Norman Gasbarro | February 9, 2018
John H. Wert, Civil War veteran, died on 18 November 1913, and his obituary appeared in the Lykens Standard on 21 November 1913: DEATHS AND FUNERALS John H. Wert, an old resident of this section, died at his home in Coaldale, Wiconisco Township, at 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, after a week’s illness of bladder trouble, aged […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 31, 2018
Thomas Romberger was first added to the Project when he was named in the Dalmatia Bicentennial Book. A second post mentioning him on 26 April 2012 stated that his regiment and company of service had not yet been identified. Additional research found that he was drafted and served in the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 8, 2017
Emanuel Stoneroad, whose name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument, died in 1917 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and his obituary appeared in the Reading Times, 25 June 1917: 4 GENERATIONS SURVIVE HIM Many Descendants Left by Emanuel Stoneroad, Dead at 88 Survived by one daughter, nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren, Emanuel Stoneroad, […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 10, 2017
On 23 June 1879, William Savage, a Civil War veteran, was at work in his usual job of machinist at the Williamstown Colliery, and was the victim of an accident – dying instantly as a car in which he was riding down the slope broke loose from its chain and fell to the bottom of […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 6, 2017
The name John Roberts appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Civil War soldier who was killed in action. At first, it was difficult to identify him, but recently, a Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card was located for a John E. Roberts, who lived in Dauphin County at the time of his enlistment. An 18 […]
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