Norman Gasbarro | April 2, 2012
On 8 April 1904, the Lykens Standard reported the death of a former Lykens area resident, Joseph Louden, who had served with the 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, as a Private and Corporal from 24 October 1861 through 28 November 1864. The obituary indicated that the name of the deceased was “Joshua Louden” and the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 1, 2012
DANIEL HARMAN LYKENS, 13 May 1904 — Daniel Harman of Lykens Township, died of cancer of the stomach on the 4th inst. and was buried at Hoffman’s Church on the 7th, aged 6 years, 8 months and 5 days. The deceased was born in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, and was left fatherless in infancy. At […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 31, 2012
Efforts to get the aging veterans who had been imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia, to the dedication ceremony of the Pennsylvania Memorial to be held on 7 December 1905, continued throughout the year. Free Trips for Veterans. A dozen vets from this city and vicinity who were imprisoned at Andersonville during the Civil War will be […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 28, 2012
DEATHS AND FUNERALS CAPTAIN RICHARD BUDD LYKENS, 22 January 1904.— The great, well-known, patriotic, generous Capt. Richard Budd of Williamstown, passed away at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, after a lingering illness. About two years and a-half ago he suffered a fracture of the right ankle from which he never recovered, and this, together with the death […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 27, 2012
ISAAC HOLLAND GIVEN MILITARY & MASONIC FUNERAL LYKENS, 23 November 1928. –Isaac William Holland, 84, Civil War Veteran, was buried in Wiconisco Monday with military and Masonic rites. He died Thursday at Huntsville, Alabama, where he resided with a granddaughter for the past two years. His body was brought to Wiconisco Sunday. Services were […]
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