by Deb | Jan 22, 2021 | Bell Family, Generations Remembered, Hershey Family, Uncategorized, White Family
Cousin Bill McCord ran across a photo that belonged to Great Grandma Effie Long Bell and passed it along to me. The back of the photo reads “Isaac Long Barn of Landisville (it is really in Landis Valley), Lancaster Co., Penna. From this farm David Long came to...
by Deb | Jan 10, 2021 | Brown Family
I have been very late in posting that Delbert Brown, brother of Martha Brown White, too passed away just a month and a day after her. Uncle Delly died October 12, 2020, 83 years old. As we all know, due to Covid-19 funeral services are private so no one could attend....
by Deb | Sep 13, 2020 | Brown Family, Duart Family, Shoemaker Family, Uncategorized, White Family
It is with sadness that I share that my Mom, Martha B. White passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020 at Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, PA. She moved to Elizabethtown 5 years ago, so I have had the privilege to share her last few years. She has been such a trooper,...
by Deb | Sep 3, 2020 | Generations Remembered, White Family
Prospective Eagle Scout, Jonathan Garula has chosen cleaning and restoring the Gailey-White cemetery as part of his project. He and his volunteers have replaced both bridges, removed a large tree, filled groundhog holes, righted and cleaned the stones. Jonathan did...
by Deb | Apr 5, 2020 | White Family
I have been working on additional Patriots for the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) from my White and Brown family lines and have added three, with one more in the cue to be approved. The first is George Eckert, born in 1743, possibly Earl Township,...
by Deb | Jan 18, 2020 | White Family
It is with great sadness that I pass along the news of Mary Spencer Betts (daughter of Howard and Mary White Spencer) has left us to join Bill and Kerry. She had been fighting cancer for about a year and wasn’t expected to be with us until Thanksgiving 2019, but...
by Deb | Jul 8, 2019 | Duart Family, Shoemaker Family
Descendants of John Wesley Duart and Joseph Shoemaker, this is for you. Our ancestors of the PA Co. C, 7th Cavalry, fought in the Battle of Stones River or Murfreesboro, TN near Shelbysville, TN. Joseph Shoemaker fell from his horse, was severely injured and continued...
by Deb | Jun 11, 2019 | Daughters, Hershey Family
My granddaughter, Kali Martin, approached me about joining the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. I was elated that one of the younger generation was interested in joining a group in which I am so involve. It didn’t take long for me to get...
by Deb | May 6, 2019 | Daughters
May 16th 2019 the Harrisburg Chapter, NSDAR will release their newest book “They Forged Our Path To Freedom: Patriots, Founders, Members 125Years of Pride 1894-2019”, in celebration of 125 years of history. The chapter has assembled biographies on the...
by Deb | Sep 24, 2018 | Generations Remembered, Hershey Family
I am working on a project for the Hiram Charles family of Lancaster County, PA and would like to hear from any members who are willing to provide a DNA sample for family research. Depending on your family relationship, a DNA kit may be provided. This project will use...
