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Obituary of Amos McColly, 1910

Amos McColly died on 14 January 1910. The Elizabethville Echo published his obituary on 20 January 1910: Death of Amos McColly Amos McColly, son of Robert McColly and Catherine McColly, was born in Elizabethville, December 25, 1847, and died in the town of his birth on January 14, 1910, aged 62 years and 19 days. […]

September 2019 Posts

A listing of the September 2019 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John Culp – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry August 2019 Posts Lorenzo Michael – Another Millersburger Ignored by Millersburg Charles Henry Laudenslager of Lykens Obituary of Patrick J. Martin, 1906 Obituary of Henry Knauber – Hotel Operator of Newtown Death of Peter […]

Lydia McColly Snyder – Widow of James Snyder

Lydia [McColly} Snyder was the widow of Civil War soldier James Snyder (1830-1903) who served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private.  Lydia was born on 23 June 1834, the daughter of Robert McColly (or McCully) and Anna Catharine [Lubold] McColly.  Lydia’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth [Buffington] Lubold, the daughter of Revolutionary […]

Sudden Death of James A. Snyder

James  Snyder LYKENS, 19 June 1903. — We are sorry to chronicle the sudden death of James Snyder of Center View, which occurred on Sunday morning, the 14th inst., of heart trouble, at the age of 73 years.  He was one of those generous, open-hearted men who always had a smile and kind word for […]

Veterans

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project.   Updated 12 April 2011. ++++ Updated 19 April 2012. A Nicholas Adams (1843-1927)—- William Adams (18xx-xxxx) —- Joseph J. Alleman (1847-xxxx) —-William Alleman (1844-1894) —- John Allman (1838-xxxx) —- David Alspach (1839-1864) […]