Facing the Past: An Archive of Those Gone Before
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Grace Alice Poole Theofield (1897-1992). Ellerton native; daughter of Hezekiah K. Poole and Elizabeth Baker Poole; wife of John Theofield.

Grace Alice Poole Theofield (1897-1992). Ellerton native; daughter of Hezekiah K. Poole and Elizabeth Baker Poole; wife of John Theofield.

Grace Alice Poole Theofield (1897-1992). Ellerton native; daughter of Hezekiah K. Poole and Elizabeth Baker Poole; wife of John Theofield.

Grace Alice Poole Theofield (1897-1992). Ellerton native; daughter of Hezekiah K. Poole and Elizabeth Baker Poole; wife of John Theofield.

Grace Alice Poole Theofield (1897-1992) and husband John Peter Theofield, Sr. (1906-1994). She: Ellerton native; daughter of Hezekiah K. Poole and Elizabeth Baker Poole Peter Theofield, Sr. (1906-1994). He: Myersville resident.

John Peter Theofield, Sr. (1906-1994). Myersville resident.

Annie Catherine Grossnickle Toms (1879-1964). Daughter of Tilghman Franklin and Salome Alice Grossnickle; wife of Claude Evers Toms of Myersville.

Claude Evers Toms (1876–1952). Myersville native; son of John Henry and Malinda Sensenbaugh Toms.

Claude Evers Toms (1876–1952) and his wife Anna Catherine Grossnickle Toms (1879–1964) of Myersville, circa 1909. L to R: Anna Catherine Grossnickle Toms, Ellen Toms Long, Mable Toms Bittle, Nora Toms Shepley, William Toms, Claude Evers Toms. Courtesy Jennifer Saavadra.

Claude Evers Toms (1876–1952) and his wife Anna Catherine Grossnickle Toms (1879–1964) of Myersville. Left to right, back row: Ellen Toms Long, Nora Toms Shepley, William Eston Toms, Mabel Toms Bittle, Josephine Toms Wycall. Left to right, seated: Madeline Creager, Annie Toms, Claude Toms, Janice Weaver

Annie Catherine Grossnickle Toms (1879–1964) of Myersville. Daughter of Tilghman Franklin and Salome Alice Grossnickle; Wife of Claude Evers Toms; with grandson Davey Shepley. Courtesy Jennifer Savaadra.

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

Deasamore Oliver Toms (1882-1953).Son of Daniel and Mary Burns Toms; resident of Wolfsville.

Gertie Ray Barkman Toms (1887-1982) with sons Alvin John (1913-1970) and Stanley Harding Toms (1920-1980). Wife of Deasamore Oliver Toms; daughter of James Rufus and Elizabeth Rebekah Schildknecht Barkman of Wolfsville.

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

John Henry Toms (1829-1906). Son of Jacob and Mary Flight Toms who farmed near Jerusalem; farmer and auctioneer.

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.

Mabel Toms Bittle (1900-1997) and Nora Toms Shepley (1904–1985), daughters of Claude Toms and Annie Grossnickle Toms of Myersville. Courtesy Jennifer Saavadra, who states, "Since Mabel was older she got to sit in the chair. My grandmother, Nora, wanted to sit in the chair. Claude gave her a shiny new nickel to sit on the arm. There she is, nickel in hand, but she still wanted the seat."

Malinda A. Sensenbaugh Toms (1838-1887). Daughter of John and Magdalene Toms Sensenbaugh; wife of John Henry Toms.

Mary Flight Toms (1805-1878). Daughter of John Floyd and Elizabeth Bowlus Floyd; wife of Jacob Toms.

Ray Roscoe Toms, Sr. (1886-1969). Myersville native; son of Elmer Jacob and Hettie Grossnickle Toms; relocated to Pennsylvania.

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

William Eston Toms (1906-2000). Son of Claude Evers and Annie Catherine Grossnickle Toms of Myersville.

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.

Russell Edward Wachtel (1895-1947). Son of Daniel Joshua Wachtel and Annie Malonza Horine Wachtel; Myersville baseball team member.

Adam Nicholas Warrenfeltz, Sr. (1828-1903). Wolfsville native; husband of Catharine Marker.

Barbara Catherine Frey Warrenfeltz (1917-2003). Wolfsville native; daughter of David Rufus and Rosa Catherine Eccard Frey; wife of Philip Foster Warrenfeltz.

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

Clara Rebecca Sensenbaugh Warrenfeltz (1862-1943). Daughter of Simon Peter Sensenbaugh and Alcinda Hessong Sensenbaugh; wife of Adam M. Warrenfeltz; Wolfsville native.

Catharine Marker Warrenfeltz (1834-1912). Wife of Adam Warrenfeltz of Wolfsville.

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

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.

Lula Barkdoll Paden Werdebaugh (1886-1965). Wolfsville native and daughter of George Henry and Margaret Amanda Wolfe Barkdoll; married first to Joseph C. Paden and second to John Kendall Werdebaugh.

