Norman Gasbarro | May 6, 2016
Jacob Zerby, Civil war veteran of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, died on 19 November 1913. His death was reported in the Harrisburg Telegraph of the next day: Elizabethville — Jacob Zerby, a member of Sherman’s Cavalry during his famous march “to the sea,” died of the infirmities of old age yesterday after a year’s illness […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 4, 2016
The Mount Carmel Item published the obituary of Henry Hoover on 5 March 1912: DEATH OF NEWSPAPERMAN Henry Hoover, senior proprietor of the News Publishing Company, of Shamokin, died at his home in Shamokin this morning at three o’clock from a complication of diseases. He had been ill for the last several months. He was […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2016
The Walnut Street Theatre is located at the northeast corner of Walnut and 9th Streets in Philadelphia. In front of the theater is a historical marker that reads: WALNUT STREET THEATRE Founded in 1809. The oldest theater in America and the oldest playhouse in continuous use in the English-speaking world. A National Historical Landmark. Many […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2016
On 25 August 1865, David Muir, a mine superintendent who lived in Foster Township, was murdered near his home in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A description of his death appeared in the Reading Times, 29 August 1865: MURDER — We learn that David Muir, a superintendent of the Forest Improvement Company, was murdered on Friday, on […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2016
Some time after 1903, the Lykens Standard responded to a request to print a list of all mine-related fatalities at the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Many of the men named in the fatalities list were Civil War veterans or were the sons of Civil War veterans. The list is presented below for […]
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