Norman Gasbarro | April 17, 2012
Recently, some portraits were located of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Civil War veterans and members of their families. Included in this post are portraits of Albert G. Cummings. —————————– Albert G. Cummings (1844-1911) Albert G. “A. G.” Cummings was born 11 November 1844 in East Lebanon, New Hampshire and died 3 Aug 1911 in Millersburg, […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 16, 2012
Recently, some portraits were located in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania histories and entered into the digital files of the Civil War Research Project: Included in this post are portraits of Simon S. Bowman; James L. Seebold,’s son, Frank P. Seebold; and Dr. John F. Bowman. —————————— Simon Sallade Bowman (1842-1916) Simon S. Bowman served in […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 15, 2012
The lot numbered 41 in the original Simon Gratz layout of the town of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was sold in 1816 to a farmer, Peter Ritzman, an early settler of Lykens Township. Ritzman built the house shortly afterward and by 1818 sold the property to Jacob Hoover. Hoover continued to live in Lykens Township […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 14, 2012
Today’s post is a look at the credibility of Abraham Lincoln assassination witness, William J. Ferguson. Ferguson was the longest surviving member of the cast of Our American Cousin, the Tom Taylor comedy that was playing at Ford’s Theatre the night that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. As a witness to the assassination, his tale of […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2012
In February 1900, while skating Lake Whitney in Connecticut, William J. Ferguson, said to be the only surviving member of the cast of Our American Cousin from the night of the Lincoln assassination, rescued a fellow cast member of The Girl From Maxims, a play in which he was performing in New Haven. This is […]
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