Norman Gasbarro | November 8, 2012
Jeannie Gourlay, a Scottish-born actress, was a player in the stock company of John T. Ford at his Washington theatre on the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, 14 April 1865. The playbill for that night erroneously stated that her role in the Tom Taylor comedy, Our American Cousin, was that of Mary Trenchard, when […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 7, 2012
Three Ditty brothers of Millersburg and Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, answered the call to service in the Civil War. The family was profiled in the Commemorative Biographical Enyclopedia of Dauphin County, by William Henry Egle, published by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1896: Joseph Franklin Ditty, was the son of John Ditty […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 3, 2012
DR. NAYLOR, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES Retired Dentist of Elizabethville, Served Four Years With Pennsylvania Units in Union Army Dr. Wilson E. Naylor, a retired dentist of Elizabethville and veteran of the Civil War died at his home yesterday, aged 77 years and 11 months. Dr. Naylor served with Company K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 2, 2012
In 1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, celebrated its 150th anniversary and published a souvenir book. The book was appropriately called, History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. The foreword of the book explained the objectives of the Historical Committee: This is the history of a town – Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – and in it we have […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 29, 2012
The first name listed on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument is that of Capt. James L. Pell, a founding member of the Heilner Post No. 232, G.A.R. of Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Who was James L. Pell other than being the highest ranking former officer involved in the creation of the Heilner Post at […]
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