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Tombstone Transcriptions, Surnames D to G

This data has been supplied by the Friends of Midland Cemetery. Transcriptions of all surviving markers, tombstones, headstones and plot markers was completed several years ago by volunteers. Recently, the data was made available to the Friends of Midland to be published on this website. Only obvious transcription errors have been corrected. All other spellings remain as recorded.

Surnames beginning with D

Surnames beginning with E

Surnames beginning with F

Surnames beginning with G

Surname: DAILEY
First Name: CORNELIUS
Middle Name: M DR
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Year of Birth: 1902
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Year of Death: 1950
Surname: DANDRIDGE
First Name: JESSE
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Day of Birth: 22
Month of Birth: 01
Year of Birth: 1862
Day of Death: 14
Month of Death: 12
Year of Death: 1913
Surname: DANDRIDGE
First Name: XXX
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Day of Death: 10
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Year of Death: 1892
Surname: DANGERFIELD
First Name: J
Middle Name: R
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Surname: DANIELS
First Name: BERRY
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Day of Death: 27
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Year of Death: 1923
Surname: DANTZLER
First Name: DOROTHY
Middle Name:
Day of Birth: 28
Month of Birth: 3
Year of Birth: 1936
Day of Death: 10
Month of Death: 3
Year of Death: 1993
Notes: "In Loving Memory of / Our Mother"
Surname: DAVENPORT
First Name: VIRGIL
Middle Name: C
Day of Birth: 02
Month of Birth: 02
Year of Birth: 1911
Day of Death: 16
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Year of Death: 1951
Surname: DAVID
First Name: HAMP
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Year of Death: 1933
Name: Davis, Charles A. (Male)
Age: 3 Years, 5 Months
Marital Status: Single
Race: "Colored"
Place of Birth: Harrisburg
Place of Death: 1117 11 1/2 Street, Harrisburg, June 29, 1893
Cause of Death: Bronchitis
Length of Illness: 5 Months
Name of Father: James A. Davis
Name of Mother: Lizzie Davis
Other Information: "Recorded December 22, 1893"
Source: Record #208, Barbara Pietila, Baltimore, Maryland
Surname: DAVIS
First Name: EMILY
Middle Name: G
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Day of Death: 26
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Year of Death: 1892
Surname: DAVIS
First Name: FAMILY
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Surname: DAVIS
First Name: FORREST
Middle Name: R
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Year of Birth: 1892
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Year of Death: 1927
Surname: DAVIS
First Name: HATTIE
Middle Name: E
Day of Birth: 27
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1927
Day of Death: 12
Month of Death: 10
Year of Death: 1965
Surname: DAVIS
First Name: ISSAC
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Surname: DAVIS
First Name: JOHN
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Day of Death: 18
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Year of Death: 1891
Surname: DAVIS
First Name: MARGARET
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Day of Death: 14
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Surname: DAWSON
First Name: HERBERT
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Year of Birth: 1861
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Year of Death: 1945
Surname: DAWSON
First Name: JULIA
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1874
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Year of Death: 1924
Surname: DAWSON
First Name: ROSHA
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1903
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Year of Death: 1923
Surname: DAY
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: HOWARD
Day of Birth: 19
Month of Birth: October
Year of Birth: 1825
Day of Death: 03
Month of Death: December
Year of Death: 1900
Notes: Inscription "Scholar, Humanitarian, Churchman, Civic-Leader, Educator, Editor, Publisher, Lecturer. A life devoted to the intellectual, civic and spiritual uplift of man." W.E.B. DuBois spoke at William Howard Day's funeral. William Howard Day first appears in Harrisburg city directories in 1872, listed as the editor of Our National Progress, published from 12 North Third Street, and living at 516 Walnut Street. Two years later he was living at 613 State Street. (Boyd's Directory, 1872-3 and 1874-5)
Surname: DEAN
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Name: Dean, Anna (Female)
Age: 8 Years
Marital Status: Single
Race: "Black"
Place of Birth: Harrisburg
Place of Death: 511 South Street, Harrisburg, August (?), 1893
Cause of Death: Diphtheria
Length of Illness: 2 Weeks
Name of Father: Robert Dean
Name of Mother: Mary Dean
Other Information: "The mother does not know either date of death or date of funeral"
Source: Record #232, Barbara Pietila, Baltimore, Maryland
Surname: DEAN
First Name: HARRY
Middle Name:
Day of Birth: 17
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1891
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Year of Death: 1961
Surname: DENNEE
First Name: MARY
Middle Name: B
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Year of Death: 1888
Surname: DENNEE
First Name: WILLIAM
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Day of Death: 21
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Year of Death: 1902
