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Dauphin County tombstone inscriptions

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Author
Stroh, Oscar H.
Date of Publication
1985
Call Number
974.818 S921
Responsibility
Oscar H. Stroh.
ISBN
1558561234 (pbk. : v. 3)
Author
Stroh, Oscar H.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
Oscar H. Stroh
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
v. <3 > ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Contents
Strohs Cemetery, Fishing Creek Valley, Middle Paxton Twp. -- Sheafer Cemetery, Wiconisco Twp. -- Middletown Reformed -- Fetterhoff Church, north of Halifax -- Bauerman's Church, near Enterline, Jefferson Twp. -- Shoop's Church, east of Harrisburg -- Ebersole Farm Graveyard, South Hanover Twp. -- An Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Middletown -- Runkle Family Graveyard, West Hanover Twp. -- Dunkard Graveyard in Derry Twp. -- Chambers Hill Cemetery, Swatara Twp. -- Three small Graveyards north of Highspire -- Hoover Farm Cemetery, west of Hershey -- St. John's Lutheran Church, near Berrysburg -- Greiner Farm Cemetery, northeast of Highspire -- Mt Laurel Cemetery, West Hanover Twp. -- Estherton Cemetery, north of Harrisburg -- Straw's Church Cemetery in Jackson Twp. -- Baumgardner's Cemetery in West Hanover Twp. -- Church of God Cemetery in Halifax Twp. -- Zion U.B. Church in Halifax Twp. -- Enders Cemetery -- Crum's Cemetery in Lower Paxton Twp. -- Fisherville Cemetery -- Klinger's Cemetery in Lykens Twp. -- Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey -- Hanover Presbyterian Cemetery in East Hanover Twp. -- Paxton Presbyterian Cemetery, east of Harrisburg -- Two Nissley Cemeteries in Swatara Twp. -- Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) Cemetery in Middle Paxton Twp. -- Shope Cemetery, southeast of Highspire -- Zeager Farm Cemetery in Londonderry Twp. -- Nissley Cemetery in Londonderry Twp. -- An old U.B. Graveyard in MIddletown -- Long's Cemetery south of Halifax -- Fox Cemetery, north of Harrisburg -- St. Peter's Church Graveyard in Middletown -- Stone Church Cemetery in Elizabethville -- Hill Cemetery, Halifax -- Umberger Cemetery in West Hanover Twp. -- Geiger Cemetery north of Dauphin -- McAllister's Methodist Cemetery in Rush Twp. -- Ebenezer E.U.B. Cemetery, north of Halifax -- An old Presbyterian Cemetery in Middletown -- Boyer Farm Cemetery -- Gratz Union Cemetery -- Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery in Elizabethville -- Riverview (Heckton) Cemetery in Middle Paxton Twp. -- Wenrich Church Cemetery (Part I), east of Linglestown -- Miller's Church cemetery in Jackson Twp. -- Church of God Cemetery in Linglestown -- Dauphin Cemetery, northeast of Dauphin -- Wenrich Church Cemetery (Part II), east of Linglestown -- Metzger Cemetery, Londonderry Twp. -- Shell's Lutheran and Reformed Church in Shellsville -- German Baptist Church in Lower Paxton Twp. -- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard in Hummelstown -- Union Deposit Cemetery, east of Harrisburg -- Some Veterans of the American Revolution -- Indices
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.818 S921
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Bass fishing in Lancaster County

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Author
Long, John D.
Date of Publication
1989
fishing again. He never did—shortly after this episode he suffered a stroke and died. The Pequea The Pequea Creek rises in eastern Lancaster County and flows generally westward through southern Lancaster County to empty into the Susquehanna. It is a small stream and Dad and I had never seriously
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Responsibility
by John D. Long, Ph.D.
Author
Long, John D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
[18]-26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no. 1
Subjects
Fishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Fishing
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 1 (1989), p. 18-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92
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Tinkerers, mechanics and inventors of Lancaster County

