Facing the Past: An Archive of Those Gone Before
​Family Names A-B

Last Names of Individuals Currently Appearing on This Page
(In most cases, women appear under their married names.)

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​Alkire
​Appel
​Atwood
​Ausherman
​Babington
​Baer
​Baker
Barkdoll
​Barkman
​Bartgis
​Beachley
​Bear
​Betts
Bishop

Biser
​Biddle
​Bidle
​Bittle
Blessing
Blickenstaff
​Brandenburg
​Bowlus
​Boward
​Bregenzer
​Brown​

Bruner
​Brunner
Burhman
​Burns
​Burtner
Bussard
​Butts
Buzard
​Byrd

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John Nicholas Adkins (1877-1955). Myersville resident; son of John and Amanda Lewis Adkins.

Emeline Louisa Main Ahalt (1841-1900). Daughter of Capt. Daniel Main and Malinda Horine Main; wife of Jacob Lewis Ahalt of Middletown.

Emeline Louisa Main Ahalt (1841-1900). Daughter of Capt. Daniel Main and Malinda Horine Main; wife of Jacob Lewis Ahalt of Middletown.

George Edward Ahalt (1920-2014) and Nelva Jane Hubble Ahalt (1930-2019). Myersville residents. He: Son of Harry and Maude Stup Ahalt.

Jacob Lewis Ahalt (1836-1924) and Charles Lewis Ahalt (1866-1924). Husband and son of Emeline Louisa Main Ahalt.

Rebekah Ann Summers Alkire (1943-2000). Myersville native; daughter of C. Albert Summers and Anna Mary Summers.

John Henry Appel (1802-1882) and Anna Maria Routzahn Appel (1815-1879). She: Daughter of Christian Conrad Routzahn and Maria Barbara Sheffer of the Middletown Valley; removed to Illinois with her husband.

Joseph Bowie Atwood (1907-1989) and Miriam S. Hedges Atwood (1907-1984). He: Son of William Milton Atwood and Eva Lee Atwood. She: Daughter of Leslie E. and Harriett May Getzendanner Hedges.

Mirium S. Hedges Atwood (1907-1984). Daughter of Leslie E. and Harriett May Getzendanner Hedges; wife of Joseph Bowie Atwood.

Earl Summers Ausherman (1905-1985). Native of Myersville; son of David Edward Ausherman and Effie Lucinda Summers Ausherman.

Edward Lawson Babington (1869-1958). Harmony native; son of Isiah Brown Caroline Wise Brown Babington; later moved to Boonsboro.

Joseph Babington (1886-1889) and Caroline Wise Brown Babington (1827-1901). He: Son of Andrew and Hannah Maria Leinbaugh Babington; resident of Harmony. She: Widow of Isiah Brown.

Lemuel Chancler Babington (1870-1905). Harmony native; son of William Henry Babington and Amanda Catherine Moser.

James Elmer Baer (1872-1927). Wolfsville resident; son of Simon Peter and Louisa Catherine Marken Baer; husband of Susan Oswald Martin.

Amanda Catherine Delauter Baker (1841-1912). Wife of Ezra Baker, Harmony; daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lowery Delauter.

Ezra Baker (1831-1932). Harmony millwright; centenarian; son of John and Nancy Ann Moser Baker.

Ezra Baker (1831-1932). Harmony millwright; centenarian; son of John and Nancy Ann Moser Baker.

Ezra Baker (1831-1932), seated, with his son Lewis N. Baker (1861-1949), grandson Charles Baker (1888-1935), great-granddaughter Ruth E. Baker Gaver (1898-1993), and great-great-grandson Bernard R. Gaver (1917-1989). All of Harmony.

Flossie Kline Baker (1901-1951). Daughter of Charles Melanchton Kline and Rosa Vallie Schildknecht Kline of Wolfsville; wife of Harry Daniel Baker.

Henry Robert Lee Baker (1867-1929). Son of Ezra and Amanda Catherine Delauder Baker of Harmony.

Oda Manzella Hartsock Baker (1886-1958). Wife of Vernon Sylvester baker of Harmony.

Pauline Mae Frushour Baker (1930-2020). Daughter of Ralph Brian and Irma Elizabeth Gaver Frushour of Wolfsville; wife of Lester William Baker.

Lester William Baker (1925-2008) and Pauline Mae Frushour Baker (1930-2020). He: Native of Hagerstown and son of John Hubert Baker and Alice Virginia Virts. She: Daughter of Ralph Brian and Irma Elizabeth Gaver Frushour of Wolfsville.

