Are You My Cousin?

[El-Moldo]

Just wondering. Since alot of the posters on here are from Bedford County, how many know their family tree? Perhaps alot of us are somehow related. I've researched mine as best I could. My grandmother grew up near Queen. She was a Stiffler. Her mother was a Claar. Other names in my tree are Ickes, Imler, Walter. All from Bedford County. Does anyone have any famous ancestors? You know, like Civil War or Revolutionary War vets. Let's hear your roots.

[count2infinity]

well...i believe it's on my mom's side...i'm related to benidict arnold in someway. Also a little more current. My grandmother is first cousins with Dean Koontz the author.

[El-Moldo]

I have 3 direct ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War. John Ickes who is buried in the Osterburg Cemetary. Peter Stiffler from Dutch Corner, who is buried in the Messiah Luthern Cemetary near Camp Sunshine. And Simon Claar who served with the York County militia before moving to Bedford County in the late 1700's. Always felt bad that I did not have a Civil War Veteran in my tree. Gaps in generations did not allow it. But my great-grandmother's sisters husband Frederick Burket died in Andersonville Prison in October 1864. Captured in Virginia in May of that year. Quite interesting.

[WPIAL~Titan]

Isn't EVERYBODY in Bedford County related???

Relax, J/K!!

WT

[D-nice]

i'm the only newton in the bedford county phonebook.(transplant from beaver falls,pa) wait how in the world did i end up here in this barren land?

[Captain Coveman]

I had both sides of my family fighting on oppposite sides during the Revolutionary War, and an Uncle imprisoned in Andersonville.

[El-Moldo]

So one sided with the British? See guys. We're learning alot about ourselves here. Captain Coveman had an ancestor who was a Torie, and count2infinity was related to Benedict Arnold. No wonder this site has a great mix of opinions and personalities!! And that's 2 Andersonville mentions. Do I hear 3? The past is prologue.

[mjunkin]

Not from Bedford... but Stonewall Jackson was a relative on my dad's side.

[El-Moldo]

Great! You got to love it. Now we got a Torie, a traitor, and a confederate in our trees. What a country!!!!! Keep 'em coming.

[spudichris]

im boreing