Norman Gasbarro | October 23, 2011
Daniel Schaffner (1827-1910) was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 6 August 1827, the son of Christian Schaffner and Christina [Hoffman] Schaffner. Through his mother, he was a direct descendant of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797), pioneer settler of the Lykens Valley. When Daniel was eight years old, his father died, and at age twelve, […]
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Norman Gasbarro | October 8, 2011
In the post yesterday, the strange occurrence of the discharge of all thirteen Columbia County draftees in Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry on Surgeon’s Certificates of Disability was revealed. Today the other twelve draftees who were discharged for the same reason will be noted. Eleven were from Dauphin County and one was from […]
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Tags: Berrysburg. Riegle family, Coleman family, Dietz family, Erdman, Fisher family, Gratz Borough, Halifax, Hoffman family, Lebo family, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Metz family, Mifflin Township, Miller family, Regiments, Rusho family, Ryan family, Schaffner family, Upper Paxton Township
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