Facing the Past: An Archive of Those Gone Before
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Recher
Remsberg
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Ridgley
​Routzahn
​Ropp
Rowe

Schildknecht
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Shank
​Shepley
​Shively
​Shuff
Smith
Stoner
​Stottlemyer
Suman
​Summers
​Thomas

Toms
​Wachtel
Wachter
​Warrenfeltz
Waters
​Wiles
Wilhide
Williams
Wise
Witmer
Wolf
​Wolfe
​Young

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Emma Estelle Recher (1864-1884). Daughter of Elias and Mary Catherine Wolf Recher.

Mary Catherine Wolf Recher (1835-1885). Daughter of Jacob D. Wolf and Mary Rebecca Drill Wolf; wife of Elias Marken Recher.

Walter Drill Recher (1858-1882). Son of Elias Marken Recher and Mary Catherine Wolf Recher.

Rev. Wilson Lee Remsberg (1848-1944). Pastor of the Myersville Charge of the Lutheran Church.

Alvin Henry Rice (1898-1991). Myersville garage owner.

Alvin Henry Rice (1898-1991). Son of Jeremiah David Rice and Senora E. Raymer Rice.

Anna Melissa Grove Rice, (1869-1930). Wife of Mahlon Rice.

Charles Wesley Rice (1865-1958). Resident of Ellerton.

Charles Wesley Rice (1865-1958) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Derr Rice (1854-1913). Residents of Ellerton.

Charles Wilson Summerfield Rice (1857-1915). Myersville native; farmer; son of Levin rice and Ann Rebecca Thomas Rice.

Frances Alice Horine Rice (1904-1955) and daughter. Sunday school pianist, wife of Alvin Henry Rice of Myersville.

Henry Rice, Jr. (1824-1910) and Anna Maria Catherine Ambrose Rice (1836-1919). Ellerton farmers.

Henry Rice, Jr. (1824-1910). Ellerton farmer.

Henry Rice, Jr. (1824-1910). Ellerton farmer.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1850) and Anna Melissa Grove Rice (1869-1930). Ellerton natives; Myersville farming couple.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950). Myersville resident.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950). Myersville-area farmer.

Standing: Evva Maude Rice Schroyer (1891-1980), Reno Calvert Rice (1889-1955), Rev. Clay Edward Rice (1887-1954, Cyrus Luther Rice (1900-1935), Rev. Elmer Frederic Rice (1886-1977), and Ilga Rice Stottlemyer (1893-1960). Sitting: Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950), and Anna Melissa Grove Rice (1836-1930).

Paul Jeremiah Rice (1917-1993). Myersville native; son of Jeremiah David Rice and Alta Gertrude Palmer Rice.

Senora Ellen Esther Raymer Rice (1864-1903). Wife of Myersville Postman Jeremiah David Rice.

Robert Johnson Ridgley (1867-1952). Cantankerous teacher, reverend, and still-breaker.

Dorthalee Ruth Michael Ropp (1936-1999). Myersville native; daughter of Charles Lloyd and Josephine Ruth Michael; wife of M. Lee Ropp.

Ezra Routzahn (1836-1915). President of Myersville Savings Bank.

Lydia Harp Routzhan (1827-1905). Wife of Cyrus Routzhan; daughter of John and Elizabeth Harp; Myersville native.

Lydia Harp Routzhan (1827-1905). Wife of Cyrus Routzhan; daughter of John and Elizabeth Harp; Myersville native.

Cyrus Routzhan (1828-1901). Myersville cabinetmaker, undertaker, and farmer.

Calvin Routzan (1857-1930), Jeremiah Rice (1875-1941), Melvin Franklin Shepley (1872-1934), and John M. Grossnickle (1876-1942). Turn-of-the-20th-Century Myersville-area postmen.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965), daughter Bertha LaRue Rowe Wolfe (1918-2014), and granddaughter Nancy.

Charles Wesley Rowe (1892-1972). Myersville native, Son of John Wesley Clara Ellen Haupt Rowe

Charles W. Rowe (1892-1972) and Annie M. Marker Rowe (1883-1965). He: Easterday Road farmer; she: daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

John Wesley Rowe (1872-1944), Charles Wesley Rowe (1892-1972), William Wesley Rowe (1910-1989), and Charles Rowe. Pleasant Walk farmers.

Glendora Myrtle Brunner Rowe (1898-1982). Daughter of Franklin and Amanda Brunner; wife Walter Calvin Rowe; Myersville native; seamtress.

Josiah Rowe (1839-1920). Resident of Pleasant Walk.

