Facing the Past: An Archive Honoring Those Who Lived Here Before Us
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Earl Summers Ausherman (1905-1985). Native of Myersville; son of David Edward Ausherman and Effie Lucinda Summers Ausherman.

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

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

Ezra Baker (1831-1932). Harmony millwright; centenarian.

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.

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

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."

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.

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.

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

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.

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 George W. Bittle and Catherine Routzahn Bittle; She: daughter of George W. Wachtel and Louisa Metger Wachtel.

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.

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

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

Mary Elizabeth Waters Bittle (1840-1893). Wife of James Henry Waters, resident of Ellerton.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph Washington Sylvester Castle (1882-1957) and Mary Catherine Koogle Castle (1883-1973). He: Middletown farmer; She: Myersville native and daughter of John and Effie Koogle.

Mary Catherine Koogle Castle (1883-1973). Daughter of John A. and Selina Koogle of Myersville.

Mary Catherine Shepley Castle (1889-1960). Daughter of John Calvin Shepley and Susan Grossnickle Shepley; wife of John Albert Castle; native of Myersville.

Isaiah Cline (1849-1925) and Manzella Shank Cline (1926-1949). Myersville farming couple.

Susan Rebecca Blessing Crone (1831-1913). Daughter of George Blessing, "Hero of Highland."

David Delauter (1819-1890). Highland resident.

Elias Delauder (1816-1898) and Lydia Derr Delauder (1818-1885). Ellerton farming couple.

Emmeline Lowery Delauter (1824-1894). Wife of David Delauter of Highland.

Cornelius Edward Derr (1845-1916). Farmer and husband of Mary Eve Metzger Derr.

Mary Eve Metzger Derr (1852-1905). Native of Myersville and wife of Cornelius Edward Derr.

Jonas Abraham Doub (1840-1907). Native of Harmony.

Grayson Edgar Doub (1901-1984). Myersville mayor, 1952-1964.

Jacob H. Dubel (1821-1929). Pleasant Walk farmer.

John Dubel (1801-1871). Resident of Ellerton.

George Wesley Dubel (1841-1920). Wolfsville native, farmer and carpenter; later in life removed to Indiana and California.

Tyson David Dubel (1859-1907). Wolfsville farmer.

Dubel sisters Ada Rebecca Dubel Gaver (1886-1967), Ruth Dubel (1900-1973), Eva Dubel Langdon (1892-1978), and Orpha Dubel Ford (1890-1984). Daughters of Tyson David Dubel of Wolfsville.

Victor E. Dusing (1866-1848). Native of Pleasant Walk; son of Manuel and Mary Dusing.

Catherine Easterday (1886-1824). Daughter of Conrad and Rebecca Easterday of Ellerton.

Charles O. Easterday (1873-1944). Farmer and Correspondent for the Frederick News-Post's Myersville section.

Rebecca Raymer Easterday (1801-1886). Wife of Conrad Easterday of Ellerton.

Rebecca Raymer Easterday (1801-1886). Wife of Conrad Easterday of Ellerton.

Cyrus F. Flook (1866-1932). Myersville bank and trolley car line president.

Elizabeth Eby Flook (1870-1961). Wife of Cyrus Flook.

Samuel Frey (1829-1902). Husband of Sophia Kuhn, resident of Wolfsville.

Olevia Arabana Baker Garnand (1858-1932). Wife of Ezra Garnand; daughter of James Baker and Elizabeth Zentmyer Baker.

Ezra Hamilton Garnand (1846-1947). Jerusalem farmer.

James Uriah Garnand (1851-1937). Myersville farmer and carpenter.

James Uriah Garnand (1851-1932), Grace Marie Warrenfeltz (1903-2002),and James Oliver Warrenfeltz (1905-1981). Myersville resident and grandchildren.

John Franklin Garnand (1852-1937) and Emma Florence Stottlemyer Garnand (1854-1893). Jerusalem farming couple; parents of five sons.

John Franklin Garnand (1852-1937). Farmer, resident of Jerusalem.

John Franklin Garnand (1852-1937). Farmer, resident of Jerusalem.

John Franklin Garnand (1852-1937) and Ezra Hamilton Garnand (1846-1947). Nephew and uncle, both residents of Jerusalem.

Roy Cyrus Garnand (1883-1956). Trolley conductor and driver, resident of Jerusalem.

David Lee Gaver (1949-1970). Resident of Myersville.

Dr. Grayson Wilber Gaver (1898-1963). Son of Lewis and Minnie Gaver, Myersville native, chairman of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry's Department of Dental Prostheses.

Lewis Franklin Gaver (1866-1944) and Minnie Victoria Schroyer Gaver (1872-1934). Church Hill farming couple.

