Norman Gasbarro | January 6, 2016
A listing of the December 2015 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Benjamin Rush Foster – Ties to Williamstown, Lykens, & Washington Township November 2015 Posts Daring Colliery Robbery, 1867 – Civil War Veteran Escapes to Get Help Civil War Church Preserved Amid Tallest and Newest Buildings in Philadelphia Hiram Focht of […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 4, 2016
George W. Geesey, whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as a Civil War veteran, died on 3 February 1927. For much of his working life, he served as the janitor or custodian of the Millersburg train station/depot and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. He retired in 1915 after 30 years of service […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2016
This is another story about Simon Gratz (1842-1923), the son of Theodore Gratz (first mayor of Gratz, Pennsylvania), and the grandson of the Simon Gratz who is credited with laying out the town of Gratz and for whom the borough is presently named. Although Simon Gratz was born in Harrisburg, the family moved to Gratz, […]
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