Norman Gasbarro | November 12, 2011
The house on this on this lot, known as Lot #23, was originally built as a residence for Simon Gratz some time before 1822 and therefore it one of the oldest houses in the borough. Whether Simon Gratz actually lived or syayed here is not known, but on the 75th anniversary of the founding of […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 17, 2011
Civil War veteran burials in the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, are continued today. ——————————- David Israel (1844-1878). David was the younger brother of Daniel (see below), was born in Wales and came to America with his family around 1847. He served in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 14, 2011
Civil War veteran burials in the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, are continued today. —————————— Daniel D. Jury (1843-1904). Served in the 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private, from his muster in on 9 August 1862 to muster out on 29 May 1863. He later served in the 208th […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 30, 2011
The All Wars Memorial in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is located on the south side Main Street in Wiconisco, near Calvary United Methodist Church and the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery. The centerpiece of the memorial is a large marble marker on which is inscribed the dedication: In Memory of the Men and Women of […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2011
In July of 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation ordering a draft to raise five hundred thousand men for the Union army. It was the first compulsory draft in American history. The draft was intended to encourage enlistment, but in many cases it had the opposite effect. Federal troops had to be called out in […]
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