Surname: DENNIS
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Surname: DENNIS
First Name: LOUISE
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Day of Birth: 05
Month of Birth: 12
Year of Birth: 1934
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Year of Death: 1960
Surname: DENNIS
First Name: RUTH
Middle Name: R
Day of Birth: 25
Month of Birth: 01
Year of Birth: 1920
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Year of Death: 1965
Surname: DENT
First Name: CHARLES
Middle Name: E
Day of Birth: 10
Month of Birth: 11
Year of Birth: 1903
Day of Death: 10
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Year of Death: 1965
Surname: DENT
First Name: JAMES
Middle Name: E
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Day of Death: 19
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Year of Death: 1912
Surname: DERICKSON
First Name: FRANK
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Day of Birth: '09
Month of Birth: 12
Year of Birth: 1912
Day of Death: 15
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Year of Death: 1969
Surname: DIGGS
First Name: ELLEN
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Year of Birth: 1902
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Year of Death: 1985
Surname: DIXON
First Name: CARRIE
Middle Name: T
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Year of Birth: XXXX
Day of Death: 21
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Year of Death: 1935
Surname: DIXON
First Name: CATHERINE
Middle Name: L
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Year of Birth: XXXX
Day of Death: 10
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1913
Surname: DIXON
First Name: CHARLES
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1901
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Year of Death: 1954
Surname: DIXON
First Name: HENRY
Middle Name: S
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Day of Death: 14
Month of Death: 12
Year of Death: 1918
Surname: DIXON
First Name: JOSEPH
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Day of Death: 29
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Year of Death: 1889
Surname: DIXON
First Name: LEROY
Middle Name: A
Day of Birth: 08
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1886
Day of Death: 14
Month of Death: 12
Year of Death: 1957
Surname: DIXON
First Name: MARTHA
Middle Name: O TASCA
Day of Birth: 02
Month of Birth: 02
Year of Birth: 1864
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Year of Death: 1908
Surname: DIXON
First Name: WILLIAM
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Year of Birth: 1872
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Year of Death: 1925
Surname: DIXON
First Name: WILLIAM
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Year of Birth: XXXX
Day of Death: 19
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Year of Death: 1921
Surname: DIXSON
First Name: ANNIE
Middle Name: MARY
Day of Birth: 14
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1872
Day of Death: 18
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Year of Death: 1905
Surname: DIXSON
First Name: HIRAM
Middle Name: E
Day of Birth: 03
Month of Birth: 07
Year of Birth: 1886
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Year of Death: 1917
Surname: DIXSON
First Name: JAMES
Middle Name: T
Day of Birth: 03
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1889
Day of Death: 21
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Year of Death: 1908
Surname: DOBSON
First Name: SUSAN
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1892
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Year of Death: 1959
Surname: DOCKINS
First Name: ALBERT
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Day of Birth: 01
Month of Birth: 03
Year of Birth: 1854
Day of Death: 12
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Year of Death: 1888
Surname: DOCKINS
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: A
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Year of Birth: 1890
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Year of Death: 1963
Surname: DOLEMAN
First Name: MAGGIE
Middle Name: B
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Day of Death: 2
Month of Death: 6
Year of Death: 1901
Surname: DOLEMAN
First Name: MYRTLE
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Name: Dorsey, Anne
Age: 27
Marital Status: Married
Race: "Colored"
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Place of Death: 440 South Street, Harrisburg, June 7, 1893
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Length of Illness: 2 Years
Other Information: Recorded December 22, 1893
Source: Record #229, Barbara Pietila, Baltimore, Maryland
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: ALICE
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1869
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Year of Death: 1944
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: BERTHA
Middle Name: M
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Year of Death: 1892
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: ELIZABETH
Middle Name: LEE
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Month of Death: 12
Year of Death: 1898
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name: E
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Year of Death: 1897
Notes: In 1869, George E. Douglass is listed as a porter, living in Angle Alley. (Seltzer & Thome Directory, 1869) Douglass was one of the people who helped erect a monument in Lincoln Cemetery to Harrisburg's African American Civil War dead.
