The recent addition of Pennsylvania Death Certificates to Ancestry.com has helped to provide some new information about many of the men who served as Civil War soldiers. In the case of John G. Keihner (1847-1909), a new middle name has been found. Keihner, who was from Lykens Township, Dauphin County, moved into Gratz in 1886. […]
In the post today, the previously identified men who served honorably in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, will be noted. These men all have some connection to the Lykens Valley area and the Civil War Research Project. All the men are included in the present version of the Veterans List. Many of these veterans […]
A Swiss immigrant, Jean Pierre Williard, purchased this property known as Lot #15 in 1818. He had originally come to America to fight for the British in the Revolution but changed sides and fought for the Colonials. After the war he settled in Lykens Township. The lot remained in the Williard (or Willier) family, but […]
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
This is the eighth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #91 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1825 by John Wolf who bought the land from Simon Gratz. Wolf sold the land and house to Christian Walborn in 1827 and the […]
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