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.

Letha Alice Grossnickle Wiles (1899-2001) and Russell Peter Wiles (1892-1977). Myersville natives. He: Farmer; son of Jacob E. and Flora Grossnickle Wiles. She: Author of the book "So Many Mornings; daughter of Charles Webster and Clara Leatherman Grossnickle.

Letha Alice Grossnickle Wiles (1899-2001) and Russell Peter Wiles (1892-1977). Myersville natives. He: Farmer; son of Jacob E. and Flora Grossnickle Wiles. She: Author of the book "So Many Mornings; daughter of Charles Webster and Clara Leatherman Grossnickle.

Russell Peter Wiles, Jr. (1925-2020). Son of Russell Peter and Letha Alice Grossnickle Wiles. Wolfsville native; spent part of his working life at the National Institutes of Health. He poses here with a dress and bonnet that belonged to his grandmother, Clara Rebecca Leatherman Grossnickle (1851-1963).

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

Janice Rebecca Wilhide Tinney (1925-1977). Nurse and Myersville native. Daughter of Paul Sigler Wilhide and Leah Burhl Dubel Wilhide; wife of James Patrick Tinney.

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.

Janice Rebecca Wilhide Tinney (1925-1977) (right), Doris Catherine Wilhide Dutrow (1922-2007) (left), and Susan Burhl Tinney (center). Daughters and granddaughter of Paul Sigler Wilhide and Leah Burhl Dubel Wilhide of Myersville.

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.

R to L: Paul Sigler Wilhide (1895-1968), Evelyn Shepley Wilhide (1909-2000), Janice Rebecca Wilhide Tinney (1925-1977), and Doris Catherine Wilhide Dutrow (1922-2007). Paul Wilhide was a Main Street, Myersville resident and trolley car conductor.

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.

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

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

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

Viola V. Wolf (1888-1890). Daughter of Jefferson Monroe and Susan R. Duvall Wolf. Viola died of a childhood illness and is buried at Wolfsville Reformed Cemetery,

David Upton Wolfe (1847-1914). Wolfsville native; son of David of S. and Elizabeth Bowers Wolfe.

Dr. Samuel Wolf (1857-1943). Wolfsville-area native; son of Daniel and Catherine Palmer Wolf; later lived in South Dakota and California.

Dr. Samuel Wolf (1857-1943) and Hannah Elizabeth Maugans Wolf (1854-1939). He: Wolfsville-area native; son of Daniel and Catherine Palmer Wolf; later lived in South Dakota and California. She: Daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Grossnickle Maugans; died in Los Angeles, California.

Howard Jacob Wolfe (1869-1953). Son of William and Nancy Maughans Wolfe of Wolfsville; later in life, went west to Nebraska and Missouri.

Howard Jacob Wolfe (1869-1953) and Emma Lulu Hessong Wolfe (1873-1967). He: Son of William and Nancy Maughans Wolfe of Wolfsville; later in life, went west with wife and children to Nebraska and Missouri. She: Daughter of John Thomas Hessong, Sr., and Matilda Kline Hessong of Wolfsville.

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

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

Opal Smith Wolfe (1904-1998). Wolfsville Elementary School teacher; wife of Wolford W. Wolfe; daughter of Charles and Emma Grossnickle Smith of Middletown.

Opal Smith Wolfe (1904-1998). Wolfsville Elementary School teacher; wife of Wolford W. Wolfe; daughter of Charles and Emma Grossnickle Smith of Middletown on the day of her graduation from Hood College.

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.

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

William Wolf (1834-1919) and his three sons. Son of Samuel Wolfe and Mary Malinda Kuhn Wolfe; Wolfsville native.

William Wolf (1834-1919). Son of Samuel Wolfe and Mary Malinda Kuhn Wolfe; Wolfsville native.

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.

Willie Beider Wolfe (1916-1997) and LaRue Bertha Rowe Wolfe (1919-2014). He: Son of Walter A. Wolfe and Bessie Mae Himes Wolfe; WWII veteran; Myersville resident. She: Daughter of Charles and Annie Marker Rowe; Myersville native.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965), LaRue Bertha Rowe Wolfe (1919-2014), and Daughter Nancy. Annie was Bertha's mother and Nancy's Grandmother.

Wolford W. Wolfe (1910-1975) with wife Opal Smith Wolfe (1904-1998).

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

Zene S. Wolfe (1939-2022). Wolfsville native and Myersville resident; son of Wolford and Opal Wolfe.

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.

Charles Brown Young (1867-1960) and Ella Catherine Toms Young (1864-1958). He: Son of Myersville's William Randolph Young, chief judge of the Frederick County Orphans Court, and Cornelia Ann Brown Young. She: Daughter of Ezra and Sophia Doub Toms.

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

Clara Harp Young (1864-1933). Daughter of Daniel and Lugenia Sheffer Harp; wife of Elmer Alonzo Young of Myersville.

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