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name: H
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Year of Birth: 1888
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Year of Death: 1935
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: JAMES
Middle Name: W
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Year of Birth: 1849
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Year of Death: 1907
Surname: DOUGLAS
First Name: MARTHA
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Year of Birth: 1840
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Surname: DOVAL
First Name: ANNIE
Middle Name: M
Day of Birth: 31
Month of Birth: 08
Year of Birth: 1866
Day of Death: 15
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Year of Death: 1885
Surname: DOWNEY
First Name: MARGARET
Middle Name: M
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Year of Death: 1900
Surname: DOWNEY
First Name: SAMUEL
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Year of Birth: 1839
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Year of Death: 1923
Notes: In 1863, listed as a laborer, living on Filbert Street, north of Walnut Street. (Gopsill's Directory, 1863)
Surname: DRAYTON
First Name: H
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Day of Birth: ??
Month of Birth: 02
Year of Birth: 1876
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Year of Death: 1933
Surname: DUFFAN
First Name: RICHARD
Middle Name: ARNOLD
Day of Birth: 31
Month of Birth: 01
Year of Birth: 1931
Day of Death: 23
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Year of Death: 1931
Surname: DUFFIN
First Name: JOSEPH
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Surname: DUFFIN
First Name: MANIZILLA
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Day of Birth: 09
Month of Birth: 04
Year of Birth: 1844
Day of Death: 15
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Year of Death: 1897
Surname: DUFFINS
First Name: DAVID
Middle Name: E
Day of Birth: 03
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1909
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Year of Death: 1994
Surname: DUFFINS
First Name: FLORENCE
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Surname: DUFFINS
First Name: RUSSELL
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Surname: DUNLAP
First Name: COLEMAN
Middle Name: C
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Day of Death: 10
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1926
Surname: DUNLAP
First Name: EUNICE
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Year of Death: 1915

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Surname: EDWARDS
First Name: IVORY
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Day of Birth: 17
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1897
Day of Death: 26
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Year of Death: 1955
Surname: EDWARDS
First Name: JAMES
Middle Name: W
Day of Birth: 01
Month of Birth: 03
Year of Birth: 1818
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Year of Death: 1885
Notes: Company A, 39th (USCT) More Details
Surname: ELLIOTT
First Name: LUCY
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Day of Birth: 01
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1897
Day of Death: 25
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1960
Surname: ERWIN
First Name: CHARLES
Middle Name: B
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Notes: Manager of the Walker Theater in Indianapolis, and later a theater manager in Philadelphia. Erwin was also a Harrisburg politician. (per Calobe Jackson, Jr.)
