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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Index card with biographical information about Benjamin McComsey

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It05

Date Range: 1972

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Index card with biographical information about Benjamin McComsey

Description: Index card with biographical information that accompanied the letters, a tintype of Benjamin McComsey, and a needlepoint bookmark.; "This is the chief treasure of the McComsey family. Young son Benjamin volunteered to serve in the Civil War, and these letters tell the story of the remainder of his life.; Benjamin was the son of William McComsey, who was City Treasurer of Lanc. in the late 1800s. A descendant of Mathias McComsey, who was born in Manor Township in 1787. Benjamin's mother was Mary Dorwart, daughter of Henry, a tailor in Lancaster.; Benjamin died Nov. 7, 1862 in Berlin, Md. in the 18th year of his life. He is buried in the McComsey plot at Lancaster Cemetery."

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1972

Creation Date: [1972]

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Dorwart, Henry; McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, Mary Ann Dorwart; McComsey, Mathias; McComsey, William

Subjects: Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Civil War; Death; Soldiers; Typhoid fever; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan

Object Name: Biography

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It05

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It01); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It02); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It03); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It04); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 5

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/26ca0d5c-9a0d-4447-af93-190121259968

Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0071

people and they were all sure that aviation was here to stay, and that air travel would soon be very popular. During that time there formed an aero club, which was chartered in 1919. This aero club turned out to be the second oldest club in the United States, proceeded only by Philadelphia. During the

1 document

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Operation Remember; Aviation in Lancaster

Date of Interview: 1976-04-20

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Jones, Jesse

Interviewer: Bruce, Gerald

Narrator: Jones, Jesse

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Aviation; Oral histories

Place of Interview: Lancaster County Library

Object Name: Oral History

Length of Interview: 00:23:03

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0071

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #54A

Description Level: Item

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a7de47c6-ca39-4dbb-99b9-543405554933

Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs

Object ID: OH0064

Date Range: 1975

wardrobes contain few if any outfits other than jeans, tight polo shirts, or sweaters. Indeed many mature women have become addicted to pantsuits or to slacks and top combinations; in lieu suits or dresses. We must wonder what’s become of the ladylike look of when we observe the youth of today and actually

1 document

Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs

Description: Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs in 1975. Interview contains experts about Lancaster County's dramatic change in fashion since the 1920s.