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Names of Persons Buried at Midland Cemetery
Newspaper Notices of Interments, 1920
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.
Below are transcriptions of interment notices at Midland Cemetery published in local newspapers between 1904-1907. Notices are listed in chronologial order by date of publication.
Newspaper notices from 1894-1899 are here.
Newspaper notices from 1900-1903 are here.
Newspaper notices from 1904-1907 are here.
This is not a complete list of the burials at Midland. Supplemental lists of names are listed below, and are added as we transcribe documents, interview persons, and discover new information. Click here for an alphabetical list.
Harris, Alex
STEELTON
FORMER SLAVE DIES
Alex Harris, a former southern slave, died Monday night in his home, 233 Christian street, of the infirmities of old age. Harris was 94 years old.
Harris was born in North Carolina and during the three years which he lived here has several times told how he was sold by a Major Bluet to a Major Harris. He was totally blind during the last eight years of his life.
Harris leaves a wife and twelve children. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in Midland cemetery.
The Patriot-News, 28 July 1920, page 11.
Additional Burials at Midland
Additional Names, List B
Additional Names, List C
Additional Names, List D
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
Other Pages
Steelton Death Certificates, 1892-1893
About the Friends of Midland