Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France, the first son of king Louis XVI. Located within the county is Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, site of the 1979 nuclear core meltdown. The county con...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is the capital city of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. Official Website Early Settlement The site along the Susquehanna River in which Harrisburg is located is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin,...
This project is to track those who are or were a part of making Middletown what it is today. Middletown is the oldest town in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, having been founded in 1755. It is bordered on one side by the Susquehanna River and the Swatara Creek on the other. It has a very rich history, including canals, railroads, and ex-military base, Fort Meade, which was used during the Civil W...
This cemetery is located on 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and dates back to about 1873. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Middletown Cemetery, located on 675 North Spring Street, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Notable Burials Hinkey Haines (1898-1979) - MLB Player Hon. John Winebrenner Rife (1846-1908) - US Congress Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958) - Actress Links Find a Grave Official Website 1855-1919 Burial Records
Located about one mile north of Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and overlooking the little village of the same name, the Union Deposit Cemetery predates the Civil War. There are some graves that even predate the cemetery as churchyards in Union Deposit moved moved their burials to this cemetery. Several of these older stones are carved in German as most of the residents at one time were ...
The installation saw its first military use by the United States Army Signal Corps in 1898. The first known use of the field by military aircraft was when Middletown Airfield opened in 1917 as a supply depot and maintenance center for Signal Corps aircraft. The installation was renamed in honor of 1st Lieutenant Robert Sanford Olmsted, U.S. Army Air Service, on 11 March 1948. First Lieutenant ...
This project is for those buried in the Russian Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
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...
This cemetery is located on 36 Jacobs Church Road, Waynesville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 4075 Derry Street, Swatara Township, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. Find a Grave
This cemetery started in 1880, was first known as Riverview Cemetery because it overlooks the Susquehanna River. It is located one half mile from the intersection of U. S. Rt. 22 and State Route 443 in the area once known as Heckton in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery is located on the corner of Rise Street and Wind Hill Drive, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Halifax Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery . A placard states the church was known as the "Beehive Church" from circa 1802-1851 both because of its beehive shape and the people who came to in were like a swarm of bees. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 1493 Armstrong Valley Road, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Fetterhoff's Church Cemetery , St. Peter's Lutheran Fetterhoff's Church Cemetery and St. Peter's-Fetterhoff's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery . Find a Grave
It began in 1875, a legacy unfolding on the gentle slopes of East Harrisburg. On that ground, in the Borough of Penbrook, a simple cemetery of remembrance was established that over the years has expanded to include reflective grounds, a greenbelt for the community, and a heritage unlike any other in greater Harrisburg. East Harrisburg Cemetery is more than just a cemetery. It is a place where ...
This project is for those buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, located on 313 Market Street, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave Billion Graves Civil War Blog of soldiers' burials
Please add those buried in Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Oberlin Cemetery . Find a Grave
The Memorial Gardens are located on 6701 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
In Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, drive east on East Market Street, then, turn left onto Sweikert Street. The cemetery is on your right. It is a small Catholic Parish cemetery which is very well maintained. It contains the remains from the "old" sunken cemetery in Williamstown. Find a Grave
This Jewish cemetery is located on 701 North Paxtang Avenue, Paxtang, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
Please add those buried in Stauffer's Mennonite Church Cemetery, Bachmanville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rife, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, also known as Klinger's Church Cemetery , Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
The cemetery is on the top of Lincoln Street in Steelton and was founded in 1876, for whites, by Josiah Dunkle. It is just across Steelton city line in Swatara Township, in Dauphin County. There are no longer any restrictions on what color of people may be buried here. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave PA GenWeb