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Obituaries of Michael Messner – Veteran from Pillow

| October 25, 2019

Michael Messner, a Civil War veteran from Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born on 3 October 1942 and died 11 June 1917. He is buried at the Union Cemetery in Jordan Township (near Pillow), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. At his grave is a G.A.R. marker-flag holder. His obituary appeared in several newspapers, including the following: From […]

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: […]

Obituary of Elias Dilfield – Born in Pillow, Died in Reading

| November 30, 2018

Elias Dilfield, also found in the records as William Elias “Eli” Dilfield, died in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 1 December 1915. From the Reading Times, 13 December 1915: ELIAS DILFIELD DEAD Retired Hotel Keeper Succumbs at 710 North Sixth Street Elias Dilfield, a retired hotel keeper, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at his residence, […]

Abraham Campbell – Wife Found Dead in Murder Suicide

| September 24, 2018

Abraham Campbell was born about 9 May 1835 in Northumberland County.  During the Civil War he served in the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves [35th Pennsylvania Infantry], Company B, as a Private from 10 October 1861 through discharge on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability on 26 October 1862.  The record shows that he applied for an invalid […]

Conrad C. Berry – Lebanon Blacksmith Lived in Pillow and Millersburg

| August 1, 2018

During the Civil War, Conrad C. Berry served in the 201st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private.  The Pension Index Card (above, from Fold3) shows that on 18 September 1890, he applied for an invalid pension, which he collected until his death.  Afterward, the widow, Rebecca [Walter] Berry applied and collected until her death, […]