A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > Niagara http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=634 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=48060 Submitted by: Anita Robinson Reid Article Title: Union-Sun Article Date: August 21 1911 Article Description: Former Resident Stops In Lockport Article Text: William Harrison Blank, born in Lockport 71 years ago, and who moved with his parents to Wayne, DuPage county, when about 5 years of age; and enlisted at the breaking out of the Civil War at Aurora, Ill., in Co.K, 36th Illinois Vol. Infantry, re-enlisted and served until the close of the war, and is now a prosperous farmer at Winthrop, Buchanan county, Iowa, stopped in Lockport yesterday on his way to the G.A.R. Encampment at Rochester. He was anxious to find some of his relatives here, descendents of either Jesse Smith, a cooper by trade in the early days, or Solomon Moore, a carpenter, but was not successful in his search. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com