Norman Gasbarro | October 30, 2019
Joseph Moody died on 11 February 1907 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he was serving as postmaster. During the Civil War he was a Corporal in Company H of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry. On 14 May 1864, he was wounded at the Wilderness, and was in the hospital at time he was mustered out, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2019
Isaac Mease died on 27 July 1912 and his obituary appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City), on 2 August 1912: Veteran Answers Last Roll Call Isaac Mease, aged 77 years, a veteran of the Civil War, and a well known resident of Tower City, died at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night at his home […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2019
Previously on this blog, two posts featured Capt. John McGann (1835-1905), but neither included the obituary of his local newspaper, the Elizabethville Echo. See: Capt. John K. McGann – 17 August 2012. Obituary of John K. McGann of Enders – 23 November 2014. The following front-page tribute, including photo, was published by the Echo on […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 11, 2019
During the Civil War, John D. Messner served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. According to the Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, John Messner enrolled at Harrisburg on 19 February 1964 and on the same day was mustered into service in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company D, as a Private. He was […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 30, 2019
William H. Harris, an African American who was born in Henrietta County, Virginia, died on 14 October 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Several local newspapers provided a brief obituary: From the Harrisburg Patriot, 4 November 1910: W. H. Harris The funeral of W. H. Harris, a Civil War veteran who died at his home, […]
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