Category: Individual Biographies
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Murray, Henry, Co. E, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
HENRY MURRAY, STEAM COFFEE ROASTER, 2315NORTH SIXTH STREET. The business of Mr. Murray is one of the most important auxiliaries of the grocery trade and success in the same depends entirely upon the skill and judgment of the operator. These qualities Mr. Murray possesses in the highest degree as is evidenced by the large trade…
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Einwechter, Henry, Co. I, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves
HENRY EINWECHTER, MEASURER OF PARTY WALLS,BRICK AND MASON WORK. Very frequently disputes arise among builders as to whose shall do the work required, or whose shall be paid for it after it has been done, and the services of a measurer are required. The gentlemen are usually appointed by the society of master bricklayers. Mr.…
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Clark, Joseph N., Co. H, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
via Historical Review of Dauphin County CLARK, JOSEPH NELSON, M. D., physician and pharmacist was born in Monaghan township, near Dillsburg, York county, Pa., November 12, 1839. He is a son of James and Margaret (Nelson) Clark, the former of Cumberland, the latter of York county; both deceased. The grandfather Clark was one of the…
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Dodson, Alexander, Co. F, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
Alexander Dodson, aged 93 Berwick’s oldest resident and oldest Civil War Veteran in this section, passed away at his home on Susquehanna Avenue this morning at 11 O’clock after an illness for several months. Mr.Dodson was born at Nuremburg, Luzerne County, on September 9,1835, and spent the greater part of his life in that section.…
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William Bittinger, Co. G, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves
DILLSBURG, June 12.—William Bittinger, a retired farmer, and a Civil War veteran, died at his home here yesterday morning at 4 o’clock, after an illness of six months, due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Bittinger was a member of the 12th regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer corps, for three years. His left eye was shot…
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John V. Cook, Co. D, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
J.V.H. Cook, Lifelong Resident, Dies Here in Eighty-first Year Veteran of Civil War and Long Active in Coal Development Passes Away After Brief Illness John V. Cook, a lifelong resident of the community, a veteran of the Civil War, and afterward prominently identified with the coal industry in the Upper Chartiers valley, died at his…
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The Life and Death of Hezekiah Easton
CAPT. HEZEKIAH EASTON. A Sketch of the Life of One of Franklin County’s Noble SonsWHOSE FAME WILL EVER BE PERPETUATED. One of the First to Don the Blue — His Gallant Record as a Soldier and His Excellent Qualities as a Man – A Name Familiar to Many. Captain Hezekiah Easton, if my memory serves…
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Joseph W. Russell, Co. B, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
Hon. Joseph W. Russell, post-office West Middlesex, Penn., is a son of Joseph and Jane (Gallagher) Russell, natives of Ireland. The parents of Mr. Russell immigrated to this county about 1832 and settled in Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. Russell, Sr., engaged in the contracting business upon the public works in Philadelphia, and continued in that business…
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Robert C. Crossman, Co. B, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
Robert C., who was born in 1831 upon the place where he now resides, learned the carpenter trade, and was subsequently a member of the firm of Harriott, Eaton & Crossman in the oil business at Mackey, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, and participated in the following engagements:…
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Reuben M. Long, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Reuben Miller Long was born in Pittsburgh on September 5, 1833. He was the fourth of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah Long. He was a mechanic partnered with his elder brother Joseph in Long & Brother, a blacksmithing business specializing in steamboat and railroad related work. He enlisted as a private in the…