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Obituary of Henry Knauber – Hotel Operator of Newtown

Henry Knauber, a lifelong resident of Newtown and one of the most prominent residents in the west end of the county, passed away at his home on Wednesday evening shortly after eight o’clock. Death followed a lingering illness he being in ill health for a number of years and was bed-fast for several weeks prior […]

George H. Romberger – He Paid for a Substitute

George H. Romberger is buried at the St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He has a Findagrave Memorial which does not identify him as a Civil War veteran and there is no G.A.R.-Star-Flag Holder at his grave site.  He was born 19 October 1937 and died 8 Apr 1907. In his research […]

Henry Hoover – Cavalryman and Publisher

The Mount Carmel Item published the obituary of Henry Hoover on 5 March 1912: DEATH OF NEWSPAPERMAN Henry Hoover, senior proprietor of the News Publishing Company, of Shamokin, died at his home in Shamokin this morning at three o’clock from a complication of diseases.  He had been ill for the last several months.  He was […]

The Heckert Family of Northumberland County in the Civil War

In the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, by J. L. Floyd and Company, 1911, a biographical sketch appears of the ancestry of James F. Heckert (1855-1936).  James F. Heckert was too young to serve in the Civil War, but several his relations did serve.  They are mentioned in the biographical sketch.  [Note:  click […]

The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 1)

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 […]