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The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 8)

| June 12, 2015

In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania.  Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]

Mary Kilraine of Williamstown – Civil War Laundress

| June 4, 2015

A brief story telling of the funeral of a Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania woman, Mary Kilraine, appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 1 August 1905: G.A.R. HONORS FOR WOMAN By Associated Press to The Patriot Williamstown, 21 July 1905 — Mrs. Patrick Comiskey, who died on Wednesday, after a long illness, was buried in the […]

Obituaries of Civil War Era Women, 1909

| June 3, 2015

The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: —————————— From the Harrisburg Patriot, 18 February 1909: Famous Civil War Nurse Dies Philadelphia, 17 February 1909 — Miss Emily Virginia Mason, of a famous Virginia family, who won fame during the Civil War as a nurse of Confederate soldiers and who ministered to Union […]

The Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 6)

| June 2, 2015

In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania.  Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]

Obituaries of Civil War Era Women, 1906-1908

| May 29, 2015

The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ——————————– From the Harrisburg Patriot, 17 May 1906 Attended Funeral of His Mother Benjamin M. Nead attended the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Benjamin F. Nead, at Chambersburg, yesterday afternoon.  Mrs. Nead was all her life a member of the First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, and […]