Pastor Passavant married Eliza Walter on May 1, 1845, shortly after his friend Krauth married, despite a fire in Pittsburgh's business district three weeks earlier which also devastated many parishioners.
Pastor Passavant heiratete Eliza Walter am 1. Mai 1845, kurz nachdem sein Freund Krauth geheiratet hatte, trotz eines Feuers in Pittsburghs Geschäftsviertel drei Wochen zuvor, das auch viele Gemeindemitglieder heimgesucht hatte.