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Peter D. Eby – Killed in Mines at Lykens, 1882

| October 23, 2015

Notice of the results of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Peter D. Eby at Lykens appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 5 January 1882: KILLED IN THE MINES A Man’s Neck Broken While Riding on the Cars Coroner Shindler was called to Lykens yesterday to hold an inquest on the body of Peter […]

Obituary of Benjamin F. Eby, 1934

| October 21, 2015

The name of Benjamin F. Eby appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument found on North Second Street in that Borough, Dauphin County.  He was a Private in the Civil War and he joined the Heilner G.A.R. Post after its organization. Benjamin F. Eby died on 19 June 1934 in Harrisburg and the following obituaries appeared […]

John Doudle – Reminiscence of the Civil War

| October 19, 2015

When John Dowdle (1844-1910) died in Philadelphia on 12 June 1910, the Philadelphia Inquirer of that same date included the following information on him in its “Death Notices:” DOWDLE – On 12 June 1910, JOHN, husband of Annie Dowdle.  Relatives and friends, also League of the Sacred Heart of St. Ann’s Church and members of […]

Obituary of James E. Lambert

| October 12, 2015

The obituary of James E. Lambert appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 31 March 1924: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES Millersburg, 31 March 1924 — James E. Lambert, aged 81, died Saturday.  He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Cushing E. Frank, of town; also one sister, Mrs. Mellie Gregory, of Greenwich, Missouri.  […]

Philip Hoffman – Killed in Mines, 1878

| October 2, 2015

On 21 November 1878, Philip Hoffman of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery.  The notice of his accidental death appeared in the Lykens Register and was reprinted in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 25 November 1878: Killed in the Mines. The Lykens Register of Friday says:  “Mr. Philip […]