St. John’s Union Church

(aka Old Towamensing Church)

(now St. John’s Lutheran)

Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania

History of St. John’s Towamensing Church.

The second church in what is now Carbon County.

Land for a church purchased 1798.

First church building erected 1799.

Current church building erected 1862.

The cemetery is also known as Old Towamensing Cemetery.

[NOTE: There is also a small St. John’s UCC Church in Palmerton but, right now, I don’t know whether or not it’s the successor church of the Reformed congregation at St. John’s Union Church.]

First Arner members: Johannes³ and Catharina Arner.

[also many Solt families.]

Map to St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Contact info:

St John’s Towamensing Lutheran Congregation

2915 Fireline Road

Palmerton PA 18071

Phone: (610) 826-7766

A photo of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Another photo of the church.

A third photo of the church.

Photos of Arner gravestones at St. John’s Towamensing Church:

[NOTE: Rows are numbered from east to west; stones are numbered north to south.]

LUDWIG⁵ ARNER, 1832-1837, (son of Daniel⁴ Arner & Susanna Solt). Row 22, stone 1. [gravestone]

SALOME (BOYER) ARNER, 1822-1864, (wife of Jonas⁵ Arner). Row 7, stone 4. [gravestone]

ELISABETH⁶ ARNER, 1849-1853, (daughter). Row 23, stone 8. [gravestone]

TILGHMAN⁶ ARNER, 1852-1861, (son). Row 7, stone 8. [gravestone]

SELINDA⁶ ARNER, 1855-1861, (daughter). Row 7, stone 7. [gravestone]

AMANDA⁶ ARNER, 1858-1861, (daughter). Row 7, stone 6. [gravestone]

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