William Henry Barrett, born 21 April 1830, was an African American who during the Civil War served in the 6th United States Colored Troops. His connection with the Lykens Valley area was that he married Luicinda “Lucy” Enty of the Enty family that settled in Schuylkill County. Several of Lucy’s brothers were Civil War soldiers, […]
William Henry Miller was born in January 1846 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Miller (1812-1857) and Mary Jane [Bryan] Miller (1811-1868). John Miller, the father, was the grandson of Capt. Johann Philip Christian Enders. The 1850 census portion (shown above from Ancestry.com), is from Halifax Township, Dauphin County, where the […]
Noted Pennsylvania and Dauphin County historian Dr. William H. Egle died at his home on 19 February 1901. His many books and other writings include much information on the early development of the Lykens Valley area, including Gratz Borough. During the Civil War, he served as an army surgeon in both the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry […]
The second of the Civil War representatives for the 14th Congressional District of Pennsylvania was William Henry Miller (1829-1870), a Democrat from Harrisburg, Dauphin County. As the representative from the 14th Congressional District, he represented an area which included Gratz Borough. William Henry Miller defeated Galusha A. Grow, a Republican, who was Speaker of the […]
Daniel Henry, whose father and uncles took part in the war for independence, was born in Reading in the last quarter of the18th century. When Pottsville was laid out, he as a carpenter, moved there, and on 9 January 1825, his son, William Henry was born. William Henry‘s mother died when he was eleven years […]
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