Norman Gasbarro | October 27, 2014
Philip Harman, who enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 16 September 1861, and was mustered into service at Harrisburg, 7 October 1861, as a Private in Company B, was a 21 year old farmer whose residence was Dauphin County. His physical description included a height of 6 feet 1 […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2014
A brief death notice appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 5 May 1887: His Name Only Known. Benjamin Gratzer, who died at the county almshouse on Monday night, and late a member of Company B, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry [9th Pennsylvania Cavalry]. will be buried this afternoon from the undertaking establishment of E. F. Neely, under […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 22, 2014
The shoemaker, Jonathan J. Hoke (1825-1903) is buried at Matter’s Church Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. The photograph (above) is linked to the Findagrave Memorial for Jonathan J. Hoke. In a recent visit to the Matter’s Church Cemetery, a photograph was taken for the Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 20, 2014
The obituary of Civil War veteran Isaiah T. Enders appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 22 March 1912: ISAIAH F. ENDERS, STRICKEN ON STREET; DIES QUICKLY Was Walking Near His Home When Seized with Fatal Attack of Heart Failure — Was Veteran of the Civil War Overcome with heart failure last evening at Third and […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 17, 2014
The “J. H. Rowe” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument, was Jacob Herbert Rowe, born 25 April 1841 in Pennsylvania, the son of Jeremiah Rowe and Jane [Shower] Rowe, and died at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of senile dementia, on 21 June 1928. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg. At […]
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