Carlisle

Dr. Charles M. Worthington (1835-1878)

Scan of Charles M. Worthington's obituary in the American Volunteer on October 17, 1878

A survivor of the infamous Libby Prison, Charles McClure Worthington was a man of many occupations; a telegraph operator on the Cumberland Valley Rail Road, a Civil War surgeon, a druggist, and finally, a Carlisle school teacher. Charles M. Worthington was born in Carlisle on September 22, 1835, the eldest son of Ann and Jefferson Worthington, a painter and County Commissioner. Worthington was educated in the Carlisle schools and read medicine with Dr. Baughman.

John Wright

John Wright was born around 1828, most likely in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted with Company G of the 22nd U.S.C.T. on December 30, 1863, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was mustered in on the same date.1 Whether or not he survived the war is unknown. He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.2

  1. Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869.
  2. “List of soldier’s graves…” Carlisle Weekly Herald, 3, May 22, 1884.

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A Youthful Friendship: Smead and Bache

Captain Raphael Cummings Smead, after serving some months with the army in Mexico, was ordered to Carlisle Barracks in 1847. He brought his wife Sarah Radcliff and their family of five children to the town, and enrolled his oldest son, John Radcliff, in the local Dickinson College. But a liberal education appears to have had few attractions for either father or son; a commission in the army or even a job as a surveyor or engineer on one of the railroads under construction in the West promised higher social rank and income.

George and Tim Yuda

George and Tim Yuda

Interview of George and Tim Yuda for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. George Yuda discusses his life as well as stories from his father Montreville Yuda, a student at the Carlisle Indian School.

George and Tim Yuda

George and Tim Yuda

Interview of George and Tim Yuda for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Both discuss Montreville Yuda and his connections with the Carlisle Indian School as well as alumni including Fred Cardin, Gus Welch, and Jim Thorpe.

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