Category: Cemetery
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Coover Farm Cemetery Historic Trust
The Coover Farm Cemetery Historic Trust is a land area containing a cemetery that dates to the beginnings of the 1800s. Located outside the town of Mechanicsburg, PA, it was initially a part of the farm owned by Martinius Keller. Keller purchased the farm for 246 pounds from Simon Grouse in 1810. The plantation “Barbace”… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery Historic Trust
The Quest for Isaac Baer Kauffman’s Burial Place
As we know, the Kauffman’s are buried in a variety of locations. Walter Lee Kauffman 2nd – Our father, your grandfather, is buried with our mother, in Erie Cemetery in Erie PA. Percival Barton Kauffman – Uncle Bart is buried at Arlington Cemetery, just outside of Washington, DC. Their parents, Percival Coover Kauffman and Katharine Barton Kauffman are… Continue reading The Quest for Isaac Baer Kauffman’s Burial Place
Abbeyville Meeting House Cemetery
Plotting the Story of the Abbeyville Mennonite Meetinghouse and Cemetery … Peter Brubaker This is the burial place of Isaac Kauffman. Isaac lived on a farm with his children not far from the meeting house. When I visited the house back in 200?, I learned from Jere Dickerson that there were many graves in the area that… Continue reading Abbeyville Meeting House Cemetery
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
Coover Farm News
Pennsylvania Real-Time News As warehouses replaced farms, 1800s cemetery decayed — until luck and scouts stepped in Updated Jan 05, 2019; Posted Apr 20, 2017 In her will, Salome Coover left specific instructions for her survivors. In formal yet flowing script, she provided not only for their comfort and care, but also for that of the… Continue reading Coover Farm News