Norman Gasbarro | September 15, 2018
In 1902 when the Annual Encampment of The G.A.R. took place in October 1902 in Washington, D.C., Henry C. Bowman was 66 years old and recently retired from his position of lamplighter of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The annual national encampments drew Civil War veterans from all over the country and were usually well-documented in […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 14, 2018
A 1904 picture post card view of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2018
The Press Herald of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on 13 November 1891 reported the death of John Sattizahn: John Sattizahn, who resided at Pleasant Valley, and who was running a small saw mill, fell over and instantly —died while at work, on the mill on Saturday. He was about 70 years of age, and […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 12, 2018
Civil War veteran Elias Sowers is also found in the records as Elias Souers. News articles refer to him as “The Railroad Preacher.” Elias Sowers died in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 29 September 1908, and is buried at the Charles Evans Cemetery at that place. His in-ground grave-marker notes that he was a Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 11, 2018
A 1904 picture post card view of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.
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