Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2017
Through the pages of newspapers of the time, this horrendous murder story will be told. Sarah Ann [Reed] Klinger, a widow of a Civil War veteran and a pensioner, was brutally murdered in her home near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on 21 November 1906. Jacob Klinger was born on 3 April 1843 in Lower Mahantongo […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 16, 2017
The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card for John McCurtin (shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives), indicates that a 45 year old John McCurtin, enlisted at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 25 September 1861, in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B. At the time, he indicated that he resided in Dauphin County and was a stone cutter […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 13, 2017
The name Owen McDermot appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as an area veteran who was not a member of the Heilner G.A.R. Post. Who was he? The only person of that name who was found in the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Card File was Owen McDermott, who at 18 years old, enrolled in the 136th Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 11, 2017
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 9, 2017
John McCollum is buried in the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Previously on the Civil War Blog, he was featured with the following information: John McCollum (1833-1901). He is buried in the McCollum family plot and a ground marker notes his name as “John.” Census records indicate he was born at sea […]
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