Norman Gasbarro | December 10, 2013
In the Civil War Exhibit at the Gratz Historical Society there is a framed picture of a soldier in uniform with the caption, “William H. Harman, Zouave Vol Unit, Civil War.” The origin of the picture is uncertain, but further research has confirmed that the original photograph was taken at the the Smith Photography Studio […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 7, 2013
Stamps honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln were issued by the United States Postal Service on 9 February 2009. The stamps were issued in four designs, each showing a scene from Lincoln’s life and career along with a larger portrait of Lincoln at either the left or right side of the […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 30, 2013
Theodore Jury, born 9 March 1844, at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the first son of Samuel Jury and his wife Mary Ann [Gray] Jury. He is described as having gray eyes, light hair, light complexion and was five feet seven inches tall in 1864 at age 19 He was a tool dresser/blacksmith. He is […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 26, 2013
Capt. Jacob F. Hoffman was the brother of Medal of Honor recipient Thomas W. Hoffman. He was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 25 December 1841, and was one of six Hoffman brothers who served in the Civil War. For a time, he was a merchant in Pillow and Berrysburg in Dauphin County. […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 21, 2013
The obituary of Francis Wyeth of Harrisburg appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 3 July 1893. The second Mrs. Wyeth, who survived him, was the sister of Ann Ellen Carson who was the widow of Theodore Gratz, the first mayor of Gratz, Pennsylvania, and the mother of John Carson Gratz, who died during the Civil […]
;