Edward Gratz Jr. died on 22 October 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, A notice of his death appeared in Textile World: Edward Gratz Edward Gratz, cotton goods broker, with offices at 242 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, died Saturday, 22 October, after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Graz [sic] was 80 years old. He was […]
The 15 July 2014, is the 150th Anniversary of the Great Shohola Train Wreck. A series of posts presented here on this blog over the past several months described some of the known facts and controversies regarding that disaster and also gave some personal information about some of the persons who were involved. Much new […]
Adam Wilkinson (1836-1864) was one of the Union soldiers who died near Shohola, Pennsylvania, in the train wreck on 15 July 1864. Prior to serving in Company F of the Veteran Reserve Corps, he had served in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private. Of the 128 members of the Union Guard on […]
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features seven graves in the second circle, fourth quadrant, beginning with photograph 138. The photographs in this segment are numbered 138 through 144. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, third quadrant, beginning with photograph 42. The photographs in this segment are numbered 42 through 50. All of the stones in this section are sequenced in the order of the death of the veteran. For each of the veterans, the […]
;