Norman Gasbarro | July 5, 2017
Isaac E. Snyder, Civil War veteran, is buried at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died on 15 November 1890. During the Civil War, he served in the Emergency Militia, 27th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Private. He was mustered into service in Schuylkill County, 17 June 1863, and completed his […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 3, 2017
The name McCoy Sargut appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Civil War soldier who was killed in the war. He is named with the men who served as privates. He is found in the military records as Sarger and Sargert. McCoy Sarger enrolled at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1861, as […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 30, 2017
In the 1890 Veterans’ Census of Weishample, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a Ruben Frederick was enumerated as a solider who served in the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I, as a Private. In compiling the original list of veterans from the Lykens Valley area, this veteran was incorrectly identified as Frederick Ruben. Of course this posed some […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 28, 2017
During the Civil War, John A. Seltzer of Tremont, Schuylkill County, answered the call for service by enlisting in the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1862), Company H, as a Private. His militia service was from 15 September 1862 through discharge at the end of the emergency, 28 September 1862. Although in the 1890 census […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 26, 2017
The obituary of Henry Rishe appeared in the Altoona Tribune [Blair County, Pennsylvania], 2 January 1905: Henry Rishe At 4:55 o’clock Saturday afternoon Henry Rishe of Tower City, Pennsylvania, died at the home of his son, F. O. Rishe, 310 Third Avenue, of paralysis, with which he was stricken on last Thursday. He came to […]
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