Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2018
John C. Davis, was born 18 May 1846, in Wales, and emigrated to the United States only a few years before the Civil War. In 1890, he was living in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and reported to the census that he had served in the 179th Ohio Infantry, Company G, as a Private. The above […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2018
Simon Cluck was born 31 August 1838, in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Cluck (1810-1885) and Mary Susan [Snooke] Cluck. Simon’s father was a miller, but he took up the trade of cabinetmaking which he reported to the 1860 census while living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County. Just before the Civil War, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2018
George Washington Bowman died on 19 August 1883 and was buried at the Messiah Lutheran Cemetery, Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, mustered into service on 7 September 1864, and mustered out on 30 May 1865.. At his […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 15, 2018
An obituary of Jacob Beller of Millersburg appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of 2 May 1912: Civil War Veteran of Millersburg Dead The death of Jacob Beller, a veteran of the Civil War, aged 76, occurred at his home on Union Street, Millersburg last Friday, after a short illness of pneumonia. Deceased served during the […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 10, 2018
William Washington Davidson (1842-1923) was previously profiled here in a post entitled William W. Davidson Dies on Visit to Detroit. An additional obituary has been located – from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 12 December 1923: William W. Davidson, aged 81 years, retired Pennsylvania [Railroad] System yardmaster, and well-known Civil War veteran, died suddenly yesterday at the […]
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