Veterans Ceremonies
Residents of Honey Brook Borough and Township are invited each November to join a free ceremony to honor the men and women who served in all branches of our armed services.
2023 Veterans Ceremony
Save the Date! The Annual Veterans Day Ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 5, 2023, beginning at 2 pm at the Stonecroft Center for the Performing Arts, 4000 Treeline Drive, Honey Brook. Organized by representatives from Honey Brook Borough, Honey Brook Township, and Tel Hai, this annual event is already being planned. Details will be announced closer to the event.
Past Ceremonies
Veterans Honored on Nov. 13, 2022:
April 2021 marked 160 years since the start of the Civil War, which lasted four long years. Over 100 veterans of this conflict have been identified as having hailed from Honey Brook. They are:
| William | Ammon | ||
| L | Andrew | ||
| Robert | G | Barr | |
| Gaston | Bender | ||
| Amos | Bidden | ||
| James | Boyd | ||
| James | Buchanan | son of John Buchanan, who served in the War of 1812. | |
| David | Buchanan | son of John Buchanan, who served in the War of 1812. | |
| A. Thomas | Buchanan | son of John Buchanan, who served in the War of 1812. | |
| William | Buller | ||
| William | Cairns | ||
| Samuel | Cauller | ||
| William | W | Climenson | |
| William | W | Climenson | |
| John | P. | Collins | |
| John | Dampman | Dampman Road was named for this family. | |
| Joseph | Davis | At one time, there were three Davis Roads in Honey Brook Township. | |
| William | Davis | One Davis Road off of Beaver Dam was abandoned. | |
| Benjamin | Davis | One Davis Road was renamed Fieldstone Road. | |
| Markley | Davis | Only one Davis Road remains, off Mill Road. | |
| George | Deichley | ||
| John | Deisem | ||
| Amos | Deisem | ||
| William | Deisen | ||
| William | Devine | ||
| Joseph | Devine | ||
| George | Dicely | ||
| Sam | Dicely | ||
| Bill | Dicely | ||
| James | Emrey | The Emrey family had a large farm south of the Village of Cambridge. | |
| Samuel | Eppihimer | The Eppihimer family ran a funeral home in the Township for over 80 years. Margaret Eppihimer wrote two Honey Brook history books. | |
| Jacob | Fisher | ||
| John | F | Ford | |
| John | Wesley | Ford | Tracy Olsen’s great-great-great-great grandfather. Served in both the Union Army and Navy aboard the U.S.S. Barron DeKalb. |
| Frank | Forrest | Forrest Road may be named for this man’s family. | |
| Cyrus | L | Gehr | |
| Thomas | Gibson | ||
| William | Given | Two Givens were named William. Wm. H. died in 1902; Wm. E. in 1939. | |
| John | R. | Good | |
| David | E. | Good | |
| Anthony | Graham | ||
| James | Griffith | James M. Griffith was a farmer, dairyman, and grazier. | |
| Abner | Griffith | ||
| John | Griffith | ||
| Rees | Happersett | ||
| Edward | Helms | ||
| Thomas | Hughes | ||
| George | Irwin | George W. Irwin taught at the Honey Brook grade school. | |
| Frederick | Irwin | F. H. Irwin was a farmer, life insurance agent, and proprietor of a washing machine shop. | |
| William | Irwin | William B. Irwin taught at the Cambridge Public School. | |
| Isaac | Jacquette | ||
| William | Kennedy | ||
| James | King | ||
| Edwin | Kurtz | ||
| George | Lawrence | ||
| Benjamin | Lewis | ||
| John | Grier | Lewis | |
| Andrew | Lightner | ||
| Haines | Long | ||
| Joseph | Mackelduff | ||
| Samuel | Mackelduff | ||
| Nathan | Manship | ||
| Joseph | Martin | ||
| John | McClees | ||
| James | McClure | ||
| Baxter | McClure | ||
| Henry | McConnell | Descendants of James McConnell, who served in the Revolutionary War. | |
| William | McConnell | The McConnell homestead still stands along Horseshoe Pike. | |
| John | McIlheney | ||
| James | McIlheney | ||
| Charles | McIlvaine | ||
| John | R | McMichael | |
| Johnathan | Millard | ||
| John | I | Miller | |
| Penrose | Moore | ||
| William | Morgan | ||
| John | Morgan | ||
| Enos | Piersol | Piersols have lived in the Township for many years. | |
| William | Pim | ||
| David | Potts | ||
| William | Potts | ||
| Isaac | Reel | ||
| Elam | Reel | ||
| John | Reeser | ||
| John | Seypherd | ||
| George | Shingle | This very well might be the ancestor of two Shingles who served on the Board of Supervisors for many years in the early 20th century. | |
| George | Spotts | ||
| John | Spotts | ||
| William | Supplee | Suplee village on Suplee Road is named for the Supplee family. | |
| Stewart | Supplee | The dropping of the second ‘p’ was an intentional move by the family. | |
| George | Supplee | ||
| Jack | Talbot | Talbotville was a post office and later a road in the Township. | |
| James | Talbot | ||
| Jacob | Talbot | ||
| John | Trego | The Trego family cemetery is on a farm on Suplee Road. The last Trego buried there was in the 1830s. | |
| John | Troub | ||
| Joseph | Umstead | ||
| George | Wagner | ||
| Rees | Elmer | Welsh | Rees died in 1938. Many Welshes have lived in the Township. |
| George | Werntz | ||
| Bentley | Wert | ||
| John | White | A merchant and custom miller who also ran the Cupola Iron Foundry and Machine Shop. | |
| David | White | ||
| Morton | Whitehill | ||
| James | Whiteman | ||
| Andrew | Whiteman | ||
| Lewis | Worrall | ||
| Eli | Worrall | ||
| John | Wright | ||
| John | Zollers |
Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, Veterans Ceremony – November 10, 2019
State Rep. Tim Hennessey, Nov. 11 2012 Honey Brook,PA Paying respects to Vets
This page was last updated June 13, 2023.