A Delaware Solider At Cowpens
On 9 December 1775 the Continental Congress resolved that a battalion should be raised from the lower 3 counties of Pennsylvania to serve...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Rise and Fall of John T. Shoener
John T. Shoener (the spelling has frequently appeared as Schoener in multiple newspaper articles) was born 5 April 1850, in South Manheim...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
A Conductor On The Underground Railroad
Abner S. Blue was born in Troy, Miami County, Ohio on 3 April 1819. His father, James, was a Justice of the Peace in Troy, an associate...
- Sep 11, 2022
- 8 min
A Quaker in Himachal Pradesh
Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr. was born on 16 August 1882 in Philadelphia, PA into a wealthy and distinguished Quaker family. His father,...
- Sep 5, 2022
- 4 min
A Union Sympathizer in North Carolina
Joseph Benfield was born on 20 August 1807 in Lincoln County, NC. He was the son of Johannes "John" Benfield, Jr. and Elizabeth (née...
- Aug 8, 2022
- 5 min
The Surveyor General
The Cortelyou family arrived in the New World in the person of young Jacques Cortelyou. He did not come because of religious...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
Thomas Fenwick: His Lands and Island
And now the continuation of story of Thomas Fenwick (for the prior post, click Here.) Thomas Fenwick, born between 1632 and 1635, was the...
- May 16, 2022
- 4 min
1870's Mahanoy City: Highway Robbery
"Schuylkill County appears to be infested with professional robbers, at least highway robbery is getting to be quite fashionable" -...
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
A Curious George Goes West
Johann George Schoener was born on 3 February 1746 and baptized in the New Hanover Lutheran Church. He was baptized on 6 days later on 9...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 7 min
Hannah and William, Part 5
(Click here for Part 4) The new court convened on 15 February 1864. Before his arraignment, William again asked for the court's...
- Feb 7, 2022
- 4 min
Hannah and William, Part 4
(Click Here for Part 3) William ran away but not for long. After Abraham Bertolet's body had been carted off, he returned home. That...
- Jan 31, 2022
- 6 min
Hannah and William, Part 3
(Click here for Part 2) William left Washington, D.C. during the last days of December in the company of about twenty men. They...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 7 min
Hannah and William, Part 2
(Click Here for Part 1) After boarding the train, William Howe and the 116th Pennsylvania Regiment stopped in Washington, D.C. where it...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 5 min
Hannah and William, Part 1
Hannah Krebs Shaner was born 14 July 1833, the second child of Charles and Elizabeth Krebs Shaner. Her mother died on 6 March 1837. ...
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
Sgt. Schoener, Artificer
Johann Wilhelm Schoener (recorded as Johann Wilhelm Schiner in the church record), my 5x great grandfather, was born on 3 December 1749...
- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Music Man of Upper Darby
Here is the story of one of my cousins who was a true inspiration to those around him and everyone he met. He had a positive impact on...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Schoeners At the Turn of the Century (20th)
Every wonder what the family looked like more than 100 years ago? Well, let me turn back the clock to about 1903. The photo above is...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Here Comes The Judge
James Franklin "Jim" Schoener was born on 10 December 1923 in Piqua, Ohio. He was the second child and only son of George Morris and...
- Oct 4, 2021
- 5 min
"You Have Struck Me As With Roses"
In 1638, after six weeks of a tempestuous sea and storm voyage, Obadiah Holmes, Sr., his wife and 3 year old son Jonathan, arrived in...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 6 min
The Life and Death of Johann Georg Schöner
Reverend Henry Melchior Muhlenberg took joy in much of his work, like the baptisms and the confirmations and the occasional deathbed...
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