"John SWINGLE gravestone"
        -- text submitted by Jean Hudson McNamara, September 1999
        -- photo submitted by Marie Hall, 1999



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John Shaffer Swingle son of Johann "Hans" Ulrich Swingle Born:    1763 Longswamp Township, Berks Co. PA Died:    25 December 1831 Canaan Township, Wayne Co. PA Buried:   Bible Protestant Cemetery, So. Canaan, Wayne Co. PA

Can anyone provide a translation of the words (possibly German) in the open Bible pages?