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1983
credit. Joseph died in 1902 and is buried near Union Grove. Shirk's improvement of the grain cradle should remind us that during the first four decades of the 19th century Drumore Township had a number �of scythe and sickle mills, most of them along Fishing Creek and Puddle Duck Creek. An 1820 local
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Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
97-109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 3
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.
Getz, Peter.
Brandt, John.
Shirk, Joseph.
Industrial arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Inventions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Agricultural machinery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 3 (1983), p. 97-109Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author
Clark, William T.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
973.781 C596
Polk. Facing the same troops they held off at Perryville, the 79th held their ground all day until being ordered from the field after expending all their ammunition. In July of 1864, the 79th had the honor ofparticipating in the lead ofthe counter charge at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek. Captain
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Responsibility
Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
Author
Clark, William T.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
10 vols. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."
Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.
Contents
vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Davis, William G.
Davis, Janet B.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 C596
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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
burial service for Nathaniel Ellmaker Hager. 1991. Insert 9 “An Old-Timer Recalls Memorable Dinner Down at Cross Creek,” by Cynthia Parks. Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida. Article is about an elite private club called Mensheviki. April 1991. Insert 10 “New book Highlights Decorating Trends
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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Description
This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.
Date Range
1912-2000
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
2000
Date of Accumulation
1912-2000
Creator
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Appel, Roberts R.
Browne, George I.
Cooper, John Wallace
Cramer, Margaret Snader
Cramer, William Stuart
Davidson, Paul
Dippell, Marion Fox
Dippell, Victor William
Distler, Theodore A.
Donner, M. M.
Dotterer, Ray H.
Duke, Robert W.
Hager, E. M.
Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker
Hamblin, Dora Jane
Hartman, Edwin Mitman
Hartman, Mr.
Herman, Emma Garrigan
Herman, Theodore F.
Honig, Margaret
Honig, Stanley
Jefferson, Thomas
Jordan, Paul
Jurgelski, Susan
Kell, R. M.
Kilby, Tom
Kunkel, Arthur King
Lincoln, Abraham
Maugans, David
Mencken, Henry Louis
Michalak, Beverly
Michalak, Stanley
Moore, C. Eugene
Parks, Cynthia
Poole, H. Herbert
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roy, John
Rudisill, Carl
Rudisill, Flo
Sayres, Alfred Nevin
Schmitchew, Peter
Schwalm, Ted
Smith, Howard P.
Steinmetz, Rollin
Thornley, Richard
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Obituaries
Search Terms
Accomac Inn
Alfred's Victorian Restaurant
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Bynden Wood
Conestoga Bridge
Correspondence
Finding aids
Flyers
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton Club
Huachung University
Letters
Manuscript groups
Membership
Minutes
Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Outings
Poetry
Republican Party
Restaurants
Sphinx Club
St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Trivia
World War II
WWII
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0341
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2004.MG0341
Other Numbers
MG-341
Classification
MG0341
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.
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Twenty feet high and ten years wide : a history of prison escapes from the Lancaster County Jail

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Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Date of Publication
1983
civilian clothes. It was found that they had made these themselves out of blankets from the prison. The prisoners had been seen going out Rockland Street Pike. At the "old factory bridge" eight of the convicts crossed the creek but separated there. A party of three, which apparently included Frankford
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Responsibility
by Patrick M. McSherry.
Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
126-157 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 87, no. 4
Subjects
Lancaster County Prison (Pa.)
Escapes.
Prisons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 87, number 4 (1983), p. 126-157Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.87
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Two rivers and a village : The story of Safe Harbor

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Author
Schuleen, Ernest T.
Date of Publication
1981
Harbor both physically and politically. Early Settlement at Safe Harbor The Susquehanna River and the lower Conestoga River had long been a favorite fishing ground of the Indians, and the early whites were quick to learn of this fact. Fisheries for shad and other species were established, and hotels be
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Responsibility
by Ernest T. Schuleen.
Author
Schuleen, Ernest T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1981
Physical Description
82-123 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 85, no. 3
Subjects
Safe Harbor (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 85, number 3 (1981), p. 82-123Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.85
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The defense of Columbia, June 1863

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Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Date of Publication
1980
night we had 'a good time' of which I may say a few words to commemorate one of the pleasantest scenes of our experience here. A party of our company had been down to the dam to fish with little success, when about the time for returning a gentleman who owned a basket in the river,. kindly offered to go
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Responsibility
by Patrick M. McSherry.
Author
McSherry, Patrick M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
135-154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no.3
Subjects
Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 3 (1980), p. 135-154Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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