Norman Gasbarro | April 17, 2019
William D. Haas was born on 13 March 1843 in Perry County, Pennsylvania, and died on 5 October 1919 in South Renovo, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. His grave marker at the cemetery, pictured above from Findagrave, indicates he was born in 1844 (not 1843 as other information […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 15, 2019
Joseph R. Henninger, son of Joseph Henninger (1822-1900) and Sarah [Reed] Henninger (1827-1911), died on 18 April 1933 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His obituary did not mention Civil War service, but his name has been suggested as a Civil War veteran because there are Civil War records for an almost exact match to an […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2019
From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1935: MANY WIDOWS GET PENSIONS WASHINGTON, July 1 [1935] — The widows of hundreds of men who served in the Civil War will receive pensions or increases in their grants from the Government when a bill reported favorably by the House Committee on Pensions is formally adopted. Several […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 10, 2019
The obituary of ‘Squire G. W. Hain appeared in the Lykens Standard, 22 July 1904: G. W. Hain, Justice of the Peace of Williamstown, and one of the oldest and most respected residents of that place, died at 12:40 p.m. Monday of rheumatism, after an illness of 11 weeks, aged 70 years, 11 months and […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 8, 2019
Solomon Moyer, Civil War veteran, was tragically killed in 1890 while working on the railroad. Solomon Moyer enrolled at Pine Grove Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, on 2 September 1961. On 23 September 1861, he was mustered into service as a Private in Company B at Pottsville. There is some handwritten […]
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