Caenarvon Township near Morgantown in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Honor of the Men from Caenarvon Township

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., October 10, 2020

1. In Honor of the Men from Caenarvon Township Marker

Inscription.

In Honor of the Men from Caenarvon Township. . In honor of the men from Caenarvon Township who served in war to establish this nation and preserve its honor, Erected by the citizens of Caenarvon Township Dedicated May 30, 1924. , [back side], "Lest We Forget", Revolutionary War 1775-1781 Col. Jacob Morgan --- Lt. Col. Jonathan Jones --- Capt. J. Robeson --- Lt. Aaron Rettew Jr --- David Morgan, War of 18 12-1815 Lt. Edward Goheen --- John Carson --- Wm. Hamilton --- Peter Mengel --- Michael Serjison Sgt. Edward Steel --- Thomas Church --- Peter Hoffman --- James McCurdy --- Wm. Sheridan Sgt. Jesse Lincoln --- William Evans --- John L. Hoffman --- Jacob Mills --- John Stewart Alex. Bartley --- David Finger --- John S. Hoffman --- James Phillips --- Charles Watson John Buzart --- George Gevens --- Wm. Jackson --- George Robinson --- [blank] , Mexican War 1846-1847 Col. Richard McMichael ---James Gillespie --- David Todd, Civil War 1862-1865 Lt. John Barkley --- Samuel Deighley --- Harry W. Himes --- John McMichael --- Charles Spotts Lt. Hurvey J. Wells --- John P. Doyle --- Bentley Hoffman --- Jacob B. Morgan --- George Spotts Benj. H. Baldwin --- Daniel Edwards --- John Hoffman --- Robert Morgan --- Jacob Spotts Adam Beam --- Miller D. Evans --- Ross Hoffman --- Jesse Mock --- Isaac Spotts Lewis Boyd --- Edwin W. Finger --- Rueben Hoffman --- Charles O'Neill --- Cornelius Uxley George Brinley --- Absolom Foreman --- John Holmes --- Clemson Phillips --- Levi Walley G. S. Broadbent --- Daniel B. Foreman --- David Houck --- George Plank --- William Weaver Frank Broadbent --- Peter Fry --- Joseph Jackson --- Samuel Plank --- Henry Weidensaul Lewis Buckwalter --- Joseph Gabriel --- Thomas Jacobs --- Jacob Rettew --- George Welsh David R. Byler --- Richard Gable --- Cyrus Kephart --- David Sands --- Amos Whitman Geo. Clingaman --- Jos. M. Goodman --- Jacob F. Kenney --- Thomas Sands --- Benj. Whitman Nathaniel Cowan --- Samuel Gordan --- Thomas Kurtz --- William Sands --- Wm. Whitman James Culbertson --- Levi Grube --- John Lee --- Edward Seiverd --- Samuel Wynne Frederick Haas --- Harrison Marsh --- Wm. Shaneman, Spanish-American War 1898-1900 Clarence Patton --- Samuel M. Myers --- Edward J. Smith, World War 1917-1918 Lt. Geo. Zellers --- David Brown --- Smith Geiger --- John W. Kurtz --- Maurice Steinmetz Lt. J. A. Zook --- Jerome Brubaker --- Benjamen Haas --- John Millisock --- Allen Snyder Chas. W. Benner --- Martin B. Curley --- John W. Jacob Jr. --- Edwin Musser --- Ralph Whitman Earl Fleager --- Wilmer Kreider --- Fred. Peck, World War 1941-1945 Walter H. Ames --- Robert E. Grove --- William M. James --- Frank E. Peck --- Willard Sokol Edward Beam --- Earl K. Grubb --- Ralph G. Kendall --- Karl Peplau --- Calvin N. Stoltzfus Grant K. Beam --- Ellis R. Grubb --- George R. Kennedy --- Benjamin F. Plank --- Howard W. Stoltzfus Jay L. Beam --- George E. Grubb --- Samuel King --- Walter F. Plank --- John Herbert Stoltzfus John Blaszuk --- Lloyd Grubb --- Charles Kline --- Walter Putt --- Melvin G. Sweigart Michael Blaszuk Jr. --- William J. Hanley --- James Robert Kline --- Earl W. Ranck --- Paul W. Sweigart George Bush --- James F. Harner --- Charles Kohl --- Fred W. Ranck Jr. --- Samuel B. Sweigart Charles E. Byler --- Lester R. Harner --- Edward Krisanosky --- Russel H. Ranck --- Elmer Sweitzer George Z. Byler --- Luther Hartenstine --- Elwood Lorah --- Robert Rodruan ---- Paul F. Todt Oscar W. Byler --- James Heister --- Howard W. Millisock --- Walter Segner --- Willits Troop William W. Byler --- Leon Herb --- J. Tyson Montgomery --- Charles Smith --- A. Raymond Wallace William E. Cashwiler --- Charles S. Hoffman --- Arthur C. Moore --- James Smith --- Clarence Wanner Clarence E. Fillman --- Cloyd Hoffman --- Luther Muckel --- Robert E. Smith --- Robert F. Weaver Eugene Fry --- Ernest Hostetler --- G. Lucille Wise Nornhold --- Richard Snyder --- Frank B. Witman George Gentner --- William L. Jacobs --- Charles E. Peck --- Paul Sokol Jr. --- David K. Zook.

