The marker identifies the Geo. Spangenberg Family grave site in the Greenwood Cemetery. The cemetery is located near the city of Sparta in Kent County.
The Spangenberg family name is on both sides of the marker. A twisted cord surrounding the entire marker.
Inscriptions are on both sides of the marker.
The inscriptions read:

Side one left panel

“ GEO. SPANGENBERG,  

 WAS BORN IN SUSSEX CO., N.J., JULY 

 24, 1792, 

 DIED IN SPARTA, MICH., APRIL 28, 1873.

 ——— 

 SARAH C. SEELY, 

 HIS WIFE, 

 WAS BORN IN MORRIS CO., N.J., JAN 

 18, 1792, 

 DIED IN SPARTA, MICH., NOV. 18, 1878. 

‘BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD.’  ”


Side one right panel

“ JENNIE E., 

 BORN AUGUST 7, 1853, 

 DIED SEPTEMBER 13, 1876. 

 ——— 

 MINNIE R., 

 BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1870, 

 DIED DECEMBER 5, 1870. 

 ——— 

 DAUGHTERS OF 

 JACOB AND HANNAH 

 SPANGENBERG. ”


Side two left panel 

“ HANNAH R. WALKER, 

 WIFE OF 

 JACOB 

 SPANGENBURG, 

 BORN 

 NOVEMBER 5, 1831, 

 DIED 

 JANUARY 7, 1905.  ”


Side two right panel 

“ JACOB S. 

 SPANGENBERG, 

 WAS BORN IN DYBERRY, PA., 

 APRIL 17, 1825. 

 DIED IN SPARTA, MICH., 

 JANUARY 7, 1896.. 

 ——— 

 ‘I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.’ ”

 

Greenwood Cemetery
291 W Division Street
Sparta, Michigan 49345

Date of birth (optional): 07/24/1792 Date of death (optional): 04/28/1873 Headstone text (optional): See description. Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed Website: Not listed

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