Previously on this blog, it was reported that when Conrad Zimmerman died on 22 October 1930, he was the last surviving member of the disbanded Halifax G.A.R. Post. It was also reported that although Conrad Zimmerman was not married, for the last 30 years of his life, he lived with an African American woman, Roxie […]
Gratz Cohen was born in Georgia, 3 November 1844, the son of Solomon Cohen (1802-1875) and Miriam Gratz [Moses] Cohen (1808-1891). The mother Miriam, was a daughter of Solomon Moses and Rachel [Gratz] Moses. Gratz Cohen‘s maternal grandmother, Rachel [Gratz] Moses (1783-1823) was a younger sister of Simon Gratz (1773-1839), who is considered the founder […]
In the Miners Journal of 13 December 1906, the following funeral report was given: BURIAL OF SOLOMON COLEMAN The funeral of Solomon Coleman, of Kaska, who died last Sunday, was held yesterday afternoon, the cortege proceeding to Middleport by trolley where services were conducted at the Lutheran Reformed Church by Rev. C. W. Eberwine, of […]
John R. Hamilton (1842-1889) is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran. The Pension Index Card, above, from Fold3, confirms the war service of John R. Hamilton in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. Other records indicate he served as a Private and his […]
M. W. Bowers is named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument found at Market Square, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. M. W. Bowers has been found to be Michael W. Bowers who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg. Above is the application for a government-provided headstone for his grave. Michael W. Bowers died on 20 April […]
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