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4 Lykens Printers Went to War – Only 1 Returned

| January 7, 2019

In the Lykens Standard of 25 April 1902, the editors began in serial form a lengthy article that had appeared in 1865 in the Lykens Valley Miner, which was then published by Samuel B. Coles and G. Washington Fenn.  The article was entitled, Recollections of 40 Years: Regarding the LykensValley Coal Mines and Vicinity Adjacent, […]

Michael Etzweiler – Veteran from Carsonville was Justice of the Peace

| December 28, 2018

Michael Etzweiler (also found in the records as Etswiller and Etsweiler), was born on 15 November 1831, at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel Etzweiler (1800-1878) and Christina [Smith] Etzweiler (1802-1889). He married Catherine Bordner on 27 September 1855 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County.  She was born 12 March 1838 in Lykens Township, […]

Sinary T. Erdman – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry

| December 26, 2018

Sinary Erdman was born on 14 December 1943, in Rough & Ready, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Erdman (1818-1881) and Mary Elizabeth [Troutman] Erdman (1822-1869). At the time of the Civil War, on 25 February 1864, Sinary enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville, and was mustered into service the next day […]

George Washington Enders – Militia Man of Enders

| December 21, 2018

The information below is edited/adapted from Captain Enders’ Legion, pages 56-58. George Washington Enders was born 20 March 1837 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of George Enders and Susan Fetterhoff who were parents of sixteen children.  George W. Enders married Sarah Witman, daughter of John Witman and grand-daughter of Bartholomew […]

Henry Enders – 198th Pennsylvania Infantry

| December 17, 2018

The story below is edited/adapted from Captain Enders’ Legion, pages 59-61. Henry Enders was born 26 Jan 1828 in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Enders and Sarah Ettinger.  Henry married Susan Sweigard, who was born on 15 January 1834 in Powell’s Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Her parents were Peter Sweigard and […]