Norman Gasbarro | August 9, 2017
The name Aaron Snyder appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. Who was he and what was his Civil War service? In 1890, the widow Catherine Snyder, living in Harrisburg, reported that her deceased husband, Aaron Snyder, had served in the Civil War, but she did not name a regiment, company, or dates of service. Subsequent […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 28, 2017
The obituary of George A. Singer appeared in the Pittsburgh Daily Press, 27 August 1910: REV. GEORGE A. SINGER Rev. George A. Singer, 67 years old, for 42 years a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died Thursday afternoon in a sanitarium in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, where he had been […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 14, 2017
Joel Shearer died on 9 November 1882 and is buried at St. Luke’s Parish Cemetery, Malta, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. At his grave, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. However, no regiment or company has been located in which he served. And, there is nothing on the grave marker itself to indicate that he served. According […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 5, 2017
Isaac E. Snyder, Civil War veteran, is buried at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died on 15 November 1890. During the Civil War, he served in the Emergency Militia, 27th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private. He was mustered into service in Schuylkill County, 17 June 1863, and completed his […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 26, 2017
The name of John Rathvon appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as someone who served in the Civil War from the Millersburg area. When and how did he serve is the focus of this blog post. The obituary of John J. Ratahvon appeared in the Elizabethville Echo on 8 December 1932: Millersburg Veteran Buried on […]
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