Delbert Stauffer Barkdoll (1919-2006). Son of Delbert Sanders and Lois Gertrude Stouffer Barkdoll; Wolfsville resident; WWII vet.

Donald Charles Barkdoll (1927-2004). Wolfsville native and Myersville resident; son of George Washington and Cora Adella Marken Barkdoll.

Lorraine R. Kline Barkdoll (1927-2016). Daughter of Sherman A. and Florence E. Blickenstaff Kline; Wolfsville native; wife of Donald Charles Barkdoll.

Reba Mae Palmer Barkdoll (1922-1997). Wolfsville native; daughter of Tabitha Virginia Palmer and Jacob Ulysses Palmer; wife of Delbert Stouffer Barkdoll.

Reba Mae Palmer Barkdoll (1922-1997). Wolfsville native; daughter of Tabitha Virginia Palmer and Jacob Ulysses Palmer; wife of Delbert Stouffer Barkdoll.

Reba Mae Palmer Barkdoll (1922-1997) (left). Wolfsville native; daughter of Tabitha Virginia Palmer and Jacob Ulysses Palmer; wife of Delbert Stouffer Barkdoll. With her is her brother Russell Stroup Palmer and sister Elsie Manzella Palmer Metzer.

Elizabeth R. Schieldnecht Barkman (1857-1902). Daughter of Joseph and Eleanora Poffenberger Schildtknecht of Wolfsville; wife of James R. Barkman.

James R. Barkman (1856-1942). Wolfsville farmer.

Albert W. Bartgis (1854-1939). Ellerton produce seller.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990). Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker; wife of Charles Theodore Beachley.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990) and sister Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989). Pleasant Walk natives; daughters of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990). Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker; wife of Charles Theodore Beachley.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990). Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker; wife of Charles Theodore Beachley.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990). Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker; wife of Charles Theodore Beachley.

Mary Matilda Marker Beachley (1903-1990) and Charles Theodore Beachley (1902-1974). She: Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker; wife of Teddy Beachley. He: Burkittsville native; son of Howard and Mary Beachley.

David H. Bear (1878-1936). Son of Simon Peter and Louisa Catherine Marken Bear; Wolfsville native.

James Albert Bear (1916-1996). Son of James Elmer and Susan Oswald Martin Baer; Husband of Ida Irene Harshman Bear.

James Elmer Bear (1872-1927). Son of Simon Peter and Louisa Catherine Marken Bear; Wolfsville native.

Ida Irene Harshman Bear (1923-1979). Wolfsville native; daughter of Russell Daniel and Ruth Elizabeth Blickenstaff Harshman; wife of James Albert Bear.

Floyd Earl Betts (1885-1954). Silkweaver; resident of Pleasant Walk.

Grace Elizabeth Flook Bidle (1906-1998). Middletown native, later Myersville resident; daughter of Phillip Edward Flook and Elizabeth Ellen Remsburg Flook; wife of Walter S. Bidle.

Nellie Florence Harshman Bishop (1900-1988). Daughter of John Elmer Harshman and Laura Elizabeth Smith Harshman, native of Jerusalem.

Nellie Florence Harshman Bishop (1900-1988). Wife of Dwight David Bishop.

Erie Calvin Biser (1882-1957) (right) and Pearl hays Biser Huffer (1880-1905). Wolfsville natives; children of Melvin Americus and Marietta Hays Biser.

Erie Calvin Biser (1882-1957). Wolfsville native; son of Melvin Americus E. and Marietta Hays Biser.

Erie Calvin Biser (1882-1957) and Lizzie Adeline Coblentz Biser (1888-1979). He: Wolfsville native; son of Melvin Americus E. and Marietta Hays Biser. She: Middletown native; daughter of Martin Calvin and Ellen Brandenburg Coblentz.

Erie Calvin Biser (1882-1957). Wolfsville native; son of Melvin Americus E. and Marietta Hays Biser.

Lizzie Adeline Coblentz Biser (1888-1979). Middletown native; daughter of Martin Calvin and Ellen Brandenburg Coblentz; wife of Erie Calvin Biser.

Lizzie Adeline Coblentz Biser (1888-1979). Middletown native; daughter of Martin Calvin and Ellen Brandenburg Coblentz; wife of Erie Calvin Biser.

