Norman Gasbarro | September 3, 2012
The 1860 Census of the United States collected information on the occupation of each male and female over the age of 15. In Pennsylvania, the occupation of 180,613 was “farmer” and of 136,963 was “laborer.” These occupations were the only ones that exceeded 100,000 in number. Women who reported that their occupation was “keeping house” […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2012
Adaline “Ada’ Hoffman (1845-1915) was born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and was only one generation removed from the Lykens Valley. Her father, Jacob David Hoffman (1812-1887) had been born in Lykens Township, and was the great-grandson of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797), pioneer settler of the Lykens Valley. Ada’s mother was a Romberger, also from […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 30, 2012
John W. Simonton, the presiding judge at the trial of Keiper and Rowe, the two Halifax National Bank robbers and murderers of bank cashier and Civil War veteran Charles W. Ryan, was himself a Civil War veteran, having served as a Private in the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry (Militia of 1862), Company K. The biography and […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 29, 2012
The following sketch of the life of Frederick R. Gilbert is from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. L. Runk and Company of Chambersburg: Frederick R. Gilbert, merchant tailor, was born at Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 16 November 1825, the son of John Gilbert, and Elizabeth [Rathron] Gilbert. His great-grandfather, […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 28, 2012
Isaac Lyter (1844-1912) was previously featured here as part of a series of posts on the Halifax Bank robbery. The following biographical sketch is from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg. While it sheds little light on his military service, additional interesting information is […]
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