Norman Gasbarro | November 24, 2014
Jacob Dietz (or Jacob Deitz) was born 8 May 1833 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Johannes “John” Deitz (1793-1859) and Catharine [Stein] Deitz (1799-1873). He died on 1 December 1907 at Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is buried at St. Peter’s Church Cemetery, Paxinos, Northumberland County. He never married. During […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 23, 2014
Enders, 22 July 1909 — John K. McGann, an aged veteran of the Civil War and a highly esteemed gentleman of this community, died at his home at Wheatland Farm on Wednesday night after a lingering illness of several months, aged seventy-four years. Mr. McGann spent most of his life in this community, having taught […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2014
Jacob W. Bowers was born 18 January 1846 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Adam Bower (1818-1885) and Mary Bower (1820-1856). The family name is found both as Bower and Bowers as can be seen by the various records presented here in this blog post. At the time of the Civil War, Jacob […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 21, 2014
The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road. It was dedicated on 11 September 1889, along with a large group of monuments paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument (above) is from the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental histories […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 20, 2014
About 105 years ago, the Army-Navy Football game, scheduled to be held at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, was cancelled as a result of the death of an Army player in a prior football game with Harvard University, and the football programs at West Point and Annapolis were is danger of being abolished. “Young Byrne expired just […]
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