Melvin Americus Emerenth Biser (1853-1915) with Sister-in-Law Ella Hays Stottlemyer (?-1886) and Wife Marietta Hays Biser (1862-1887). He: Wolfsville native; son of Daniel A. Biser and Rosanna Stottlemyer.

Melvin Americus Emerenth Biser (1853-1915). Wolfsville native; son of Daniel A. Biser and Rosanna Stottlemyer.

Melvin Americus Emerenth Biser (1853-1915). Wolfsville native; son of Daniel A. Biser and Rosanna Stottlemyer.

Thadeus McCauley Biser (1854-1910). Wolfsville native; son of Daniel A. Biser and Rosanna Stottlemyer Biser.

David Frederick Bittle (1811-1876). Son of Thomas Bittle and Mary Baer Bittle of Myersville, he went on cofound Roanoke College in Roanoke, Virginia.

David Frederick Bittle (1811-1876). Son of Thomas Bittle and Mary Baer Bittle of Myersville, he went on cofound Roanoke College in Roanoke, Virginia.

Esther Louise Lambillotte Bittle (1922-1991). Long-time Main Street, Myersville resident; wife of Kyle Waters Bittle; Hagerstown native; leader of the Myersville Homemakers Club.

Esther Louise Lambillotte Bittle (1922-1991). Long-time Main Street, Myersville resident; wife of Kyle Waters Bittle; Hagerstown native; leader of the Myersville Homemakers Club.

George Waters Bittle (1866-1946). Myersville store owner; shot during robbery of business.

George Waters Bittle (1866-1946). Myersville store owner; shot during robbery of business.

George Waters Bittle (1866-1946). Myersville store owner; shot during robbery of business.

Fannie Martha Daisy Wise Brandenburg (1882-1986). Wife of Harmony's George Washington Wise; mother of 12, she had 118 descendants at the time of her passing.

Mary Elizabeth Routzahn Bittle (1865-1936). Daughter of Ezra and Sarah Catherine Harp Routzahn; Ellerton native; wife of George Waters Bittle, Main Street, Myersville merchant.

Mary Elizabeth Waters Bittle (1840-1893). Daughter of James Henry and Anna Waters; wife of Thomas Franklin Bittle; resident of Ellerton.

James Thomas Bittle (1872-1954). Resident of Myersville.

Lawson Franklin Bittle (1874-1948) and Loulie Asbelan Wachtel Bittle (1876-1952). He: Myersville merchant, son of William Metzger Bittle and Catherine Routzahn Bittle; She: daughter of George W. Wachtel and Louisa Metger Wachtel.

Thomas Clifford Bittle (1893-1949). Nephew of George Waters Bittle; native of Ellerton.

Thomas Clifford Bittle (1893-1949). Nephew of George Waters Bittle; native of Ellerton.

Thomas Franklin Bittle (1838-1917). Son of Jonathan and Rachael Bognor Bittle. Myersville native; Ellerton store operator.

Clayton Edward Blessing (1855-1922). Son of Parker George Blessing and grandson of George Blessing; migrated to Nebraska.

George Blessing (1794-1873). "Hero of Highland," fought Rebel marauders at his farm.

Parker George Blessing (1829-1866), son of George Blessing, "The Hero of Highland."

Daniel Webster Blickenstaff (1825-1898) and Mary Priscilla Hoover Blickenstaff (824-1881). He: Wolfsville native and farmer; She: Daughter of John (of John) and Susanna Harshman Hoover.

Elias Blickenstaff (1813-1902). Son of Joseph and Anna Rosina Protzman Blickenstaff of Wolfsville. Lifelong area farmer. Husband of Elizabeth Harley Blickenstaff.

Elma Maude Schroyer Blickenstaff (1892-1965). Wolfsville native; daughter or Trenton Corington Schroyer and Lola Estella Gaver Schroyer; wife of Thomas Nelson Blickenstaff.

George E. Blickenstaff (1932-2012) and Elizabeth Jane Summers Blickenstaff (1930-2003). He: Wolfsville native, resident of Myersville; son of Harry G. and Gladys A. Hoover Blickenstaff; founding father of Middletown Valley Athletic Association; coach for Myersville Little League. She: Daughter of Charles William Summers and Susie E. Miller Summers Kaetzel; professional in nursing administration and critical care.

Gladys Adella Hoover Blickenstaff (1905-1997). Daughter of Asbury E. and Mary V. Jennie Valentine Hoover of Wolfsville; wife of Harry Garfield Blickenstaff.

