Norman Gasbarro | January 22, 2018
A meeting of the Ku Klux Klan at Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1925, was reportedly poorly attended, mainly because of bad weather. Regardless, it was noted that despite the weather, “many” came from a distance, including contingents from Williamstown and Halifax. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 17, 2017
The Philadelphia Public Ledger of 23 April 1921 announced the death of Isaac Uhler: Isaac Uhler, a veteran of the Civil War, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Fleming, 5239 North Fifteenth Street [Philadelphia], yesterday. He was seventy-seven years old. Mr. Uhler is survived by Mrs. Fleming and one son, Doyle […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 25, 2017
From the pages of the Elizabethville Echo of 9 February 1905, comes the following story of a rescue from the snow of a numb traveler in the area of Carsonville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of those included in the rescue was William Snyder, a Civil War veteran of Carsonville, who opened his home to […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 30, 2017
Daniel A. Shultz died on 30 December 1925 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and was buried at the I.O.O.F Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His grave marker is pictured above. Daniel A. Shultz is recognized on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a member of the Heilner Post who joined after its organization. However, on the […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 14, 2017
In the initial Civil War Veterans’ List of this Project, there is a Benjamin Speece [or Speese] and a Franklin Speece [or Speese]. Recent research has proven that this is actually one person, who should be identified as Benjamin Franklin Speece (1828-1906) who served in the 184th Pennsylvania Infantry, and who is buried at Messiah […]
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