Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2019
Samuel Etzweiler died on 24 April 1916 and is buried at the St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On his grave marker it is noted that he served in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. At Harrisburg, on 20 February 1865, Samuel Etzweiler enrolled in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 16, 2019
The National Tribune, 8 June 1899, posted a letter to the editor from Jesse Ditty, a Civil War veteran who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The National Tribune, published at Washington, D.C., was the official newspaper of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The Fight at Morris Ravine EDITOR […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 14, 2019
On 13 November 1907, Thomas B. Evans, a widower and a Civil War veteran, died of a stroke of paralysis at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His death certificate indicates his occupation as blacksmith and his father as Jacob Evans, and his mother as Priscilla [Clase] Evans. Thomas B. Evans was born in Pennsylvania on 13 […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 11, 2019
Henry Culbert, who has been identified as a Civil War veteran from the Lykens Valley area, was previously mentioned on this blog, but at the time, not much was known about him: Henry Culbert served in Company A of the 24th U.S. Infantry according to the grave marker. Henry Culbert told the 1890 census takers that […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 9, 2019
The obituary of Elias Etzweiler appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 15 April 1909: Elias Etzweiler At about 6 o’clock on Good Friday evening, April 9th, Elias Etzweiler, approaching the close of four score years, breathed his last. He had been making his home for some years with his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fawber, in […]
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