Norman Gasbarro | April 22, 2016
In the 1860 Census of Washington Township, (Post Office Elizabethville), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, there appears a family identified in the “Color” column as “m” for Mulatto. The head of the family was Marks Hornet, a 38 year-old laborer. He indicated to the census that he was born in Pennsylvania, that did not own any real […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 21, 2016
A brief notice appeared in the Pine Grove news column of the Lebanon Semi-Weekly News, 26 April 1926: The late Daniel Hoy, whose remains were interred in the Ravine Cemetery, is survived by 59 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The notice failed to mention that Daniel Hoy was a Civil War veteran. However, his grave is […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 20, 2016
By 1899, Southerners were beginning to object to histories of the United States that were written by Northerners. This small note appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 14 October 1899: The Confederate veterans of Virginia object to a history of the United States written by a Northern man and used as a text book in […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 19, 2016
Two men named George Hinkle, both associated with the Lykens Valley area of Pennsylvania, saw Civil War service. They can be differentiated by their middle initial and regiment/company of service. It does not appear that they are closely related, although additional research could prove otherwise. George W. Hinkle (1843-1878) George W. Hinkle is buried at […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 18, 2016
Other than the main railroad stations on the Lykens Valley Railroad at Lykens Borough, Elizabethville, and Millersburg (Lenkerville), there were at least three other smaller stations en route. Previously on this blog, a post featured the Oak Dale Station and the Civil War. As mentioned in that post, the stop at Oak Dale later became […]
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