According to his death certificate, Jonathan Hoober died in Shamokin on 1 October 1929, and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. His place of birth, was given as Lykens, Pennsylvania. Jonathan Hoober is believed to be the Jonathan Hoover who is named on the Lykens G.A.R.Monument. as a Private who was not a member […]
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A listing of the June 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Obituary of Samuel W. Sheesley Benjamin F. Harper’s Widow of Loyalton, Died in 1917 Elizabeth Imschweiler’s Obituary Connected Her to a Civil War Soldier from Tremont May 2016 Posts Was Henry B. Hoffman Excused from Military Service Because of a […]
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The history of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry explains why replacement companies had to be recruited in 1864 and 1865. From the Lykens Valley area around Gratz, Company G of the 103rd Pensylvania Infantry was formed in March of 1865 and sent south to Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Their experiences there were unlike other companies that […]
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Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]
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Today is the final post of the “Best of 2011” series and will feature a revised version of the Lykens G.A.R. Civil War Monument post of 10 December 2010. The revisions that appear below are the result of careful research by Sally Reiner, who is a member of the newly formed Lykens-Wiconisco Historical Society and […]
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