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Midland Cemetery Master Names List - Surnames V
Click the links below for lists of names collected by the Friends of Midland organization. Most of the names on the lists, alphabetized by surname, represent persons either interred at Midland Cemetery, or African Americans who died in the Borough of Steelton in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Midland Cemetery was rescued from neglect by local historian Barbara B. Barksdale, who began the Friends of Midland organization. That organization is the best source of information on the cemetery. They can be contacted at the following address:
Friends of Midland,
P. O. Box 7442,
Steelton, Pennsylvania 17113-0442.
E-mail: Friends of Midland
- Valentine, Catherine, 11/1/1906, 1 mo 24 days, 555 Iron Alley, Charles E/Lizzie (Hammond) Valentine, MD (Note 27)
- Valentine, Raymond H., Pennsylvania, Pvt. 803 Pioneer Inf. WW I, "May 1, 1893 - June 12, 1946"
- Vaughn, Maggie, 1964
More Midland Pages
The Civil War Burials at Midland
African American Burial Traditions at Midland
World War Burials at Midland
Gallery of Home Crafted Tombstones
Gallery of Plot Boundary Markings
Artifacts of a Historic Cemetery
Newspaper Birial Notices, 1894-1899
Known Burials at Midland, page 1
Other Pages
Steelton Death Certificates, 1892-1893
About the Friends of Midland