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 | November 26, 2018
Henry S. “Harry” Dutter, Civil War veteran died in February 1904 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and is buried at the Mount Annville Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. As he was well known throughout the region, the notice of his death appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 18 February 1904: Railway Veteran Dies at […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 31, 2018
Ezra Cockill, Civil War veteran, died on 17 December 1932, and is buried at the Middleboro Cemetery, Middleboro, Bell County, Kentucky. Two Lykens Valley area newspapers noted his passing: The Pottsville Republican, 20 December 1932 stated the following: Ezra Cockill Died in Kentucky Ezra Cockill of the old time Llewellyn Branch Township family, is dead […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 18, 2018
Franklin Bressler was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, about 8 February 1847, the son of Joseph Bressler and Elizabeth [Clark] Bressler. During the Civil War, at age 18 on 29 February 1864, he enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville and on the same day was mustered into service in Company A as a […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 13, 2018
The Press Herald of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on 13 November 1891 reported the death of John Sattizahn: John Sattizahn, who resided at Pleasant Valley, and who was running a small saw mill, fell over and instantly —died while at work, on the mill on Saturday. He was about 70 years of age, and […]
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