Norman Gasbarro | August 26, 2018
Romulus Riggs “Romeo” Bacon was born on 31 December 1836, in Philadelphia, the son of Dr. James Ware Bacon (1809-1863) of Franklin County, Kentucky, and Alice Anne [Riggs] Bacon (1814-1843) of Philadelphia. Both parents are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. At the time of the Civil War Romeo enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 25, 2018
Charles F. Ballou died in 1929 and is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave site there is an in-ground G.A.R. star indicating that he was a Civil War veteran. Previously, on this blog, in a post entitled Halifax Area Civil War Veterans, it was noted that […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2018
On 26 April 1861, Jacob Bordner, who had enrolled at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was mustered into service in Company F, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private. He gave his age as 23 and his occupation as shoemaker. The Military Summary Cards, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, confirm that service of Jacob Bordner, with […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 23, 2018
Today’s blog post features some interesting news briefs about Cornelius Bixler of Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, through which some new information was discovered about him including that he served for a time as a Dauphin County Commissioner; that he owned a creamery at or near Matamoras, Dauphin County; and that he was charged, tried and […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 22, 2018
Jacob Bast was born in Pennsylvania in 1847, the son of Isaac Bast (1799-1868) and Catherine Bast (1802-1877). However, at least one record states he was born in 1841. According to his grave marker at the Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, he died in 1917, and he had Civil War service in Company C of […]
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