Surname: ERWIN
First Name: NEOLIA
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Surname: EVANS
First Name: BETTY
Middle Name: JANE
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Year of Birth: 1922
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Year of Death: 1926
Surname: EVERET
First Name: LUTHER
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Year of Birth: 1894
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Year of Death: 1938
Surname: EVERETT
First Name: ANNIE
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Year of Birth: 1862
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Year of Death: 1926
Surname: EWELL
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Surname: EWELL
First Name: HENRIETTA
Middle Name: B
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Year of Birth: 1908
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Year of Death: 1924
Surname: EWELL
First Name: HENRY
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Year of Birth: 1883
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Year of Death: 1931
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Surname: FAINE
First Name: MONTGOMERY
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Year of Birth: 1886
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Year of Death: 1935
Surname: FAIRFAX
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Surname: FICKLIN
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Surname: FICKLIN
First Name: CLARENCE
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1888
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Year of Death: 1958
Surname: FICKLIN
First Name: LOUISA
Middle Name: M
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Year of Birth: 1888
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Year of Death: 1946
Surname: FIELDS
First Name: EDWARD
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Year of Birth: 1899
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Year of Death: 1970
Surname: FIELDS
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name: W
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Year of Birth: 1881
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Year of Death: 1961
Surname: FIELDS
First Name: HENRIETTA
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Year of Birth: 1884
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Year of Death: 1957
Surname: FIELDS
First Name: MARTHA
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Surname: FIELDS
First Name: MARY
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1896
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Year of Death: 1963
Surname: FIELDS
First Name: WILLIAM
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Year of Birth: 1856
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Year of Death: 1922
Surname: FINLEY
First Name: LYDIA
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Year of Birth: 1921
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Year of Death: 1958
Surname: FISHER
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Surname: FISHER
First Name: CHARLES
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Day of Death: 17
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1900
Surname: FISHER
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Surname: FITZGERALD
First Name: ANNIE
Middle Name: B
Day of Birth: 02
Month of Birth: 02
Year of Birth: 1851
Day of Death: 10
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1903
Surname: FITZGERALD
First Name: MINNICE
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Year of Birth: 1929
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Surname: FLEMING
First Name: JAMES
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Year of Birth: 1899
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Year of Death: 1958
Surname: FLOWERS
First Name: HARRY
Middle Name: F
Day of Birth: 23
Month of Birth: 2
Year of Birth: 1946
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Year of Death: 1928
Surname: FLURRY
First Name: LUCY
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Year of Birth: 1861
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Year of Death: 1918
Surname: FORD
First Name: CHARLES
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Day of Death: 13
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Year of Death: 1890
Surname: FOUNTAIN
First Name: CORA
Middle Name: E
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Day of Death: 29
Month of Death: 12
Year of Death: 1891
Surname: FOX
First Name: EDWARD
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Year of Birth: 1884
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Year of Death: 1944
Surname: FRANKLIN
First Name: JOHN
Middle Name: W JR
Day of Birth: 05
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1887
Day of Death: 27
Month of Death: 10
Year of Death: 1964
Surname: FRANKLIN
First Name: MATTIE
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Year of Birth: 1900
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Surname: FRANKLIN
First Name: ROBERT
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Day of Birth: 19
Month of Birth: 04
Year of Birth: 1889
Day of Death: 11
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1975
Surname: FRIVER
First Name: ANN
Middle Name: R
Day of Birth: 05
Month of Birth: 09
Year of Birth: 1827
Day of Death: 11
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Year of Death: 1888
Surname: FRIVER
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Surname: FRIVER
First Name: LEVI
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Day of Birth: 15
Month of Birth: 12
Year of Birth: 1824
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Year of Death: 1879
Notes: In 1863, listed as a waiter, living on Short Street, near Walnut Street. (Gopsill's Directory, 1863) He was at the same address in 1869.
Surname: FRYE
First Name: FOREST
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Surname: FRYE
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name: W
Day of Birth: 15
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1818
Day of Death: 30
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Year of Death: 1894
Notes: In 1867, listed as a laborer, living in Tanners Alley, near South Street. (Devine's Directory, 1867)
Surname: FRYE
First Name: LILLIAN
Middle Name: J
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Year of Birth: 1903
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Year of Death: 1925
Surname: FRYE
First Name: THEODORE
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1865
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Year of Death: 1937
Notes: First black undertaker in Harrisburg, with Joseph Thomas. The funeral home was located on South Street. Frye was also associated with Frye's Hotel, located in Harrisburg's Eighth Ward. (per Calobe Jackson, Jr.) The Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory--1910, notes "For several years the city has been without a hotel under the management of colored people. A license has been granted to Mr. Theodore Frye, who conducts a well equipped house where he caters especially to colored trade. Mr. Frye is well known and popular." (p. 85)
Surname: FULLER
First Name: ELINOR
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Year of Birth: 1924
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Surname: G
First Name: MABY
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Day of Birth: 15
Month of Birth: 01
Year of Birth: 1907
Day of Death: 18
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Year of Death: 1981
Surname: G
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Surname: GAITOR
First Name: AMELIA
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Day of Birth: 13
Month of Birth: 9
Year of Birth: 188X
Day of Death: 16
Month of Death: 12
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Surname: GAITOR
First Name: IDELLA
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Day of Death: 16
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Year of Death: 1886
Surname: GAITOR
First Name: JENNIE
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Surname: GAITOR
First Name: JOHN
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Day of Death: 30
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Year of Death: 1901
Surname: GAITOR
First Name: MARY
Middle Name: A
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Day of Death: 27
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1900
Surname: GALBRAITH
First Name: ELIZABETH
Middle Name:
Day of Birth: 07
Month of Birth: 12
Year of Birth: 1809
Day of Death: 13
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1887
Notes: Mother of George Galbraith (1848-1912). Widow of Rev. George Galbraith, 4th bishop of Harrisburg A.M.E. church.
