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Samuel Miller of Wiconisco – Militia Man

| November 8, 2019

Samuel Miller, (1833-1904) served in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company D, as a Private and Sergeant, during the Civil War. According to the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives, he enrolled at Lykens on 15 June 1863, and four days later was mustered into service. At the time he was […]

Who Was John L. Miller Who Died in Wiconisco in 1918?

| November 1, 2019

In researching Civil War veteran John L. Miller, who served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Corporal, a Pension Index Card was located at Fold3 (shown above), that indicated that he died at Wiconisco, 31 December 1918. The Military Index Card, also from Fold3, confirms the service of John L. Miller in […]

Charles Henry Laudenslager of Lykens

| September 9, 2019

A recently discovered portrait of Civil War veteran Charles Henry Laudenslager (1847-1921), shown above, has prompted a revisiting of the information available on him to the Civil War Research Project. Previously noted here on this blog, in a post focusing on burials at Calvary United Methodist cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was the following: […]

Henry Helt of Lykens – Served as Artilleryman in War

| April 24, 2019

Henry Helt was born about 1844 in Pennsylvania, the son of David Helt (1817-1883) and Elizabeth [Miller] Helt (1823-1901). In 1850, he was living with his family in Rush Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where his father was a farmer. By 1860, Henry was engaged in farm work in Jackson Township, Dauphin County. On 6 December […]

Obituary of ‘Squire George W. Hain of Williamstown

| April 10, 2019

The obituary of ‘Squire G. W. Hain appeared in the Lykens Standard, 22 July 1904: G. W. Hain, Justice of the Peace of Williamstown, and one of the oldest and most respected residents of that place, died at 12:40 p.m. Monday of rheumatism, after an illness of 11 weeks, aged 70 years, 11 months and […]