Norman Gasbarro | November 20, 2015
Henry Feindt (1843-1914), a Civil War veteran of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry (26th April 1861 – 31 Jul 1861) and the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (7 October 1861 – 18 July 1865), was Postmaster of Lykens in 1907 when an “earthquake of vast extent” hit the Upper Dauphin County area of the Susquehanna Valley. Feindt was […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 18, 2015
Dr. Charles Buffington Fager was born on 31 March 1841 in Harrisburg and died there on 24 January 1908. During the Civil War, it was said that he served as a medical cadet (in 1862) and as a contract assistant surgeon (in 1864). However, no actual military service has been located for him. The stories […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 16, 2015
George Washington Etter (1838-1915) is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery in Halifax, Dauphin County. There is a larger headstone on his plot which includes birth and death information for him and for his wife Catharine [Lebo] Etter, but at the foot of the plot, there is a smaller stone with a G.A.R. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 13, 2015
Today’s post features another Civil War soldier about whom not much is known. On the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Tower City, Schuylkill Count (shown above from Ancestry.com), the name of Inglis V. Fairbairn appears. He claimed service in the 18th United States Infantry (Regular Army) from 28 March 1862 through 23 May 1865. During that […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 11, 2015
George Washington Ely died on 18 January 1914 in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As a member of the United Brethren Church in Lykens, his name was inscribed into the memorial book there and his obituary was attached to his memorial page. The page, which is shown below, incorrectly gives his name as “George Edward […]
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