Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2017
Aaron Ossman was born on 8 December 1838 in Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Philip Ossman (1796-1866) and Barbara [Friedlein] Ossman (1794-1860). In 1860, Aaron was living with his parents in Hegins Township, where at age 22, he was working as a carpenter. At the time he enlisted in Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2017
George Pitt Owen died on 25 July 1901 and is buried in the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran who reported his service in 1890 to the census while living in Tremont. However, because he served in the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1862), Company H, […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 28, 2017
The obituary of James Neal appeared in a local newspaper at the time of his death, which occurred at Rauch Creek, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 4 November 1885: DEATH OF JAMES NEAL On Wednesday afternoon James Neal of Lower Rausch Creek, one of the most respected citizens of the West End, died very suddenly after an […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 26, 2017
An interesting news story appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 December 1901: GRIM DEATH’S SUMMONS CAME WHILE HE PLAYED SANTA CLAUS With Happy Smile and World of Cheer George Noll Passed Away Special to the Inquirer POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania, 26 December 1901 — George Noll, of this place, while playing Santa Claus, dropped dead with a […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 7, 2017
William D. Murphy, or William Murphy II as he is found in some records, was born in August 1844 in Ireland. According to information in the 1900 census, he came to America in 1862, during the Civil War. He married Hannah Grant some time prior to emigrating and they began a family in Ireland, which […]
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