Civil War veteran Benjamin Davis died on 13 April 1924. He is buried at the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the Davis family plot. Previously on this blog, a brief biographical sketch of him appeared as part of a post describing burials in that cemetery in Williamstown: Benjamin Byron Davis […]
In 2009, while doing research on the Civil War veteran named Erastus R. Foster who lived in Duncanon, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and in his late years in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, it was discovered that there were possibly two men of the same name who served in different regiments in the Civil War. Known at […]
Today’s blog post provides information on Volume 1 of a series of books published beginning in 1995 by Closson Press, titled Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Archives. In all, three volumes were published through 1996. The series was based on genealogical research done by: Phillip A. Rice, a specialist in church and cemetery records; Jean A. Dellock, […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
Part 6 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
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