Norman Gasbarro | April 20, 2013
A question was asked by the Perry County Democrat in 1881 as to whether the Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens was from Pennsylvania. Information known at the time was that Stephens had an uncle who had lived in Perry County, Pennsylvania, and it was believed that his father, Andrew B. Stevens was born in […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 19, 2013
A set of three commemorative stamps was issued in 1959 in recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The first stamp in the set, a one cent value, was issued 12 February 1959 at Hodgenville, Kentucky, the place of Lincoln’s birth. It featured a portrait of Lincoln by George Healy. […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 18, 2013
What was the role of Freemasonry during the Civil War? Were members of Masonic lodges more loyal to Freemasonry than to the nation? In a prior post entitled, A Civil War Masonic Story, Most likely Fiction, a story was presented that was told by the historian of a Masonic Lodge in Virginia which presented the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2013
Christian Shoop (1820-1895) was a Civil War soldier and a farmer. He is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His wife Martha Shoop (1827-1911) is buried next to him. In 1850, Christian Shoop appeared in the census as a farmer in Greenwood, Perry County, along with his wife Martha Shoop, and children […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2013
Jesse Newlin served for eighteen years as Superintendent of Schools of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He began his service in 1863, during the Civil War, and concluded his service in 1881, when he was defeated for re-election by George Weiss of Schuylkill Haven. In 1864, he presented his first annual report on the condition and progress […]
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