Norman Gasbarro | September 25, 2011
A listing of the July 2011 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Baseball and Gratz June 2011 Posts Gratz During the Civil War – Jeremiah Crabb, Blacksmith Fourth of July in Harrisburg, 1865 Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Road Show Octavius V. Catto 114th Pennsylvania Infantry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg 118th Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 24, 2011
The house on this property, Lot #47, was built in the 1820s by Joshua Osman who purchased the lot from Simon Gratz in 1818. Some time around 1824, Peter Crabb (1787-?), a blacksmith, purchased the property from Osman, and probably built the small building in the rear which he used as a blacksmith shop. Peter […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 23, 2011
Lot #29 was held by the heirs of Simon Gratz for many years, but in 1853, they sold it to George Ossman, who at the time lived in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The first part of the house was constructed prior to Ossman purchasing the land. By 1855, a two story house was listed […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 22, 2011
The house on Lots #93 and #95 at the most western end of Gratz was one of the newest houses in Gratz at the time of the Civil War. One of the first owners of the property was William Weidel, a potter. He and his brother George Weidel (1784-1856) , also a potter, were early […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2011
In the years before the Civil War and in the years following the war in which veterans returned and lived in Gratz, this property, known as Lot #42 on the original Simon Gratz subdivision, was owned by three families. Each of the families had a number of Civil War veterans who were associated with it. […]
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