Harry Garfield Blickenstaff, Jr. (1910-2002), Wolfsville native.

Harry Garfield Blickenstaff, Jr. (1910-2002). Son of Harry Garfield Blickenstaff, Sr., and Mary Rebecca Kiine Blickenstaff; Wolfsville native.

Marvin Lee Blickenstaff (1930-2005.) Son of Harry Garfield Blickenstaff and Gladys Hoover Blickenstaff of Wolfsville.

Miriam Elizabeth Horine Blickenstaff (1897-1956). Myersville native; daughter of Alvey and Elizabeth Flook Horine; wife of Dorsey Ezra Blickenstaff.

Sarah Rebecca Betts Blickenstaff (1858-1937). Daughter of Samuel and Caroline Garnand Betts; wife of Simon Blickenstaff; Myersville area native.

Sarah Rebecca Betts Blickenstaff (1858-1937). Daughter of Samuel and Caroline Garnand Betts; wife of Simon Blickenstaff; Myersville area native.

Simeon Miconius Blickenstaff (1856-1927). Son of Daniel Webster and Mary Priscilla Hoover Blickenstaff of Wolfsville.

Thomas Nelson Blickenstaff (1888-1964). Wolfsville native; son of Nehemiah Rooklyn Blickenstaff and Ida Shuff Blickenstaff.

William Brent Blickenstaff (1956-2015). Wolfsville resident; son of George E. and Elizabeth Summers Blickenstaff.

Daniel A. Bowlus (1859-1932). Son of Middletown farmer William Henry Bowlus and Mary Catherine Sheffer Bowlus; husband of Lauretta Witmer Bowlus.

Daniel A. Bowlus (1859-1932). Son of Middletown farmer William Henry Bowlus and Mary Catherine Sheffer Bowlus; husband of Lauretta Witmer Bowlus.

Daniel Adam Bowlus (1859-1932) and Lauretta M. Witmer Bowlus (1868-1945).

Edgar Daniel Bowlus (1896-1980). Son of Daniel j. and Lauretta Witmer Bowlus; World War I veteran.

James Edgar Bowlus (1934-1998). Son of Edgar Daniel and Mary Catherine Shepley Bowlus; World War II veteran.

Lauretta M. Witmer Bowlus (1868-1945). Daughter of Martin Van Buren Witmer and Roseanna Swope Witmer of Wolfsville; sister of William Lee Witmer, the snake charmer.

Mary Catherine Shepley Bowlus (1904-1981). Ellerton native; daughter of Charles Ellsworth Shepley and Elizabeth Ellen Gaver Shepley Kline; wife of Edgar Daniel Bowlus.

William Raymond Bowlus (1893-1914). Son of William Edward and Jennie Vernon Norris Bowlus; West Point cadet shot and killed in Annapolis during a hazing incident; Middletown Valley native.

Thelma Nadine Gouker Boward (1912-2012). Daughter of Benjamin and Laura Hoover Gouker; native of Ellerton.

Ada Ellen Green Brandenburg (1874-1963). Daughter of John Wesley and Sarah Rebecca Moser Green of Harmony; wife of Millard Wilson Brandenburg; later a resident of Hagerstown.

Anna Jane Waters Brandenburg (1896-1993). Wife of postal carrier and director of the Harmony BandLeslie Clarence Brandenburg; resident of Harmony.

Archie Merhle Brandenburg (1902-1987), Louisa Catherine Bussard Brandenburg (1906-1995), Charles J. Brandenburg (1930–2022), Lorraine, Richard, and Jane Arlene Brandenberg Strite (1933–2017. Photo taken at Bussard homestead near Ellerton.

Bessie Marie Brandenburg (1896-1986). Daughter of William Washington Brandenburg and Effie Mary Green Brandenburg.

Betty jane Cartee Brandenburg (1931-2019). Daughter of Grayson Franklin and Nellie Mae Bussard Cartee of Ellerton; wife of George W. Brandenburg, Jr.; resident of Myersville and employee of the Myersville Post Office.

Charles Austin Brandenburg (1932-1950). Son of Charles Albert and Helen Irene Baker Brandenburg; lost his life during the Korean War.

Effie Mary Green Brandenburg (1870-1922). Daughter of John Wesley and Sarah Rebecca Moser Green of Harmony; wife of William Washington Brandenburg.

