Harmony Township & vicinity
Exploring the history of Harmony Township, PA and vicinity.
Stories, photographs and records from our local past.
This little cemetery is located on Kelsey Road in/near the little community of Danville, NY but it has a Deposit, New York address. It lies about 200 yards north of the famous Red Barn, on the same side of the road. A perfect description would be – “a…
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This section 4 of the Lanesboro Cemetery lies on the left hand side of the drive, past Section 3 that faces outward to the Main Street of Lanesboro. It is also the last set of stones the lies within this cemetery. The nicely paved driveway circles up, to…
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This section 3 of the Lanesboro Cemetery is the biggest and oldest part of the graveyard. With a high grassy terrace dotted with stones and monuments, it faces out towards the Main Street. A nicely paved drive circles up and around this segment with a lovely meadow type…
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This section 2 of the Lanesboro Cemetery lies on the right hand side of the drive going in to the Cemetery from the Main Street entrance. Section 1 is on the immediate right and Section 2 is above this section, past a large stand of trees. The paved…
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The Lanesboro Cemetery is located on the Main Street that runs right through the little village of historic Lanesboro, PA. With its crisp chain link fencing, paved pathways twining through out the different sections, this lovely country cemetery is neat, clean and very well kept. Because it is…
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The Veterans Buried at Stevens Point Cemetery
Read full post: The Veterans Buried at Stevens Point Cemetery →Harmony Deaths 1893-1905 The entries below, abstracted from Books I & II, Susquehanna Deaths, Recorder’s Office, Susquehanna Co. Court House, Montrose, PA, are either deaths that occurred in Harmony Twp. or deaths that occurred elsewhere with burial in the Brandt Cemetery. Charles Alexander, married, b Jackson, Farmer, d…
Read full post: Extracts From Books I and II, Susquehanna Deaths, Susquehanna County Courthouse, Montrose, PA (Brandt Burials – Unmarked Graves) →Bowdish, Miles - Died July 22, 1917, Aged 79 Brooker, Dewitt C. - Died Apr. 21, 1913, Aged 71 Butts, Geraldine - Died Sept. 2, 1930 Butts, Nathan Jr. - Died Aug. 2, 1923 Aged 25 Butts, Nathan - Died July 27, 1947, Aged 54 yrs. Butts, Rachel…
Read full post: Extracts From Old Records (Mumford Funeral Home, Starrucca, PA) Susquehanna County Historical Society, Montrose, PA (Unmarked Graves at Brandt) →Bergmuller, William - Died May 2, 1880 Beutelspacher, Elizabeth - Mar. 9, 1878, Aged 13 yrs. (Dau. of Charles and Emma Beutelspacher) Beutelspacher, William H. - May 5, 1886 Aged 19 yrs. (Son of of Charles and Emma Beutelspacher) Buckley, Villette I. - 1881-1882 Butts, Norman D., Sr.-…
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It is a warm summer morning in Brandt and a high-stepping horse draws a battered two wheeled cart up through the dewy grasses to a low meadow. Black plumes bounce with his every step, black garlands drape a wooden casket. The horse tramps nervously, flicking his ears back…
Read full post: The Brandt Cemetery →Dr. J. S. Brandt – Dental Surgeon, Erie Ave. over Post Office, Susquehanna The prominent and leading gentleman engaged in the dental profession in this part of the State of Penna. is Dr. J. S. Brandt, whose dental parlors are neatly and tastefully arranged, and provided with every…
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Scanned signatures from Emma's autograph book can be found in the Emma Seamans gallery.
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