Obediah Johnson Farling was born in Millersburg, Dauphin County, on 19 April 1839, the son of Jacob Farling and Catherine [Christ] Farling. About 1868, he married Elizabeth A. Byers (1841-1924). There were no known children from the marriage. Following the Civil War, he became a minister of the Church of God. Obediah died on 14 […]
Robert B. Kepner was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1825, the son of Benjamin Kepner (1800-1846) and Margaret [Bowes] Kepner (1803-1836). He died in Washington, D.C., on 17 February 1879. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery in Halifax, Dauphin County. Above is shown the index card from the data base, […]
George Jury was born on 2 March 1840 in Pennsylvania and died on 19 May 1912 in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served in the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private. After the Civil War, he applied for a pension on 25 September 1890. He is buried at […]
Three members of the Poffenberger family of Dauphin County have been located in the Civil War military records. They are Joseph H. Poffenberger (1835-1867), William L. Poffenberger (1847-1920), and William H. Poffenberger (1839-1893). These three men were first cousins, since their fathers were brothers and they had a common grandfather, William Poffenberger (1783-1842). Previously, a […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
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