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| Name | Obituary | Date of Pub. | Publication/Location | Transcribed by |
| Bailey, Daugher & John | Died on Friday last, a daughter, and on Sunday last, John aged 1 year, a son of Mr. Samuel | 18 Aug 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bailey, James | Died on Sunday last, James Bailey, son of Mr. John Bailey, of this county. | 6 Dec 1820 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bair, Minnie | Minnie T. Bair, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Bair, of McSherrystown, died Friday morning from consumption, after an illness of three years, aged 21 years. 2 month and 26 days. Deceased is survived by her parents, one sister. Miss Jennie and three brothers. Harry. Charles and Paul at home. She was a member of Federal Labor Union No. 8139, and was a kind and affectionate daughter. Funeral from St. Mary's Church Monday morning, Jan. 16, at 9:30 o'clock. Rev. Fr. Hemler officiating. Interment at Conowago Chapel. | 25 Jan 1905 Page 2 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Baker, John F. | John F. Baker, an aged resident of the vicinity of Mont Alto, who lived alone, was found dead at his home Wednesday evening from the inrimities of old age. Five weeks ago he suffered a broken rib and several bruises, which disabled him for a short time. He had much improved and was able to be around. When his son, John L. Baker, who resieds several miles east of Mont Alto, went to his home to visit him, he found him lying on the kitchen floor dead. He was in the 82nd year of his age. Mr. Baker was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lazarus Baker and was born and reared in the vicinity in which he died. He was a tarburner by trade and sold his goods to the farmers and to storekeepers in Adams county, Mrs. Peter Mertz of Orrtanna, is a sister of deceased. | 21 Mar 1907 | New Oxford Item New Oxford, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Baker, Wm. | Wm. Baker died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, in Union township, near Littlestown, last Tuesday moring, from Bright's disease, aged about 22 years. The deceased has been an invalid for a number of years. | 19 May 1899 Page 5 | New Oxford Item Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Baldwin, William | Died: On Sunday the 11th of May, in De Witt county, Illinois, William, son of J. J. Baldwin, Esq., formerly of this county, aged about 9 years. | 10 Jun 1862 Page 3 | The Adams Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Barker, Mrs. Ella | Mrs. Ella Barker, widow of A. F. Barker, died at her home in Hanover at 8:15 a. m. on Sunday morning, after a prolonged illness from a complication of diseases, aged 67 years, 8 months and 3 days. The deceased was Ella Carlyle, Uniontown. After her marriage to Mr. Baker they lived in Littlestown, later moving to Hanover, where her husband conducted Hotel Barker. Mr. Barker died Nov. 21, 1911. They had no children. | 23 Apr 1914 Page 5 | New Oxford Item Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Barr, Elizabeth | Departed this life, on Thursday last, on consumption, in the 18th year of her age, Miss Elizabeth Barr, daughter of Mr. James Barr, of Mount Joy township. | 15 Aug 1810 | The Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Nancy Piper |
| Barrett, Edward Reed | Died on Saturday evening last, Edward Reed Barrett, son of Mr. John Barrett, of this borough, aged about 15 months. | 25 Aud 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bart, Catharine | On the 29th ult., in Union township, Mrs. Catharine Bart, wife of Mr. Philip Bart aged 77 years 3months and 2 days. | 8 Mar 1852 | The Adams Sentinel Adams County, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bauman, Mrs. Catharine | Died on Friday last, Mrs. Catharine Bauman, consort of Mr. Henry Bauman, of Straban township. | 19 Sep 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bear | Died on Friday last, a son of Mr. John Bear, Jr. of Mountjoy township, aged about one year. | 22 Jul 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bear, Mrs. Catharine | Died on Thursday, the 13th inst., Mrs. Catharine Bear, wife of Mr. John Bear, Sen., of Mountjoy township in the 46th year of her age. | 21 Jan 1824 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Beard, Daniel | At his home in Cumberland township, on Thursday morning Mr. Daniel