Norman Gasbarro | October 5, 2018
A brief biographical sketch on Cornelius Coleman (1829-1900), who was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, appeared in the Biographical Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Cornelius Coleman, was united in marriage with Sarah Ritzman, a daughter of Jacob Ritzman and Elizabeth Ritzman, of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 6 April 1852. Shortly after his marriage he […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 10, 2017
Nathaniel Stutzman, also known as Nathan Stutzman, was about 19 years old when he enrolled at Pottsville in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private. He was a shoemaker from Schuylkill County, and stood 5 foot 3 inches tall, had a florid complexion, dark hair and hazel eyes. The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 14, 2016
Through the pages of newspapers of the time, this horrendous murder story will be told. Sarah Ann [Reed] Klinger, a widow of a Civil War veteran and a pensioner, was brutally murdered in her home near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on 21 November 1906. Jacob Klinger was born on 3 April 1843 in Lower Mahantongo […]
;