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Obituary of Henry Miller of Williamstown – Veteran Cavalryman

| September 27, 2019

On 24 March 1911, the Lykens Standard published an obituary of Henry Miller, a Civil War veteran who resided in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of five months, Henry Miller, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Market Street, Williamstown, Wednesday of last week. Deceased was […]

George W. Lehman – Why Was His Pension Canceled?

| September 25, 2019

On 12 March 1888, George W. Lehman applied for a pension from Pennsylvania based on his service in the 27th Pennsylvania Infantry (Militia), Company I. At some point, he was awarded a pension based on the certificate number on the Pension Index Card shown above from Ancestry.com. However, someone later wrote “canceled” over the certificate […]

John H. Bricker – Cavalry Vet Died in Illinois at Age 102

| September 23, 2019

During the Civil War, John H. Bricker served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private. The Veterans’ Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, shown above, indicates that a 30-year-old John Bricker enrolled at Harrisburg on 29 August 1864 and was mustered in at the same time and place in the company and regiment […]

Obituary of Patrick J. Martin, 1906

| September 11, 2019

The obituary of Civil War veteran Patrick J. Martin appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, 21 September 1906: DEATH OF AN OLD VETERAN Patrick J. Martin, aged 64 years, one of our best-known and respected citizens, died at his home on Grand Avenue, at ten minutes before midnight, Sunday, after several weeks’ illness of heart […]

Charles Henry Laudenslager of Lykens

| September 9, 2019

A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]