Norman Gasbarro | March 8, 2011
St. Peter’s Lutheran and Reformed Church (Fetterhoff’s) The current Fetterhoff’s Church in Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built in 1858 and the building dedication took place the next year. At the time of construction, this Union church was served by Lutheran pastor, Rev. F. Waltz, and Reformed pastor, Rev. N. E. Bressler. The first church […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 1, 2011
One resources which is especially helpful in locating graves of Civil War soldiers is the web site “Find A Grave.” The site was created in 1995 by Jim Tipton, who states, “I created the Find A Grave website because I could not find an existing site that catered to my hobby of visiting the graves […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 25, 2011
Capt. Richard Budd, a lumberman from Williamstown, Pennsylvania, was born in Queen’s County, Ireland, 1 April 1832, the son Benjamin Budd and Mary [Larns] Budd. When Richard was seven years old, his father died and the family farm was sold to an English lord. In 1840, Richard’s mother decided to emigrate to America. Sailing from […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2011
James Cox (1833-1909), who was the son of Samuel Cox and Hannah [Padmore] Cox, was born in Abersychan, Montmouthshire, England on 15 November 1833. Four years later his parents brought him to America along with his siblings Ben and and Mary. At first they settled in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania but later moved to Swatara, […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 23, 2011
Nicholas Adams (1843-1927) was born in Sacramento, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Some sources give his birth date as 20 April 1843 while other sources give it in March. He was the son of Nicholas Adams and Salome [Hoffa] Adams of Sacramento, who had twenty-one children, among them the sisters Hannah Adams and Ellen Adams, […]
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