Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2014
Josiah Folk (or Foulk or Fulk as he is sometimes found in the records) was born about 1829, probably in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the 1850 census of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, he is found as a blacksmith. Living in his household were his wife Susanna [Riegle] Folk, working as a milliner, and infant daughter, […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 18, 2014
The 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on DeTrobrand Avenue. 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 17, 2014
An entry in a 9th Pennsylvania Cavalryman’s diary read as follows: Saturday 30th [November 1861] – In the morning about 4 A.M. another excitement On board the Arago owing to a report that Isaac Messner was kicked over board by one of the Horses on board the Anglo Saxon… one of Co. B…. Both sides […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 16, 2014
Manuel Walker was one of many ex-slaves who chose to relocate in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the years immediately after the Civil War. He died on 18 September 1907 and his obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot the next day. DEATH OF AN EX-SLAVE Manuel Walker, the aged colored sexton of Paxton Presbyterian Church, died […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 15, 2014
John McConnell served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private, from 23 May 1864 through his discharge, which occurred when he was at Camp Parole. His death was reported in the Harrisburg Patriot, 14 May 1906: FLAG REVIVED VETERAN Stroudsburg, 13 May 1906 — John McConnell, a veteran of the Civil War, […]
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