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Buried In The Huntingdon Cemetery

Did you know? Veterans of the Revolution were buried in the Huntingdon cemetery. Africa's 1883 county history and the 1937 sesqui-centennial book both list them by name.

Conrad Frederick Kurtz died on February 17, 1805.

John Simpson died early in 1807, aged about sixty. He had been commissioned on August 15, 1775, as second lieutenant of Captain James Murray's company in the 4th Battalion of Lancaster County, and he served in the Continental army in 1776 and 1777. The 1937 book adds that he took part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.

Major William Henderson died on September 9, 1811, in his 56th year. He had been taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island in August 1776, and after five months in a British prison ship he was exchanged, rejoined the army at once and served to the end of the war.

Andrew Henderson died in June 1812, in his 51st year. He had been appointed an officer at the age of seventeen and served until the close of the war. John Dorland died on August 9, 1813.

Checked and confirmed. CONFIRMED 2026-10-30 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a verbatim passage and a script confirmed each passage is in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

  1. J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (1883)
  2. Souvenir Historical Book, Huntingdon County Sesqui-Centennial (1937)
  3. Historic Huntingdon, 1767 to 1909

Checked 2026-10-30 · County histories and primary sources, read in full

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Hunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2736
Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonStone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2738
Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonHuntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa2735
Cutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itCutting the Route 22 bypass near Smithfield, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders
A Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad engine on the turntable at Smithfield, taken between 1947 and 1949, as Myer Souders describes itA Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad engine on the turntable at Smithfield, taken between 1947 and 1949, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders
1947 Tucker '48 Prototype, Huntingdon1947 Tucker '48 Prototype, HuntingdonLibrary of Congress · pa4156

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