Month: September 2021

Henry Sauerbier CW Swordsmith

Henry Sauerbier was a leading manufacturer in Newark during the city’s rise as an industrial power in the late nineteenth century and is best known today for the swords he made for the Union Army during the Civil War. Sauerbier was a toolmaker by trade who was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, in January 1822, and he came to the…

Remembering Jane Pollin

On Friday three members of the Pollin family visited the grave of Jane Pollin located in Section 11 Row 32 Grave 118. L to R are: Barbara Greger (nee Pollin) niece to Jane, Stewart N Pollin nephew to Jane and Diane Blackwell (nee Pollin) niece to Jane. The sea shell marks the partial ashes of Stewart N Pollin Sn and…