Norman Gasbarro | March 30, 2016
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 February 1906: CARS CRUSH SHANTY: KILL WAR VETERAN Special to the Inquirer SHAMOKIN, Pennsylvania, 19 February 1906 — While sitting in a shanty near the Reading Railway, near here, to-day, Charles Henning, an aged war veteran and well known local resident, met a horible death. Two freight cars left the […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 28, 2016
William Hicks (1839-1904), who is buried at St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Lutheran Cemetery in Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, served in the 8th Illinois Infantry, Company D, as a Private. There is conflicting data on his dates of service. In one source, it is stated that he had three enlistments, while another source indicates his service as […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 25, 2016
The Philadelphia Flower Show, held 5 March through 13 March 2016 at the Pennsylvania Convention in Philadelphia, featured the theme “Explore America” and recognized 100 years of the National Park Service. Two of the competitive displays had themes related to Abraham Lincoln. Click on any photo to enlarge. ——————————— The entry by the Horticultural Academy […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 23, 2016
In the Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, by J. L. Floyd and Company, 1911, a biographical sketch appears of the ancestry of James F. Heckert (1855-1936). James F. Heckert was too young to serve in the Civil War, but several his relations did serve. They are mentioned in the biographical sketch. [Note: click […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 21, 2016
A brief story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 27 December 1875, describing an incident involving Civil War veteran Daniel W. Tobias of Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which occurred at the Miners’ Deposit Bank: Forgery — On Monday last, Mr. Daniel W. Tobias of Jackson Township stepped into the Miners’ Deposit Bank, of this place, […]
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