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 | January 29, 2018
Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Nelson, an immigrant from Germany, and his wife, Rebecca [Heberling] Nelson, who was born in Pennsylvania. He was a coal miner. He died on 26 February 1925, killed accidentally by a crush of falling coal. […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2018
Today’s post presents some events involving the Ku Klux Klan that were reported in the Lykens Standard. Each event needs further research. The above photograph was published in the Lykens Standard on 31 July 1925 along with three other photographs of the funeral of James Spangler, all showing hooded Klansmen marching in Lykens Borough in […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 24, 2018
Rev. Nathaniel Amos Whitman died on 2 July 1926 and is buried in Foster Cemetery, Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois. During the Civil War, he served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the war, he is found in the 1870 census working as a coal miner in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On 24 February […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 22, 2018
A meeting of the Ku Klux Klan at Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1925, was reportedly poorly attended, mainly because of bad weather. Regardless, it was noted that despite the weather, “many” came from a distance, including contingents from Williamstown and Halifax. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were […]
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