In honor of the men
from Caenarvon Township
who served in war to
establish this nation
and preserve its honor

Erected by the citizens
of Caenarvon Township
Dedicated May 30, 1924

[back side]

"Lest We Forget"

Revolutionary War 1775-1781
Col. Jacob Morgan --- Lt. Col. Jonathan Jones --- Capt. J. Robeson --- Lt. Aaron Rettew Jr --- David Morgan

War of 1812-1815
Lt. Edward Goheen --- John Carson --- Wm. Hamilton --- Peter Mengel --- Michael Serjison
Sgt. Edward Steel --- Thomas Church --- Peter Hoffman --- James McCurdy --- Wm. Sheridan
Sgt. Jesse Lincoln --- William Evans --- John L. Hoffman --- Jacob Mills --- John Stewart
Alex. Bartley --- David Finger --- John S. Hoffman --- James Phillips --- Charles Watson
John Buzart --- George Gevens --- Wm. Jackson --- George Robinson --- [blank]

Mexican War 1846-1847
Col. Richard McMichael ---James Gillespie --- David Todd

Civil War 1862-1865
Lt. John Barkley --- Samuel Deighley --- Harry W. Himes --- John McMichael --- Charles Spotts
Lt. Hurvey J. Wells --- John P. Doyle --- Bentley Hoffman --- Jacob B. Morgan --- George Spotts
Benj. H. Baldwin --- Daniel Edwards --- John

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Hoffman --- Robert Morgan --- Jacob Spotts
Adam Beam --- Miller D. Evans --- Ross Hoffman --- Jesse Mock --- Isaac Spotts
Lewis Boyd --- Edwin W. Finger --- Rueben Hoffman --- Charles O'Neill --- Cornelius Uxley
George Brinley --- Absolom Foreman --- John Holmes --- Clemson Phillips --- Levi Walley
G. S. Broadbent --- Daniel B. Foreman --- David Houck --- George Plank --- William Weaver
Frank Broadbent --- Peter Fry --- Joseph Jackson --- Samuel Plank --- Henry Weidensaul
Lewis Buckwalter --- Joseph Gabriel --- Thomas Jacobs --- Jacob Rettew --- George Welsh
David R. Byler --- Richard Gable --- Cyrus Kephart --- David Sands --- Amos Whitman
Geo. Clingaman --- Jos. M. Goodman --- Jacob F. Kenney --- Thomas Sands --- Benj. Whitman
Nathaniel Cowan --- Samuel Gordan --- Thomas Kurtz --- William Sands --- Wm. Whitman
James Culbertson --- Levi Grube --- John Lee --- Edward Seiverd --- Samuel Wynne
Frederick Haas --- Harrison Marsh --- Wm. Shaneman

