Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2013
DAVID H. SMITH, FORMER JAIL TURNKEY DIES Progress [Dauphin County, Pennsylvania], 6 August 1917 — David H. Smith, 64 years old, Civil War veteran, and for nineteen years turnkey in the Dauphin County Prison, died at his home her yesterday after a long illness. He was a member of Mount Vernon Council, No. 333, Junior […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 22, 2013
Emanuel Kembel, also found in the records as Emanuel A. Kemble, was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company C, as a Private, from 4 July 1863, through his discharge at the end of the emergency on 11 August 1863. This militia regiment was formed […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 20, 2013
Finding the obituary of the William Weaver or Wilhelm Weaver who served in the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry has helped clarify some information about him. The obituary appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald on 4 March 1910: WILHELM WEAVER A funeral cortege passed through town on Saturday forenoon bearing the remains of an old soldier to […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2013
Some additional information about Cornelius Martz has been located. Cornelius died young, at the age of 36, of a condition resulting from his service in the Civil War. The obituary of Cornelius C. Martz was located in the Millersburg Herald, 30 December 1881: Cornelius Martz Cornelius Martz, son of Charles Martz, died on Monday of […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2013
A quick walking trip around center city Philadelphia at noon on Columbus Day exposed the economic effects of the on-going government shutdown. In Philadelphia, the Mid-Atlantic Branch of the National Archives was closed – as were all branches of the Archives and its main operational centers in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to the […]
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