Norman Gasbarro | April 18, 2018
The obituary of Daniel Paul appeared in the Lykens Standard, 28 April 1911. During the Civil War, he served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Daniel Paul, aged 67 years, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Walter I. Bowman, on South Second Street [Lykens], shortly after […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 16, 2018
In August 1925, Harry Lubold was buried at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in what was said to be “one of the largest and most spectacular funerals ever held in the valley.” The funeral featured the Ku Klux Klan in full regalia. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 13, 2018
For the 17 May 1917 edition of the Lykens Standard, Claude Keiser, son of Civil War Veteran Henry Keiser and a member of the local Sons of Veterans, provided a list of soldiers of that war and other wars who were buried in the Lykens cemeteries. ____________________________ I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lykens William P. Miller —–Jonathan Hoffman […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 11, 2018
George N. Wilver is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private from 14 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 14 July 1865. He was born 22 January 1842, the son of George G. Wilver and his wife […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 9, 2018
Were there two men named John Wingert in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company K, or only one? The card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives names a John W. Wingert, age 26 (born about 1837), who enrolled in the militia regiment at Millersburg on 18 June 1863, was mustered in at Harrisburg […]
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