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 […]
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 […]
A listing of the August 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Robert B. Kepner of Halifax – Clerk to the Postmaster General of U.S. Samuel Keiter – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry July 2016 Posts Widow of Philip W. Keiter Dies in Harrisburg, 1914 Daniel D. Romberger – Emergency Militiaman from Orwin George […]
Another Memorial Day has gone by and the grave of Edward Crabb, an African American Civil War soldier buried in Gratz Union Cemetery, continues to be un-decorated [no G.A.R.-Star-Flag-Holder and Flag]. In addition to being un-decorated, the Crabb family plot is one of the worst maintained in a cemetery which is known for its manicured […]
A listing of the May 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links. David Muir of Foster Township – His Killing in 1865 Attributed to Molly Maguires America’s Oldest Theatre is in Philadelphia Henry Hoover – Cavalryman and Publisher April 2016 Posts Jacob Zerby of Elizabethville – Cavalryman and Blacksmith John M. Hughes […]
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