Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-10-26
174OKOINE 892
Michael and Margaret KOiner-TheIr
Descendants, a Thousand or More,
Assemble at their Graves.
A MONUM emit,
Erected and Dedicated TO their Memories.
History of the Family Traced in c err
many and IN America from
the 18th Century.
The Day and the Ceremonies Will Fill
Many Pages of History.

The Day and the Ceremonies Will Fill
Many Pages Of History.
More Than Two Thousand Persoas Witnes
| the dwelling and Dedicatory Services.
| From away down in past time, beyond thu
recollection of the oldest of the people of thi
day, traditional and written sketches, wer
preserved to shed beautiful rays along tn
way as the living descendants shall now plac
the records of large and honored family il
| imperishable history.
In the county of Augusta first; the Valley o.
| Virginia next, and then in almost every Stat
south of Pennsylvania and over the broac
plains of many Western States, the genera
tons in their order of the Koiner family have
lived and now live, illustrating the character
istics of good citizenship and leading in the
professions in the ministry, in legislative
halls and distinguished in agriculture. Noted
for economy thrift and virtue, they are ex
emplars in moral and religious training and
in disseminating patriotic and sound princi
Piles of government.
In fuller numbers, as they have encircled
the location of the Lutheran Trinity Church
on the eastern border of Augusta county
where the founder of the family came and
planted his home in $780, with sons who had
previously emigrated from Pennsylvania des-
pendants are to be found as previously stated.
Moved by the purposes of preparing and
transmitting history of the family; to erect
a monument over the graves of their first of
American parents; to unity into one, if prac-
ticable the spelling of the name which had be-
come diversified and for other objects which
can well be thought of some time since a
large number OF. the descendants assembled
at Waynesboro, and organized the MICHAEL
KoINER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. The officers
chosen were Hon. Absalom Koiner, President.
Z. T. Coyner, Secretary, both of Augusta. The
Board of Directors were chosen from those
residing in Augusta and other counties. The
Genealogical committee is composed of the
president and secretary and DR.. A. q. Koiner
of Roanoke. Progressing with all their work.
the officers in charge procured the monument
and fixed upon Wednesday October 10th for
the unwilling of the same and for the exer
cises which will be noted in continuation.
The present Trinity Church, is the third
which has been built. The first like the
primitive of all our churches as the settle
ments commenced was built of logs. The
second of brick as is the present neat and
comfortable sanctuary. 1t is on an eminence
in lovely gently rolling farming and thickly
cott1ad ooupfru A Hpo old park of oalyc h0r-
der the location on the east and to the south
is the cemetery where lie buried the American
ancestors and many of succeeding generations,
of the family. Koiner's Store and the Post
Office of that name is near by, and southeast
from the cemetery is the location, the farm
now owned by Mr.. Kasper Koiner where the
pioneer located in 1870.
The location is on the Western side of the
South River Valley, from which the windings
of the stream, the course of the Shenandoah
Valley line of the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road and the grand old heights of the Blue
Ridge mountains are in full view. Autumn
had tinged the forests with hundred charm
ing tints and serene and inspiring nature had
drawn from every source of its bountiful
means to bless the scene
Long tables were loaded down with every
variety and the richest of the commissary
stores of the family and friends, water to
quench the thirst was abundantly provided
and not solitary comfort was neglected to
care for the more than 1000 of the good peo-
pie there assembled to participate in the inter
ests of the occasion.
The stand was decorated with the American
and German flags and over it the name of Mic
hazel Koiner in large letters. On the front en-
cased in a glass frame was deed of conveyance
of land from Michael Koiner and Margaret
Koiner his wife, to George Sleagel (who was
their son-in-law) of IL acres of land for 80
pounds dated December a. 1890.
To the left of the stand was the organ and
choir composed as follows: Director-M. L.
Leonard organism. Schroeder, of Indiana
sopranos-Mrs. V. c. Hamilton and Misses
Lena Miller, BERTHE Koiner and Bessie Leon
ard; altos-Mesdames G. K. Koiner, and A. s.
Koiner; tenors-G. W. Drake. of Loudoun
county, J. W. Splitter of Spring Hill, and D. E.
Leonard and A. Sidney Koiner bassos- Capt
C. B. Coiner, ]. NJ. Leonard Stuart Freed and
Samuel Bell.
The front page of the published programme
reads Programme of the Michael Koiner
Memorial Exercises and Family Reunion,
October 18th, 1892.
The stand was occupied by Hon. Absalom
Koiner, president and others of the Associa-
ton and thus was all things in readiness,
when the presiding officer briefly announced
the time to proceed with the execution Of
the Programme of