Many, many years ago, a Pig Book appeared into the Kauffman Family, probably along the early days when your grandfather (or great grandfather) was growing up. It was a guest book, signed by many visitors to their household. And it told many stories about pigs. Each guest had to draw a pig! But here is… Continue reading The Pig Book
Month: May 2021
Furniture and Artifacts of the Kauffman Family
This blog contains a presentation of furniture, chairs, lamps, and other artifacts of the Kauffman family. Most of this resided at 431 Hilltop from which it was dispersed to the siblings. Chinese Chest This Chinese Chest and another crossed the country from Hazelton and Mechanicsburg to Vancouver WA back in 1887 when the newlyweds, Percival… Continue reading Furniture and Artifacts of the Kauffman Family
The Army Career of WLK2
The Kauffman brothers prepare for their service in the army starting at an early age. Walter enlisted in the Army as a private. His brother, Bart, joined as a Captain on the basis of his college degree.His registration card shows him as 21 years of age. He claims exemption from the draft because he is… Continue reading The Army Career of WLK2
Elizabeth Keller Wright Photo Album Age 5 or so
Coover Farm Cemetery Reinternment of Coovers
Walter Lee Kauffman corresponded with Professor Melanchthon Coover over the years pertaining to details on the Coover family and the professor’s upcoming book. He was particularly interested in the reinternment of Dieterich Coover and his wife and secondarily his son, George Coover and his wife. George and his wife were the subjects of a rare… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery Reinternment of Coovers
Coover Farm Cemetery PA Real-Time News
As warehouses replaced farms, 1800s cemetery decayed — until luck and scouts stepped in Updated Jan 05, 2019; Posted Apr 20, 2017 The Coover Farm Cemetery in Hampden Township, which dates back to the early 1800s. The cemetery was once part of a farm that was parceled off for industrial development. The cemetery itself was largely… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery PA Real-Time News
Coover Farm Cemetery Maintenance
Uncle Walt had long searched for a strategy to maintain the cemetery. He tried to get Coover daughters and their families to commit to a plan. But to no avail. My dream when I got involved was to have a Kauffman event in Mechanicsburg and clean up the cemetery. But other than a few visits… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery Maintenance
Coover Farm Cemetery Backstory
So, the story of my interest in genealogy began with these pictures. They were in one of many notebooks assembled by Walter Lee Kauffman, my great uncle, back in the 1930s. Uncle Walt in his later years, became an avid genealogist and the Coover Farm Cemetery or Barbace was where his grandparents and great grandparents… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery Backstory