Norman Gasbarro | November 18, 2016
The Harrisburg Daily Independent, 17 February 1905, printed a brief notice of the death of Isaac E. Marks of Tremont: —Isaac Marks, a prominent Tremont, Schuylkill County, citizen and retired merchant, is dead of pneumonia at his home, aged 62 years. He was a veteran of the civil war. As shown by the Pennsylvania Veterans’ […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 11, 2016
The Philadelphia Inquirer of 13 March 1912 reported the death of John Maguire, a former mine superintendent: John Maguire Claimed by Death Special to the Inquirer POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania, 12 March 1912 — John Maguire, of this city, died last night. He was a Civil War veteran, having served in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry and took […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 9, 2016
The 1890 Veterans’ Census for Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (shown above), indicates that a Jane McGuire, a widow, lived at that place. She reported that her deceased husband, Thomas McGuire (or Thomas Maguire), was a Civil War veteran , Private of the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company D. An index card was located […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 26, 2016
The funeral of George A. Kreis was reported in the Pottsville Republican on 28 February 1901: The funeral of George Kreis who died at his home in Tremont on Sunday night will take place tomorrow afternoon. The deceased was 59 years of age and well known Democratic circles throughout the county. He was a veteran […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 19, 2016
Josiah D. Lehman was born about 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Just prior to enlistment in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private, he was living in Tremont, Schuylkill County, and working as a boatman. The record card at the Pennsylvania Archives (pictured above), shows that he was about 21 years old, that […]
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