Spring Grove Cemetery Multi-Cache
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Here is a cemetery that needs a cache, and is loaded with history. No admittance from Dusk to Dawn. Please be respectful to your surroundings. BYOP
James, Sr. and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan were store keepers in Cove Gap and later Mercersburg. They had 11 children, one of which became the 15th president of the United States. James, Sr died in a carriage accident in 1821. President James Buchanan’s niece Harriet Lane was the white house hostess while he was in office. He was her legal guardian after his sister Jane Buchanan Lane died in 1839. The parents of James, Jr. and Harriet are buried here.
Posted Coordinates will take you to Stage 1.
To find Stage 2 – Answer the questions from information found at Stage 1
51.ABC A= number of letters in Jane’s father’s first name
B= 1st number of Jane’s birthday
C= 2nd number of Jane’s birthday
52.DEF D = A
E = 20 minus day Jane died
F = 24 minus day Jane died
This family served in the French and Indian war, Revolutionary war, War of 1812 and the Civil War.
To find Stage 3 – Answer the questions from information found at Stage 2
51.GHI G=third number of birth year of David Jffrey
H=Sgt William served in Co A – which # Battalion
I=last number of death year of David
52.JKL J=third number of birth year of Sgt. William
K=2nd number of death year of Sgt. William
L=2nd number of birth year of Sgt. William
The nearby town is located on land purchased by Jacob Sr. in 1812 for the sum of $5300. Jacob died in 1861.
To find Stage 4 – Answer the questions from information found at Stage 3
51.MNO M=day of Barbara’s death
N=3rd number of Barbara’s death year
O=2nd number of Barbara’s death year
52.PQR P=O minus M
Q=4th number of kin David’s death year
R=3rd number of kin David's death year
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