Norman Gasbarro | August 23, 2018
Today’s blog post features some interesting news briefs about Cornelius Bixler of Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, through which some new information was discovered about him including that he served for a time as a Dauphin County Commissioner; that he owned a creamery at or near Matamoras, Dauphin County; and that he was charged, tried and […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 27, 2018
During the Civil War, George T. Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private. He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Fisherville. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery. Leebrick also served in the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, although […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 30, 2018
In September 1910, news reports of the discovery of a long-lost Halifax area Civil War veteran began to appear in the local newspapers. That veteran was John Adams Miller who was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 23 May 1834, the son of Joseph H. Miller III (1812-1897) and Elizabeth B. [Bowerman] Miller […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2018
The obituary of William Whitman, Civil War veteran, appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 8 April 1915: DEATHS & FUNERALS William Whitman William Whitman, whose death occurred at his son’s home here on 30 March 1915, was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, 30 July 1832, bringing his age to 82 years, 8 months, and 27 […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 24, 2018
Rev. Nathaniel Amos Whitman died on 2 July 1926 and is buried in Foster Cemetery, Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois. During the Civil War, he served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the war, he is found in the 1870 census working as a coal miner in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On 24 February […]
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