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Calvary United Methodist Church and Cemetery, Wiconisco (Part 4 of 6)

| August 18, 2011

Civil War veteran burials in the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, are continued today. —————————– Henry Zerby (1829-1922).  Also spelled Zerbe in the records.  There are two persons with the same name who served, so some of the records may be co-mingled.  It is believed that this Henry Zerby served in […]

Sons of Jacob Muench in the Civil War

| February 21, 2011

Jacob DeWald Muench (1805-1846) and Sarah “Sally” [Moyer] Muench (1814-1879) of the Lykens Valley area had five sons. An oft-repeated Muench family legend is that when the Civil War began, all five sons of Jacob Muench went to enlist in the Union Army.  But one son, Charles Edward Muench was sent home to help his […]