In 1890, the widow of William Evans was living in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Gwendoline E. “Gwenny” [Simons] Evans was named as “Guene E.”, and she gave her husband’s 5 months of Civil War service as the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private. His ending date of service was “died June 1864.” […]
James Dempsey, a Civil War veteran who served in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private, died on19 December 1905 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. His obituary appeared in the Miners Journal, 21 December 1905: DEATH OF JAMES DEMPSEY James Dempsey Sr., of Glen Carbon, died on Monday morning after a long illness. Mr. […]
The death of Charles Curtis, Civil War veteran of Williamstown, occurred in late February of 1905. The local newspapers reported it as follows: From the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, 24 February 1905: Word was received here on Thursday afternoon of the serious illness of Charles Curtis, one of Williamstown‘s most highly respected citizens. […]
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
Horatio Orlando “Harry” Baum was a charter member of the Kilpatrick Post, G.A.R., at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name is found on the charter which is on display at the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township. Horatio O. Baum was born 23 September 1897 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of […]
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