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Obituary of John K. McGann of Enders

| November 23, 2014

Enders, 22 July 1909 — John K. McGann, an aged veteran of the Civil War and a highly esteemed gentleman of this community, died at his home at Wheatland Farm on Wednesday night after a lingering illness of several months, aged seventy-four years.  Mr. McGann spent most of his life in this community, having taught […]

Obituary of Isaiah T. Enders

| October 20, 2014

The obituary of Civil War veteran Isaiah T. Enders appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 22 March 1912: ISAIAH F. ENDERS, STRICKEN ON STREET; DIES QUICKLY Was Walking Near His Home When Seized with Fatal Attack of Heart Failure — Was Veteran of the Civil War Overcome with heart failure last evening at Third and […]

Christian Zimmerman – 210th Pennsylvania Infantry

| June 23, 2014

Christian Zimmerman was born 17 September 1820 and died 25 April 1907.  During the Civil War he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 7 September 1864 thorough discharge with his company on 30 May 1865.  In April 1865, he received a bullet wound in his left arm. The Pennsylvania […]

Obituary of Joseph W. Knouff

| May 26, 2014

The following obituary of Joseph W. Knouff appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 15 April 1902. ENDERS Special to the Patriot Enders, 14 April 1902 — Joseph W. Knouff, who has been critically ill for the last four weeks, died on Thursday night and was buried in Fair Cemetery on Sunday.  Revs. J. E. Francis […]

Obituary of Isabella Enders Knouff

| May 18, 2014

The following notice appeared in an Upper Dauphin County newspaper in November 1939 announcing the death of Isabella [Enders] Knouff, which had occurred on 22 November 1939 in Harrisburg: MRS. JOSEPH W. KNOUFF Mrs. Isabella E. Knouff, age 84 years, widow of Joseph W. Knouff, died at the home of her son J. Byron Knouff […]