Norman Gasbarro | August 25, 2018
Charles F. Ballou died in 1929 and is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave site there is an in-ground G.A.R. star indicating that he was a Civil War veteran. Previously, on this blog, in a post entitled Halifax Area Civil War Veterans, it was noted that […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2018
On 26 April 1861, Jacob Bordner, who had enrolled at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was mustered into service in Company F, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private. He gave his age as 23 and his occupation as shoemaker. The Military Summary Cards, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, confirm that service of Jacob Bordner, with […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 10, 2018
From the West Schuylkill Herald, 2 May 1919: Civil War Veteran Answers Last Roll Call Jacob Boyer, a well-known Civil War veteran, died at 12:45 o’clock Saturday night at his home on Grand Avenue after a long illness of asthma and other complications. His condition had been critical for some time. Mr. Boyer was 76 […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 7, 2018
The Mount Carmel Item of 6 August 1904 reported the death of Isaac O. Billman, a hotelman of near Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Death of I. O. Billman I. O. Billman, the well known resident of Jackson Township [Northumberland County], who keeps a hotel three miles back of Herndon, died on Tuesday night, aged about […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 29, 2018
Horatio Orlando “Harry” Baum was a charter member of the Kilpatrick Post, G.A.R., at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His name is found on the charter which is on display at the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township. Horatio O. Baum was born 23 September 1897 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of […]
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