Carlisle
Charlie Stringfellow
Interview with Charlie Stringfellow, Rick Hrip, Bob Marek, and Mark Fishkin focusing on the golf career of Stringfellow and the Carlisle Country Club.
George B. Stuart – Lawyer, Benefactor
George B. Stuart was born on July 31, 1912 in Carlisle to Walter and Laura J. Peffer Stuart Jr. Graduating from Carlisle High School, Stuart attended the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and Dickinson School of Law to earn his law degree, where he practiced in Carlisle all his life.
James W. Sullivan – Printer, Activist, Government Official
James W. Sullivan was born on March 9, 1848, to Timothy and Elizabeth Hagan Sullivan. The family lived at 17-19 North East Street in Carlisle. Sullivan, a good student, finished all but his last year at Carlisle High School.
A Brief History of the Susquehannock Nation and Other American Indians in the Susquehanna Valley
Many people assume that the history of Cumberland County began with the foundation of towns like Carlisle, Shippensburg, Newville, and Camp Hill by European settlers in the eighteenth century.
Russ Sutton
Russ Sutton discusses growing up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Sutton focuses on his days attending local schools in Carlisle as well as his undergraduate days at Dickinson College. Sutton then moves on to discuss his time in the Army as a member of the 2nd Armored Division and his work with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and many charity efforts.
Joseph W. Swales
Joseph Swales date and location of birth is unknown. He may have served in Company G of the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, although that is unconfirmed, and it may be a different soldier of the same name.1 Nothing is known about his life after service in the military, besides mentions of an Edward Swales, who could be his son, arrested in 1882 for stabbing another boy.2
Swales died sometime before 1884, the cause and exact date are unknown.3 He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Agnes Swanzey (1743-1826) widow of John Steele and John Jordan
Agnes Swansey was born on June 30, 1743, grew up on her parent’s farm in West Pennsborough Township, and in 1761 married John Steele a Carlisle tavernkeeper.1 Her husband died sometime between 1769 and 1776 when she appeared on Carlisle tax lists as Agnes Steel, widow.
G. Wilson Swartz: A Lawyer’s Life
You’ve recently sold a horse because you no longer want to pay for its upkeep. But a few days later, you find it back in your barn, eating your hay. Can you force the buyer to honor the sale and take the horse away?