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Obituary of Isaac Mease, 1912

Isaac Mease died on 27 July 1912 and his obituary appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City), on 2 August 1912: Veteran Answers Last Roll Call Isaac Mease, aged 77 years, a veteran of the Civil War, and a well known resident of Tower City, died at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night at his home […]

Civil War Veteran Burials in Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City – Part 5 of 5

Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is located south of Grand Avenue (Route 209) in Tower City.  To locate the cemetery from Grand Avenue, turn south on 4th Street and continue across the bridge over the Wiconisco Creek and the street becomes Greenwood Road.  The cemetery is on the right just after the road […]

Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 7

The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]

4th Pennsylvania Cavalry – Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg

(Part 55 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg).  Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg.  This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]

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) […]