Spanish-American War 1898-1900
Clarence Patton --- Samuel M. Myers --- Edward J. Smith

World War 1917-1918
Lt. Geo. Zellers --- David Brown --- Smith Geiger --- John W. Kurtz --- Maurice Steinmetz
Lt. J. A. Zook --- Jerome Brubaker --- Benjamen Haas --- John Millisock --- Allen Snyder
Chas. W. Benner --- Martin B. Curley --- John

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., October 10, 2020

2. In Honor of the Men from Caenarvon Township Marker

Rear side of marker.

W. Jacob Jr. --- Edwin Musser --- Ralph Whitman
Earl Fleager --- Wilmer Kreider --- Fred. Peck

World War 1941-1945
Walter H. Ames --- Robert E. Grove --- William M. James --- Frank E. Peck --- * Willard Sokol
Edward Beam --- Earl K. Grubb --- Ralph G. Kendall --- Karl Peplau --- Calvin N. Stoltzfus
Grant K. Beam --- Ellis R. Grubb --- George R. Kennedy --- Benjamin F. Plank --- Howard W. Stoltzfus
Jay L. Beam --- George E. Grubb --- Samuel King --- Walter F. Plank --- John Herbert Stoltzfus
John Blaszuk --- Lloyd Grubb --- Charles Kline --- Walter Putt --- Melvin G. Sweigart
Michael Blaszuk Jr. --- William J. Hanley --- James Robert Kline --- Earl W. Ranck --- Paul W. Sweigart
* George Bush --- James F. Harner --- Charles Kohl --- Fred W. Ranck Jr. --- Samuel B. Sweigart
Charles E. Byler --- Lester R. Harner --- Edward Krisanosky --- Russel H. Ranck --- Elmer Sweitzer
George Z. Byler --- Luther Hartenstine --- Elwood Lorah --- * Robert Rodruan ---- Paul F. Todt
Oscar W. Byler --- James Heister --- Howard W. Millisock --- Walter Segner --- Willits Troop
William W. Byler --- Leon Herb --- J. Tyson Montgomery --- Charles Smith --- A. Raymond Wallace
William E. Cashwiler --- Charles S. Hoffman --- Arthur C. Moore --- * James Smith --- Clarence Wanner
Clarence E. Fillman --- Cloyd Hoffman --- Luther

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., October 10, 2020

3. In Honor of the Men from Caenarvon Township Marker

Front of marker, with American Legion Post #537 in background.

Muckel --- Robert E. Smith --- Robert F. Weaver
Eugene Fry --- Ernest Hostetler --- G. Lucille Wise Nornhold --- Richard Snyder --- Frank B. Witman
George Gentner --- William L. Jacobs --- Charles E. Peck --- Paul Sokol Jr. --- David K. Zook

Erected 1924 by the citizens of Caenarvon Township.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 10.446′ N, 75° 51.244′ W. Marker is near Morgantown, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is in Caenarvon Township. Memorial is at the intersection of Elverson Road and Twin Valley Road, on the left when traveling east on Elverson Road. At NW corner of intersection. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4499 N Twin Valley Rd, Morgantown PA 19543, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Joanna Furnace Industrial Complex (approx. 2 miles away); Ore Roaster (approx. 2.1 miles away); Joanna Furnace Mansion Site (approx. 2.1 miles away); Office / Store (approx. 2.1 miles away); Charcoal Barn (approx. 2.1 miles away); Blacksmith Shop (approx. 2.1 miles away); Colonel Thomas Bull (approx. 3.6 miles away); Charcoal Pit (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morgantown.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on October 18, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 11, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.