Norman Gasbarro | August 12, 2015
The following are some brief obituaries of three Lykens Valley area Civil War veterans as they appeared in local newspapers: —————————– From Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 December 1899: JOSEPH RITZMAN Funeral services were held this afternoon over the body of Joseph Ritzman, who died at his home in Wiconisco, Wednesday morning, after eight years of suffering […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 7, 2015
Today’s post is the sixth in the series of photographs of the Civil War veteran graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It features the grave markers of eleven soldiers about whom research is ongoing. To determine the extent to which each soldier’s information has been posted on this blog, click on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 5, 2015
Israel Otterbein Enders was born in Enders, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Enders (1809-1893) and Susanna [Fetterhoff] Enders (1814-1884). He was the great-grandson of Capt. Johann Philip Christian Enders, and was one of the Civil War descendants profiled in Captain Enders Legion. However, the authors of Captain Enders Legion, although knowing that Israel […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 3, 2015
As obituaries and death notices appeared in the Harrisburg newspapers in the late 19th century and early 20th century, readers surely noticed the unusual number of references to associations of the decedents to Abraham Lincoln. How many of the claims were true? If any blog readers have any evidence to support any of the claims […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 31, 2015
Dr. Jacob W. Shope died on 14 June 1923 in Harrisburg. His obituary appeared the next day in the Harrisburg Telegraph. While funeral services were being conducted for his brother in another part of the city, Dr. Jacob W. Shope, Civil War veteran and prominent Harrisburg physician died yesterday afternoon in his home, 32 South […]
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