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Alban D. Morgan – Miner of Wiconisco Who Had 24 Children

| November 21, 2019

On 2 April 1910, Alban D. Morgan, a miner living in Coaldale, Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died of pneumonia. His obituary, which appeared in the Lykens Standard, 8 April 1910, identified him as a Civil War veteran but gave little information about his service. Alban D. Morgan of Coaldale, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday […]

Josiah Welker – Veteran Died of Blood Poisoning in 1926

| October 7, 2019

On 14 May 1926, Josiah Welker died. He was a Civil War veteran. His burial place is the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The obituary of Josiah Welker appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 15 May 1926: AGED VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DIES Joshua Welker Victim of Blood Poisoning at Lewistown […]

Patrick X. Flynn – 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| March 27, 2019

Patrick Xavier Flynn, Civil War veteran, died on 2 September 1886, and is buried at Boyer’s School Cemetery, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is noted on his government-provided grave marker, pictured above. The card above, from the card collection, Headstone Provided for Civil War Veterans (Ancestry.com), indicates that […]

David Ferster – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry

| February 18, 2019

More information is sought about David Ferster who was born 2 March 1828, the son of Peter Ferster (1794-1864) and Maria Christina [Rebuck] Ferster (1796-1838), in Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. At the time of he Civil War, David Ferster joined the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private on or about 16 October […]

Benjamin Franklin Enterline – 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry

| January 2, 2019

Benjamin Franklin Enterline was born 28 November 1847 in Pennsylvania, the son of John Koppenhaver Enterline (1815-1872) and Lovina [Groff] Enterline (1817-1898). The father was a farmer in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, Benjamin Enterline, was working as a farm laborer. According to information in his Civil War records, on 3 November […]