Norman Gasbarro | February 16, 2018
The 1890 veterans’ census of Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, shows that a Frederick Summers served in the 3rd Connecticut Infantry, Company K, as a Private, from April 1861 through July 1861. In searching the Connecticut Civil War records, an excellent resource can be found at the Connecticut State Library, Record of Service of Connecticut […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 14, 2018
On Labor Day, 1925, about 30,000 Ku Klux Klan members thronged into the city of Harrisburg for what was described as a the largest Klan demonstration ever held in Central Pennsylvania. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 12, 2018
In the presidential election of 1928, Governor Alfred E. Smith, the candidate of the Democratic Party who by faith was a Roman Catholic, was pitted against Herbert Hoover, the candidate of the Republican Party. Smith was the first of his religious background to be the standard bearer of a major political party. In late September […]
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 | February 7, 2018
William Romberger was born some time between June 1827 and May 1828 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Romberger (1806-1864) and Margaretha Rebecca [Conrad] Romberger (1810-1878). It is believed that he died about 22 November 1862 by drowning in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg. Supposedly his intention in leaving Camp Curtin […]
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