Facing the Past: An Archive of Those Gone Before
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Last Names of Individuals Currently Appearing on This Page
(In most cases, women appear under their married names.) 

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Shank
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​Shuff
Slifer
Smith
​Spangler
Stoner
​Souders
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​Stang
​Stotelmyer
​Stottlemyer
Suman
​Summers

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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.

Harvey Daniel Schroyer, Jr. (1938-2021). Son of Harvey Daniel Schroyer, Sr., and Martha Marie Lewis Schroyer; Myersville native; Vietnam War veteran; worked for the Department of Engineering and Housing, Fort Detrick.

Mary Ellen Easterday Schroyer (1844-1898). Daughter of Conrad and Sophia Garnand Easterday; wife of Joseph Gideon Pike Schroyer of Myersville.

Trenton Corington Schroyer (1864-1947). Son of Lawson and Wilhemina Witmer Schroyer; Wolfsville native and merchant.

Martha Marie Lewis Schroyer (1912-1997). Daughter of Edward Terry Lewis and Ammie C. Himes Lewis; wife of Harvey Daniel Schroyer, Sr.; Sunday School teacher at Pleasant Walk Church.

Martha Marie Lewis Schroyer (1912-1997). Daughter of Edward Terry Lewis and Ammie C. Himes Lewis; wife of Harvey Daniel Schroyer, Sr.; Sunday School teacher at Pleasant Walk Church.

Trenton Corington Schroyer (1864-1947) and Lola Estelle Gaver Schroyer (1869-1947). He:Son of Lawson and Wilhemina Witmer Schroyer; Wolfsville native and merchant. She: Daughter of John T. and Jane Spitler Gaver of Ellerton.

Alice Catherine Horine Scigliano (1923-2004). Myersville native; daughter of Grover Franklin Horine and Annie Vada Palmer Horine; wife of John Anthony Scigliano.

Amanda Caroline Babington Seward (1858-1937). Joseph and Caroline Wise Brown Babington of Myersville; wife of William Joseph Seward of Middletown.

Alvin Ernest Sensenbaugh (1871-1948). Wolfsville School teacher; son of James Calvin and Amanda Catherine Maugans Sensenbaugh.

James Alvin Sensenbaugh (1909-1988). Native of Wolfsville; son of Alvin Ernest and Nora Rebecca Wolf Sensenbaugh; Maryland state superintendent of schools.

James Alvin Sensenbaugh (1909-1988). Native of Wolfsville; son of Alvin Ernest and Nora Rebecca Wolf Sensenbaugh; Maryland state superintendent of schools.

Mary Catherine Kline Sensenbaugh (1803-1878). Wolfsville native; daughter of Johann Jacob and Joanna Protzman Kline; removed to Ohio in 1830 with husband Jacob Smeltzer Sensenbaugh.

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 Shank (1867-1959). Myersville native; wife of Charles E. Shank.

Melissa L. Grossnickle Shank (1881-1961). Daughter of Tilghman Franklin and Salome Alice Grossnickle; wife of Russell Shank; Myersville native.

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.

Atlee Gaver Shepley (1910-1964). Shepley, known as "Dave," was the son of Ellerton's Charles Ellsworth and Elizabeth Shepley.

Atlee Gaver Shepley (1910-1964) and Nora Elizabeth Toms Shepley (1904-1985). He: Known as "Dave;" son of Ellerton's Charles Ellsworth and Elizabeth Shepley. She: Daughter of Claude Evers and Annie Grosnickle Toms.

Atlee Gaver Shepley (1910-1964) and George Carlton Rice (1912-1988). Atlee, known as "Dave," was the son of Ellerton's Charles Ellsworth and Elizabeth Shepley. Rice: Son of Jeremiah David and Alta Gertrude Palmer Rice of Myersville; husband of Helen Grace Miller Rice.

Atlee Gaver Shepley (1910-1964). Shepley, known as "Dave," was the son of Ellerton's Charles Ellsworth and Elizabeth Shepley; here seen ice skating on Echo Lake.

Atlee Toms Shepley (1937-1945) and Claudia Ann Shepley Ogle (1941-2017). Children of Atlee Gaver Shepley and Nora Toms Shepley; here pictured sledding on the family's Canada Hill farm.

Claudia Ann Shepley Ogle (1941-2017). Daughter of Atlee Gaver Shepley and Nora Toms Shepley.

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

Charles Ellsworth Shepley (1862-1923). Son of John Frederick and Cynthia Pryor Shepley. Resident of Ellerton.

Charles Ellsworth Shepley (1862-1923) and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Gaver Shepley Kline (1879-1948). He: Son of John Frederick and Cynthia Pryor Shepley; She: Daughter of Martin Luther and Susan Cline Gaver. Residents of Ellerton.

