ST. PETER'S GERMAN
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCH AT LEWISVILLE, OHIO
View 3 - Cemetery and back
of St. Peter's in Lewisville, Ohio
This
photo of the St. Peter's German Evangelical Protestant Church of Lewisville, Ohio
was taken in November 2002. The
cemetery immediately behind the church (shown here) is much older and about
half the size of the cemetery behind the photographer. In this portion of the cemetery, most of the
monuments are written in German. Most
have eroded and many are no longer readable.
The inscriptions on most of the monuments in the newer part of the
cemetery (behind the photographer) are written in English. In September of 1962 St. Peters of
Lewisville consolidated with two other churches (St. Peter's of Miltonsburg and
St. John's, also called Middle Church) to form the Trinity United Church of
Christ. The Trinity United Church of
Christ now maintains the cemetery at St. Peter's.
Following
cessation of services at St. Peter's of Lewisville in 1962, a group/church from
Maryland established the Lewisville Bible Mission Church in the old St. Peter's
building. This effort eventually failed
and the building was sold and pressed into service as an automotive garage and tire shop.
Photograph provided by richardharrington -- e-mail: richardharrington@cox.net