Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2013
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project of the Gratz Historical Society was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts beginning today and continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the [...]
Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2013
GRATZ HISTORICAL SOCIETY 8 West Market Street, P.O. Box 507. Gratz, PA 17030-0507 Web Site: www.gratzpa.org E-Mail Contact: society@gratzpa.org Contact Person: Brian Tomlin, Secretary A Civil War program entitled, “The Home Front and the Battle of Gettysburg,” will be presented on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Gratz Community Center, Center Street, [...]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2013
Four men named Henry Zerby (or Henry Zerbe) have been found in Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments. This post will have as its primary purpose to note the ways to differentiate them as well as point out some of the unresolved conflicts in the records. ——————————- HENRY ZERBY (c. 1829 – 1919) Henry Zerby who is [...]
Norman Gasbarro | February 4, 2013
Rev. Hugh A. Loague (1842-1916) was the Catholic pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1888 to 1901. When he arrived in America with his family around 1850, he settled in Philadelphia, where he completed his early education. At the time of the Civil War, he was [...]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2012
David W. Brown, born on 25 September 1802 in Northumberland County, England, came to America in 1829 and soon after settled in the area of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He had learned coal mining at the Hetton Colliery in Durham, England, where he worked from 1826 to 1829. Knowing of the opportunities available to develop [...]
The Gratz Historical Society was organized in 1977. The mission of the society is to preserve and protect the history of the upper part of Dauphin County, PA. The Society has a museum and research library at 8 W. Market Street in Gratz. Today the society has over 300 members. Visit the Society'sWebsite or follow us on Twitter @HistoryGratz and @GratzCivilWar 
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