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Peter Redinger – Scalded to Death, 1887

Peter Redinger was a Civil War soldier who served in the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private.  He is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  He was born 1 April 1839 and died 6 February 1887.  Some information about him and his family is provided on his Findagrave Memorial. His […]

Deceased Soldiers List from West Schuylkill Herald, 1901

On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed.  All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]

William Bixler – Buried at Enders – Was He Really a Veteran?

William Bixler, sometimes found in the records as William S. Bixler or William H. Bixler, was born in 1839, in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bixler (1811-1863) and Sarah Catherine [Straw] Bixler (1812-1896).  At his grave, which is located at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder.  […]

Jacob Bast – Health Officer of Williamstown

Jacob Bast was born in Pennsylvania in 1847, the son of Isaac Bast (1799-1868) and Catherine Bast (1802-1877).  However, at least one record states he was born in 1841. According to his grave marker at the Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, he died in 1917, and he had Civil War service in Company C of […]

Cyrus Bitterman – Teamster & Coal Miner

Cyrus Bitterman was born 21 April 1837 in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Bitterman (1813-1841) and Susanna [Bressler] Bitterman.  On 18 November 1860, in Millersburg, Dauphin County, he married Louisa McCoy (1841-1892), daughter of William McCoy (1800-1894) and Eva [Bohner] McCoy (1810-1881). At the time of the Emergency of 1863, when the […]