Ellmaker Graveyard, Earl Township, Lancaster County
Ellmaker Graveyard,Earl Township The following is transcribed from William Frederic Worner, “Ellmaker Graveyard, Earl Township,” Worner Collection, Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, volume 1, number 20, pages 134-138. ———Inscriptions:…
History of Warren County, Brief Personals – Surnames H – J
BRIEF PERSONALS (Surnames H – J) Hale, Danford, Ackley Station p.o., Pine Grove, was born in Brattleboro, Windham county, Vt., in 1833. He married Lurina Ames, and had two children…
History of Warren County, Brief Personals Surnames K – N
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames K – N) Kablin, Christian, Warren p.o., Glade. Lawrence Kablin came to this country nearly forty years ago, bringing his children – Lawrence, jr., Barbara, Magdalene, John,…
History of Danville, St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church I have consulted the authentic records of the Methodist Episcopal church and also drawn largely on the memory of those who watched its progress with…
History of Danville, Sagebarg
Sagebarg Sageburg, sometimes called East Danville, is perhaps the most enterprising as well as the most beautiful section of this borough, and mainly constitutes the Second ward. . From the…
History of Danville, Journalism and Newspapers
Journalism Generally speaking, journalism in Danville is not in the front line of local progress. There is an evident want of the comprehensive power and consequent influence of the progressive…
History of Danville, Montgomery Building
Montgomery Building Alexander Montgomery, who was born in the old mansion across the street from this building, and who died at the age of three score and ten, in the…
History of Danville, Random Items
Random Items The steam mill on Church street was built by P. Baldy, senior, in 1839. It is a solid, stone structure and is still in operation. Abram Sechler, the…
History of Danville, Population
Population The population of Danville, owing to its large manufactories, is somewhat fluctuating. Though of late years even the once floating element is becoming more permanent. The reason is found…
History of Danville, The Old Block-House
The Old Block-House The spirit of improvement has rudely laid its relentless hands on the time-honored memorials of auld lang syne. One by one the old, familiar objects that were…