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Simon Cluck – Suicide in 1890

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, […]

Jacob Beller – On Staff of Commander-in-Chief of G.A.R.

An obituary of Jacob Beller of Millersburg appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of 2 May 1912: Civil War Veteran of Millersburg Dead The death of Jacob Beller, a veteran of the Civil War, aged 76, occurred at his home on Union Street, Millersburg last Friday, after a short illness of pneumonia.  Deceased served during the […]

Michael W. Bowers – Reserves Veteran from Millersburg

M. W. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument found at Market Square, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  M. W. Bowers has been found to be Michael W. Bowers who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg.  Above is the application for a government-provided headstone for his grave.  Michael W. Bowers died on 20 April […]

John H. Bowers – 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

John H. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument as “J. H. Bowers.”  During the Civil War he served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry. The Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives shows that at age 34, John H. Bowers enrolled in the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 28 February 1865, at Harrisburg, and was mustered […]

Obituary of Peter Bowen – Buried at Millersburg

From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 13 May 1922: Veteran Railroader Ends Active Life Peter Bowen, age 79 years, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad employee, died yesterday at his home Sunbury.  He was in the railroad service 46 years. In 1865, after his military service was ended, he located at Millersburg, Pennsylvania, where he learned his trade of […]