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Franklin Wiehry – Donaldson Veteran Buried at Arlington

| June 16, 2012

Found in the records of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, is Franklin Wiehry, who died of disease during the Civil War and is supposedly buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Practically nothing is known of the early life of Franklin Wiehry, whose name is spelled several different ways in the records:  Wiehry, Weihry, […]

Azaria Umberger – A Boat Builder in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| June 11, 2012

Azariah Umberger, who died on 15 October 1895, and is buried in Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a Civil War veteran of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, who served as Private during the last year of the war. Not much is known about Azariah’s early background except that he was probably […]