Who owns the Coover Farm Cemetery? So, the story of Barbace began with these pictures. A cemetery, a tree that had grown into some headstones, later, the tree cut down and today, you cannot find that tree nor the stones. The second event that pulled me into genealogy was a letter from Harriet Armstrong telling… Continue reading Who Owns Coover Farm Cemetery
Category: Cemetery
Coover Farm Cemetery The Missing Headstone
The Missing Headstone Coover Farm Cemetery is the home of the graves of the John Coover family. John, about six years prior to his death, decided that the old cemetery at Barbace Farm outside of Mechanicsburg would be his final resting place. His wife, Salome Keller’s parents owned the farm and her parents, Martin and… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery The Missing Headstone
Cocklins Church Graveyard
Cocklins Church Graveyard LOCATION Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2267692/cocklins-church-graveyard The Cocklins Church Graveyard is located due south of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, just west of highway 15 on West Lisburn Road. George Coover ( – 1830) Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for George Coover (unknown–1830), Find a Grave Memorial no. 73515547, citing Cocklins… Continue reading Cocklins Church Graveyard
Coover Farm Cemetery Who is buried there?
Coover Farm Cemetery (Barbace) Also known as the Coover-Keller Cemetery, Coover-Hummel Farm Cemetery or Barbace. Barbace has a long history which will be found in the stories on this website. Story of Barbace Ownership of Coover Farm Cemetery Many Coover’s and Keller’s are buried there. Most notable are shown below. George Coover (1741 – 1820)… Continue reading Coover Farm Cemetery Who is buried there?
Trinity Cemetery
Trinity Cemetery LOCATION 2971 West Lake RoadErie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 16505 USA PHONE 814-838-7724 https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/46488/trinity-cemetery/photo Who is buried here: Martin Weindorff Elizabeth Lehn Weindorff Elizabeth Lehn Weindorff (1822-1875) Location within cemetery is unknown.
Erie Cemetery
Erie Cemetery LOCATION 2116 Chestnut StreetErie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 16502 USA www.eriecemeteryassoc.com/locate-a-loved-one Who is buried here: Walter Lee and Elizabeth Kauffman Clara Keller Wright and her son, Eduard Keller Wright John and Katharine Law Wright John and Virginia McCarthy
EWK The Early Years
Elizabeth was born in Erie, PA on October 31, 1904 to John and Clara Wright. John was 36, a doctor His father was also a doctor. The family was from the Jamestown, NY area. Clara Keller Wright was 32, a local girl whose family had emigrated to the US from Germany several generations ago. They… Continue reading EWK The Early Years
Lakeside Cemetery
LOCATION 1718 East Lake RoadErie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 16511 USA PHONE 814-459-8200 https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/45245/lakeside-cemetery Who is buried here: Christine Weindorf Keller (1846 – 1896) Eduard Keller (1845 – 1919)
Walter Lee Kauffman 2nd
I have broken the life of WLK up into sections: The early days Military Service WKBN Courting EKW The later years Patents
Chestnut Hills Cemetery
Chestnut Hill Cemetery LOCATION 319 W. Winding Hill RoadMechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/44583/chestnut-hill-cemetery Founded in 1862 by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Chestnut Hill Cemetery is one of the Mechanicsburg area’s most historic landmarks. On June 28, 1863, when General Albert Jenkins marched his 700 or so cavalrymen through Mechanicsburg and demanded that the… Continue reading Chestnut Hills Cemetery