Samuel Etzweiler died on 24 April 1916 and is buried at the St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On his grave marker it is noted that he served in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. At Harrisburg, on 20 February 1865, Samuel Etzweiler enrolled in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, […]
A listing of the January 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Benjamin Franklin Enterline – 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry December 2018 Posts 4 Lykens Printers Went to War – Only 1 Returned Obituary of Elias Etzweiler Death of Henry Culbert & Suicide of His Son Thomas B. Evans – Cavalryman – Died […]
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 12 October 1900 reported the death of Daniel John Toy, a Civil War veteran: MILLERSBURG, 11 October 1900 — Mr. Daniel Toy died on Monday, at 3 o’clock. The funeral on Thursday afternoon was in charge of the Rev. Isenberg, of the Reformed Church. Mr. Toy was an old soldier. A […]
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
Previously here on this blog there was a discussion of whether Israel M. Groff and three others who could be his sons were all Civil War veterans. One of the things that complicated the research was that two men were identified as Israel M. Groff, one of whom was a doctor. The graves of both […]
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