Humble Home 1805

It was on a tract of land west of present Markelsville that these folks [Bealor] from Brecknock township, Berks County build for themselves a humble home.  In a few years one of their children died and, because of there being no public burying place in the neighborhood, they buried the child on their own land.  The weatherworn gravestone bears the following German inscription:  “Hier ruhen die gebeine von Sara Bealor, tochter von M. Bealor-starb 6ten August, 1810.  Alter 8 Jahr, 8 Monat, und 26 tage.”