The obituary of Civil War veteran Tyrus Snyder appeared in the Lykens Standard of 23 May 1919: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED SATURDAY – FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Tyrus Snyder, an aged citizen and veteran of the Civil War, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul Yentsch, on East Main Street [Lykens], Saturday, at 4 P.M. […]
Benjamin Franklin Enterline was born 28 November 1847 in Pennsylvania, the son of John Koppenhaver Enterline (1815-1872) and Lovina [Groff] Enterline (1817-1898). The father was a farmer in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, Benjamin Enterline, was working as a farm laborer. According to information in his Civil War records, on 3 November […]
The name Henry A. Higgins appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Private who was not a member of the Heilner Post. Finding information about many of the Civil War soldiers who are named on the Lykens plaque is often difficult owing to common names, spelling variations, and the fact that many died early […]
The 73rd Pennsylvania InfantryMonument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg at The Angle. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of the large group completed for the 25th Anniversary. A drawing of the monument (above) was included in the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental histories and […]
“Public Notice – Notice is hereby given that letters of administration on the estate of Peter Hocker, late of Middle Township, Dauphin County, deceased, have been granted….” Thus began a legal item that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot, 18 January 1866. The story behind the notice was found in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of […]
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