Norman Gasbarro | May 26, 2017
The name of John Rathvon appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as someone who served in the Civil War from the Millersburg area. When and how did he serve is the focus of this blog post. The obituary of John J. Ratahvon appeared in the Elizabethville Echo on 8 December 1932: Millersburg Veteran Buried on […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 24, 2017
Two entries appear in the 1893 Harrisburg City Directory for the Millersburg Planing Mill Company, as seen in the page portion above. In the first entry, the company is named in the alphabetical listing with officers given as follows: Ambrose Rathvon, President; Ramsey E. Moyer, Treasurer; and H. Frank Sheetz, Secretary. At the bottom of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2017
Joseph Edwin Peters Jr. served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private during the Civil War. A brief sketch of him, edited from information found in Captain Enders Legion, pages 173-174, is as follows: Joseph E. Peters Jr. was born 12 July 1843 in Mahantongo, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joseph […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2017
Frank Lyter, the son of Civil War veteran Isaac Lyter, met a tragic death at Halifax in July 1899, as reported in the Elizabethville Echo of 20 July 1899: Accident at Halifax Frank Lyter, son of Ex-Commissioner Isaac Lyter shot and killed himself, at his home in Halifax on Monday evening. He and his mother […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 10, 2017
Rev. Ephraim Potts was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 23 May 1837. He died in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on 22 April 1904, and is buried at the Atglen Methodist Cemetery, Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The portrait of him, shown above, is modified from one found of him on a public tree on Ancestry.com. The […]
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