Beard departed this life, aged 77 years and 11 months. Mr. Beard was stricken with appoplexy about a year ago, from which his death finally resulted. He is survived by a wife and three children. | 19 May 1899 Page 5 | New Oxford Item Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Becher | Died on Saturday last, a child of Mr. George Becher, of Straban township. | 17 Sep 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Becker, Charles | Died last week, John Frederick Charles Becker, son of Mr. Simon Becker, of Menallen township, in the 12th year of his age. | 14 Apr 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Beitler, Jacob | Melancholy Accident Was drowned, on the 22d inst., within a mile of this place, in a small pond from which stones had been quarried, Jacob Beitler, son of Peter Beitler, of Cumberland township, aged 4 years and 10 months. | 30 Jun 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bender, Jacob | Died on Sunday the 9th instant, Mr. Jacob Bender of Mountjoy township, in the 48th year of his age. | 19 Sep 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bercaw, Anna and Gilbert | Died on Thursday last, aged 15 years, Gilbert Bercaw, son of George Bercaw of Mountjoy township. Died on the same evening, aged 4 years, Anna Bercaw, daughter of William Bercaw of the same township. | 1 Sep 1819 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bercaw, Mrs. Sarah | Died on Saturday last, in the 23d year of her age, Mrs. Sarah Bercaw, consort of Mr. William Bercaw, of Mountjoy township. | 20 Oct 1819 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bercaw, Mrs. Susannah | Died on Friday morning last, Mrs. Susannah Bercaw, consort of Mr. William Bercaw of Mountjoy township. | 28 Mar 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Berlucchy, Mrs. Juliana | Communicated Died, on Saturday, the 13th inst., Mrs. Juliana Berlucchy, consort of Doctor Charels N. Berlucchy, of this borough. Her remains were interred, on Sunday afternoon, the 14th instant, in the Roman Catholic burial ground, Conawago, attended by an unusually large assemblage of the people of this borough. | 17 Jul 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bernhart, John | Died on Friday night last, age about 10 months, John Bernhart, son of Gilbert Bernhart, Esq. of this borough. | 2 Apr 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bigham | Died on the 3d insta., a daughter of Mr. James Bigham, of Liberty township, in the 2d year of her age. | 11 Aug 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bigham, Robert | Died some time since, Mr. Robert Bigham, of Cumberland township. | 7 Jul 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bigham, Thomas A. | Died on Saturday night last, Mr. Thomas A. Gibham, inn-keeper of Petersburg, Huntingdon, township | 27 Mar 1822 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bisecker, Mrs. Elizabeth B. | Died on Tuesday evening, the 4th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth B. Bisecker, wife of Mr. J. Nicholas Bisecker, of Franklin township. | 12 Sep 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bishop, Amelia | Died on the same evening, in the same place, (Littlestown, on Saturday evening, the 11th instant) Amelia Bishop, daughter of Mr. Christian Bishop, aged 1 year and 7 months. Her remains were deposited into the family burying ground of Mr. Bishop, attended by the Rev. John Grub. | 22 Aug 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bittinger, Michael | Died on Saturday last, Mr. Michael Bittinger, of the same township, in the 55th year of his age. | 1 Oct 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Black, James | Died on Thrusday last, Mr. James Black of Franklin township. | 6 Sep 1820 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Black, Jane | Died on the 5th instant, in Franklin county of consumption, Mrs. Jane Black, wife of Mr. James Black of this county. She has left a husband and three small children to deplore the early removal of an affectionate wife and tender parent. | 18 Sep 1811 | The Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Nancy Piper |
