St. Peter’s United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. To find the cemetery, travel south on Clarks Valley Road (Route 325) from the main street of Tower City which is called Grand Avenue (Route 209). At Deitrich Avenue, make a left turn and travel east. The church and cemetery are […]
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Leonard Reedy (1776-1837) purchased this property from Simon Gratz in 1818. He had been living on the property for about two years, so the earliest parts of the present house probably date to 1816. Reedy was a gunsmith and was well known throughout the region. After Leonard’s death, his widow Elizabeth continued to live here, […]
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