{"id":3525,"date":"2015-07-10T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2017-07-04T12:26:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T17:26:59","slug":"my-trip-to-bellefonte-pa-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/my-trip-to-bellefonte-pa-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"My Trip To Bellefonte, PA, April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2015, the Furst family gathered in Bellefonte, PA, to attend the re-dedication of a plaque honoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/chamberlin\/caroline-watson-chamberlin-1845-1936\/\" title=\"Caroline Watson Chamberlin (1845-1936)\">Caroline W.C. Furst (1845-1936)<\/a>, founder of the Bellefonte chapter of the DAR in 1895. The plaque is located behind the local library under a fir tree planted in 1935 in memory of Caroline.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2727\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-Plaque-for-Caroline-Furst-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque for Caroline Furst\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-Plaque-for-Caroline-Furst-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-Plaque-for-Caroline-Furst-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-Plaque-for-Caroline-Furst-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaque for Caroline Furst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ceremony was held at the First Presbyterian Church with a tea afterwards at the Reynolds Mansion. Later we walked around Bellefonte to see the old family homes and stopped at the cemetery to see the family graves. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2724\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-11 First Presbyterian Church\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First Presbyterian Church (this is the older section on the right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2725\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"First Presbyterian Church, Bellefonte, PA\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-04-11-First-Presbyterian-Church-3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First Presbyterian Church (This is the newer building on the left. The two buildings are connected with a hallway.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2015, the Furst family gathered in Bellefonte, PA, to attend the re-dedication of a plaque honoring Caroline W.C. Furst (1845-1936), founder of the Bellefonte chapter of the DAR in 1895. The plaque is located behind the local library under a fir tree planted in 1935 in memory of Caroline. The ceremony was held&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centre-county","tag-furst"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3viLY-UR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4004,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chadds-ford-area-timeline\/","url_meta":{"origin":3525,"position":0},"title":"Chadds Ford Area Timeline","author":"Karen","date":"March 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"1655 Dutch ship wrecked within the mouth of the Brandywine River, laden with brandy or \u201cbrandewijn.\u201d 1684 Birmingham Township settled and incorporated. Chichester Meeting founded. 1686 Concord Meeting established. 1690 Birmingham Meeting founded. 1670 Andrew Braindwine received a grant of land near the mouth of the Brandywine River. 1704 William\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Around Chadds Ford&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Around Chadds Ford","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/category\/places\/united-states\/pennsylvania\/delaware-county\/around-chadds-ford\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chadds Ford Inn, 2007, Photo Courtesy Karen Furst, for web","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chadds-Ford-Inn-2007-Photo-Courtesy-Karen-Furst-for-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chadds-Ford-Inn-2007-Photo-Courtesy-Karen-Furst-for-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chadds-Ford-Inn-2007-Photo-Courtesy-Karen-Furst-for-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chadds-Ford-Inn-2007-Photo-Courtesy-Karen-Furst-for-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":677,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/hurt-cemetery\/","url_meta":{"origin":3525,"position":1},"title":"Hurt Cemetery, McLemoresville, Carroll County, Tennessee","author":"Karen","date":"June 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a Hurt Cemetery located between Atwood and McLemoresville, Carroll County, Tennessee, about one-half mil south of McLemoresville. 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Tombstone Inscriptions The following tombstone inscriptions were made on 26 April 1997 and 10 May 1997. Only two stones could not be read: one because it was completely worn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Churches &amp; Cemeteries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Churches &amp; Cemeteries","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/category\/places\/churches-cemeteries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6942,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/robert-le-blond-companion-of-william-the-conqueror\/","url_meta":{"origin":3525,"position":3},"title":"Robert Le Blond, Companion of William the Conqueror","author":"Karen","date":"March 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the first really cool \"facts\" I discovered during my early LeBlond research was a Robert Le Blond who purportedly traveled with William the Conqueror, during the latter's invasion of England in 1066. 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