Norman Gasbarro | November 16, 2015
George Washington Etter (1838-1915) is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery in Halifax, Dauphin County. There is a larger headstone on his plot which includes birth and death information for him and for his wife Catharine [Lebo] Etter, but at the foot of the plot, there is a smaller stone with a G.A.R. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 13, 2015
Today’s post features another Civil War soldier about whom not much is known. On the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Tower City, Schuylkill Count (shown above from Ancestry.com), the name of Inglis V. Fairbairn appears. He claimed service in the 18th United States Infantry (Regular Army) from 28 March 1862 through 23 May 1865. During that […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 6, 2015
In a post on 14 October 2015, several questions were raised about William Dodd who is buried at Calvary United Methodist Church, Wiconisco, Dauphin County. The questions mainly centered around whether he was a Civil War soldier. As a result of information provided by Deb Rudy, a Lykens Valley area researcher and contributor to this […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 30, 2015
Previously on this blog, the question was asked: “Who was Thomas Elder and Why Was He Visiting Elizabethville in 1908?” The original story of his visit appeared in a Lykens Valley area newspaper in that year and stated that he was visiting family and friends on his way to Philadelphia to raise the new 46-star […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 28, 2015
On 25 June 1993, a story appeared in the Citizen Standard (Valley View, Pennsylvania), entitled “Traitors: Some Locals Served with Confederates If Unwillingly.” The story was written by Mark T. Major. Included was a paragraph about John S. Eckel of Tremont: In Arkansas, John Eckel, a Tremont native, worked as a laborer until he was […]
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