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Wikipedia Widener University was founded in 1821 as the Bullock School for Boys preparatory school in Wilmington, Delaware, by John Bullock. Bullock operated the school until 1846 when it was sold to Samuel Alsop and renamed the Alsop School for Boys . In 1853, the school was sold to Theodore Hyatt and renamed the Hyatt's Select School for Boys , and again in 1859 to the Delaware Military Acade...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Official Website History Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester were the three Pennsylvania counties initially created by William Penn on August 24, 1682. At that time, Chester County's borders were Philadelphia County to the north, the ill-defined western edge of the colony (approximately the Susquehanna R...
This cemetery is located on 1391 State Road 36, Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina. It's also known as Hopewell ARP Church Cemetery and Hopewell Associate Reform Presbyterian Church Cemetery . Find a Grave
This cemetery, is located on the Chester County/Fairfield County Line. The cemetery has folks buried from both counties. It's located on SC Highway 901. Find a Grave
Many of my ancestors came from Scotland and England and Germany to settle in Chester County Pennsylvania. Most likely, they landed in Philadelphia and came up the Susquehanna River and settled in the lovely Chester County area. The Lenape Indian area, Swedes settled the area followed by the Dutch and William Penn, who had a fleet of ships that landed in Philadelphia. This history is presented i...
This cemetery is located on 815 Chester Avenue, Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina. Find a Grave USGW Archives
This old cemetery is located on 2330 Old Catholic Church Road, Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina. Find a Grave SC Picture Project Historical Marker Database
This cemetery, established in 1824, is located in Fort Lawn, Chester County, South Carolina. It's also known as Fort Lawn Cemetery . Find a Grave
Just north of the intersection of State Road 32/Fishing Creek Church Road & State Road 50/ Millen Road on the East side of the road. This Presbyterian Congregation is believed to have first organized ca 1752. The present building dates from 1785 and was enclosed in brick in 1958. The remains of Colonial era settlers and veterans from all our country's major wars are buried in this cemetery. ...
Duffy's Cut is the name given to a stretch of railroad tracks about 30 miles west of Philadelphia , United States, originally built for the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in the summer and fall of 1832. The line later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Main Line. Railroad contractor Philip Duffy hired 57 Irish immigrants to lay this line through the area's densely wooded hills and r...
This cemetery is located on 60 Forest Lake Road, Winchester, Chester County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
The cemetery, located in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, was established in 1867. It has no signage to tell a visitor what cemetery they are in and the office at the cemetery is no longer operating. All inquiries for this cemetery should be directed to Mt. Zion Cemetery in Pottstown, where the records and paper maps are also available for Morris Cemetery. The phone number at Mt. Z...
The cemetery is located on 945 West End Road, Highway 72, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Purity Presbyterian Church, originally known as Bull Run Presbyterian Church, was organized about 1770. It was located about 2 ½ miles S.E. of Chester, South Carolina, off the Great Falls Road. The church’s cemetery has been there since 1787 making it one of the county’s most historic burial grounds. Old Purity Society Find a Grave More Than Just a Cemetery
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chester County, Tennessee. Official Website Chester County was the last county formed in Tennessee, created by the General Assembly in 1875 from adjacent parts of neighboring Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, and Madison counties. This land was used to create a county named Wisdom County, but "Wisdom County" was never organized, and in ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chester County, South Carolina.= Official Website =Chester County, South Carolina had its beginning in 1750 when the Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia made their way into the area, settling on Rocky Creek and Fishing Creek. The County was originally part of Craven County, a large region which encompasses much of the Upcountry...
The cemetery is located on 2995 Cemetery Road, Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is also known as Our Lady of Consolation Church Cemetery , Parkesburg Catholic Cemetery and West Sadsbury Catholic Cemetery . Find a Grave
The Brownback's United Church of Christ is located at 640 Ridge Road (which is Rt. 23), Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The following information is from a church history compiled in 1930. Discipline Adopted May 18, 1743 Log Church Built 1743 Stone Church 1800 Rebuilt 1850-1878 Tower and Sunday School 1906 The land for the church and adjoining cemetery was donated by Gerhard Brumb...
Bradford Friends Meetinghouse, also known as Marshallton Meeting House, is an historic Quaker meeting house located at Marshallton in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1764–1765, and is a one-story, stone structure with a gable roof. A porch was added to two sides of the building in the 19th century. The interior is divided into four rooms, rather than the cu...
The cemetery is located on 521 Northbrook Road, Marshallton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave USGW Archives
The Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery is located at 1235 Birmingham Road in West Chester, [Chester County], Pennsylvania. We are a non-profit cemetery in a rural, peaceful, country setting of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The treelined stone drives, memorial garden and abundant variety of trees throughout the cemetery provide a bucolic environment. Our Cemetery is rich in history that dates bac...
Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina: Find a Grave
Finished in 1860 as Atglen Methodist Church, the church is now known as Faith Community UMC, and likewise, the cemetery is known as Faith Community United Methodist Cemetery . The cemetery and church are located on 332 Chester Street, Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
Saint Peter’s Pikeland United Church of Christ, which originated as a German Reformed Congregation, is located part way down Pikeland Hill on Clover Mill Road in Chester Springs, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The church is known locally as the “Lower Pikeland Church” or simply the “Lower Church”. Saint Peter’s Pikeland United Church of Christ (UCC) owns the cemetery located between Saint Peter...
This project is for those buried in Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, Chester County, South Carolina. Find a Grave Union ARP Church