Norman Gasbarro | October 2, 2018
John R. Hamilton (1842-1889) is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran. The Pension Index Card, above, from Fold3, confirms the war service of John R. Hamilton in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. Other records indicate he served as a Private and his […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 30, 2018
The Rev. Dr. George W. Humphreys was one of the great religious voices of his generation. During the mid 1920s, at the time when the Ku Klux Klan was at its height in Central Pennsylvania, Rev. Humphreys, who was pastor of a Methodist congregation in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, took a courageous stand against the Klan […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 26, 2018
The Pottsville Republican and Herald, 16 August 1926, reported on a Ku Klux Klan gathering held at Ringtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that drew people from a wide area of the county, including parts of the county that were adjacent to the Lykens Valley. Held Meeting at Ringtown. Ringtown got on the map again on Saturday […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 18, 2018
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and his wife, Elizabeth [Hoffa] Breslin (1824-1901), of Gratz. According to information in a Gratz history, the father was a cattle drover and hotel operator in […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 17, 2018
During the Civil War, John A. Proudfoot served as a Private with Company H of the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry. His military record is from his muster on 21 February 1865 to discharge on 24 August 1865. John Alexander Proudfoot was born on 2 October 1830 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Proudfoot and […]
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