Norman Gasbarro | August 26, 2018
Romulus Riggs “Romeo” Bacon was born on 31 December 1836, in Philadelphia, the son of Dr. James Ware Bacon (1809-1863) of Franklin County, Kentucky, and Alice Anne [Riggs] Bacon (1814-1843) of Philadelphia. Both parents are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. At the time of the Civil War Romeo enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2018
On 26 April 1861, Jacob Bordner, who had enrolled at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was mustered into service in Company F, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private. He gave his age as 23 and his occupation as shoemaker. The Military Summary Cards, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, confirm that service of Jacob Bordner, with […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 6, 2018
A death certificate was filed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on 14 May 1915, for Samuel Bartlett. The cause of death was “unknown to jury either suicide or exhaustion – body was found with clothes burned off due to mountain fire.” The certificate, shown above from Ancestry.com, notes that Samuel Bartlett was a widowed, “colored” male […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2018
John Armstrong, about 41 years old, enrolled on 22 July 1863, at Philadelphia, in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery F, as a Private. He was mustered into service on the same day at the same place. The record from the Pennsylvania Archives (shown above), indicates that he was discharged on 18 May 1864 on […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 28, 2018
Today’s post attempts to sort out the differences between the two men from the Lykens Valley named Emanuel Matter, both of whom were Civil War soldiers. Since research is on-going on these men, it is possible that there is still some co-mingling of information. Readers are urged to provide facts and sources which may add […]
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