Norman Gasbarro | May 30, 2011
In the front of Section 1- North, of Gratz Union Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the final resting place for three unnamed Civil War soldiers. Over time, the cemetery records have been lost as to the names of the veterans who are are buried in this plot. It was here that the G.A.R. […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2011
Tragically, two Pennsylvanians named Knouff did not survive the war. David Knouff, who died of a condition contracted during the war and John Knouf, who was killed at Dabney’s Mill in Virgina, both served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, and both were from the area around Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, their records […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 12, 2011
A recent question from an Ancestry.com subscriber, “Where is Philip Zerby buried?” has led to a search of currently available information on Civil War burials of unknown soldiers, particularly of those who were killed in the battles in and around Petersburg, Virginia. Philip Zerby was born 27 September 1827, the son of Joseph Zerby and […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 28, 2010
(Part 2 of 3). Benjamin Buffington (c1730-1814), the great-grandson of Richard Buffington, emigrant from Great Marlow on the Thames, England, was the first of the Buffington family to settle in the Lykens Valley. After the American Revolution, in which he served in Captain Weaver’s Company, he brought his family to the area at the end […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 29, 2010
Entering Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the west on Route 209, a large stone monument can be seen up on a grassy bank on the right side of the road. The bronze plaque reads: Eisenhower Ancestral Home. Built in 1854 by Jacob F. Eisenhower, grandfather of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States […]
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