Norman Gasbarro | June 15, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ———————————- From the Harrisburg Patriot, 15 March 1912: DEATH OF MISS CATHERINE BIDDLE Member of Old Philadelphia Family Was Noted for Her Charities Philadelphia, 14 Mach 1912 — Miss Katherine C. Biddle, a member of one of the oldest Philadelphia families and noted for her […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 4, 2015
A brief story telling of the funeral of a Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania woman, Mary Kilraine, appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 1 August 1905: G.A.R. HONORS FOR WOMAN By Associated Press to The Patriot Williamstown, 21 July 1905 — Mrs. Patrick Comiskey, who died on Wednesday, after a long illness, was buried in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 3, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: —————————— From the Harrisburg Patriot, 18 February 1909: Famous Civil War Nurse Dies Philadelphia, 17 February 1909 — Miss Emily Virginia Mason, of a famous Virginia family, who won fame during the Civil War as a nurse of Confederate soldiers and who ministered to Union […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 29, 2015
The following are obituaries of some Civil War era women: ——————————– From the Harrisburg Patriot, 17 May 1906 Attended Funeral of His Mother Benjamin M. Nead attended the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Benjamin F. Nead, at Chambersburg, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Nead was all her life a member of the First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, and […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 27, 2015
Emily E. [Lansbury] Woodley was born in Philadelphia on 26 May 1835, the daughter of Jeremiah Lansbury and Eliza [Reed] Lansbury. She died in Philadelphia on 15 May 1908 and is buried in the Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Her obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 16 May 1908: ONLY WOMAN ARMY […]
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