Rebecca Ambrose Rowe (1845-1947). Wife of Josiah Rowe. Resident of Pleasant walk.

Anna Mary Louise Devault Schildknecht (1838-1897). Wife of Jacob Luther Schildknecht.

Jacob Luther Schildknecht (1841-1903). Native of Myersville; moved to Indiana and then Missouri.

Sarah Ann Marker Schildknecht (1840-1892). Daughter of Peter and Mary Warrenfeltz Marker; wife of Vandyke Schildknecht of Myersville.

Clarence Coolidge Schroyer (1923-2013). WWII vet and D-Day survivor.

Harvey Daniel Schroyer, Sr. (1906-1988). Native of Wolfsville; resident of Pleasant Walk.

Annie Caroline Delauer Shank (1879-1954). Ellerton native; wife of Roma Delauder; daughter of Mahlon Henry and Elmira Gaver Delauder.

Charles E. Shank (1859-1932), Mary C. Marker Shank (1867-1959), and Unidentified Child. He: Myersville cooper and farmer, She: Daughter of Peter and Anna Maria Shank Marker.

Franklin Peter Shank (1887-1917) and Carrie Lucinda Brandenburg Shank (1883-1954). He: Native of Bolivar; she: Myersville native.

George Franklin Shank (1810-1965). Son of Franklin and Carrie Brandenburg Shank; resident of Middletown.

Mary Catherine Marker Smith Shank (1867-1959). Myersville native; wife of Frisby Smith and Charles E. Shank.

Myree Virginia Shank Reeder Shank (1907-1987). Daughter of Franklin and Carrie Brandenburg Shank; wife of Melvin W. Reeder and Russell J. Shank.

William Henry Shank (1863-1937) and Roma L. Shank (1876-1968). Myersville native and farmer; son of William Shank and Susan Easterday Shank.

Roma L. Shank (1876-1968). Ellerton native

Dorothy Grandon, Lloyd Shank, and Mary Shank. Main players in a confusing case of tarring and feathering that resulted in a widely covered trial and multiple convictions.

Dorothy Grandon, Lloyd Shank, and Mary Shank. Main players in a confusing case of tarring and feathering that resulted in a widely covered trial and multiple convictions.

Arlepha Viola Dusing Shepley (1887-1982). Wife of J. Emmert Shepley.

Bruce Edgar Shepley (1917-1967). Son of Edgar and Lulu Marker Shepley of Myersville.

Charles Ellsworth Shepley (1862-1923). Resident of Ellerton.

Daniel Shepley (1842-1929). Civil War Veteran, Company G, 7th Maryland Infantry.

Edgar Martin Shepley (1893-1971) and Lulu Irene Marker Shepley (1895-1970). Myersville and Wolfsville-area teens who eloped on their way to church.

Edgar Martin Shepley (1893-1971) and Lulu Irene Marker Shepley (1895-1970). Myersville and Wolfsville-area teens who eloped on their way to church.

Lulu Irene Marker Shepley (1895-1950). Wolfville native; wife of Edgar Martin Shepley.

Lulu Irene Marker Shepley (1895-1950). Wolfville native; wife of Edgar Martin Shepley.

Ida Cynthia Raymer Shepley (1868-1944). Daughter of Simon Peter Raymer and Margaret E. Delauter Raymer.

Charles Ellsworth Shepley (1863-1925) and Elizabeth Ellen Gaver Shepley (1879-1948). Myersville residents; He: Son of John Frederick Shepley and Cynthia Pryor Shepley.

Clarence Howard Shepley (1913-1937). Myersville native; killed when car crashed into train engine.

Elizabeth Shepley (1852-1926). Ellerton native and daughter of John Frederick Shepley and Susannah Lowery Shepley.

Ethel V. Morgan Shepley (1895-1930). Wife of George Foster Shepley.

Floyd Luther Shepley (1917-1968). Son of George Upton Shepley and Hattie Wachtel Shepley; Myersville native.

Fred Guy Shepley (1907-1970) and Elmer Milo Shepley (1898-1975). Sons of Charles E. Shepley and Elizabeth Gaver Shepley.

John Frederick Shepley (1814-1881). Ellerton resident.

George Foster Shepley (1892-1965). Myersville farmer.

George Upton Shepley (1865-1940) and Ida Catherine Raymer Shepley (1868-1944). He: Son of John Frederick Shepley and Cynthia Pryor Shepley; she: daughter of Simon P. Raymer and Margaret E. Delauder Raymer.

George Upton Shepley (1867-1940). Resident of Myersville.

George Upton Shepley (1886-1946). Son of Aaron Shepley and Susan Rebecca Longman Shepley; farm located near Harmony on Coxy Brown Road.

