Norman Gasbarro | September 14, 2015
In January 2013, in a post entitled They Served Honorably in Company H, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, it was incorrectly reported that Daniel W. Tobias moved to Illinois after the war. It is now known that the man who served in Company H was most commonly known as Daniel Tobias and the man who served in […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 19, 2015
William W. Davidson was born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of John H. Davidson and Elizabeth [Schwenk] Davidson, on 18 December 1842. In the 1860 Census he was single, living in Millersburg, and working as a tanner. In September 1862, William responded to the emergency presented to Pennsylvania by joining the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 14, 2014
Henry “Harry” Kemble, the son of Adam Kembel and Lydia [Zartman] Kemble, was a farmer in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served two enlistments, the first of which was from 16 August 1862 in the 136th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, until he received a discharge on a […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 22, 2014
The shoemaker, Jonathan J. Hoke (1825-1903) is buried at Matter’s Church Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave, there is a G.A.R. star-flag holder. The photograph (above) is linked to the Findagrave Memorial for Jonathan J. Hoke. In a recent visit to the Matter’s Church Cemetery, a photograph was taken for the Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 13, 2014
On 17 January 1891, it was reported in the Harrisburg Patriot that “the grand jury [Dauphin County, Pennsylvania] returned the following true bills…. Benneville Hoyer selling liquor without a license…. These bills were ignored…. Benneville Hoyer, selling liquor to minors.” What was not stated in the article was that Benneville Hoyer was a Civil War […]
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