Norman Gasbarro | December 25, 2015
In this Christmas season, don’t forget to reward your local historical society with a tax-deductible gift. That gift can either be monetary, goods, or services. To determine whether a historical society is a legitimate 501(c)3 organization, properly registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the IRS provides current, on-line information about each group in this […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 16, 2015
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AT HALIFAX; 78 YEARS OLD Halifax, 22 June 1919 — Samuel B. Pottiger, a veteran of the Civil War, died here yesterday in his seventy-eighth year, following a brief illness caused by paralysis. He was for the greater part of his life a prominent citizen of this place and for forty-four […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2015
Two Civil War veterans with connections to the Lykens Valley celebrated long-term marriage anniversaries at the end of 1918 and the end of 1919. Both anniversaries were reported in the newspapers of 1919. Cloyd C. Bender was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, but lived most of his life in Halifax where he first worked as […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 10, 2015
In researching the Stevens G.A.R. Post No. 520 of Harrisburg, the only “Colored” post for Civil War veterans in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a news article was found in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 24 May 1919 which described posts no longer in existence in the “smaller” towns in the county. Surprisingly, Elizabethville was mentioned as once […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 31, 2015
Dr. Jacob W. Shope died on 14 June 1923 in Harrisburg. His obituary appeared the next day in the Harrisburg Telegraph. While funeral services were being conducted for his brother in another part of the city, Dr. Jacob W. Shope, Civil War veteran and prominent Harrisburg physician died yesterday afternoon in his home, 32 South […]
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