| Black, Son | Died on the 9th instant, a son of Mr. James Black of Mountjoy township. | 17 Jul 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Black, Thomas W. | Died on Tuesday morning, the 18th instant, Thomas W. Black, son of Mr. Thomas W. Black, of Mountjoy township. | 26 Jun 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Blair, Rev. H. G. | Rev. H. G. Blair died at his home in Towanda on Sunday, aged 78 years. He served during the civil war as a chaplain and during the battle of Gettysburg he was in the thickest of the fray, administering to the dying soldiers, and was himself severely wounded. At a G. A. R. meeting on Saturday he said that he would willingly go with the U. S. troops into Mexico. A few hours later he fell dead. | 23 Apr 1914 Page 5 | New Oxford Item Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bleckley, James | On Wednesday the 3d. Inst., at the same place (M'Connellsburg,) Mr. James Bleckley, Jr., elder brother of the above (William Bleckley). He has left a wife and two children to deplore his loss. - Centinel. | 17 Sep 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bleckley, Mary | Died: On the 26th ult., after a lingering illness, Mrs. Mary Bleckley, wife of Mr. Samuel Bleckley, of Cumberland township, aged 30 years. | 15 Dec 1834 Page 3 | Adams Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bleckley, William | Died on the 31st ult., at M'Connellsburg, Mr. William Bleckley of Franklin township, a son of James Bleckley, Esq., aged about 23 years. | 17 Sep 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bosserman, Maria | Died on the same day, Miss Maria Bosserman, daughter of Mr. Jacob Bosserman, (formerly of this county) of Baltimore county, Md., aged about 16 eyars. | 1 Mar 1831 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bosserman, Michael | Died on Thursday the 2d inst., in Franklin county, in the 24th year of his age, Mr. Michael Bosserman, formerly of this county. | 8 Oct 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bowen, James | Died on Monday, James Bowen, son of Mr. James Bowen, of this borough. | 7 Jan 1824 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Boyer, Abraham | Died on Sunday the 15th inst., Mr. Abraham Boyer, of Franklin township, son of Mr. Isaac Boyer. | 18 Feb 1824 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brackenridge, Margaret | Died on Friday night last, Miss Margaret Brackenridge, daughter of Mr. Robert Brackenridge, deceased, of Cumberland township. | 7 Jul 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brackenridge, Robert | Died on Thursday last, Mr. Robert Brackenridge, of Cumberland township, after an illness of about two weeks, leaving a widow and nine very small children, to mourn their irreparable loss. | 4 Jul 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brien, William | Died at Antietam Iron Wroks, last week, very suddenly, of inflammation of the brain, Mr. William Brien. | 15 Dec 1834 Page 3 | Adams Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoff | Died on the same day (Friday evening last), a daughter of Mr. Henry Brinkerhoff, of Bonnaughtown. | 16 Aug 1820 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoff | Died on Sunday night last a child of Mr. Henry Brinkerhoff, Jr., of Straban township | 26 Jun 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoff, Charite | Died on Saturday evening, the 7th instant, aged about 30 years, Miss Charite Brinkerhoff, daughter of Gilbert Brinkerhoff, deceased, of Mountpleasant township. | Wednesday 18 Sep 1822 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoff, Gilbert | Died on Sunday evening, the 12th instant, Mr. Gilbert Brinkerhoff, of Mountpleasant township, aged 67 years. | 22 Aug 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoff, Mrs. John | Died on Saturday last, Mrs. Brinkerhoff, wife of John Brinkerhoff, Esq., of Straban township. | 3 Jul 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkerhoot, George | Died, on the 3d instant, at his farm in Straban township, Mr. George Brinkerhoot, aged ninety years two months and 13 days. He was born in the state of New York, and has been an inhabitant of Straban township for nearly 40 years. It is stated that he had seven sons; and there are now living 46 of his grand children, and 45 of his great grand children. Through hi long life he maintained an unimpeachable character, was a pious christian, retained the faculties of mind in his last moments, and, ??????? of approaching dissolution, humbly and willingly re????? his breath, in the full hope of a ?????? immortality. | 10 Jan 1810 Page 3 | The Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brinkermoor, George | Died, on the 3d instant, at his farm in Straban Township, Mr. George Brinkermoor, aged ninety years two months and 13 days. He was born in the state of New York, and has been an inhabitant of Straban Township for nearly 40 years. It is stated that he had seven sons; and there are now living 46 of his grandchildren and 45 of his great-grandchildren. Through his long life he maintained an unimpeachable character - was a pious Christian - retained the faculties of mind in his last moments - and, sensible of approaching dissolution, humbly and willingly resigned his breath, in the full hope of a blessed immortality. | 10 Jan 1810 | The Centinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Nancy Piper |
| Brit, Rev. Mr. Adam | Hanover, July 10; Died at Conewago Chapel, Adams county, Pa., about four miles from the borough on Monday morning, the 8th instan, in consequence of a paralytic stroke which he received on the 27th ultimo, the Rev. Mr. Adams Brit, in the 81st year of his age. His remains were carried to the grave by his Rev. Brethren on the 9th, attended by a numerous concourse of people. | 17 Jul 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brown, Andrew | BROWN - June 4, in Reading township, Andrew Brown, aged 79 years, 11 months and 24 days. | 13 June 1889 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brown, David | Died on Sunday morning last, aged 2 years, David Brown, son of Mr. John Brown of this borough. | 15 Mar 1820 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Brown, Elizabeth | Died on Wednesday the 13th instant, Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Mr. John Brown of this borough, aged 2 years. | 20 Oct 1824 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Nancy Piper |
| Buecher | Died on Friday last, a daughter of Mr. David Buecher, of Mountpleasant thowship in the 5th year of her age. | 26 Jun 1822 Page 3 | Gettysburg Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Burks | Died on the night of the 2nd inst., aged upwards of 70 years, Mr. ??? Burks, of Cumberland township. | 11 Aug 1819 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Burns, George | Died on Tuesday the 14th instant, Mr. George Burns of Cumberland township | 22 Jan 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Bushey, J. Charles | "J. Charles Bushey, 86, of Arendtsville, PA, died Monday, April 14, 2008 at his home. Born November 27, 1921 in Arendtsville, he was the son of the late J. Blaine and Anna (Deardorff) Bushey. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Geri (Baltzley) Bushey; daughter, Ann C. Harvey and husband, Gordon of Gettysburg; a son, Chris C. Bushey and wife, Kathy of Carlisle; grandchildren, Richard Harvey and wife, Shannon, Jill Bordatto and husband, Omar, Jenna and David Bushey; great-grandchildren, Emma and Alison Harvey, Jacob and Leah Bordatto; a brother, Blaine D. Bushey of Arendtsville; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Mildred C. Gordan and 3 brothers, John L., Warren C., and Norman F. Bushey. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 2 p.m., at the Monahan Funeral Home, Gettysburg, with the Revs. Jay Zimmerman and Charles Slaybaugh, Jr., officiating. Interment will be in the Greenmount Cemetery in Arendtsville. Serving as pallbearers will be Gordon, and Richard Harvey, Omar Bordatto, Eric Wilt, David Bushey and Cortlin Dillon. A viewing will be held on Thursday from 1-2 p.m., at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Good Shepherd, 1075 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or United Methodist Church, 30 West High Street, Gettysburg, PA 173245. www.pennlive.com/obits " | 15 Apr 2008 | Patriot News | Vicki Hartman |
| Bushy, Michael | Died on the night of the 11th instant, Mr. Michael Bushy, of Franklin township, aged 69 years. | 21 Nov 1821 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
| Byrne, Michael | Died at the Catholic Church, at Conowago, on the 28th ultimo, the Rev. Michael Byrne, of the Comsumption, with which he had been afflicted during nearly eight years, and which he bore with a fortitude of mind and a Christian resignation truly edifying. On the 30th his remains were interred by the side of his Reverend deceased brethren. | 5 Feb 1823 Page 3 | Republican Compiler Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Vicki Hartman |
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