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The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1909

| June 29, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Five results of that correspondence from the year 1909 are […]

Daniel E. Artz – Militia Man of Gratz – Sudden Death, 1913

| June 27, 2018

Readers of the “Gratz News” column of the Elizabethville Echo of 12 June 1913 were informed of the sudden and unexpected death of Daniel E. Artz. which occurred on 9 June 1913.  Records establish his birth date and place as 28 March 1845, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of Simon Artz […]

John Athey of Donaldson – 6th Pennsylvania Infantry

| June 25, 2018

When John Athey died in 1908, the West Schuylkill Herald printed a brief obituary of him in its 24 January 1908 edition, but failed to mention that he was a Civil War Veteran: DONALDSON DOTS John Athey Sr., for many years supervisor of Frailey Township, and a highly respected citizen, died on Thursday evening after […]

The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1908

| June 22, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Two results of that correspondence from the year 1908 are […]

The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1907

| June 20, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Six results of that correspondence from the year 1907 are […]