George Upton Shepley (1882-1946) and Hattie Virginia Wachtel Shepley (1883-1968). Harmony farming couple who lived on Coxy Brown Road.

Hattie Virginia Wachtel Shepley (1883-1968). Daughter of George Washington Wachtel and Louisa Catharine Metzger Wachtel.

Lena Levirl Blickenstff Shepley (1916-2007). Daughter of Edward B. and Mabel S. Kline Blickenstaff; wife of Floyd Luther Shepley.

Nora Elizabeth Toms Shepley (1904-1985). Daughter of Claude and Anna Grossnickle Toms of Myersville and wife of Atlee Gaver Shepley of Ellerton.

Orville Raymond Shepley (1899-1972). Native of Ellerton; resident of Myersville.

Mary Ellen Suman Shepley (1832-1921). First wife of Myersville resident and Civil War veteran Daniel Shepley.

Sarah Catherine Garnand Shively (1844-1912). Daughter of Joel Garnand; wife of Christian Shively.

William Horace Shuff, Sr. (1870-1924). Wolfsville farmer and road supervisor.

Frisby Luther Smith (1874-1906), Mary Catherine Marker Shank (1867-1959), and Nellie Catherine Smith (1900-1963). He: Wolfsville native, farmer; She: Went on to marry Charles Marker.

Josiah Faris Smith (1840-1915) and Ellen Savilla Fox Smith (1843-1919). Wolfsville-area residents.

George Arthur Smith (1870-1951), Thomas Keller Smith (1877-1952), Faris Earl Smith (1880-1959), Raymond Leslie Smith (1885-1966), Ida Mary Smith Morgan (1866-1952), and Luella irene Smith Lovell (1888-1957). Children of Wolfville's Josiah Faris Smith and Ellen Savilla Fox Smith.

Thomas Keller Smith (1877-1962) and Clemma Rebecca Schroyer Smith (1879-1934). Myersville-Wolfsville-area natives.

Temmiezine P. Green Stoner (1875-1958). Native of Church Hill; wife of Lewis Henry Engle and Harry Andrew Stoner.

Charles Walter Stottlemyer (1925-1978). Wolfsville WWII veteran.

Fern Eugene Stottlemyer (1893-1973) and Ruth Naomi Shoemaker (1891-1971). He: Son of Christopher Columbus Stottlelmyer and Sarah Blickenstaff Stottlemyer; maker of Stottlemyer chairs.

Fern Eugene Stottlemyer (1893-1973). Son of Christopher Columbus Stottlelmyer and Sarah Blickenstaff Stottlemyer; maker of Stottlemyer chairs.

Fern Eugene Stottlemyer (1893-1973). Son of Christopher Columbus Stottlelmyer and Sarah Blickenstaff Stottlemyer; maker of Stottlemyer chairs.

George Marvin Stottlemyer (1925-2003). Middlepoint native; 5th Spearhead Division, U.S. Marine Corps; one of the first 5,000 on Iwo Jima in 1945.

Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer (1857-1931), Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1892), and family. Residents of Wolfsville.

Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer (1857-1931) and Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1852). Residents of Wolfsville.

Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer (1857-1931), Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1892), and family. Residents of Wolfsville.

Daniel Upton Stottlemyer (1834-1914). Son of Nelson Poe and Hannah Pryor Stottlemyer; Wolfsville native; removed to Ohio in adulthood.

John Franklin Stottlemyer (1851-1095). Native of Jerusalem, son of John Wesley Stottlemyer.

John Wesley Stottlermyer (1826-1901). Jerusalem farmer.

Mary Hellen Rohrback Stottlemyer (1826-1894). Wife of John Wesley Stottlemyer.

Sophia C. Betts Stottlemyer (1853-1937). Widow of Lewis Marker and Hiram Stottlemyer, resident of Pleasant Walk.

Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1952). Resident of Wolfsville.

Susan Ridenour Suman (1818-1889). Wife of John William Suman; resident of Ellerton.

Charles Albert Summers (1918-2007). Son of Chester Franklin & Emma Kate Smith Summers; Myersville-area ham radio enthusiast.

Charles Albert Summers (1918-2007). Son of Chester Franklin & Emma Kate Smith Summers; Myersville-area ham radio enthusiast.

Charles Albert Summers (1918-2007), Anna Mary Summers Summers (1922-1988), and Rebekah Summers Alkire (1943-2000). The family lived on Brethren Church Road.

Lucinda Catherine Brandenburg Summers (1840-1922), Laura Catherine Summers Deter (1863-1931), Effie Catharine Deter Hauver (1888-1929), Catharine L. Hauver Ahalt (1912-2012). Four generations of Myersville-area women.

