Clarence M. Smith – Band Director, Business Owner
Born in 1882, Smith learned to play the cornet in 1896 at the age of 14.
Carlisle
Distiller Nathaniel Smith
On May 30, 1757, Col. John Stanwix arrived in Carlisle with five companies of the Royal American Regiment's first battalion to begin constructing entrenchments.
William Henry Harrison Smith
William Henry Harrison Smith went by Harrison Smith for most of his life. He was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), and enlisted on February 17, 1864, in Hartford, Connecticut, as a private, with Company B of the 31st Connecticut Colored Infantry. He stood at five feet and five inches tall, with dark hair, eyes, and complexion, and was twenty-one years old at the time. He was sent to a division hospital on July 30th, 1864, during a charge near Petersburg, Virginia, when he suffered a gunshot wound through his left shoulder and jaw.
Some Benefactors of St. Patrick's Church, Carlisle
The year 1993 marked the centennial of the building of St. Patrick's Shrine Church in Carlisle. Just as the Rev. Dr. Henry G. Ganss published a comprehensive history of the parish in 1895, so it was deemed appropriate to prepare a brief history of the present church and its people during the last century.
Sons of the American Revolution
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was founded in 1889. One of the first meetings of the SAR took place in the historic Long Room of Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
Helen P. Sowers (Women in World War II)
Interview with Helen Sowers at her home in Mt. Holly Springs Pennsylvania on July 15th 2002 as a part of the Cumberland County Women During World War II Oral History Project. Sowers discusses growing up during the Great Depression in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, working in the C. H. Maslands and Sons factory, and as a volunteer airplane spotter in Mount Holly Springs. Sowers also talks about the difficulty of rationing for a large family.
John Spahr: Constable (1807-1876)
George Shrom, who grew up on East Street in Carlisle, wrote about John Spahr in an 1898 article in the American Volunteer newspaper.
Al Speers
Interview with Al Speers for the Second Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Speers discusses his involvement with the Second Presbyterian Church.
Thompson Spottswood: Teacher, Dentist and Civil War Soldier
F. A. Harris, remembering his Carlisle school teacher Thompson Spottswood, wrote: “I could stand over his grave today and weep tears of friendship. He was one of the kindest men, and for one year disciplined that bad, bad school
Henry W. Spradley
Henry Spradley served in the 24th United States Colored Regiment with Company G from March 8, 1865 to December 1, 1865.