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Stillborn child.
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Timbers died at three months old.
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Timbers died of consumption at age 14.
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Timbers' obituary noted that she and her husband had lost eleven of their thirteen children in the years preceding her death, "six of them in the last two years." The town took up a collection to help the Timbers family, "most deserving people, both the husband and wife hard workers."
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Timbers died at nine months old.
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Timbers hung himself in his barn near Devil's Den on what is known as the Timbers Farm (located near the Triangular Field).
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No notes.
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Timbers died at age one year and three months.
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No notes.
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Timbers' death certificate notes that he was a hotel waiter.
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Timbers was a native of Virginia. She died at her home in Cumberland Township. Her obituary noted that she was the mother of "the late Prof. Benj. Bird, of Prince Ann College, and of Samuel Bird." See more here: https://www.umes.edu/125/Content/Stories/Benjamin---Portia-Bird/
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Timbers died of consumption.
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Timbers worked as a street cleaner in Gettysburg for many years.
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Died at two days old.
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No notes.
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Her stone was listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery, but does not appear on the 1937 survey of Lincoln Cemetery. It was likely lost between those two dates.
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Thompson is listed on the 1860 census in Gettysburg as a blacksmith. He enlisted in Company D, 25th United States Colored Troops and served during the Civil War.
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Thompson was a native of Georgia and a member of the Methodist Church. SHe traveled with her husband, who worked for John Pitzer's labor camp in Aspers.
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Thompson died at age ten months of pneumonia.
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Thompson died at four months old.
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Thomas worked at the Hoffman Hotel on York Street in Gettysburg. He died at Canaan, Pennsylvania.
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Thomas is listed on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census as a native of Maryland. She and her husband, Francis (or Frank) Thomas, lived for many years on High Street in Gettysburg. Their daughter, Keziah Kuff (or Cuff) lived nearby.
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Thomas died in a car accident in 1931. His obituary described how he "almost immediately became a leader" in Gettysburg's black community upon his arrival from Virginia. He was a trustee at St. Paul's A.M.E. Church and a "past exalted ruler" of the Lincoln Lodge, "Colored Elks" club in Gettysburg. Thomas was also a porter at the Hotel Gettysburg, and a 1926 article noted that his mother had been a slave of Robert E. Lee.
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Thomas died at seven months old in Chambersburg.
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Given her placement in the cemetery, it is possible that Thomas was the daughter of Laura and Richard Thomas.
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Thomas died at 17 years old from pneumonia.
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Thomas died in Harrisburg.
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Thomas, the daughter of well-known resident Lloyd Watts, was secretary of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church Stewardess board. She was also a member of "Lincoln Temple, I.B.P.O.E. of W."
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Thomas worked for the Lutheran Theological Seminary in the maintenance department for 25 years. His obituary also noted that he "had been in charge of the Lincoln Cemetery for a number of years."
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Thomas's grave is listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery. The stone was lost prior to the 1937 survey of Lincoln Cemetery.
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Thomas died at age 16 from tuberculosis and complications from a collar bone and foot injury.
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Thomas, a native of North Carolina, worked for George Olinger in Gettysburg and worked for a Lincoln Mercury dealer in York, Pennsylvania.
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Thomas was born in Virginia and came to Gettysburg prior to 1900. She was "for 25 years...a pastry cook at Hotel Gettysburg."
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No notes.
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Stanton, a male child, was stillborn at the Gettysburg Hospital.
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Stanton, a female child, was stillborn at the Chambersburg hospital.
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Taylor was born in South Carolina and came to Gettysburg in 1920. He worked for many years for P. J. McGlynn and Elsie Singmaster.
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Taylor was a member of the A.M.E. Church in Gettysburg. He was a native of Virginia.
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Sweney's grave is listed on the 1906 survey of the York Street Colored Cemetery but was missing by the time of the 1937 Lincoln Cemetery survey. She is listed with her husband, Isaac, and daughter Mary on the 1850 Census in Gettysburg. At that time they were living with the family of Upton Johnson.
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Stuckey is listed on the 1860 and 1870 census as a native of Virginia. In 1858, he was involved in a fight with Jacob Craig in Gettysburg.
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Reverend Streets was a substitute pastor and member of St. John's Church of Christ. He was also a veteran of World War Two and a clothing store manager in Harrisburg for many years.
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No notes.
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Stevens served in Company B, 22nd United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. He was badly wounded in 1864 in the fighting around Petersburg, Virginia.
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Stanton was a native of Gettysburg. His death certificate noted that he was employed at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp.
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Stanton died in infancy.
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Stanton's mother is listed as Elizabeth Howard on her death certificate. Her sibling, who married Joseph Matthews, is listed with a different mother on her death certificate.
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Stanton served during the Civil War in Company C and K, Third United States Colored Troops. Known as "Sam," his obituary noted that he was "a familiar feature on the streets of town," with a "shoe shining outfit."
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Stanton's extensive obituary notes that she was born in Virginia and "twice sold on the Virginia auction blocks as a slave." Her family fled North to Chambersburg during the Civil War, where the family records were destroyed during the burning of that city by Confederates in 1864. The Stantons were married in 1873 and had many children. Stanton's obituary also related that she learned Dutch while living in Pennsylvania and "enjoyed a wide circle of friends not only among her own people but among the white residents of town."
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Stanton, a hotel porter, served during the First World War in Company C, 368th Infantry. He died as a result of complications from being gassed in France. Stanton also belonged to the Albert Lentz American Legion Post in Gettysburg.
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Stanton's obituary noted he was a native of Gettysburg and "a member of a Negro family that has been in Gettysburg since the days of James Gettys. Family records show that one of Stanton's ancestors [Sydney Brian or O'Brien] worked for one of the Gettys family." Stanton was a barber and worked as a porter at the Hotel Gettysburg for many years. He was also a clerk in the Revenue Department in Harrisburg. It is true that his great-grandmother, Sydney, was enslaved by town founder James Gettys.
