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How did the Kearsarge community in Erie County PA get its name?
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Quoting an article by Mrs. H.C. Spires in the Weekly Sentinel, a local Millcreek Township publication dated June 18, 1964: "Mr. George Biebel saw the need of a store and in 1870 he built the brick store which is run by the Biebel Brothers. When he thought the people needed a post office he wrote Washington. In getting a post office, the Geovernment asked for several names. Among the names sent in was the name of Kearsarge which was suggested by Mr. Biebel and is the nsame of a boat which sunk the Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, on Sunday June 19, 1864." Another article, by Debbie Wallace of the Erie Times-News dated September 12, 1976, states: "'They built Erie just north of us.' This had been a frequent expression of George Biebel back in the late 1800's about his home of Walnut Creek-known today as Kearsarge."
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