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Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Upper Paxton Township – Part 1

| December 22, 2011

Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located just north of Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township.  In traveling west from Rife, the Free Grace Church appears on the left and within a short distance, on the other side of the road, there is a sign for Keefer’s Road.  Turn right at Keefer’s Road and the […]

Zion (Hoover’s) Church and Cemetery, Rife – Part 2

| December 14, 2011

Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville.  Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George.  […]

Zion (Hoover’s) Church and Cemetery, Rife – Part 1

| December 13, 2011

Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville.  Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George.  […]

Emanuel United Brethren (Forney’s) Cemetery, Rife (Washington Township)

| December 9, 2011

The Emanuel United Brethren Cemetery, also known as Forney’s Cemetery, is located in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (original post office address Rife).  Heading west out of Elizabethville on Route 209 traveling toward Millersburg, cross over the bridge at Wiconisco Creek and take the first left on Dam Hill Road and then the first right […]

Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 8

| December 4, 2011

Today, the blog post  again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]