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They Paid Subs – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

| October 15, 2011

The blog post today presents four individuals who were drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, and who reported to Camp Curtin as required on 2 November 1862.  Each found and paid a substitute to serve for him and thus were discharged from the regiment on the date indicated. Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Cards are […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Rebecca Alspach Buffington House

| September 6, 2011

This is the tenth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #66 on the south side of Market Street was built before 1838.  In 1838, a property transaction was made whereupon Conrad Schreffler, a blue dyer, who had been in Gratz for about 20 years, obtained […]

Gratz During the Civil War – Elias Zerfing, Carpenter

| September 2, 2011

This is the ninth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The current house on Lot #65 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1857.  Originally, this corner lot was purchased from Simon Gratz by George Philip Keener, a carpenter, but by 1852, it reverted back to the […]

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

| August 23, 2011

Civil War veteran burials in the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, concludes today. —————————— Samuel Klinger (1819-1891).  Served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private.  See prior post on Samuel Klinger.  He was married four times:  Rebecca Cooper; Magdalena ?; Belinda Savidge; and Catherine Kissinger.  Samuel was a […]

Descendants of Alexander Klinger, Immigrant

| June 27, 2011

The table above shows the genealogical relationships of those Klinger veterans who were descendants of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802).  The Civil War soldiers are noted in light blue.  The brother of Alexander Klinger (1726-1802) was Johann Philip Klinger (1723-1811) and his Civil War descendants were noted in two previous posts.  See:  The Descendants of Johann Peter […]