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Riegle Family Cousins in Ohio

| July 25, 2012

  The subject of this post is the identification of the fourth cousins of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) of Gratz who served in Ohio regiments during the Civil War.  Their common ancestor was Johannes Cornelius Riegel (1664-1750) who emigrated to America early in the eighteenth century. Previously, Harrison Riegle was profiled in the post entitled Children […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 5

| July 22, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 4

| July 13, 2012

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

Tragedies in the Life of William H. Hawk

| July 3, 2012

William H. Hawk (1844-1912) lived through the tragic death of his mother and of his son in addition to honorably serving in the Civil War  in the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry and in the Veteran Reserve Corps.  The record shows that he he was wounded at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863 and at the Wilderness on […]

1862 Map of Dauphin County

| June 30, 2012

An 1862 map of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by A. Pomeroy Publisher (1862) , Philadelphia, is available on-line through the web site of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.  An original copy of the map is available at the Pennsylvania State Archives. To access the web page for this map click here .  The on-line […]