Norman Gasbarro | October 11, 2011
SUDDEN DEATH OF JOHN L. MATTER LYKENS — Shortly after 10 o’clock Saturday morning our citizens were shocked by the announcement that John L. Matter died suddenly at his home on Main street. Inquiry elicited the fact that just a few minutes previous to his demise William James, the apprentice in Mr. Matter’s tailoring establishment, […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 29, 2011
Philip Keiser Jr. (1800-1839) was born in Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Hoffman (1800-1876), a daughter of Peter Hoffman (1778-1864) and a great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797), Lykens Valley pioneer settler. All of Philip Keiser Jr.‘s descendants are therefore descendants of Johann Peter Hoffman [see prior posts on Hoffman family, […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 2, 2011
This is the second of three posts on the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The cemetery is located at the east end of Williamstown on the north side of Market Street. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, a total of eighteen grave markers will be shown from this cemetery with information known about each of […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2011
Sweitzer’s Memorial Cemetery is located on the western side of Main Street (Route 225) heading south out of the center of Berrysburg toward Elizabethville. The cemetery is also known as the “E.U.B. Cemetery.” It’s a large cemetery with several sections and offers a nice view of the valley – including the spire of the St. […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 9, 2011
Joseph Ritner Shuler (1837-1910) was born in Liverpool, Perry County, Pennsylvania, the son of well-known gunsmith Joseph Shuler (1810-1879) and Elizabeth Yocum (1808-1867) and the grandson and great-grandson of even better-known gunsmiths John Shuler Jr. and John Shuler Sr. of Bucks County and later Perry County, Pennsylvania. The father, Joseph Shuler (1810-1879) for a time […]
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