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

Clarence Howard Shepley (1913-1937) and Catherine Lavinia Flook Shepley Rice (1916-2001). Myersville natives; He: Son of George Upton Shepley and Hattie Virginia Wachtel Shepley; killed when his car crashed into train engine. She: Daughter of Oscar Leslie and Della Hooper Flook; remarried Harry Robert Rice.

Cynthia Pryor Shepley (1830-1899). Second wife of John Frederick Shepley of Ellerton; daughter of Jacob and Margaret Lewis Pryor of Wolfsville. Courtesy Jennifer Savaadra.

Cynthia Pryor Shepley (1830-1899). Second wife of John Frederick Shepley of Ellerton; daughter of Jacob and Margaret Lewis Pryor of Wolfsville. Courtesy Jennifer Savaadra.

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

Donald Shepley. Son of Elmer and MIldred Delauter Shepley.

Davey Shepley, son of Atlee Shepley and Nora Toms Shepley, and Billy and Buddy Long, sons of Ellen Toms Long and Lawrence Long.

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

Thomas Arthur Shepley (1920-1984); Bruce Edgar Shepley (1917-1967); Mabel Katherine Shepley Green (1918-1988); Edgar Martin Shepley (1893-1971), and Lulu Irene Marker Shepley (1895-1970). Myersville area family.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Grace Shepley, wife of Orville, Maria Shepley, wife of Donald Shepley, Orville Shepley, Elwood Bussard, Vonnie Shepley, daughter of Donald and Maria.

Twins Mary Shepley (1904-1981) and Mildred Shepley (1904-1927). Daughters of Charles Ellsworth and Elizabeth Ellen Gaver Shepley. Mary wed Edgar Bowlus and Mildred married Harry Bussard. Courtesy Jennifer Savaadra.

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

Milby Lee Shepley (1939-2016). Myersville native and son of Floyd L. and Lena L. Blickenstaff Shepley.

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

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

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.

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.

Mary Summers Slifer (1829-1910). Daughter of Abraham Summers and Catherine Main Summers of Church Hill; wife of Esrom Slifer of Middletown; removed to Dickenson County, Kansas.

Frisby Luther Smith (1874-1906), Sarah Annie Macy Marker Smith Rowe (1883-1965), and Nellie Catherine Smith (1900-1963). He: Wolfsville native, farmer; She: Myersville native; went on to marry Charles Marker.

Joseph Smith (1835-1915). Son of John Leonard and Cristiana Farsht Smith; husband of Ann Maria Farsht; native of Wolfsville.

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.

Laura Virginia Easterday Smith (1858-1937). Myersville native; daughter of Gamaliel and Margaret Lavinia Summers Easterday; wife of George Smith.

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

Martha Grace Leatherman Spangler (1928-2021). Wolfsville native; son of Charles Leander and Jennie Morgan Leatherman; wife of Richard Leroy Spangler.

Elizabeth Maude Keller Stang (1885-1944). Myersville native, daughter of Thomas Carlton and Delilah E. Cline Keller; Wife of Alexander Martin Stang.

Elizabeth Maude Keller Stang (1885-1944). Myersville native, daughter of Thomas Carlton and Delilah E. Cline Keller; Wife of Alexander Martin Stang.

Elizabeth Maude Keller Stang (1885-1944). Myersville native, daughter of Thomas Carlton and Delilah E. Cline Keller; Wife of Alexander Martin Stang.

Alexander Martin Stang (1883-1951) and Elizabeth Maude Keller Stang (1885-1944). He: Son of Joseph Martin and Cornelia Carter Stang. She: Myersville native, daughter of Thomas Carlton and Delilah E. Cline Keller.

Florence Virginia Hoover Stoner (1914-1998). Daughter of Wolfsvile's Cyrus Harlan and Media E. Delauter Hoover; wife of Raymond Randolph Stoner.

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

Fae Tabitha Metzer Souders (1928-2004). Daughter of Charles William and Elsie Manzella Palmer Metzer; wife of John David Souders; life-long Myersville-Wolfsville area resident.

Amanda Gaver Stottlemyer (1852-1924). Daughter of Peter and Caroline Gaver; wife of Aaron Stottlemyer; went west to Indiana with her husband.

Aaron Stottlemyer (1848-1922). Son of Hiriam and Elizabeth Ambrose Stottlemyer; relocated to Indiana with wife Amanda Catherine Gaver Stottlemyer.

Aaron Stottlemyer (1848-1922). Son of Hiriam and Elizabeth Ambrose Stottlemyer; relocated to Indiana with wife Amanda Catherine Gaver Stottlemyer.

Asa Paul Stotelmyer (1889-1971). Once owned the land on which the Black Rock Hotel was located; Wolfsville native.

Gaither E. Stotelmyer (1916-1989). Wolfsville Native; son of Asa Paul and Edna B. Wolfe Stotelmyer; Husband of Mabel C. Paulsgrove.

