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Women and the Civil War (Part 4)
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on December 7, 2016
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; in 2015 at the Pillow Historical Society; and in 2016 at the Elizabethville Area Historical Society. With the “retiring” of the actual exhibit, the photographs and stories are now presented here on The Civil War Blog in a thirteen part series.
For each of the thirteen series parts, one woman is featured first along with a brief description of her connection to a Civil War soldier. For the other women who are pictured in each part, a brief story is not provided, but blog readers are invited to add their own stories as comments to the blog post. In some cases, the women or the soldiers have been previously featured on this blog and links are provided to those posts.
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
Portraits and Stories. This portrait gallery is of women from the Lykens Valley and beyond who were influenced by or had an influence on the Civil War. It includes mothers, wives and daughters of men of the Civil War generation. A few of their stories have been briefly told here [in the exhibit]. As part of the Civil War Research Project, photographs and stories of these remarkable women are being collected and preserved for future generations. Over time, much of this history has been lost because it has not been recorded and saved. For the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, it has been a priority to collect, record and preserve this valuable part of our heritage.
daughter of
She was the oldest daughter of a Civil War veteran. After assisting with the care of her ailing father, she helped support her widowed mother and younger siblings by working as a midwife in Lykens Township, a skill she learned from her aunts and grandmother. She never married.
Lydia Ann [Gipple] Hassiner
wife of
Elizabeth [Gunderman] Welker
wife of
Alice Schwalm
daughter of
Maria Kiehner
mother-in-law of
Agatha Schwalm
daughter of
Miriam [Simon] Gratz
great grandmother of
Ida L. Hoover
daughter of
Clara E. Minnich
daughter of
wife of
wife of
Lydia [Reynolds] Evans
sister of
Elizabeth [Hepner] Zerfing
wife of
Eliza [Thomas] Williard
wife of
Caroline Lubold McColly Minnich
wife of
Margaret [Umholtz] Hoffa
wife of
John Hoffa
Sally [Heller] Swab
mother of
All currently posted parts of this series may be accessed by clicking on Women&CivilWar. Photographs are scaled for printing on 4 x 6 photo paper without further adjustment.
