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 […]
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and his wife, Elizabeth [Hoffa] Breslin (1824-1901), of Gratz. According to information in a Gratz history, the father was a cattle drover and hotel operator in […]
On 15 October 1861, Samuel Trump, claiming to be 27 years old (born about 1834), enlisted in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company F, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. On 7 November 1861, he was mustered into service as a Private at Harrisburg. According to the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, shown above from the Pennsylvania […]
Daniel McManaman is named on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran of the Civil War who served as a Private and who was a member of the Heilner Post, joining after its organization. One difficulty in finding him in the records is that his surname is found with many different spellings, including McManamy, McMeneman, […]
A brief notice appeared in the Pine Grove news column of the Lebanon Semi-Weekly News, 26 April 1926: The late Daniel Hoy, whose remains were interred in the Ravine Cemetery, is survived by 59 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The notice failed to mention that Daniel Hoy was a Civil War veteran. However, his grave is […]
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