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

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

Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer (1857-1931). Wolfsville furniture maker.

Olga Delvita Stottlemyer (1880-1964). Daughter of Henry F. C. Stottlemyer and Martha Ellen Brown Stottlemyer; Wolfsville amateur artist.

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.

Denton Stotelmyer (1873-1946) and Melvina Brewer Stotelmyer (1875-1945) and family. Wolfsville-Garfield-area residents; later farmed in Sylvan, Pennsylvania.

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.

Frank Vinton Stottlemyer (1914-2006). Son of Ira Vinton and Mary V. Martin Stottlemyer; Wolfsville Native; farmer.

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.

George Washington Stottlemyer (1825-1907) with children of the Haubach family. Wolfsville native; son of Nelson Poe and Hannah Pryor Stottlemyer; removed to Ohio late in life. (Note: The identification of this image is likely, but not definitive.)

Ivan C. Stottlemyer (1900-1965). son of Walter L. and Amy Hauver Stottlemyer; Wolfsville resident.

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.

Martha Ellen Brown Stottlemyer (1847-1930). Wife of Henry F. C. Stottlemyer of Wolfsville.

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

Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1952). Daughter of Daniel Webster and Mary E. Hoover Blickenstaff of Wolfsville; wife of Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer.

Sarah Priscilla Catherine Blickenstaff Stottlemyer (1865-1952). Daughter of Daniel Webster and Mary E. Hoover Blickenstaff of Wolfsville; wife of Christopher Columbus Stottlemyer.

Virgie Susan Kline Stottlemyer (1907-1982). Daughter of Wolfville's Curtis and Clemma Kline; wife of Ivan C. Stottlemyer.

Vinnie Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mellott Stottlemyer (1886-1985) and Lester Alvey Stottlemyer (1891-1976). She: Daughter of John W. and Julia Ann Lewis Mellot. He: Myersville native, son of Clarence and Lydia Warrenfeltz Stottlemyer.

William Edgar Stottlemyer (1897-1950). Resident of Middlepoint; son of Mary E. Hurley Stottlemyer and W. T. H. Stottlemyer.

William Edgar Stottlemyer (1897-1950). Resident of Middlepoint; son of Mary E. Hurley Stottlemyer and W. T. H. Stottlemyer.

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

Alma Susan Fisher Summers (1888-1912). Wife of Charles Alvery Summers; daughter of George Washington Fisher and Elmira Delauter Fisher.

Charles Alvey Summers (1885-1955). Son of Martin Luther and Sarah Catherine Poffenberger Summers; buried at St. John's Church Hill, 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). 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.

Charles Albert Summers (1918-2007) and Anna Mary Summers Summers (1922-1988). He: Son of Chester Franklin & Emma Kate Smith Summers; Myersville-area ham radio enthusiast. She: Daughter of the late Seymour W. and Annie Florence Johnson Summers of Middletown. The family lived on Brethren Church Road.

Eugene Charles Summers (1922-2013). Son of Cyrus Upton and Beulah Jeanette Summers Palmer of Ellerton; Myersville resident.

Grayson E. Summers (1911-2007). Myersville resident and dairy farmer; son of the Milton V. and Nannie M. Grossnickle Summers.

John Calvin Lee Summers (1875-1958). Myersville native; son of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth Leatherman Summers.

John Calvin Lee Summers (1875-1958). Myersville native; son of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth Leatherman Summers.

John Wesley Summers (1875-1955) and Nellie May Kinna Summers (1887-1959). He: Son of Lawson and Julia Frederick Summers; She: Daughter of Samuel J. and Alice Lucinda Green Kinna. Harmony farming couple. Courtesy Cindy Mae.

John Wesley Summers (1875-1955) and Nellie May Kinna Summers (1887-1959). He: Son of Lawson and Julia Frederick Summers; She: Daughter of Samuel J. and Alice Lucinda Green Kinna. Harmony farming couple. Courtesy Joyce Summers Baker.

John Welsey Summer (1887-1955). Son of Lawson and Julia Frederick Summers of near Middletown; Harmony farmer.

Nellie May Kinna Summers (1887-1959. Daughter of Samuel J. and Alice Lucinda Green Kinna.

Roy Pearson Summers (1920-1981), Betty Lee Eigenbrode Wiles Summers (1926-2003), George Wesley Summers (1907-1982), and John Albert Summers (1920-1987). Sons and daughter-in-law of John Wesley and Nellie May Kinna Summers of Harmony. Courtesy Cindy Mae.

Seymore Walter Summers (1885-1977) and Blanche E. Burtner Summers (1871-1958). He: Son of Joshua Summers and Mary Leatherman Summers. She: Daughter of Ezra and Sarah Harp Burtner of Keedysville.

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.

Seymore Walter Summers (1885-1977). Son of Joshua Summers and Mary Leatherman Summers.

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

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