Theodore Chester (1846-1914) served in the Civil War in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private from 16 August 1862 through his honorable discharge on 29 May 1863. He enrolled and was mustered in at Harrisburg claiming to be 21 years old, when in fact he was only 16. His obituary appeared […]
Henry “Harry” Kemble, the son of Adam Kembel and Lydia [Zartman] Kemble, was a farmer in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served two enlistments, the first of which was from 16 August 1862 in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, until he received a discharge on a […]
H. B. LONGSDORF DIED FRIDAY WAS ONE OF HERNDON’S MOST AGED AND RESPECTED CITIZENS WAS LAID TO REST TUESDAY Herndon lost one of its most highly respected christian [sic] men in the death at 8:15 o’clock Friday morning of Henry B. Longsdorf. Death was caused by illness incident to old age. He had been ailing […]
The Widow Mary Botdorf, living in Jackson Township (Herndon Post Office), Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, reported to the 1890 Census that her husband John Botdorf had served in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, from 7 August 1862 through his discharge on 29 May 1863 (nine months and 22 days), that he was […]
Four members of the Crook family of Clark’s Ferry, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania served in the Civil War. Clark’s Ferry is located in the lower part of the triangular area of study of the Civil War Research Project. The 1858 map (above) of Reed Township is from the Pennsylvania Archives. It shows the location of Clark’s […]
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