Norman Gasbarro | October 7, 2016
The above family card for Anthony Wayne Loomis (1806-1864) was found in the Mennonite Vital Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1750-2014, available on Ancestry.com. It shows a child, William A. Loomis, born 27 December 1842, married Harriet Thomas, and died 4 September 1900. The card states that Anthony Wayne Loomis lived in Halifax, Pennsylvania. On […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 6, 2016
On 11 May 1897, The Times of Philadelphia reported the following tragic story: LAY HELPLESS IN A STORM A Mahantongo Farmer Falls from a Barn and Dies After Being Found by Passing Farmers. Special Telegram to THE TIMES. SHAMOKIN, 10 May 1897 — News of an awful accident reached here today from Mahantongo Township. Joel […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 5, 2016
Part 4 of this murder story will be told in today’s blog post. It includes the successful appeal of the first trial followed by the second trial and second conviction of Henry Fisher for first degree murder. Sarah Ann [Reed] Klinger, a widow of a Civil War veteran and a pensioner, was brutally murdered in […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 4, 2016
A listing of the September 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Who is Sgt. Philip Kline who is Named on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument? Jacob Klinger and Sarah [Reed] Klinger – Death at the Almshouse and a Murder Story The Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Baptisms at the Artz Church […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 3, 2016
In the list of Civil War veterans which was published in the Halifax Area Bicentennial Book in 1994, there is the name William Leebrick. Not much is known about him other than he was credited with Civil War service. He is not found in any Halifax area cemeteries. In the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Card File, found […]
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