Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2011
Today, the blog post continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension Index […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 8, 2011
In the post yesterday, the strange occurrence of the discharge of all thirteen Columbia County draftees in Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry on Surgeon’s Certificates of Disability was revealed. Today the other twelve draftees who were discharged for the same reason will be noted. Eleven were from Dauphin County and one was from […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 26, 2011
Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) is buried in Zion (Klinger’s) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Johann Philip was an immigrant and Revolutionary War soldier, and one of his sons, Johann Peter Klinger (1773-1858) married Catharine Steinbruch (1774-1845), the granddaughter of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797), and was the subject of a post this past […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 21, 2011
There are many branches of the Klinger family in the Lykens Valley area. Many persons with the Klinger surname served in the Civil War. One good attempt to sort out a major branch of the Klinger family was made by Max E. Klinger and is entitled The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger and Catharina Steinbruch. […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 19, 2011
This is the second part in a series on Civil War Gratz. This post focuses on the first public school in Gratz which was on Lot #11. The 1862 map of Gratz has a space marked “S.H.” where the school house existed. Most records indicate that there was a free public school located on Lot […]
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