Surname: GALBRAITH
First Name: GEORGE
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Year of Birth: 1848
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Year of Death: 1912
Notes: Played on Harrisburg Monrovians baseball team.
Surname: GANN
First Name: CHARLES
Middle Name: H
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Day of Death: 30
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Year of Death: 1892
Surname: GARDNER
First Name: WOODVILLE
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Year of Death: 1902
Surname: GARNER
First Name: MARY
Middle Name: MILDRED
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Surname: GARRETT
First Name: PEARL
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Year of Birth: 1900
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Year of Death: 1939
Surname: GASH
First Name: JOHN
Middle Name: W
Day of Birth: 10
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1854
Day of Death: 31
Month of Death: 10
Year of Death: 1921
Surname: GEARY
First Name: AGNES
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Year of Birth: 1920
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Year of Death: 1964
Surname: GIBBS
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First Name: ALEXANDER
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Day of Death: 30
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Year of Death: 1906
Surname: GIBSON
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Surname: GIBSON
First Name: ANDREW
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Year of Birth: (from 1880 census) 1847
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Year of Death: 1932
Notes: Listed in the Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory--1910, as "The largest individual property holder among the colored people of Harrisburg...who for years has been in the employ of the Mechanic's Bank." (page 78) Andrew Gibson is listed in the 1880 Harrisburg, Dauphin County census as 33 years of age, mulatto, born in Virginia.
Name: Gibson, Carrie Lewis
Age: 2 1/2 Months
Marital Status: Single, Female
Race: "Black"
Place of Birth: Harrisburg
Place of Death: 707 North Avenue, Harrisburg, Died July 18, 1893
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Length of Illness: 2 Weeks
Name of Father: Luther Gibson
Name of Mother: Jenn_ Stanton
Other Information: "See birth for further particulars concerning this child." (Editor's note: no further information is available on this record)
Source: Record #239, Barbara Pietila, Baltimore, Maryland
Surname: GIBSON
First Name: ELIZA
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Year of Birth: 1886
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Year of Death: 1948
Surname: GIBSON
First Name: GEORGE
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Year of Birth: 1847
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Year of Death: 1932
Surname: GIBSON
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name: H
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1884
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Year of Death: 1953
Surname: GIDDENS
First Name: HARRY
Middle Name: R
Day of Birth: 12
Month of Birth: 05
Year of Birth: 1898
Day of Death: 20
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1914
Surname: GIDDENS
First Name: LEWIS
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Year of Birth: 1844
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Year of Death: 1923
Surname: GILCHRIST
First Name: CLEO
Middle Name: P
Day of Birth: 07
Month of Birth: 06
Year of Birth: 1910
Day of Death: 20
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1974
Surname: GILLIS
First Name: LUCINDA
Middle Name: T
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1871
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Year of Death: 1950
Surname: GILLIS
First Name: WALTER
Middle Name: A
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1862
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Year of Death: 1937
Surname: GLOVER
First Name: LOTTIE
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1885
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Year of Death: 1946
Surname: GLOVER
First Name: WILLIAM SR
Middle Name: S
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1881
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Year of Death: 1951
Surname: GLOVER
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: S JR
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Year of Birth: 1910
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Year of Death: 1935
Surname: GODDEM
First Name: CATHERINE
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Year of Death: 1884
Surname: GODFREY
First Name: MARY
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Year of Death: 1949
Surname: GORDON
First Name: ISAAC
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Surname: GORDON
First Name: ISAAC
Middle Name: E
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Year of Birth: 1848
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Year of Death: 1877
Surname: GORE
First Name: GEORGE
Middle Name:
Day of Birth: 18
Month of Birth: 11
Year of Birth: 1890
Day of Death:
Month of Death: 11
Year of Death: 1940
Notes: Home crafted grave marker made of concrete, with metal letters and numbers attached with screws.
