BONNEAUVILLE - Key Persons
Karl Orndorff was born and raised in Bonneauville, PA. His great-great grandparents on his father's side (Vincent Orndorff) and his great-grandparents on his mother's side (Louise Myers Orndorff) had made the town their home many years earlier. It was in Bonneauville that Karl attended grade school. Neighboring New Oxford was his high school town. At the age of seventeen, anxious to see more of the world than the ten mile radius of the tiny town of Bonneauville, he quickly joined the military.
Above: Karl Orndorff stands beside the flag that the Bonneauville men of the Civil War served under.