George Kiefer Brandenburg (1883-1928). Wolfsville native; son of Martin Rufus and Emma Delilah Bussard Brandenburg. Husband of Sadie Hattie Tabler and father of 11 children; moved to Missouri in about 1915.

George Washington Brandenburg (1875-1942). Harmony resident; mason.

George Washington Brandenburg (1875-1942). Harmony resident; mason.

George Washington Brandenburg (1875-1942). Harmony resident; mason.

John Nathaniel Brandenburg (1822-1891). Resident of Harmony.

Leslie Clarence Brandenburg (1894-1947) and Anna Jane Waters Brandenburg (1896-1993). He: postal carrier and director of the Harmony Band; residents of Harmony,

Leslie Clarence Brandenburg (1894-1947). Postal carrier and director of the Harmony Band; resident of Harmony,

Leslie Clarence Brandenburg (1894-1947) and Anna Jane Waters Brandenburg (1896-1993). He: postal carrier and director of the Harmony Band; residents of Harmony,

Marvin Oscar Brandenburg (1934-2021). Son of Harmony's Charles Albert and Helen Irene Baker Brandenburg; owned and operated Myersville Sunoco.

Mary Magdalene Altman Brandenburg (1830-1904). Born in Bonnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; second wife of John Nathaniel Brandenburg of Harmony.

Marion Granville Brandenburg (1857-1944) and Laura Catherine Routzhan Brandenburg (1858-1936), and Children. Residents of Middletown.

Kathleen L. Brunner Brandenburg (1929-2020). Daughter of Clinton and Mae Delauter Brunner of Myersville; wife of Marshall Melvin Brandenburg.

Marion Granville Brandenburg (1857-1944) and Laura Catherine Routzhan Brandenburg (1858-1936), and Children. Residents of Middletown.

Marshall Melvin Brandenburg (1921-1987) and Kathleen L. Brunner Brandenburg (1929-2020). He: Son of George Washington and Frances Wise Brandenburg of Myersville. She: Daughter of Clinton and Mae Delauter Brunner of Myersville; wife of Marshall Melvin Brandenburg.

Samuel Clayton Brandenburg (1866-1938). Lifelong resident of Harmony and Harmony Band member.

Samuel Clayton Brandenburg (1866-1938), Clara Mae Alexander Brandenburg (1863-1942), and Children Leslie Clarence (1894-1947), Lora Mae (1889-1972), John Franklin Brandenburg (1890-1954), and Gorman Clayton Brandenburg (1892-1934). Residents of Harmony.

Samuel Clayton Brandenburg (1866-1938), Clara Mae Alexander Brandenburg (1863-1942), and Children Leslie Clarence (1894-1947), Lora Mae (1889-1972), John Franklin Brandenburg (1890-1954), and Gorman Clayton Brandenburg (1892-1934). Residents of Harmony.

William Hanson Brandenburg (1863-1953) and Rohann Pryor Brandenburg (1867-1944). Wolfsville natives. He: Son of John and Amanda Toms Brandenburg. She: Daughter of Samuel and Louise Kline Pryor.

William Washington Brandenburg (1873-1953). Harmony native; son of Eli and Susan Main Brandenburg; relocated to Baltimore in later life.

Rev. Otto E. Bregenzer (abt. 1877-1920). Pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the early 20th Century.

Catherine Elizabeth Kinna Brown (1853-1936). Wife of Hezekiah Thomas Brown of Foxville.

David Columbus Brown (1857–1907). Son of Ezra and Drucilla O. Smith Brown of Garfield; husband of Sarah Alice Lumm Brown of Wolfsville; Smithsburg resident.

Hezekiah Thomas Brown (1844-1917). Son of William B. and Elizabeth Fox Brown of Foxville; nephew of Myersville merchant Joseph Brown.

Jennie M. Brown (1839-1923). Daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth Fox Brown of Foxville.

John M. Brown (1823-1904) and Margaret Elizabeth Fox Brown (1826-1907). He: Son of Ignatius and Elizabeth McAfee Brown. She: Daughter of George Philip and Sophia Bussard Fox.

Joseph Brown (1819-1912). Early Myersville merchant; son of Ignatius and Photo added by D C McJonathan-Swarm Picture of Added by D C McJonathan-Swarm Picture of Added by D C McJonathan-Swarm Elizabeth McAfee Brown. (Original tintype in collection of Fred. Co. Historical Soc.)

