Norman Gasbarro | October 23, 2019
Daniel Messner (1834-1904) served in both an infantry and cavalry regiment during the Civil War. He died on 23 December 1904 is is buried in the cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and is also recognized on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument at that place. At the time of his death, the Lykens Standard, on 30 […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2019
When Jacob Schmeltz Hassinger died on 18 February 1913, his obituary appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of 20 February 1913. There was no mention that he was a Civil War veteran. Death of Jacob Hassinger Jacob Hassinger, who has been confined to his bed for the past five weeks with heart trouble and dropsy died […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 12, 2018
The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives notes that a Josiah Ellinger, about 19 years old, enrolled at Philadelphia in Company I of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry as a Private on 25 February 1862. However, he was not on the roll of the company at muster out. Another card (not shown) […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 30, 2018
Elias Dilfield, also found in the records as William Elias “Eli” Dilfield, died in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 1 December 1915. From the Reading Times, 13 December 1915: ELIAS DILFIELD DEAD Retired Hotel Keeper Succumbs at 710 North Sixth Street Elias Dilfield, a retired hotel keeper, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at his residence, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2018
Simon Cluck was born 31 August 1838, in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Cluck (1810-1885) and Mary Susan [Snooke] Cluck. Simon’s father was a miller, but he took up the trade of cabinetmaking which he reported to the 1860 census while living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County. Just before the Civil War, […]
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