Norman Gasbarro | March 10, 2015
The following is the obituary of William B. Meetch as it appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 3 September 1919: Former Power in Local Politics is Dead at Advanced Age WILLIAM B. MEETCH, LONG PROMINENT, IS DEAD Was for Years Repubilcan Leader and Widely-Known Hunter of Big Game LOVER OF OUTDOOR LIFE Although 75 Years Old […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 9, 2015
Albert G. Cummings (1844-1911), inventor, died at his home in Millersburg, Dauphin County. During the Civil War, he served in a New Hampshire regiment. Previously on this blog, he was profiled in a post entitled More Millersburg Area Portraits Found (Part 2). Today, his obituary is presented as originally published in the Harrisburg Patriot of […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 6, 2015
The obituary of James K. Helms appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 25 July 1893: Death of a Prominent Pottsville Citizen. By Telegraph to THE PATRIOT. POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania, 24 July 1893 — James Knox Helms, of Schuylkill Haven, died last evening, aged fifty-two years. Captain Helms was one of the most widely known residents of […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2015
A news story that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 15 April 1907 told of the untimely death of a Civil War veteran, James P. Wilson: COLORED VETERAN FALLS FROM TRAIN AND DIES OF INJURY By Associated Press to the Patriot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 14 April 1907 — James Wilson, colored, a veteran of the Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 20, 2015
On 23 March 1917 a brief obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot noting the death of a prominent businessman of Millersburg, Frank N. Douden. Although the obituary gave his middle initial as “S,” it is the same person who served in the Civil War in Company G of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry. Frank S. Douden […]
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