Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2017
Aaron Ossman was born on 8 December 1838 in Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Philip Ossman (1796-1866) and Barbara [Friedlein] Ossman (1794-1860). In 1860, Aaron was living with his parents in Hegins Township, where at age 22, he was working as a carpenter. At the time he enlisted in Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 2017
A listing of the April 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Nelson C. Meck – Charter Member of Millersburg G.A.R. Post Was Charles Meckenstorm of Tremont a Deserter? William Murphy of Tremont – Immigrant, Died at Vet Home in Virginia Samuel Mumma or Samuel Mummy? – Confusion Over Ancestry of Lykens […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 5, 2017
The death of Abner M. Pike was announced in the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 3 November 1902. The obituary in that newspaper did not mention his Civil War service: Death of A. M. Pike Special to the Star-Independent Halifax, 3 November 1902 — A. M. Pike, a prominent business man of Halifax, died at 9 p.m. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2017
George Pitt Owen died on 25 July 1901 and is buried in the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran who reported his service in 1890 to the census while living in Tremont. However, because he served in the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1862), Company H, […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2017
Michael O’Leary, whose name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Civil War veteran from the Lykens-Wiconisco area who was not a member of the Heilner Post, was identified as to his regiment and company by a record found on Ancestry.com in the series, Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Soldiers. The index […]
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