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LIST OF PUPILS Arriving at the Ages of 16, 17 and 18 Years DRING THE YEAR 1908 In the SOLDIERS’ ORPHAN SCHOOLS Of PENNSYLVANIA. HARRISBURG, PA.: HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., STATE PRINTER. 1908 Harrisburg, Pa., January 1, 1908. LIST OF PUPILS … Read more
I have been working for a number of years on a family history of the Latshaw family called the Latshaw Family Journal. The book begins in 1601 with the Swiss Mennonite family of Hans Lotscher and continues through about 1901, a 300 year history of the family. The book includes branches of the family in … Read more
Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery – March 1976 Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Info obtained from church sextant Philip Clarke by Linda J. Wileman) Contributed by William Hartman Row #1 Stone # Name Born Died Age Y Age M Age D 1. Amasiah Gebhart 1845 May 5, 1849 4 2 5 2. Christanna Gebhart May 10, … Read more
Church of God Cemetery Highspire, Dauphin, Pennsylvania Compiled by Linda J. Wileman Contributed by William Hartman The following names were copied off remaining stones in the Church of God cemetery in the fall of 1979. This small cemetery, in the town of Highspire, Pa., is well over 100 years old. There are no … Read more
Stoner Family Cemetery Lower Swatara Township Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania (Located in an area locally known as Jednota) Compiled by Linda J. Wileman Contributed by William Hartman This cemetery is located in Lower Swatara Township, Middletown, Pa. The area this cemetery is found in is locally known as Jednota. At one time this farm … Read more
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The births, deaths, marriages and other significant events from the Lebanon Advertiser issues June 24, 1857 – December 30, 1857 have been extracted and posted on-line thanks to Shirley Pierce. Visit our Lebanon County website to begin reading this valuable resource.
December 30, 1857 Greensburg, in this State, according to the Democrat, much be a very queer place. The coroner holds an inquest, and the doctors make post-mortem examinations, merely on suspicion of a man being dead. The Democrat is responsible for the following story: For some time back, whenever a man dies within six miles … Read more
December 23, 1857 Married on the 17th inst., by Rev. F. W. Kremer, Mr. Cyrus Bleistone, of this borough, to Miss Rosanna Fox, of S. Lebanon township. Married on the 3d inst., by Rev. Mr. Stein, Mr. William Behler to Miss Sarah Ann Gassert, both of North Lebanon township. Married on the 10th inst., by … Read more
December 16, 1857 Lancaster – On Tuesday last, a woman named Tomlinson, was brought before Alderman Leonard, on complaint of neighbors for ill treatment of her stepchild. The child’s appearance, without any other evidence, was sufficient to send the mother to the Penitentiary for the remainder of her natural life. The poor little girl, ten … Read more