Sugar Grove

Pictured are Philip Wilfong (July 13, 1835 - Feb. 24, 1914) and Eliza Jane Lamb Wilfong (July 13, 1835 - Aug. 20, 1904). Philip’s parents were Joseph Wilfong (Oct. 9, 1814 - Jan. 1, 1896) and Lavina Simmons Wilfong (May 12, 1814 - April 1, 1891). Eliza’s parents were Michael W. Lamb...

 Members of the Frank and Ella Michael Mitchell family were, from left, Beulah Florence (Feb. 17, 1896 - July 2, 1980) married Ernest Frank Rader (Feb. 3, 1893 – April 6, 1979), Franklin (July 20, 1865 - Feb. 8, 1905) married Ella Virginia Michael (Dec. 9, 1871 - Sept. 6,...

Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell More than likely, most readers have never heard of Warren Reff Ross, the Blind Man, who was the son of Joseph William and Pheobe E. Hoover Ross. (Phoebe had been born and grew up in the Brandywine community, where she had many Hoover relatives). Reff...

John Adam Fultz (1882 - April 1963) was the son of Martin Fultz (Oct. 4, 1853 - May 13, 1925) and Mary Jane Bolton Fultz (June 30, 1862 - March 18, 1925), both buried at the Dickenson Mountain Cemetery.  His siblings were Frances E, Frank A., Sarah P., Sally, and...

Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell All about everyone the earth is coming alive. Evidence of new life is seen everywhere. The voice of spring has awakened the hills. She whispered first to the songbirds and they gathered their flock and arrived by the busloads. Their songs of joy ring out every morning. The fields...

David Arthur Wilfong (Jan. 8, 1877 - Nov. 24, 1934) was the son of Philip and Eliza J. Lamb Wilfong.  He married Lillie Elizabeth Simmons (Nov. 19, 1881 - April 30, 1973) and they had Arthur Herbert Wilfong and Charles Rudy Wilfong.  All are buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery....

Students attending the Propst School around 1916 were, from left, sitting, Dan Propst and Arthur Hahn, teacher; middle row, Irene Tusing Bowers, Ralph Cook, Clona Pitsenbarger Kiser, Beula Propst Mitchell, Essie Propst Snyder, Irma Snyder Simmons, Jennie Propst Fleisher, Julian Pitsenbarger Hoover and Eva Rader Simmons; and back row, Sudie...

Members of the Charles and Cora Lambert family, were, from left, Roy Moomau (Sept. 14, 1905 - Sept. 1, 1990) married to Ona Alice Warner, Charles (Oct. 11, 1881 – Jan. 2, 1946), Robert Mahlon (May 26, 1903 – Sept. 14, 1978) married to Martha Louella “Mattie” Pitsenbarger (April 5,...

Estella Puffenbarger (Nov. 16, 1891 - April 15. 1951) was the daughter of Peter Frye (Sept. 26, 1853 - Aug. 2, 1920) and Rheuhamy Crummett Puffenbarger (May 19, 1861 - June 23, 1936).  She married Jesse A. Crummett (Jan. 5, 1885 - Feb. 28, 1979), son of Lazarus (May 7,...

Edward Harvey Rader (Feb. 3, 1898 - Aug. 22, 1965) was the son of Philip Emanuel and Columbia Caroline Pitsenbarger. On Feb. 4, 1939, he married Mary Evelyn Propst (April 10, 1908 - ) at Dahmer.  From this union, his children were Edward Lee (Aug. 27, 1939 - May 8,...