Norman Gasbarro | July 28, 2017
The obituary of George A. Singer appeared in the Pittsburgh Daily Press, 27 August 1910: REV. GEORGE A. SINGER Rev. George A. Singer, 67 years old, for 42 years a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died Thursday afternoon in a sanitarium in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, where he had been […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 21, 2017
In a previous post here on this blog, the name of Joel R. Sparr was given as a Civil War veteran who is buried at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. That information was taken from the Klingerstown Bicentennial Album, 1807-2007, which was reviewed in relation to its Civil War references. […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 19, 2017
Almost exactly one year after an extremely critical blog post was published here on the Civil War Blog regarding the deplorable condition of an African American family grave plot at the Gratz Union Cemetery, a.k.a., Simeon’s Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a small change has now been seen the grave site of Edward Crabb, Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 17, 2017
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 29 June 1927 provided information on the funeral of James L. Seebold. He was a founding member of the Kilpatrick Post of the G.A.R. in Millersburg and was previously mentioned here in several blog posts. FUNERAL FOR J. L. SEEBOLD MILLERSBURG, 29 June 1927 — James L. Seebold, 88 years, died […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 12, 2017
Two Harrisburg newspapers printed a brief obituary of George F. Rhawn when he died on 13 September 1896 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The first was the Harrisburg Telegraph, 14 September 1896: An Old Halifax Veteran Dead George F. Rhawn, an old Halifax war veteran, died Sunday evening at the residence of County Commissioner Isaac […]
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