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Levi Gable of Lykens-Wiconisco – Served in 3 Regiments?

| July 11, 2018

On 26 April 1861, after enrolling at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a shoemaker from Wiconisco, Levi Gable, was mustered into service in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private.  At the time, he was 23 years old.  Nothing much more is known about him except that he served his three month term of […]

The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1910

| July 9, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. One results of that correspondence from the year 1910 is […]

Isaac J. Neagley – Millersburg Photographer

| July 2, 2018

Civil War veteran Isaac J. Neagley is buried at the National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia. Dauphin County, There is also a government-issue marker #10957 (above) which indicates service as a Corporal in a Pennsylvania regiment.  He died at the Soldiers’ Home on 31 May 1916. In the cemetery at Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, […]

The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1909

| June 29, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Five results of that correspondence from the year 1909 are […]

Daniel E. Artz – Militia Man of Gratz – Sudden Death, 1913

| June 27, 2018

Readers of the “Gratz News” column of the Elizabethville Echo of 12 June 1913 were informed of the sudden and unexpected death of Daniel E. Artz. which occurred on 9 June 1913.  Records establish his birth date and place as 28 March 1845, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of Simon Artz […]