Norman Gasbarro | September 7, 2015
John Crane, who is also found in the records as John Crain, is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave there is a G.A.R.-Star-Flag Holder indicating service in the Civil War. However, his name does not appear on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is a John Crane who served in […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 4, 2015
Less than five years after the death of Leonard P. Craig, his widow was found dead in a locked home in Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Leonard P. Craig was a Civil War soldier who was previously profiled here in a post entitled: Leonard P. Craig – Foreman, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. During the Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2015
At the St. Paul’s (Artz) Cemetery in Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the tombstone of Martin Koppenhaver (1829-1900) has a G.A.R. star and flag holder indicating that he served in the Civil War. However, to date no military or pension record of Civil War service has been found for him. Next to the stone of Martin […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2015
Two Civil War veterans with connections to the Lykens Valley celebrated long-term marriage anniversaries at the end of 1918 and the end of 1919. Both anniversaries were reported in the newspapers of 1919. Cloyd C. Bender was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, but lived most of his life in Halifax where he first worked as […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 21, 2015
William H. DeHaven, born 21 June 1846, served in the 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, during the Civil War. After the war he was one of the founding members of the G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He lived in Millersburg most of his life, working as a laborer in […]
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