Norman Gasbarro | June 10, 2016
According to his death certificate, Jonathan Hoober died in Shamokin on 1 October 1929, and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. His place of birth, was given as Lykens, Pennsylvania. Jonathan Hoober is believed to be the Jonathan Hoover who is named on the Lykens G.A.R.Monument. as a Private who was not a member […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 7, 2016
A family story, oft repeated but without any proof, was that Henry B. Hoffman of Millersburg was excused from Civil War military service because of a “diseased eye.” Instead, he supposedly served on the staff of Gov. James Pollock at the rank of Colonel. An additional feature of this family story is that he served […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 3, 2016
When Elizabeth Imschweiler died in 1908, her obituary did not mention that she was the widow of a Civil War veteran, but it did contain information about Peter Imschweiler, who, according to Civil War veteran records, served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant. The obituary, which appeared in the Lebanon County […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 25, 2016
Francis Wade Hughes (1817-1885) was an attorney in Pottsville at the time of the Civil War and the leader of the county Democratic Party. A nephew of his, John Hughes, was considered the most famous of all Schuylkill Countians who joined the Confederate war effort. According to information found in an article that appeared in […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 20, 2016
Previously here, the Confederate sympathies of Francis Wade Hughes were discussed. Hughes was a lawyer in Pottsville at the time of the Civil War. Several of his brothers, although they were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, relocated to North Carolina. At the beginning of the war, one of the nephews of Francis Wade Hughes, John […]
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