If you visit these sites in order, you'll start at the south and kind of circle around.
Historic building: you'll probably want to spend some time there and go inside if it's open
Farm land: most homesteads you'll probably just want to drive by, unless there's a bridge (everybody likes a good, old bridge)
Non-historic building: if the building has been replaced since family lived there, you'll probably just want to drive by there, too.
Cemetery: most are not very big and it's not that hard to find who you're looking for. (If a Revolutionary War Patriot is buried there, I'll notate it with RW)
As you leave one location, copy and paste the GPS coordinates in your maps app on your phone or device for the next location on the list. Any extra directions are included in the notes below. Follow the link to read about them and figure out how you're related to them before you arrive at each location or while you're there.
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A Google map with all of these sites marked can be found here.
1. Historic building
Jean Bonnet Tavern and B&B - 6048 Lincoln Highway, Bedford, PA 15522
GPS 40.042262, -78.560635
Here Conrad Haverstock and John Wisegarver were directly involved in the Whisky Rebellion of 1794. Find out more here.
2. Farm land
Hammond Heirs Farm - Nathan Hammond and Rachel Blackburn
GPS 40.07984, -78.53035
Rachel and Nathan were Quakers. Find out more here.
3. Cemetery - RW
St. John's Church Cemetery - 6030 Business 200, Bedford, PA 15522
GPS 40.09665, -78.52493
Headstones for George Wisegarver & Mary Elizabeth Steel. Find out more here
Headstones for John Wisegarver & Elizabeth Blackburn. Find out more here.
4. and 5. Farm land
Wisegarver Estates
GPS 40.10202, -78.5253
Houses and buildings no longer exist.
As
you go north on Bus 220 (SR4009) from St. John’s Church, John’s grist mill, saw
mill, and fulfilling mill would have been near Dunning Creek. (see creek on map) Turn left on
Hoagland Road (4019) and right on Ott Road and you would have driven through part of their estates.
Links for more information are the same as #3 above.
6. Non-historic building
Messiah Lutheran Church - 741 Messiah Church Rd, Bedford, PA 15522
GPS 40.10299, -78.48933
Location of historic Lutheran Church visited by Ickes' and others. Find out more here.
7. Farm land
First homestead of John Ickes & Maria Elizabeth Stambaugh in Bedford County
GPS 40.13364, -78.49119
Take Oppenheimer Road in Dutch Corner to GPS 40.12878, -78.48666. John's homestead was up the hill to the left on the dirt road. (We didn't attempt to drive it in a rental car and it might be private property.)
Find out more here.
8. Cemetery - RW
Old Union Cemetery - N/W intersection of Hwy 869 (William Penn Rd) and Kansas Street
Osterburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 16667
GPS 40.16771, -78.51836
Headstones of John Ickes & Maria Elizabeth Stambaugh. Same link as #7 above.
Headstones of Adam Ickes (1793) & Mary Haverstock. Find out more here
Note: I don't have any specific locations for Mary Haverstock's family other than Jean Bonnet Tavern (see link in #1 above), but you can read more about the family origin here.
9. Farm land
Farm of Adam Ickes (1793) & Mary Haverstock
GPS 40.11483, - 78.33009
Drive to GPS coordinates above to the end of East Garman Road off of Heritage Road. There is a foot bridge crossing Bob's Creek. Adam and Mary's house would have been somewhere near there by the creek.
John Ickes & wife lived here with Adam (1793) & Mary after they sold the farm in Dutch Corner.
Links for more information are the same as #7 and #8 above.
10. Farm land
Farm of Conrad Ickes & Elizabeth Lingenfelter - where King St Clair Road (Hwy 96) intersects Lovely Road (4023)
GPS 40.19018, -78.58833
11. Cemetery
Hoover Cemetery (formerly Ickes Cemetery) - 199 Deer Run Rd 15521
GPS 40.18539, -78.59217
Left on Deer Run Road – watch for it because it’s easy to miss
There are a few houses at the end of the road before you get to the cemetery on the hill. We parked by one of the houses and knocked on the door to tell them why we were there but no one was home.
Beautiful view!
Headstone of Elizabeth Lingenfelter. Link for more information same as #10 above.
You can also read about the suicide/murder of their grandson Harry Conrad Wilt here and here if you’re interested.
12. Historic and non-historic buildings
Quaker Valley Road (Hwy 56), Pleasantville or Alum Bank (There are actually two Pleasantvilles in PA, so if you need to Google it you may want to call it Alum Bank.)