Martin Luther Summers (1849-1931). Myersville native and farmer.

Sylvester Joshua Summers (1902-1981). Broom maker and beekeeper.

William Harlan Summers (1866-1939) and Mary Sue Brandenburg Summers (1871-1930). Residents of Myersville.

Lester Adam Toms (1885-1914), Samuel Miller (1809-1894), Jay William Toms (1888-1918), Sarah Ann Elizabeth Lauretta Miller Toms (1857-1915), Raymond Ezra Toms (1887-1942), Sarah Ann Catherine Easterday Miller (1819-1913), Keefer Samuel Toms (1880-1918). The Millers: Rocky Springs farmers; Elizabeth Miller Toms: wife of Otho James Toms, son of Ezra Toms and Sophia Doub; three of the four Toms boys died of Spanish flu.

Mary Catherine Summers Thomas (1890-1974). Native of Harmony; daughter of William H. and Mary Lee Brandenburg Summers.

Clarke Elvin Toms (1912-1975) and Beatrice Clingan Toms (1914-2017). He: farmer; she: author of multiple books, caterer, QVC star.

Jacob Toms, Jr. (1796-1887). Myersville farmer; son of Jacob and Magdalena Toms.

Mary Flight Toms (1805-1878). Wife of Jacob Toms, Jr.; Myersville resident.

Raymond Ezra Toms, Sr. (1887-1942). Myersville native.

George Washington Wachtel (1846-1931). Merchant, businessman, election judge, bank vice president.

George Washington Wachtel (1846-1931). Myersville Bank president.

Louisa Catharine Metzger Wachtel (1844-1922). Wife of George Washington Wachtel; daughter of William Metzger and Lydia Toms Metzger.

Henry L. Wachter (1881-1964). Myersville harnessmaker.

Ilga May Rice Warrenfeltz (1893-1960) and Edgar Lewis Warrenfeltz (1892-1978). She: native of Myersville; He: Harp Hill Road farmer and school teacher.

Braden Jacob Warrenfeltz (1903-1985) and Nellie Taylor Warrenfeltz (1914-1977). He: Wolfsville native; she: prominent Democratic Party political figure.

Effie Anna Mary Shank Korrell (1903-1997), Annie Caroline Delauter Shank (1879-1954), Charles Luther Korrell (1923-1998), and Charles Korrell, Sr. Four generations of Middletown Valley residents.

John Wesley Warrenfeltz (1866-1940) and Margaret Manzella Schroyer Warrenfeltz (1866-1950). Ellerton farmer and wife who lived on Harp Hill Road.

John Wesley Warrenfeltz (1866-1940) and Margaret Manzella Schroyer Warrenfeltz (1866-1950). Ellerton farmer and wife who lived on Harp Hill Road. (Courtesy Base Kuhn.)

Ira Thaddeus Warrenfeltz (1893-1975) and Amy Susan Willard Warrenfeltz (1892-1979). Church Hill carpenter and farming couple.

Wade Winton Warrenfeltz (1886-1957). Son of John and Margaret Schroyer Warrenfeltz, Myersville native.

Anna Delilah Schlosser Waters (1818-1893). Wife of James Waters, resident of Harmony.

Anna Delilah Schlosser Waters (1818-1893). Wife of James Waters, resident of Harmony.

The Waters Family of Harmony. Back row from left: Norbet, Fannie, James, Annie, and Edna. Ruth, in middle in front of James. Front from left: son John Clarence, Mary, and Emma (Haller) Waters. (John Waters, father of the family, died in 1902.)

Emma Jemima Haller Waters (1860-1943). Harmony farmer and baker, she was the widow of John Calvin Waters.

John Calvin Waters (1861-1902). Harmony farmer; son of James Henry and Anna Schlosser Waters

John Clarence Waters (1890-1978). Native of Harmony.

Annie Marie Marker Wiles (1847-1941). Daughter of Myersville's Peter and Mary Warrenfeltz Marker; wife of Hamilton B. Wiles.

Letha Alice Grossnickle Wiles (1899-2001). Author of the book "So Many Mornings," wife of farmer Russell P. "Pete" Wiles.

Evelyn Rebecca Shepley Wilhide (1909-2000). Post Master of Myersville; second wife of Paul Sigler Wilhide.

Janice Rebecca Wilhide Tinney (1925-1977), Doris Catherine Wilhide Dutrow (1922-2007), and Paul Nelson Wilhide (1924-1987). Main Street, Myersville residents and children of trolley car conductor Paul Sigler Wilhide.