Surname: GORE
First Name: JAMES
Middle Name: W
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Day of Death: 27
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1909
Surname: GORE
First Name: LIZZIE
Middle Name: M
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Day of Death: 27
Month of Death: 3
Year of Death: 1894
Surname: GORMAN
First Name: PERTHA
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Year of Birth: 1887
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Year of Death: 1933
Surname: GOVANS
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Surname: GOVANS
First Name: MAHLON
Middle Name: A
Day of Birth: 25
Month of Birth: 07
Year of Birth: 1888
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Year of Death: 1947
Surname: GRANISON
First Name: G
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Surname: GRANISON
First Name: LAURA
Middle Name: G
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Year of Birth: 1875
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Year of Death: 1938
Surname: GRANISON
First Name: SALLY
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Year of Birth: 1845
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Year of Death: 1920
Surname: GRANNISON
First Name: MABEL
Middle Name: F
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1884
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Year of Death: 1957
Surname: GRANNISON
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name: M
Day of Birth:
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Year of Birth: 1880
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Year of Death: 1968
Surname: GRANT
First Name: HOWAD
Middle Name: B
Day of Birth: 18
Month of Birth: 04
Year of Birth: 1894
Day of Death: 21
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1967
Surname: GRANT
First Name: JOSEPH
Middle Name: LOUIS
Day of Birth: 06
Month of Birth: 08
Year of Birth: 1895
Day of Death: 13
Month of Death:
Year of Death: 1956
Surname: GRAY
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Surname: GRAY
First Name: MARTHA
Middle Name: B
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Year of Birth: 1847
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Year of Death: 1929
Surname: GRAY
First Name: WILLIAM
Middle Name:
Day of Birth: 16
Month of Birth: 10
Year of Birth: 1839
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Year of Death: 1906
Notes: In 1869, William Gray was listed as a laborer, living on James Street near Calder Street. (Seltzer & Thome Directory, 1869)
Surname: GREEN
First Name: CHARLES
Middle Name: D
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Year of Birth: 1852
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Year of Death: 1919
Surname: GREEN
First Name: CHARLEY
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Surname: GREEN
First Name: ELLEN
Middle Name: J
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Year of Birth: 1861
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Year of Death: 1932
Surname: GREEN
First Name: ISABELLA
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Year of Death: 1931
Surname: GREEN
First Name: LEXINGTON
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Year of Death: 1983
Surname: GREENELY (Greenly)
First Name: JAMES
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Notes: In 1863, listed as a laborer, living on Marion Street, north of Reily Street. (Gopsill's Directory, 1863) James Greenly was one of the people who helped erect a monument in Lincoln Cemetery to Harrisburg's African American Civil War dead.
Surname: GREENELY (Greenly)
First Name: MATILDA
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Notes: Matilda Greenly was one of the people who helped erect a monument in Lincoln Cemetery to Harrisburg's African American Civil War dead. A photograph of Matilda Greenly appears on page 42 of Harrisburg, by Linda A. Ries (Arcadia, 2000). Harrisburg photographer LeRue Lemer photographed her on January 1, 1901, on the occasion of her 100th birthday. At that point, she had been a widow for more than thirty years.
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First Name: THOMAS
Middle Name: M
Day of Birth: 04
Month of Birth: 01
Year of Birth: 1897
Day of Death: 28
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Year of Death: 1952
Surname: GRIGSBY
First Name: J
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