Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2013
Additional information has been discovered about Simon C. Gratz, the son of Theodore Gratz and Ellen [Carson] Gratz of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Simon C. Gratz was the brother of John C. Gratz of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, who died of disease during the Civil War. They were the grandsons […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 10, 2013
The following obituary and report on the funeral services of Civil War veteran Isaac Hepler of Gratz appeared in a local newspaper in late July 1918: ISAAC HEPLER The funeral services of the late Isaac Hepler were held in the Lutheran and reformed Church of Gratz, Friday morning, 26 July 1918, the Revs. C. P. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 8, 2013
The obituary of Samuel Byerly appeared in a local newspaper in late February 1923. It was followed by a brief story indicating that two of the last surviving veterans of Company E of the 131st Pennsylvania Infantry died within a week of each other – Samuel Byerly and Saul Shipman: SAMUEL BYERLY, VETERAN SUNBURY MERCHANT […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 6, 2013
The obituary of Joseph M. Johnson who died in 1923 at the home of his daughter in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, clears up the mystery of why he was reported as killed in action at the Po River. He is also the same J. M. Johnson whose name appears on the Millersburg Monument. During the […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2013
John Ritz (1848-1932) is buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave site is a G.A.R. star and flag holder and his stone notes his service in Company C of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry. John Ritz died on 2 July 1932 at the age of 84 years, 2 months, 28 days […]
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