GPS 40.178630, -78.610784
From King St. Clair Rd (Hwy 96) turn right on Quaker Valley Road (Hwy 56)
a. Harry's Auto - Corner of Hwy 96 and Hwy 56
Robby Ickes works here (hopefully he still does - see Robby at the end of the link here). Thomas Callihan and Mary Proctor are buried at the top of the hill behind his house. If you want to hike up, stop in and talk to Robby. And buy him lunch.
b. John Lingenfelter lived in a house on the right side of the street before the first intersection. The house is no longer there. Find out more here.
c. Blackburn Funeral Home - 4305 Quaker Valley Rd (on the left side of the street)
Location of Conrad Ickes' house after he leased out the farm (#10 above). His house was torn down when the funeral home was built. His mother-in-law, Elizabeth Wisegarver Lingenfelter, lived in a small house just past his. I'm not sure if the tiny white house next to the funeral home is the original one or not.
d. Two similar looking side-by-side beige building right across the street from the funeral home
Location of where Adam Ickes (1845) & Elizabeth Ellen Harbaugh lived. Not sure if the building is original. Find out more here and see map found at the link for additional locations of Adam's general stores in Pleasantville.
e. St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church - 4351 Quaker Valley Road (on the left side of the street)
GPS 40.182319, -78.614235
No longer used as a church. Last I heard the owner of the Local Auto Wrecker bought it to store junk. The church has major family history. Find out more here.
13. Cemetery
Pleasantville Cemetery
GPS 40.18408, -78.61281
Turn right on Cemetery Road from Quaker Valley Road (the very first right past St. James Church). Conrad Ickes is buried here. He has a tall monument near the road on the left (see photo here).
14. Farm land
Family Homestead of Thomas Callihan & Mary Proctor and Robert Callihan & Margaret Reininger
GPS 40.1808, -78.62777
Find out more about Thomas & Mary here, and more about Robert & Margaret here, and see photos and description in the link to locate the farm.
15. Cemetery - RW
Burial site of Thomas Callihan & Mary Proctor
GPS 40.18096, -78.62819
Robby Ickes’ house is on the right side of Oldham Road. The top of his house is pictured in the post here. You can hike up if you made arrangements with Robby. In addition to the link in #14 above, find out more about Thomas Callihan here and here.
16. Farm land
Homestead of George Reininger & Mary Hine
GPS 40.18139, -78.63425
On the right side of Oldham Road. Find out more here and see photos and description in the link to locate the farm. The Callihans and the Reiningers were pretty tight - more than one Callihan child married Reininger children.
Turn around and go back to Pleasantville to go to #17.
Beautiful view! The Mock Dunkard (Dunning’s Creek) Church (next) is on Kauffman Road. There is kind of a loop that is formed with Barefoot Road (coming from Pleasantville), Kauffman Road, and Courtland Road (hwy 96) which takes you back into Pleasantville where you first started. If I remember right, the views on Barefoot Road are spectacular, but I don’t remember from which direction. If you take the loop and you find yourself at a high elevation, be sure and look to see if the view is behind you.
17. Historic building and cemetery
Mock Dunkard (Dunning’s Creek) Church and Cemetery
GPS 40.1662407, -78.6400223
Headstones of Robert Callihan & Margaret Reininger. Link is the same as #14 above.
The church is original and was restored in the 1980s. It should be unlocked so you can go inside. Multiple generations of our family attended church there. Find out more here.
18. Cemetery
Horn United Methodist Church Cemetery
GPS 40.17669, -78.5838
Headstone of Elizabeth Wisegarver.
Her headstone was broken and laying on the ground when we were there. Find out more here.
19. Cemetery - RW
Friends Cemetery
GPS 40.1544, -78.5828
The cemetery is on a hill right off the highway. There’s no parking lot, but there’s a house with a detached garage and a place to pull off the road. Maybe look at a street view on Google maps or Google earth before you go since it’s easy to miss.
This is a Quaker cemetery. The Quakers in Bedford County had ties to the Underground Railroad. Really interesting place to visit.
Headstone for Johan Harbaugh. Very interesting hand-carved headstone. Find out more here.
Thomas Blackburn & Elizabeth Griffin also buried here, though there are no engraved headstones. Find out more here.
20. Farm Land
Hammond Hill
GPS 40.1319, -78.57297
Beautiful View!
Turn left (if coming from the north) from Hwy 56 onto Hammond Hill Road and follow it to the top.
Not the same Nathan Hammond as in #2 above, but he's definitely related (probably not in our direct line). Interesting history with more ties to the underground railroad. And the views are spectacular. Find out more here.
