John Ritz (1848-1932) is buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave site is a G.A.R. star and flag holder and his stone notes his service in Company C of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry. John Ritz died on 2 July 1932 at the age of 84 years, 2 months, 28 days […]
From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1935: MANY WIDOWS GET PENSIONS WASHINGTON, July 1 [1935] — The widows of hundreds of men who served in the Civil War will receive pensions or increases in their grants from the Government when a bill reported favorably by the House Committee on Pensions is formally adopted. Several […]
The obituary of Elias Etzweiler appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 15 April 1909: Elias Etzweiler At about 6 o’clock on Good Friday evening, April 9th, Elias Etzweiler, approaching the close of four score years, breathed his last. He had been making his home for some years with his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fawber, in […]
The above banner is part of the Hometown Heroes Banner Program to honor veterans of all wars at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Although there were hundreds of men who served in the Civil War from the Elizabethville area, Jonas Swab was the only Civil War veteran so honored with a banner. Prior posts on this […]
The obituary of bachelor Jacob Ritzman, found in the Harrisburg Patriot of 29 January 1909, reported that he had found dead along the road in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran having served in the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Private. BOYS FOUND DEAD BODY Veteran of […]
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