Norman Gasbarro | November 28, 2019
John Wesley Awl (1832-1894) was previously profiled here in a post entitled Brothers Who Were Colonels. What was not mentioned in that post was that he had racist views which were openly professed in 1866. After the war, John Wesley Awl openly supported the white supremacist views of Heister Clymer by signing a call for […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 26, 2019
According to his grave marker in Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, William Morris was a Civil War veteran who died on 23 September 1890. He is buried there with his wife who was the former Mary Elizabeth Shissler, who died on 19 January 1901. In reading the grave marker which notes a regiment of […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 21, 2019
On 2 April 1910, Alban D. Morgan, a miner living in Coaldale, Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died of pneumonia. His obituary, which appeared in the Lykens Standard, 8 April 1910, identified him as a Civil War veteran but gave little information about his service. Alban D. Morgan of Coaldale, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2019
William Minnich (or Minning as he was sometimes called), who died before the 1890 census was taken, was a member of the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company E. In the 1890 Census for Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, his widow, Regina Minnich reported his service: At this time, no other information has been found […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 14, 2019
John Kay Clement was briefly mentioned here in a post entitled “Additions to Veterans’ List,” published 18 May 2013: John Kay Clement (1820-1882) ——– 3rd Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1862), Company D, Private (12 Sep 1862 – 25 Sep 1862). Enrolled: Sunbury. Provost Marshal of 14th District of Pennsylvania (1862-1864). Residence: Sunbury. Occupation: Lawyer. The Veterans’ […]
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