 2, 1861 - March 19, 1862 |
Orsigno Rauschelbach July 20, 1869 - October 23, 1870 |
The following was received from Bonnie Morris Conrad, January
2001. For more information received from Bonnie see the VanPool pages
of Big Rock Cemetery.
Peggy Merritt’s brother William Merritt married Emily Rauschelbach who is a daughter of Ferdinand and Sophia Rauschelbach. When I was little I heard many stories of the Rauschelbach children
from my grandmother Emma Vanpool Paul. She said, it was so sad as the children
were hemophiliacs (bleeders) and they died so tragically. Grandma was sad
when she told these stories. She said Sophia was a wonderful mother and
she grieved so for her lost children. This is a story I heard in my childhood
and I have no documentation for the story. Memories of setting around the
big, oak kitchen table with my family listening to talk of family members
long gone has encouraged me to care about their graves and the need to
honor the lives of the people who are buried in this charming little cemetery.
They live forever in our memories when we tell the stories.
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