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Isaac O. Billman – Hotelman of Northumberland County

| August 7, 2018

The Mount Carmel Item of 6 August 1904 reported the death of Isaac O. Billman, a hotelman of near Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Death of I. O. Billman I. O. Billman, the well known resident of Jackson Township [Northumberland County], who keeps a hotel three miles back of Herndon, died on Tuesday night, aged about […]

Elias Herber – Buried at Allentown or Red Cross?

| April 15, 2016

The Elias S. Herber who served in the 176th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Musician, is buried at Allentown’s Fairview Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  Although the grave marker reads “Herbert,” the veteran buried here was actually the one who served in both the 176th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E.   Those […]