Norman Gasbarro | August 7, 2013
H. B. LONGSDORF DIED FRIDAY WAS ONE OF HERNDON’S MOST AGED AND RESPECTED CITIZENS WAS LAID TO REST TUESDAY Herndon lost one of its most highly respected christian [sic] men in the death at 8:15 o’clock Friday morning of Henry B. Longsdorf. Death was caused by illness incident to old age. He had been ailing […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 2, 2013
One hundred years ago, on 2 August 1913, two explosions occurred in the East Brookside Colliery near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, resulting in what was the worst mining disaster in the area and the eventual loss of life of twenty miners and laborers. The connection of this disaster to the family of Josiah Hand, […]
Jake Wynn | July 29, 2013
When the guns ceased firing and Fort Sumter surrendered to its Southern attackers in April 1861, a “war-footing” began as hundreds of thousands of men, North and South, patriotically enlisted for their respective causes. In Pennsylvania, dozens of militia units formed with those already in existence to form regiments destined to participate in civil war. […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 24, 2013
During the past month, the following inquiry was one of many received from researchers trying to learn more about Civil War soldiers who were members of their family: I have been searching online for more information regarding a relative that was in the 68th [68th Pennsylvania Infantry] and came across your informative site. My relatives […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2013
According to family tradition, Conrad Reutler was a Civil War veteran. At his grave site in Tumbling Run Cemetery, Blythe Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, there is a G.A.R. star and flag holder indicating that he served in the Civil War. However, family research has been unable to confirm his service or the regiment in which […]
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