Leah Burhl Dubel Wilhide (1896-1927). Daughter of Tyson Dubel, public school teacher, victim of consumption.

Paul Sigler Wilhide (1895-1968) and Leah Burhl Dubel Wilhide (1896-1927). He: Myersville resident and trolley car conductor. She: Daughter of Tyson Dubel, public school teacher, victim of consumption.

Paul Sigler Wilhide (1895-1968) and Doris Catherine Wilhide Dutrow (1922-2007). Main Street, Myersville resident and trolley car conductor, here with his daughter.

Jacob Williams (1844-1900) and Elizabeth Smith Williams (1840-1919). Wolfsville farming couple.

Iva C. Kline Wise (1899-1973). Native of Wolfsville.

William Lee Witmer (1863-1929). Wolfsville-area snake handler and fruit farmer.

William Lee Witmer (1863-1929) and Mary Jane Kendall Witmer (1872-1964). Wolfsville-area snake handler and fruit farmer and wife.

Bessie Mae Himes Wolf (1878-1956). Daughter of Daniel J. HImes and Ann Virginia Florence Brown; wife of Walter A. Wolf.

Bessie Mae Himes Wolf (1878-1956). Daughter of Daniel J. HImes and Ann Virginia Florence Brown; wife of Walter A. Wolf.

Catharine Amelia Palmer Wolf (1834-1899). Wife of Daniel Wolf of Wolfsville.

Daniel Wolf (1832-1904). Wolfsville-area resident; husband of Catharine Palmer Wolf; son of Samuel Wolf and Mary Kuhn Wolf.

Henry Lee Wolf (1864-1943) and Ida Virginia Kline Wolf (1860-1942). Farming couple who lived on Garfield Road.

Ida Virginia Kline Wolf (1860-1942). Daughter of Jacob Warrenfeltz Kline; wife of Henry Lee Wolf.

Jefferson Monroe Wolf (1849-1922) and Susanna Rebecca Duvall Wolf (1848-1927). Wolfsville couple pictured with four of their eight children.

Jefferson Monroe Wolf (1849-1922). Wolfsville farmer.

Susanna Rebecca Duvall Wolf (1848-1927). Wife of Jefferson Madison Wolf of Wolfsville.

Joseph Wolf (1850-aft. 1910). Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, freight agent.

Loy Nelson Wolfe (1884-1969). Wolfsville farmer after whom Loy Wolfe Road was named.

Nancy A. Maugans Wolf (1834-1920), Wife of William Lysell Wolf, resident of Wolfsville.

Nettie Florence Kline Wolfe (1884-1980). Wife of farmer Loy Wolfe.

Opal Smith Wolfe (1904-1993) with Children William, Vivian, and Zene. She: Wolfsville Elementary School teacher; Family: farmers with large property off Blackrock Road, Wolfsville.

Wolford W. Wolfe (1910-1975) with Children William, Vivian, and Zene. Farming family with large property off Blackrock Road, Wolfsville.

Walter A. Wolfe (1875-1947). Son of Daniel and Catharine Amelia Palmer Wolfe of Wolfsville.

Willie Beider Wolfe (1916-1997). Son of Walter A. Wolfe and Bessie Mae Himes Wolfe; WWII veteran; Myersville resident.

Willie Beider Wolfe (1916-1997). Son of Walter A. Wolfe and Bessie Mae Himes Wolfe; WWII veteran; Myersville resident.

Annie Elizabeth Leatherman Young (1877-1957). Daughter of John Henry Melvin Leatherman and Martha Ellen Grossnickle Leatherman; wife of Charles Edgar Young.

Annie Elizabeth Leatherman Young (1877-1957). Daughter of John Henry Melvin Leatherman and Martha Ellen Grossnickle Leatherman; wife of Charles Edgar Young.

Annie Elizabeth Leatherman Young (1877-1957) and Charles Edgar Young (1879-1921). Photo taken on wedding day, 1899.

Annie Elizabeth Leatherman Young (1877-1957) with three of her four children. Daughter of John Henry Melvin Leatherman and Martha Ellen Grossnickle Leatherman; wife of Charles Edgar Young.

Annie Elizabeth Leatherman Young (1877-1957) and Ralph Young (1916-1925). She: Daughter of John Henry Melvin Leatherman and Martha Ellen Grossnickle Leatherman; wife of Charles Edgar Young; He: her youngest son.

Elmer A. Young (1863-1940). Poultry and pigeon farmer, magazine correspondent, founding member of Myersville Savings Bank.

William Randolph Young (1836-1912). Myersville area native; chief judge of Frederick County Orphan's Court.