On 13 November 1907, Thomas B. Evans, a widower and a Civil War veteran, died of a stroke of paralysis at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His death certificate indicates his occupation as blacksmith and his father as Jacob Evans, and his mother as Priscilla [Clase] Evans. Thomas B. Evans was born in Pennsylvania on 13 […]
Ezra Cockill, Civil War veteran, died on 17 December 1932, and is buried at the Middleboro Cemetery, Middleboro, Bell County, Kentucky. Two Lykens Valley area newspapers noted his passing: The Pottsville Republican, 20 December 1932 stated the following: Ezra Cockill Died in Kentucky Ezra Cockill of the old time Llewellyn Branch Township family, is dead […]
Simon Cluck was born 31 August 1838, in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Cluck (1810-1885) and Mary Susan [Snooke] Cluck. Simon’s father was a miller, but he took up the trade of cabinetmaking which he reported to the 1860 census while living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County. Just before the Civil War, […]
Previously on this blog, it was noted that Thomas Williams, a mulatto, was one of the first to volunteer as a soldier from Girardville, Schuylkill County: In his compilation of articles on the History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County, Joseph H. Zerbey provided the following about the Girardville volunteers…. The first contingent from Girardville included: […]
A listing of the July 2018 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John Bower – Tremont Soldier in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry John H. Shammo – White Supremacist, 1866 July 2018 Posts New York State Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery – Post Card View Samuel Bartlett – “Colored” Veteran Lost Life in […]
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