ANTHONY SADOWSKI
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unimoggers
N 40° 15.465 W 075° 43.738
18T E 438009 N 4456620
Found this marker near a beautiful old graveyard and church. As I read his name I wondered how Sadowski is spelled in Poland.
Waymark Code: WM1VN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2005
Views: 23
Marker Text:
Polish pioneer, Indian trader, settled along Schuylkill River in this area, 1712. He served the Provincial Government as a messenger-interpreter during negotiations with Indian tribes in 1728. He was buried, 1736, in graveyard of St. Gabriel's Church.
Marker Name: Anthony Sadowski
County: Berks
Date Dedicated: 09/18/1966
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 422 eastbound near graveyard, Douglassville
Category: Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Native American
Website: Not listed
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