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Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 10:28am

Just found Miles Gearhart's obituary. Miles%20Gearhart%20obituary.docx  Hope you can see this. Let me know.

Comment by Peggy Ruley on July 13, 2012 at 10:28am

Catherine---------I so appreciate your help. I do know of his death date and burial
Site and marriage info. But, I do not have copy of death certificate, so I will start
From there. Thanks again for looking this up.
Peggy

Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 10:23am

Does your Miles Gearhart have any connection in 1885 with West Friendship, Maryland? I found a historical document on Genealogybank that lists a Miles Gearhart in 1885 as working for the post office contracted to carry the mail between West Friendship and Sykesville, Maryland. If you wish a copy, let me know.

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 13, 2012 at 10:21am

Also so found the identifying information for an 1892 insolvency case of Henry A. Garhart.  I suspect this might only be available in person at the Maryland State Archives, but if you do head to Maryland, it's another item to look for.  http://www.carr.org/ccgs/documents/Insolvencies.pdf

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 13, 2012 at 10:15am

Peggy, Cemetery listing at http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/howard/cemeteries/mtview.txt gives his death date and his wife's.  (Mary Jane).  Also, gives their marriage date.

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 13, 2012 at 10:10am

Peggy, a family tree of Janelle Deelstra on ancestry has Henry dying in Baltimore in 1924.  I found his death certificate number, D-86920 at http://www.mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm .  Do you already have his death record?  If not, you might want to order it via that website; it might give the names of his parents.

Comment by Peggy Ruley on July 13, 2012 at 9:55am

Thanks, Barbara G. And Marianne S.----One of the Gearharts I am trying to follow is listed as
Being from Montgomery Co., Pa., but do not know where. He is Miles Gearhart
Born 1837. He was part of 6th Md. Union Infantry in war. I also belong to Fold3,
And have looked at all their records on there. If you ever see his name, please
Let me know.
I guess I will have to search in person, starting in Md.

Peggy

Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 9:30am

I have found several Gerhardt and Gerhart (one Gearhart) families in my searches through Pennsylvania German areas prior to Civil War era. My research is centered in Montgomery, Berks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties but most of my Gerharts are in Montgomery County. I have had some good luck in county history books where the descendants are noted and short family histories are included. I would see if any of yours were noted in Maryland county histories as well.

Comment by Marianne Szabo on July 13, 2012 at 9:22am

Peggy Ruley - have you checked Civil War Pension Records on Fold 3?  Have you checked FamilySearch.org for films?  Have you checked your local genealogy library section for books and genealogy magazines (marriage, birth, death transcriptions)?  Only about 10% of all records are on the Internet.  You still have to spend time doing research the "old-fashioned" way.

Comment by Peggy Ruley on July 13, 2012 at 9:04am

Thanks, Catherine D. I have been searching for over a year now and have been
A member of Ancestry. Com during this time, have seen thousands of Gearharts,
Etc., found about sixteen different spellings of the name, have looked all through
Pa. Listings, and Washington, Frederick, Carroll, and Howard Cos. in Md.
Those are all the places where my family would have been living.
I cannot go back any further than my great grandfather, Henry A. Garheart, who
Changed his name from Gearhart to Garheart. He was born in 1844, listed in
Military records as being born in Carroll Co., Md.
We could have been Garhardts, Gerhardts, or Gierharts, as three of the names
I have found of first settlers here.
It is a total brick wall, as there is nothing to be found of him before the Civil War.
Peggy

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