Readers of the “Gratz News” column of the Elizabethville Echo of 12 June 1913 were informed of the sudden and unexpected death of Daniel E. Artz. which occurred on 9 June 1913. Records establish his birth date and place as 28 March 1845, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Simon Artz […]
The obituary of William Young of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, appeared in the Lykens Standard, 16 July 1915. During the Civil War, Young served in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, from 21 February 1964 through his honorable discharge on 20 July 1865. DEATH OF OLD SOLDIER William Young Had Served in […]
Girardville is a small community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on Route 54, just east of Ashland. While it is not within the area specifically covered by the Civil War Research Project, the efforts of Schuylkill County researchers and historians to compile a list of those who served in the Civil War who had some connection […]
Buried together at the St. Paul (Artz) Cemetery in Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, are two veterans of the Civil War, or so it would seem from the bronze G.A.R. flag-holder markers adjacent to their grave stones. Samuel Wenrich and Amelia [Faust] Wenrich were husband and wife. This is one of the few graves in the […]
The obituary of Civil War veteran John J. Tobias, who was born near Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, appeared in the Mount Carmel Item, 19 February 1935: J. J. TOBIAS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DIES DUE TO INFIRMITIES Defender of the Union Answers “Taps” After Being Bedfast a Week; Military Funeral To Be Held on Friday Afternoon […]
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