Norman Gasbarro | May 29, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ——————————– From the Harrisburg Patriot, 17 May 1906 Attended Funeral of His Mother Benjamin M. Nead attended the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Benjamin F. Nead, at Chambersburg, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Nead was all her life a member of the First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, and […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 7, 2015
LONGEVITY – From the Harrisburg Patriot, 11 February 1903: Pennsylvania Veteran Dead at 104 Philadelphia, 10 February 1903 — Lewis Butler, colored, aged 104 years, died at his home in this city today of general debility. He was born in York, Pennsylvania, and was a veteran of the Civil War, serving as a Sergeant in […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 18, 2015
On 1 March 1905, the Harrisburg Patriot reported the marriage of a “grizzled” Civil War veteran and the sweetheart of his youth: JOINED AT ALTAR AFTER MANY YEARS Romantic Ending of Love affair of T. S. Kaufman, a Grizzled Veteran, and Mrs. Scheaffer A love affair that started many years ago, before the Civil War, […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2015
A news story that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 15 April 1907 told of the untimely death of a Civil War veteran, James P. Wilson: COLORED VETERAN FALLS FROM TRAIN AND DIES OF INJURY By Associated Press to the Patriot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 14 April 1907 — James Wilson, colored, a veteran of the Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 18, 2015
The obituary of Billy Harley appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 6 August 1904: DEATH TOOK OLD DRIVER FOR GOVERNOR CURTIN Special Despatch to the Patriot Middletown, Pennsylvania — 4 August 1904 William T. Harley, a picturesque character of this place and a veteran of the Civil War and at one time driver for the […]
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