Hannah Amanda Shepley Brown (1847-1929) and her children. Daughter of John Frederick and Susannah Lowery Brown of Myersville; wife of John Henry Brown of Harmony.

Margaret Ann Elizabeth Fox Brown (1826-1907). Daughter of George Philip and Sophia Bussard Fox.

Sarah Alice Lumm Brown (1861-1942). Wolfsville native; wife of David Columbus Brown.

Sarah Alice Lumm Brown (1861-1942). Wolfsville native; wife of David Columbus Brown.

Thomas A. C. Brown (1815-1907). Son of William B. and Elizabeth McAfee Brown of Foxville; Smithburg-area farmer; Brother of merchant Joseph Brown of Myersville.

William B. Brown (1806-1879) and Elizabeth Fox Brown (1806-1886). Store and sawmill operator in Foxville and wife; parents of Myersville merchant Joseph Brown.

Emanuel Bruner (1818-1889). Of unknown enslaved parentage; respected member of Middletown's African-American community.

Emma Augusta Jones Bruner (1847-1912). Probably enslaved parents unknown; Wife of Noah Brunner of Middletown.

Mary Margaret Wheaton Bruner (1823-1913). Daughter of Francis Wheaton and Mary Buckingham Wheaton of Frederick City; wife of Emanuel Bruner of Middletown; mother of seven sons.

Noah Bruner (1842-1921). Son of Emanuel and Mary Bruner of Middletown; husband of Emma Augusta Jones Bruner.

Amanda Minerva Brunner (1870-1944). Myersville native; wife of Franklin E. Brunner.

Clinton Joseph Brunner, (1903-1974), Myrtle Glendora Brunner Rowe (1898-1982), and Jasper Lloyd Brunner (1907-1980). Myersville natives; children of Franklin Ellesworth and Amanda Minerva Brunner.

Upton Buhrman (1824-1895). Myersville businessman who served three successive terms in the Maryland Legislature.

Daniel Burns (1833-1892). Son of Henry Bruns and Magdalena Kuhn Burns; husband of Catherine Koon Burns.

Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989) with husband Noah Wyand Burtner (1899-1989). She: Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker. He: Sharpsburg native; son of Osceola Winfield Burtner and Emma Catherine Wyand Burtner.

Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989) with two of her children. Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker. Courtesy Teresa Katchermyer.

Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989). Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker.

Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989) with husband Noah Wyand Burtner (1899-1989). She: Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker. He: Sharpsburg native; son of Osceola Winfield Burtner and Emma Catherine Wyand Burtner.

Daisy M. Marker Burtner (1906-1989) with husband Noah Wyand Burtner (1899-1989). She: Pleasant Walk native; daughter of John H. Marker and Bertha Philhower Marker. He: Sharpsburg native; son of Osceola Winfield Burtner and Emma Catherine Wyand Burtner.

Ann Sophia Recher Bussard (1830-1913). Wolfsville native; daughter of John and Anna Maria Marken Recher; wife of Gideon Bussard.

Edna Viola Frushour Bussard (1898-1979). Wife of John L. Bussard and resident of the Wolfsville area.

Daniel L. Bussard (1855-1931) and Mary Cline Bussard (1860-1893). She: native of Ellerton; died of consumption at age 33.

John Mahlon Bussard (1848-1915). Grossnickle Church of the Brethren Elder.

Mary Delawter Bussard (1792-1873). Wolfsville native; daughter of Jacob Delawter and Catherine Main Delawter; wife of Samuel Bussard, Sr.; emigree to Montgomery County, Ohio.

Rhoda May Brandenburg Butts (1894-1993). Harmony native; daughter of William Washington and Mary Effie Green Brandenburg; wife of Charles Earl Butts.

Rhoda May Brandenburg Butts (1894-1993). Harmony native; daughter of William Washington and Mary Effie Green Brandenburg; wife of Charles Earl Butts.

Elizabeth Dusing Buzard (1825-1925). Daughter of Adam Dusing and Catherine Buzzard Dusing; wife of WIlliam H. Buzzard; lived most of her life in Wolfsville before migrating to Nebraska.

William H. Buzard (1826-1909). Son of Samuel Buzzard and Mary Delauder Buzzard; lived most of his life in Wolfsville before migrating to illinois.

Rev. Randolph Byrd (1859-?). Born in Rockingham County, Virginia. Served as pastor of Mt. Zion United Brethren Church in the 1890s.