Jacob Douty
Details on Jacob’s growing years are lost to history except he must have had to grow wise quickly to provide for himself. The earliest record is the 1850 census showing…
Read MoreWilliam Mackabee
It’s one thing for a man to be on record for having lived 107 years, but this man also served on active duty in the Navy longer than anyone else.…
Read MoreDavid Handy
He was on his own in the big city. David was born in Delaware but, according to the 1860 census, he was living in a boarding house on Ogden Avenue,…
Read MoreSamuel Dixon Johnston
Sam’s birthplace, like his father’s, was in the borough of Muncy, just east of the Lycoming county seat of Williamsport in north central Pennsylvania. The town’s name was derived from…
Read MoreLewis Wood Robinson
Farm living wasn’t the life for Lewis, but it was how he grew up. All that is known of his youth is that his parents were William and Anna, he…
Read MoreArchibald Murdock
Like many Civil War soldiers, “Archie” wasn’t officially recognized as a naturalized citizen. And, like many who crossed an ocean to live in America, he enlisted to serve his adopted…
Read MoreMargaret Anna Pulver Smith
The Pulver family had three daughters when they were living in the town of Wayne, New York in the Finger Lakes region. Margaret was the middle child of the three,…
Read MoreJohn Wesley Rose
His preferred formal name was J. Wesley Rose but informally it was just Wesley. Being named for the famous preacher, John Wesley, is an obvious clue that the family supported…
Read MoreJohn Henry Jack
American theater-goers in the post-Civil War era would have recognized John Jack more for his supporting roles than being one of the leading stars of the day. He worked with…
Read MoreGeorge Rogers Maguire
The only information found about this man’s childhood was that he attended Girard College in Philadelphia. Despite the name, the school was not (and still isn’t) an institution of higher…
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