Norman Gasbarro | April 15, 2012
The lot numbered 41 in the original Simon Gratz layout of the town of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was sold in 1816 to a farmer, Peter Ritzman, an early settler of Lykens Township. Ritzman built the house shortly afterward and by 1818 sold the property to Jacob Hoover. Hoover continued to live in Lykens Township […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2011
Today, the blog post continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension Index […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 12, 2011
The house on this on this lot, known as Lot #23, was originally built as a residence for Simon Gratz some time before 1822 and therefore it one of the oldest houses in the borough. Whether Simon Gratz actually lived or syayed here is not known, but on the 75th anniversary of the founding of […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2011
In the years before the Civil War and in the years following the war in which veterans returned and lived in Gratz, this property, known as Lot #42 on the original Simon Gratz subdivision, was owned by three families. Each of the families had a number of Civil War veterans who were associated with it. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 19, 2011
The first owner of this original Simon Gratz lot was Jacob Sierer (or Seara) who purchased it in 1816. The house was built sometime between the land purchase and 1820. From 1825 to 1849, the property was owned by Martin Moyer, but he did not live here, preferring instead to rent to tenants. In the […]
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