Norman Gasbarro | September 26, 2018
The Pottsville Republican and Herald, 16 August 1926, reported on a Ku Klux Klan gathering held at Ringtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that drew people from a wide area of the county, including parts of the county that were adjacent to the Lykens Valley. Held Meeting at Ringtown. Ringtown got on the map again on Saturday […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 24, 2018
Abraham Campbell was born about 9 May 1835 in Northumberland County. During the Civil War he served in the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves [35th Pennsylvania Infantry], Company B, as a Private from 10 October 1861 through discharge on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability on 26 October 1862. The record shows that he applied for an invalid […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 23, 2018
Peter Chubb died on 29 August 1913. He is buried at the Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. There is a G.A.R. Star-Flag Holder at his grave site and it was previously noted on this blog that he was a Civil War veteran. See: Halifax Area Civil War List. The obituary of Peter Chubb appeared […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 22, 2018
When Riley Bressler died on 7 December 1899, two local newspapers published lengthy obituaries of him. The West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, said the following in its 14 December 1899 edition: DEATH OF RILEY BRESSLER Riley Bressler who’s serious illness we mentioned in last week’s issue, passed peacefully away at about 1 […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 19, 2018
William Henry Barrett, born 21 April 1830, was an African American who during the Civil War served in the 6th United States Colored Troops. His connection with the Lykens Valley area was that he married Luicinda “Lucy” Enty of the Enty family that settled in Schuylkill County. Several of Lucy’s brothers were Civil War soldiers, […]
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