Ashland Cemetery
Located on the York Road in the Borough of Carlisle’s east side is Ashland Cemetery. Its dedication took place October 8, 1865 with the Reverend Doctor Conway Wing giving an opening address.
Ashland Cemetery
Egolff’s Fashionable Boarding House
For several decades during the second half of the 19th century, William Egolff and his sisters Elizabeth and Barbara operated a boarding house in Carlisle in the three-story brick building at No. 7-11 North Hanover street.
Mrs. Sarah A. Faber: From Carlisle to Constantinople
When Sarah Filey was growing up in rural Cumberland County in the 1830s and 1840s, she could not have imagined that ten years of her life would be spent more than 5,000 miles away in Constantinople, Turkey.
“The German” A Society Cotillion
“The Social Event of the Season: Dewitt Clinton Bosler Gives a German in the Armory” proclaimed the newspaper. The article described an event held in Carlisle on the evening of December 28, 1896. Dewitt Clinton Bosler, a wealthy bachelor, gave his third annual German.
Amelia S. Givin (1845-1915)
Amelia Steele Givin was born on October 31, 1845. She was the only daughter of Robert and Sara (Gibson) Givin; she had four brothers who predeceased her. Her father and his brother, Samuel, were the founders of a paper mill in Mt.
Miss Florence Greenfield (1865-1946)
When Miss Florence Greenfield died in Carlisle on January 31, 1946, she was the last member of her family.1 The contents of her will, published in a Harrisburg newspaper a week later, revealed that the Carlisle Hospital was named the beneficiary of her estate.
James W. Bosler throws spectacular birthday party for five-year old son.
Carlisle Herald, September 1, 1870. “MAGNIFICENT BIRTHDAY DEMONSTRATION—Splendid Pyrotechnic Display.—Mr. James W. Bosler, a citizen of this place, residing in the suburbs of the borough, gave a grand birthday party, pyrotechnic display, etc., in honor of his little son Charlie’s fifth birthday.
Dr. John C. Neff: Dentist and Gold Rush ‘49er
Shortly before 1840, John Cassilus Neff1 and his family settled in Carlisle where he opened his practice as a dentist.2 During the 1840s, Dr.
Mrs. Margaretta Neff: Carlisle Milliner
Margaretta, her husband, John Cassilus Neff1 and their children, settled in Carlisle in 1838. Dr. Neff set up a practice as a dentist, and his wife, Margaretta, opened a millinery shop, both at No. 7 Harper's Row. Mrs.
Judge Sylvester Sadler
Sylvester Sadler, local lawyer, judge and later Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was born in Carlisle on September 29th, 1829.[1] Sylvester was the second out of 4 sons of local judge Wilbur F.