Norman Gasbarro | September 1, 2011
DEATH OF DR. J. L. BRALLIER LYKENS – Dr. Jacob L. Brallier of Lewisburg, Pa., formerly a resident of this place, died on Saturday last of chronic cerebral disease, aged 67 years. The funeral was held Tuesday interment at Lewisburg cemetery. Dr. Brallier was born in Bedford county, this state, in 1834, where he lived […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 29, 2011
OUR NEW POSTMASTER LYKENS — Henry Feindt, whose appointment as postmaster was sent to the United States Senate for confirmation on Feb. 8, and who received his commission Thursday, Feb. 22nd, was born at Elizabethville on the 1st of January, 1842, and came to Lykens with his parents in May, 1851. His father, the late […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 28, 2011
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 […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 27, 2011
DEATH OF VALENTINE LENKER LYKENS —Valentine Lenker of Williamstown, a former member of the Legislature, and a man known throughout the entire upper end of the county, died Friday noon after a lingering illness, aged 62 years. Last summer he took a trip west for the benefit of his health and on his return last […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 26, 2011
William Thomas was born on 3 April 1838 in Wales and came to America at an early age with his father, John Thomas, who was a coal miner. The family settled in Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Like his father, William became a coal miner and in 1860, he was working in the mines around Lykens. […]
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