Our Soldiers of 1812

In the spring of 1814, Andrew Hensel and John Gipe (Gype) mustered into federal service with the Pennsylvania Militia at Carlisle, PA, joining Capt. John McMillin’s company under the command of Col. James Fenton. As members of the 5th Detachment, they were quickly...

Our Cousin’s Civil War Movements

Pennsylvania – Organization and Mustering (1861–1863) In Harrisburg, David Thompson and John Updegrove were mustered into Company H (“Warren Guards”). Adam R organized Company L as an independent unit at Camp Cameron. Alex F Thompson mustered into Company G of...

Our Educated Legacy

Our children’s progressive roots run deep. Grandmother Shirley, born in 1935 to Irvin and Mamie Duncan, grew up in a family that revered the legacy of FDR. Shirley, an independent with liberal leanings, cast her first vote for John F. Kennedy in 1960 and became a...

Michael Keefer and Margaret Matilda Bucher of Sunbury

Michael Keefer and Margaret Matilda Bucher were born, married, raised their family, and passed away all within the radius of a very few miles. The town of Sunbury, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, was the focus for all the events of their lives. The farthest...

Memories by Beatrice Thompson Moyer

Daughter Of Abraham Thompson, Granddaughter Of Alexander Thompson The only memory I have of my daddy was at age 4 ½. That year 1911, I cut my chin on the wooden tub. My daddy always let me wash his back when he knelt at the tub to start his bath after a day of work in...