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Charles J. Harten Dies Following Railroad Accident, 1886

| March 29, 2019

Charles J. Harten was born in Pennsylvania, 7 July 1827, the son of William Harten (1795-1869) and Catherine [Straw] Harten (1795-1852). Some time before 1853 Charles Harten married Mary Wilvert, and with her had at least four known children. During the Civil War he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Corporal, […]

Patrick X. Flynn – 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| March 27, 2019

Patrick Xavier Flynn, Civil War veteran, died on 2 September 1886, and is buried at Boyer’s School Cemetery, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is noted on his government-provided grave marker, pictured above. The card above, from the card collection, Headstone Provided for Civil War Veterans (Ancestry.com), indicates that […]

Jonathan W. Feeser – 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| March 25, 2019

Jonathan W. Feeser was born 17 September 1824 in Pennsylvania and died on 20 April 1905, at Linglestown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served in the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private. The Pennsylvania Veterans File Card (above) from the Pennsylvania Archives gives very little information about his Civil War […]

Halifax G.A.R. Members Identified in 1910 Photo

| March 22, 2019

In 2016, the Halifax Area Historical Society published a photo (above) taken in 1910 of members of the G.A.R. Post #523 of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in its book on the History of Halifax Shoe Companies. That photo is different than the one previously published in which a group of unidentified members of the same […]

Charles H. Green – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| March 20, 2019

Charles Henry Green was born 1 June 1842, supposedly in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, although one source indicates he may have been born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He died in Massillion, Ohio, 10 September 1924. On 25 January 1864, at Harrisburg, he enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry , and on the same day, he was […]