Lewis Franklin Gaver (1866-1944) and Minnie Victoria Schroyer Gaver (1872-1934). Church Hill farming couple.

Jerome Emory Gaver (1876-1935) and Cordelia May Harshman Gaver (1870-1937). Residents of Highland.

Dr. Oren Henry Gaver (1892-1940). Son of Lewis and Minnie Gaver; Myersville native; president of the Baltimore City Dental Society.

Calvin Tressler Kinna Gladhill (1874-1935), Lola Mae Wiles Gladhill (1880-1969), and children. Residents of Harmony, founders of Gladhill Furniture.

Rev. Charles Basil Grossnickle (1916-2009). Pastor of the Harmony Church of the Brethren from 1963 to 1978.

Charles Caleb Grossnickle (1858-1938). Myersville school teacher and farmer.

Charles Upton Grossnickle (1856-1057). Middlepoint Farmer; banker; devoted member of the Church of the Bretheran; centenarian.

Delores Grace Harshman Grossnickle (1931-2012). Wolfsville native, expert quilter.

George Peter Grossnickle (1830-1906) and Sarah Anne Grossnickle (1834-1901). Wolfsville-area farming couple.

Stella Myrtle Harp Grossnickle (1877-1959) and John Martin Grossnickle (1876-1942). Residents of Myersville; he: rural mail carrier.

Leonard A. Grossnickle (1854-1910). Highland farmer.

Martha Ellen Routzahn Grossnickle (1856-1929). Wife of farmer William Harlan Grossnickle.

Martin Grossnickle (1837-1919). Ellerton farmer.

William Harlan Grossnickle (1854-1922). Myersville-area farmer.

Ethel Beatrice Brandenburg Harne (1914-1985). Native of Harmony; daughter of George W. and Fannie Wise Brandenburg; wife of Leo Harne.

Henry Richard Lee Harne (1818-1903). Wolfsville-area farmer and timberman.

James Oliver Harne (1847-1907). Frederick County commissioner; lumber dealer and saw mill owner; Wolfsville native.

Mary Annie Rhodes Burrier Harne (1849-1927). Wife of James Oliver Harne.

Milton W. Harne (1912-2005) and Catherine I. Delauter Harne (1916-2009). Ran a general store in Wolfsville for many years.

Lawrence Gail Harne (1914-1974). Seen here with the other four members of Wolfsville High School's 1931 graduating class.

Ezra Floyd Harp (1873-1954), Maggie Virginia Lovell Harp (1874-1918), and Children. Wolfsville native and teacher, the family migrated west.

Hezekiah Harp (1840-1914) and Mary Salome Hessong Harp (1847-1902). He: Myersville-area dry grocer and farmer; She: Farmwife and goiter sufferer.

Reno Sheffer Harp (1866-1946). Myersville Newspaperman and lawyer.

Reno Sheffer Harp (1866-1946). Myersville Newspaperman and lawyer.

Asa Daniel Harshman (1920-1969) and his son Douglas Asa Harshman (1951-2009). The elder: milk truck driver; the younger: trucker. Both of Myersville.

Daniel Henry Harshman (1869-1924) and Laura Catherine Gaver Harshman (1868-1929). Residents of Ellerton.

Emanuel Harshman (1844-1903). Native of Wolfsville; Middlepoint farmer.

Harshman Sisters Katherine Rebecca Harshman Rinehart Moser (1906-1973) and and Nellie Harshman Bishop (1900-1988) with Theron Kenneth Rinehart (1924-1997), Daughters of John Elmer Harshman and Elizabeth Smith Harshman; Myersville natives.

John Frank Harshman (1895-1974). Native of Myersville.

Lydia Grossnickle Harshman (1815-1890). Granddaughter of immigrant Peter Grossnickle, who arrived in America in 1746.

Marshall Harold Harshman (1906-1983). Myersville mechanic.

Mary Ethel Hauver Harshman (1890-1976). Wife of Welty Harshman.

Nettie May Harshman Harshman (1893-1979). Wife of farmer Roy Henry Harshman.

Margaret Jeannette Harp Harshman (1862-1923). Wife of Emmanuel Harshman of Ellerton.

Roy Henry Harshman (1895-1946). Myersville area farmer.

Welty Caleb Harshman (1884-1945). Myersville postman, farmer, and bank director.

Welty Caleb Harshman (1884-1945) and Ross Eugene Harshman (1924-2004). Myersville postman, farmer, and bank director and his son.

Calvert Clyde Hauver (1884-1934) and Mae Susan Morgan Hauver (1885-1977). Railroad fireman and wife.

Calvert Clyde Hauver (1884-1934) and William Eugene Hauver (1886-1960). Sons of Thaddeus Lycurgus Hauver and Charlotte Catherine Routzahn.

