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 […]
In January 2013, in a post entitled They Served Honorably in Company H, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, it was incorrectly reported that Daniel W. Tobias moved to Illinois after the war. It is now known that the man who served in Company H was most commonly known as Daniel Tobias and the man who served in […]
A listing of the September 2013 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: John Ritz, Alias Daniel Driebelbies August 2013 Posts Joseph M. Johnson – Millersburg Contractor and Civil War Veteran Samuel Byerly – Sunbury Merchant and War Veteran Funeral of Isaac Hepler of Gratz Simon C. Gratz – Son of First Mayor […]
In 1967, Elizabethville, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, celebrated its 150th anniversary and published a souvenir book. The book was appropriately called, History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. The foreword of the book explained the objectives of the Historical Committee: This is the history of a town – Elizabethville, Pennsylvania – and in it we have […]
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 […]
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