Norman Gasbarro | July 25, 2018
The death of Elias Bachman was reported in the Shamokin News-Dispatch, 18 December 1933: VET EXPIRES WHILE SEATED IN CHAIR Elias Bachman, 87, one of the last Civil War veterans in the lower end of the county, fell dead at the home of Mrs. Elveretta Walt, of Dalmatia, and with whom the aged soldier had […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 24, 2018
James Francis Baird was born 25 May 1842 in Sidney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the son of Alexander Baird. He died at York, York County, Pennsylvania, on 26 November 1934 and is buried at the United Methodist Cemetery, During the Civil War he served in the 11th Illinois Infantry, Company H, as a Private from […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 23, 2018
During the Civil War, Charles E. McFarland, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. He was a teacher from Halifax Township, and is buried at Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to his Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, Charles E. McFarland enrolled in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 21, 2018
Alfred Ayers, sometimes spelled Ayres, was born in 1841, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abram Ayers (1811-1879) and Anna [Russell] Ayers (1815-1888). At the time of the Civil War, he enrolled in the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, at Ashland, Schuylkill County, and was mustered into service as a Private on 13 August […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2018
Samuel Perry Auchmuty, also known as Simon P. Auchmuty, died on 10 November 1884 and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the family plot., and his wife, Jane Elizabeth [Link] Auchmuty (1837-1905), was later buried next to him. The Auchmuty’s had at least four known children. During the Civil […]
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