Norman Gasbarro | December 5, 2010
Along many of the lesser-traveled roads and bi-ways of the Lykens Valley are a fair number of small cemeteries. These cemeteries once were family burial plots on family land or were grave yards aside churches that have long ceased to exist. They are not marked by signs, or are not easily accessible. Previously mentioned was […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 2, 2010
This story appeared in the Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 29 July 1895: Being unable to longer keep the wolf from his door, Peter W. Miller, an aged and disabled veteran of the late rebellion, made the journey to Washington on foot, and after having shown Pension Commissioner Lochran the scars from wounds received […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 1, 2010
Benjamin C. Christ (1822-1869) was Colonel of the 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Company A consisted of men largely recruited from Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties. His term of service was from 27 July 1861 to 30 September 1864. On 1 August 1864 he was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General. He is buried […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 9, 2010
Some interesting stories discovered about the Gratz family… Lt. Louis A. Gratz, who we thought was a member of the Gratz family, and who served in the 9th PA Cavalry, Co. B, was an immigrant arriving around 1860 and probably had no connection to the Gratz family of Philadelphia. When he suddenly left the 9th […]
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