A listing of the September 2017 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John G. Sommers – Upper Paxton Township, 1890 August 2017 Posts William D. Stites – Obituary & Portrait Obituary of Emanuel Stoneroad Emanuel Straub – Former Hegins Resident Dies at Shamokin, Age 90 William Straw of Williamstown, 1890 – Portrait […]
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An interesting story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 18 August 1913, about Civil War veteran, Godfey Sammet: GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL Halifax’s Oldest Citizen Starts Boyer Memorial Building with Informal Ceremonies Halifax, Pennsylvania, 18 August 1913 – Ground for the new Boyer Memorial High School building to be erected by the local school […]
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The death of Abner M. Pike was announced in the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 3 November 1902. The obituary in that newspaper did not mention his Civil War service: Death of A. M. Pike Special to the Star-Independent Halifax, 3 November 1902 — A. M. Pike, a prominent business man of Halifax, died at 9 p.m. […]
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Israel Neiman is buried at the Old Methodist Cemetery in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At the time the photograph of his grave maker was taken (shown above) there was no indication at the cemetery that he was a Civil War veteran. According to the stone, he was born 10 July 1820 and died 19 November […]
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The above family card for Anthony Wayne Loomis (1806-1864) was found in the Mennonite Vital Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1750-2014, available on Ancestry.com. It shows a child, William A. Loomis, born 27 December 1842, married Harriet Thomas, and died 4 September 1900. The card states that Anthony Wayne Loomis lived in Halifax, Pennsylvania. On […]
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