Harriett Melvina Henkel (1810 - 1886)

Born 28 Jan 1810 in Shenandoah county, Virginia

Died 24 Apr 1886 at age 76 in New Market, Shenandoah county, Virginia

Biography

Harriett Melvina “Henrietta” Henkel was born January 28, 1810, in Shenandoah county, Virginia. She became the wife of the Reverend Jacob Stirewalt, son of John Stirewalt and Mary Elizabeth (Rendleman) Stirewalt, of Rowan county, North Carolina.

Children of Harriett and Jacob include:

• Mary Janetta Stirewalt, born Christmas Day, 1837, died April 16, 1842, buried in the churchyard of the Saint Matthews Church in New Market

• Henrietta Helena Stirewalt, born November 17, 1839, died April 28, 1886, married John Clinedinst Morrison and resided in Harrisonburg, Virginia

• Julia Jenette Stirewalt, born 1842, died 1843, buried in the buried in the churchyard of the Saint Matthews Church in New Market

• Reverend John Nathaniel Stirewalt, born February 21, 1844, in New Market, Shenandoah county, Virginia, died January 11, 1907, in Luray, Page county, Virginia, married Emily Ann Hershberger

• Reverend Jerome Paul Stirewalt, born April 11, 1850, in New Market, died May 28, 1934, in New Market, married Tirzah Amelia Coffman

Reverend Jacob Stirewalt died in 1869 and was buried in the churchyard of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church of New Market. Harriett died April 24, 1886 and was buried with him. There is a photograph of her headstone on her Find A Grave memorial. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21121161/harriett-melvina-stirewalt : accessed 15 October 2021), memorial page for Harriett Melvina “Henrietta” Henkel Stirewalt (29 Jan 1810–21 Apr 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #21121161, citing Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Bill Stirewalt (contributor 48136886) .