Family History and Genealogy
Civil War History
The following is a partial list of Civil War veterans known to have been buried in Centre County. It contains the name of the soldier, the name of the cemetery where buried and the date of death. (An "NR" is used if no record of death date has been located.)
Home Folks Exhibit
Emma Confer Watson (1876–1945) wrote a column for the Centre Democrat under the heading “Holt’s Hollow” for 20 years. Covering three decades of rural life in Boggs Township, she faithfully reported the comings and goings of her friends and relatives in weekly columns and also recorded her daily activities in personal diaries.
The Confer Families of Advent Cemetery
This article will explore the Confer family who are quite numerous in the region. There are in fact numerous branches of the Confer family who now repose in the Advent Cemetery. All are distantly related but each has its own story. — Justin K. Houser
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The Resides Family: Early Centre County Scots-Irish and Adventist Pioneers — Justin K. Houser
The Resides family, several members of which were prominent in the early Adventist/Messiah’s Church movement in Centre County, have been a presence here for more than two hundred years...
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