Norman Gasbarro | July 26, 2018
Benjamin P. Behm, who was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in July 1846, the son of Dr. Samuel Behm and his wife Mary, served in three Civil War regiments as shown on his Pension Index Card (above) from Ancestry.com. He served in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company A, as a Private. He […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 25, 2018
The death of Elias Bachman was reported in the Shamokin News-Dispatch, 18 December 1933: VET EXPIRES WHILE SEATED IN CHAIR Elias Bachman, 87, one of the last Civil War veterans in the lower end of the county, fell dead at the home of Mrs. Elveretta Walt, of Dalmatia, and with whom the aged soldier had […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 24, 2018
James Francis Baird was born 25 May 1842 in Sidney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander Baird. He died at York, York County, Pennsylvania, on 26 November 1934 and is buried at the United Methodist Cemetery, During the Civil War he served in the 11th Illinois Infantry, Company H, as a Private from […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 23, 2018
During the Civil War, Charles E. McFarland, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. He was a teacher from Halifax Township, and is buried at Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to his Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, Charles E. McFarland enrolled in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 22, 2018
An undated linen picture post card of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, probably produced in the 1930s or 1940s. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
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