Norman Gasbarro | September 16, 2019
A brief obituary of Peter Matter appeared in the Lykens Register, 19 December 1902: Peter Matter, one of the oldest citizens of Elizabethville, died at his home on Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock of paralysis and dropsy, aged 77 years. Deceased was born in Dauphin County, and lived in his native town from his youth. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2019
Henry Knauber, a lifelong resident of Newtown and one of the most prominent residents in the west end of the county, passed away at his home on Wednesday evening shortly after eight o’clock. Death followed a lingering illness he being in ill health for a number of years and was bed-fast for several weeks prior […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 11, 2019
The obituary of Civil War veteran Patrick J. Martin appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, 21 September 1906: DEATH OF AN OLD VETERAN Patrick J. Martin, aged 64 years, one of our best-known and respected citizens, died at his home on Grand Avenue, at ten minutes before midnight, Sunday, after several weeks’ illness of heart […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 9, 2019
A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 6, 2019
Lorenzo Michael, who was born on 22 September 1826 and died on 5 March 1894, is buried at the Zion Stone Valley United Methodist Church Cemetery, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name appears in a listing of Civil War veterans from Halifax, previously presented here. On his Findagrave Memorial, the following is stated: The son […]
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