Norman Gasbarro | March 27, 2019
Patrick Xavier Flynn, Civil War veteran, died on 2 September 1886, and is buried at Boyer’s School Cemetery, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is noted on his government-provided grave marker, pictured above. The card above, from the card collection, Headstone Provided for Civil War Veterans (Ancestry.com), indicates that […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 27, 2019
A brief mention was made in the Lykens Register of 10 June 1897 of Harry W. Fox: Harry W. Fox returned this evening from his visit to Johnstown where he attended the reunion of his old regiment, the Fifty-Fifty Pennsylvania. The name of Harry W. Fox appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2019
Conrad Carl was born 2 March 1842 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was killed at the Wilderness on 9 May 1864 is buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, in grave #1994. On 25 February 1864, Carl Conrad enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, at Harrisburg, and the next day was mustered […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 12, 2018
The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives notes that a Josiah Ellinger, about 19 years old, enrolled at Philadelphia in Company I of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry as a Private on 25 February 1862. However, he was not on the roll of the company at muster out. Another card (not shown) […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 16, 2018
The death of Charles Curtis, Civil War veteran of Williamstown, occurred in late February of 1905. The local newspapers reported it as follows: From the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, 24 February 1905: Word was received here on Thursday afternoon of the serious illness of Charles Curtis, one of Williamstown‘s most highly respected citizens. […]
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