Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2019
Per the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, on 16 June 1863 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a 19-year-old Henry Graver enrolled in the militia regiment 27th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company I, as a Private, and three days later he was mustered into service at Harrisburg. Other resources indicate that […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 18, 2019
More information is sought about David Ferster who was born 2 March 1828, the son of Peter Ferster (1794-1864) and Maria Christina [Rebuck] Ferster (1796-1838), in Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. At the time of he Civil War, David Ferster joined the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private on or about 16 October […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 28, 2019
Henry Dietrich, or Henry Dietrick as he is sometimes found in the records, enrolled in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private on 26 April 1861, at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, He was mustered into service at Harrisburg and served the duration of his three-month enlistment and was honorably discharged on 31 July […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 10, 2018
William Washington Davidson (1842-1923) was previously profiled here in a post entitled William W. Davidson Dies on Visit to Detroit. An additional obituary has been located – from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 12 December 1923: William W. Davidson, aged 81 years, retired Pennsylvania [Railroad] System yardmaster, and well-known Civil War veteran, died suddenly yesterday at the […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 3, 2018
In the Miners Journal of 13 December 1906, the following funeral report was given: BURIAL OF SOLOMON COLEMAN The funeral of Solomon Coleman, of Kaska, who died last Sunday, was held yesterday afternoon, the cortege proceeding to Middleport by trolley where services were conducted at the Lutheran Reformed Church by Rev. C. W. Eberwine, of […]
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