Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2013
——————————- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MILLERSBURG AND UPPER PAXTON TOWNSHIP 324 Center Street, P.O. Box 171, Millersburg, Pennsylvania 17061 Phone: (717) 692-4084 E-Mail Contact: mbhist@epix.net Contact Person: Leslie Smith Museum has Civil War display. Open on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by chance or appointment. Call or e-mail for further information. —————————– MAHANOY […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 24, 2013
Four men named Henry Zerby (or Henry Zerbe) have been found in Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments. This post will have as its primary purpose to note the ways to differentiate them as well as point out some of the unresolved conflicts in the records. ——————————- HENRY ZERBY (c. 1829 – 1919) Henry Zerby who is […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 4, 2013
Rev. Hugh A. Loague (1842-1916) was the Catholic pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1888 to 1901. When he arrived in America with his family around 1850, he settled in Philadelphia, where he completed his early education. At the time of the Civil War, he was […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2012
David W. Brown, born on 25 September 1802 in Northumberland County, England, came to America in 1829 and soon after settled in the area of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He had learned coal mining at the Hetton Colliery in Durham, England, where he worked from 1826 to 1829. Knowing of the opportunities available to develop […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 22, 2012
The current house on Lot #60 is not the house that was on this property at the time of the Civil War. The original house, believed to be of only one story was built before 1850 and appears on the 1855 and 1858 tax records. The oldest picture of the current house (pictured above) is […]
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