Charlotte Catherine Routzahn Hauver (1861-1950). Native of Wolfsville; wife of Thaddeus Lycurgus Hauver.

Edgar Routzahn Hauver (1887-1956). Son of Thaddeus Hauver and Charlotte Routzahn Hauver; Myersville native.

Effie Catherine Deter Hauver (1888-1929). Wife of William Eugene Hauver.

Hilda Mae Bittle Hauver (1918-1942). Graduate of Western Maryland College; teacher; wife of Ronald T. Hauver.

Lydia Stottlemyer Hauver (1833-1905). Daughter of Daniel Stottlemyer and Joanna Recher Stottlemyer; wife of Wolfsville farmer William Brown Hauver.

Roland Thaddeus Hauver (1918-1945). Myersville native; son of William Eugene Hauver and Effie Deeter Hauver; killed in action in Germany during WWII.

Roland Thaddeus Hauver (1918-1945). Myersville native; son of William Eugene Hauver and Effie Deeter Hauver; killed in action in Germany during WWII.

Thaddeus Lycurgus Hauver (1856-1898). Myersville resident.

William Brown Hauver (1830-1889). Wolfsville farmer.

William Eugene Hauver (1886-1960). State delegate, manager of the Middletown Baseball Team, teacher and athletic director.

William Eugene Hauver (1886-1960) and Charlotte Catherine Routzahn Hauver (1861-1950). Natives of Wolfsville; He: State delegate, manager of the Middletown Baseball Team, teacher and athletic director. She: wife of Thaddeus Lycurgus Hauver.

William Eugene Hauver, Jr. (1913-1984).Myersville native; son of William Eugene Hauver and Effie Deeter Hauver.

Sophia Brown Hildebrand (1844-1911). Daughter of Myersville merchant Joseph Brown, wife of carriage maker John T. Hildebrand.

Dr. Bradley H. Hoke (1871-1945). Myersville physician.

Howison Eliseus McClure Hoover (1874-1951). "Poet, dreamer, worker, thinker, scientist."

Alvey John Horine (1868-1940), Elizabeth Delano Flook Horine (1870-1952), and their children. He: Myersville teacher and farmer; local Civil War expert..

Dawson Joshua Horine (1900-1956). Resident of Myersville and prominent Frederick County Democrat.

John H. Horine (1877-1960). Resident of Myersville.

Lugenia M. Harp Horine (1875-1947). Wife of John H. Horine.

Maud Alta Kline Shank Horine (1874-1947). Myersville native; wife of John Edward Shank, second wife of Joshua Dallas Horine.

Earl McKinley Kepler (1887-1984) and Amy Catherine Gladhill Kepler (1897-1989). He: Middletown creamery foreman; she: Harmony native.

Peter Charles Kesselring (1834-1890) and Elizabeth Marker Kesselring (1834-1893). He: farmer and native of Myersville; She: native of Ellerton.

Ruth Virginia Kline Tracey (1916-2016) and Emma Jane Ramsburg Kline (1882-1970). Wife and daughter of Wolfsville farmer Grover Cleveland Kline.

Curtis Kline (1882-1957) and Clemma Elizabeth Shepley Kline (1884-1943). Wolfsville farming couple.

Elizabeth Ellen Gaver Shepley Kline (1879-1948). Wife of Charles Ellsworth Shepley and, second, Keller Rufus Kline.

Herman David Kline (1905-1980) and Donna Louise Pryor Kline (1910-2000). He: Native of Wolfsville; Salem Methodist Church is in the background.

Jacob Warrenfeltz Kline (1835-1881). Farmer and resident of Wolfsville.

Martha Ann Swope Kline (1837-1879) and ida Virginia Kline Wolf (1860-1942). Wife and daughter of Jacob W. Kline.

George Koogle (1829-1892). Myersville native, Civil War soldier in Company H, Maryland 1st Infantry, Justice of the Peace, and Judge of the Orphans Court.

Jacob Koogle (1841-1915). Captain, Co. G., 7th Maryland Infantry; Medal of Honor winner; Myersville banker.

John A. Koogle (1845-1898) and Salina Bowlus Koogle (1852-1916). Myersville wheelwright and wife.

John A. Koogle (1845-1898), Effie J. Koogle (1871-1950), Alverta E. Koogle Remsburg (1874-1869), Salina Bowlus Koogle (1852-1916), and Mary Catherine Koogle Castle (1883-1973). Myersville wheelwright and family.

Lloyd Melvin Koogle (1858-1931). Myersville teacher, carpenter, and council member.

Magdalena Ludy Koogle (1804-1880). Wife of Henry Adam Koogle, mother of nine.

Mary J. Koogle (1835-1?). Sister of George Koogle.