Shippensburg
Elliott Butler
Elliott Butler served in the 127th U.S.C.T., in Company A. He was born around 1835, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.1 In 1860, he was living in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife Susan, and his children Ann and John. The census lists him as a laborer, but the description in his military records states that he is a lime burner.2 He enlisted on August 23, 1864, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, into Company A of the 127th U.S.C.T., at twenty-eight years old. His records describe him as six feet tall, with black hair and eyes.
Chimney Sweeps
Fire was people’s greatest fear, especially in towns where houses and buildings were often attached to each other in rows.
Christian Frederick Post: Missionary and Diplomat
The early history of Pennsylvania is sprinkled with the exploits of daring, energetic, and forceful individuals. One of the most fearless and dedicated, yet least remembered of these personalities, was Christian Frederick Post. A humble man of God, he spent over forty years among the Indians and Whites of colonial America, spreading the Gospel and working for peace. He passed some of this time traveling through or living within the present borders of Cumberland County.
Cumberland County Place Names
Cumberland County place names under the following lists: named after the founder or an early settler, geographical/geological features, and miscellaneous.
Cumberland County Servicemen Who Died in Vietnam
The following list of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania servicemen who died in Vietnam appears in alphabetical order and was compiled from official and non-official sources.
Cumberland County Servicemen Who Died in World War I
This is a list of the seventy-four Cumberland County, Pennsylvania servicemen who sacrificed their lives in service to their country during World War I. The list is compiled from the book Service records: Cumberland County in the World War 1917-1918 printed in 1935 by the Cumberland Cou
Cumberland County Signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Ross (May 10, 1730—July 14, 1779) was born in New Castle, Delaware, the son of Rev. George and Catherine Van Gezel Ross, studied in Philadelphia, opened his law practice in Lancaster in 1751, and was named the King’s attorney for Cumberland County.