Azariah Umberger, who died on 15 October 1895, and is buried in Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a Civil War veteran of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, who served as Private during the last year of the war. Not much is known about Azariah’s early background except that he was probably […]
Sgt. Richard F. Martz, who served with the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry on its headquarters staff, died in New Jersey in 1930 at the home of his son. His obituary appeared in a Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania newspaper. Richard F. Martz LYKENS, ? 1930 — Richard F. Martz, 86, a life-long resident of this place, and […]
Previously on this blog, two posts featured Capt. John McGann (1835-1905), but neither included the obituary of his local newspaper, the Elizabethville Echo. See: Capt. John K. McGann – 17 August 2012. Obituary of John K. McGann of Enders – 23 November 2014. The following front-page tribute, including photo, was published by the Echo on […]
During the Civil War, John H. Bricker served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private. The Veterans’ Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, shown above, indicates that a 30-year-old John Bricker enrolled at Harrisburg on 29 August 1864 and was mustered in at the same time and place in the company and regiment […]
Amos McColly died on 14 January 1910. The Elizabethville Echo published his obituary on 20 January 1910: Death of Amos McColly Amos McColly, son of Robert McColly and Catherine McColly, was born in Elizabethville, December 25, 1847, and died in the town of his birth on January 14, 1910, aged 62 years and 19 days. […]
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