Norman Gasbarro | May 20, 2012
MILLERSBURG HAD FINE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Millersburg, 31 May 1912 — Memorial Day was observed here yesterday. At 9:15 a.m. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R., assisted by Chief Marshall C. F. Moyer and aides, Millersburg, Liverpool and Killinger bands, Washington Camp, No. 390, P.O.S. of A., Camp 5770, Modern Woodmen of American, Tahoe Tribe, No. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2012
The following history appeared in the Souvenir Book: Millersburg Centennial Celebration, which was published in September, 1907, by the Committee on Printing and Advertising, J. F. Adams, Chairman, and members C. A. Miller, E. E. Railing, C. W. Noll, and F. M. Faust. G.A.R. Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R.., was organized on the 9th of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 17, 2012
Four men with the surname Williams served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as privates during the Civil War. Three were boatmen from Pottsville or Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. They worked on the Schuylkill Canal. The fourth was a coal miner, and he was from Minersville, Schuylkill County. At this time, it is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 16, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1860, Levan J. Warner was living on a farm owned by his father Daniel Warner in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Levan was then only 12 years old. Levan’s mother Mary [Emerick] Warner had […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2012
The post today is a continuation of a study of the men who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry. Franklin Wise was a Private in Company C, who enlisted on 9 September 1861, at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. At the time, he was a resident of Schuylkill Haven and was employed as a boatman. […]
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