The photo above was recently taken at the Gratz Union Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of the grave of Jacob Umholtz, who was born 18 March 1824 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Johannes “John” Umholtz (1796-1853) and Catherine [Harmon] Umholtz (1795-1880). Next to the grave marker is a G.A.R. Star-Flag Holder […]
Charles Wesley Umholtz was born on 23 November 1845 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Philip Umholtz (1814-1883) and Susanna [Carl] Umholtz. He was one of at least seven children of that couple. At the time of the Civil War, both he and his brother Augustus Umholtz enrolled in the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency […]
Isaac Umholtz of Gratz and Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was only 17 years old when he enrolled in the 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private on 9 August 1862, although he claimed his age was 21. His older brother Emanuel Umholtz stayed at home on the family farm helping the father, Samuel […]
On 16 September 1904, Emanuel H. Umholtz died in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His funeral was held a few days later at Simeon Church and he was buried in the church yard, now called Gratz Union Cemetery. About two weeks earlier a new 649 pound bell, purchased from Buckeye Bell Foundry in Cincinnati, Ohio, had […]
Two articles that appeared in the Millersburg Herald on 6 January 1882 and on 20 January 1882 explained and clarified the death of Edmund L. Umholtz of Gratz, who was the Mercantile Appraiser of Dauphin County and who died of small pox in Gratz in 1882. He was a Civil War veteran but that fact […]
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