Norman Gasbarro | September 27, 2019
On 24 March 1911, the Lykens Standard published an obituary of Henry Miller, a Civil War veteran who resided in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. DEATHS AND FUNERALS After an illness of five months, Henry Miller, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Market Street, Williamstown, Wednesday of last week. Deceased was […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 16, 2019
A brief obituary of Peter Matter appeared in the Lykens Register, 19 December 1902: Peter Matter, one of the oldest citizens of Elizabethville, died at his home on Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock of paralysis and dropsy, aged 77 years. Deceased was born in Dauphin County, and lived in his native town from his youth. […]
Norman Gasbarro | 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: […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 15, 2019
The following report was found in the Lykens Standard, 24 April 1896, describing the decorating the graves on Memorial/Decoration Day, Sunday, May 30, 1869 of area soldiers and honoring their service: Decoration Day was observed in this place on Sunday last, under the auspices of Post 104, G.A.R. About 11 o’clock the Lykens band assembled […]
Norman Gasbarro | 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 […]
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