Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2014
Jacob Kissinger was born on 14 November 1843 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served in the Emergency Militia that was formed from the Home Guards in Gratz when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Two prior blog posts gave some information about his life and service. […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2014
A brief death notice appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 5 May 1887: His Name Only Known. Benjamin Gratzer, who died at the county almshouse on Monday night, and late a member of Company B, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry [9th Pennsylvania Cavalry]. will be buried this afternoon from the undertaking establishment of E. F. Neely, under […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 17, 2014
The “J. H. Rowe” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument, was Jacob Herbert Rowe, born 25 April 1841 in Pennsylvania, the son of Jeremiah Rowe and Jane [Shower] Rowe, and died at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of senile dementia, on 21 June 1928. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg. At […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 29, 2014
The recent addition of Pennsylvania Death Certificates to Ancestry.com has helped to provide some new information about many of the men who served as Civil War soldiers. In the case of John G. Keihner (1847-1909), a new middle name has been found. Keihner, who was from Lykens Township, Dauphin County, moved into Gratz in 1886. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2014
Previously, in a post entitled David Brown – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, two photos of David Brown of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were presented. Now, another photograph has come to light which shows David Brown (1837-1902) later in life with his four grown children: David Brown is seated in center, between his son John Adam Brown […]
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