I am out of town, and our museum is closed today, so I am going to share an old post again. This one was originally intended to be posted on the Fouth of July in 2018, but there were some glitches that made that impossible. This post was written by our friend, Fred Eggers, who … More A Civil War Story – July 4, 1863
Thanks go out to our friend and regular guest blogger, Fred Eggers, for doing the great amount of research and authoring today’s post. Unfortunately, we were not able to post it on the intended date of July 4th because of e-mail difficulties. We think you are really going to enjoy reading this story. I know … More Luckey to Survive the Civil War
I was attracted to this story because of the name Gothard Pfennighausen. As near as I can tell, this name means something like “penny house” in German. He married Emma Hooss on June 9th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville in 1890. Gotthard’s trail led to many different places…..and several changes in names. Plus, there … More Name Changing
We once again have a post authored by Fred Eggers today. He is a fantastic researcher and brings us a fascinating Civil War story today. Gabriel Bronenkant was born on March 25, 1839. As far as I can determine his descendants are the only people with that surname anywhere in our area. Tracking him down … More When Gabriel Comes Marching Home!
