Norman Gasbarro | October 11, 2019
During the Civil War, John D. Messner served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. According to the Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, John Messner enrolled at Harrisburg on 19 February 1964 and on the same day was mustered into service in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company D, as a Private. He was […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 27, 2019
On 24 March 1911, the Lykens Standard published an obituary of Henry Miller, a Civil War veteran who resided in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of five months, Henry Miller, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Market Street, Williamstown, Wednesday of last week. Deceased was […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 16, 2019
A brief obituary of Peter Matter appeared in the Lykens Register, 19 December 1902: Peter Matter, one of the oldest citizens of Elizabethville, died at his home on Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock of paralysis and dropsy, aged 77 years. Deceased was born in Dauphin County, and lived in his native town from his youth. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 11, 2019
The obituary of Civil War veteran Patrick J. Martin appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, 21 September 1906: DEATH OF AN OLD VETERAN Patrick J. Martin, aged 64 years, one of our best-known and respected citizens, died at his home on Grand Avenue, at ten minutes before midnight, Sunday, after several weeks’ illness of heart […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 9, 2019
A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]
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