I am not a Lutheran and have no great interest in the subject, but this was sent to me by someone who is, and I have gathered that some of you are, and I guess it qualifies since the one person described was buried in PA; he must have spent some time there. > From: James Kiefer's E-Mail Relay <kilroy@copland.rowan.edu> > > HENRY M MUHLENBERG, PATRIARCH OF AMERICAN LUTHERANS (7 OCT 1787) > > Henry Melchior Muhlenberg is the principal organizer of American > Lutheranism. He was born in Einbeck, Germany, in 1711, and studied > at Goettingen and at Halle. Lutherans in America at that time were > found in a few scattered communities, of various national > backgrounds, with no central organization, and with a grave danger > of factionalism. Several congregations wrote to Halle University, > asking for a pastor to take charge. Hermann Francke, a Lutheran > leader of the Pietist movement at Halle, chose Muhlenberg and sent > him to America. He arrived in Charleston on 23 September 1742. He > was soon accorded widespread recognition by Lutheran churches, > German, Swedish, and others, as the senior Lutheran pastor in > America. He set the tone for the Lutheran community in what was to > be the United States, and almost all Lutheran Churches in America > today use liturgies which are developed from the one that he > proposed for American use. His plans for local church government, > presented to congregations that had been accustomed to a great deal > of government control, eased the transition to the "free church" > model, and form the basis for plans of local church government in > American Lutheran churches today. > One of his sons, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, served as a > general under George Washington in the War of Independence. Another, > Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, became a member of the > Continental Congress, and first speaker of the House of > Representatives. A great-grandson, William Augustus Muhlenberg, > became an eminent Anglican priest (see 8 April). Henry Melchior > Muhlenberg died 7 October 1787, and is buried at Trappe, > Pennsylvania. His epitaph (in Latin) reads: "Who and what he was, > future ages will know without a stone." Then there is a prayer, I'm not sure if it means it is on his tomb or just what, and even less sure it belongs on this list, but I will email it to anyone who asks. -- jan <janiceaf@ix.netcom.com> Researching names: FRANK, KELLER, LUPHER, PENROSE, SCHULTZ, TAYLOR