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Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown (Part 1 of 3)

| August 1, 2011

  This is the first of three posts on the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The cemetery is located at the east end of Williamstown on the north side of Market Street.  Today, and for the next two days, a total of eighteen grave markers will be shown from this cemetery with information […]

Sweitzer’s Memorial Cemetery, Berrysburg

| July 20, 2011

Sweitzer’s Memorial Cemetery is located on the western side of Main Street (Route 225) heading south out of the center of Berrysburg toward Elizabethville.  The cemetery is also known as the “E.U.B. Cemetery.”  It’s a large cemetery with several sections and offers a nice view of the valley – including the spire of the St. […]

Pvt. Jonas Swab – Wagon Manufacturer

| February 17, 2011

Jonas Swab, son of Daniel Swab and Sally [Heller] Swab, was born 18 Mar 1843 in Washington Township, Dauphin County.  He attended the schools in the township and worked on the farm of his father, whom he assisted in clearing the land of six or seven acres of timber.  When he was eighteen years old […]