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Edward Lawler – Died in Hospital for Insane in D.C.

| August 29, 2019

Edward Lawler, who was born in Ireland about October 1844, was living in Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the time of the Civil War. At that place he enrolled in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry , Company F, as a Private on 21 October 1961. He served honorably in that regiment and company and was discharged […]

William H. Lebo – Justice of the Peace of Halifax

| August 26, 2019

The death and funeral of William Harrison Lebo, 6 February 1916, was reported in the Harrisburg newspapers as follows: VETERAN DIES AT HALIFAX William H. Lebo Succumbs Day After Death of Daughter-in-Law. (Special to the Star Independent) Halifax, February 7 [1916] – William H. Lebo, a veteran of the Civil War, died Saturday at his […]

Henry Knouff – Veteran of Millersburg Injured on Railway, 1871

| August 22, 2019

A news brief found in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 27 October 1871 told of injuries received by Henry Knouff, previously identified and profiled here as a Civil War veteran from Millersburg, Dauphin County, while he was working on construction of a part of the Northern Central Railway: Our Millersburg correspondent writes: A man by the […]

Obituary of George Kliebenstein of Tremont, 1895

| August 19, 2019

During the Civil War, George Kliebenstein of Tremont served in the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company E, Private, from 30 June 1863 to 2 August 1863. He died in March 1895 and his obituary appeared in The West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald of Tremont, 16 March 1895 DEATH OF GEORGE KLIEBENSTEIN […]

Lykens and Wiconisco Area – Decorating Graves of Soldiers, May 30, 1869

| August 15, 2019

The following report was found in the Lykens Standard, 24 April 1896, describing the decorating the graves on Memorial/Decoration Day, Sunday, May 30, 1869 of area soldiers and honoring their service: Decoration Day was observed in this place on Sunday last, under the auspices of Post 104, G.A.R. About 11 o’clock the Lykens band assembled […]