Henry Meckley was born 23 May 1828 and died on 15 February 1909. He is buried at Fetterhoff’s Cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, During the Civil War, he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 8 September 1864 through his honorable discharge on 30 May 1865. At his death, […]
The death and funeral of William Harrison Lebo, 6 February 1916, was reported in the Harrisburg newspapers as follows: VETERAN DIES AT HALIFAX William H. Lebo Succumbs Day After Death of Daughter-in-Law. (Special to the Star Independent) Halifax, February 7 [1916] – William H. Lebo, a veteran of the Civil War, died Saturday at his […]
On 25 July 1881, the Harrisburg Daily Independent published an article entitled “Trying to Beat Uncle Sam,” in which it described the failed effort of James M. Hart, of Lykens, to provide fraudulent evidence to obtain a Civil War pension. TRYING TO BEAT UNCLE SAM The Man Arrested by Detective Hoopes Held for Court Detective […]
Charles J. Harten was born in Pennsylvania, 7 July 1827, the son of William Harten (1795-1869) and Catherine [Straw] Harten (1795-1852). Some time before 1853 Charles Harten married Mary Wilvert, and with her had at least four known children. During the Civil War he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Corporal, […]
Ephraim F. Knipe was born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, about 1839. He was a painter at the time of the Civil War, and according to military records, he served in three different regiments, one of which was an 1863 emergency militia. He was married to the former Elizabeth Zimmerman. In 1890, at the time […]
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