Norman Gasbarro | February 20, 2013
The earliest member of the Enty family to settle in the area near the Lykens Valley appears to be Tobias Enty, who according to some researchers on Ancestry.com, was born around 1762 in Haiti and emigrated to the United States some time before 1800. However, no sources have been found that confirm any of this […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 19, 2013
At the beginning of the Civil War, April 1865, five former presidents of the United States were alive. They were Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. During the Civil War, two of them died – John Tyler on 18 January 1862 and Martin Van Buren on 24 July 1862. […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 17, 2013
Dr. Henry O. Witman, a physician who spent time working with his father, a medical doctor in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, saw service during the Civil War in two militia regiments that were called up by Governor Andrew Curtin to meet state emergencies, first in September 1862, and second in July 1863. This “citizen soldier” […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 16, 2013
The study of Abraham Lincoln on stamps continues today with the examination of the Series of 1922 and the Presidential Series. The previous parts of this study can be found in the following posts: Early Postage Stamps Honoring Abraham Lincoln and Postage Stamps Honoring Abraham Lincoln – Bureau of Engraving and Printing to 1909. The […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 15, 2013
(Part 6 of 6). St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the corner of East Grand Avenue (U.S. Route 209) and North 4th Street. At the front of the cemetery, along East Grand Avenue, is the Tower City, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial, which was previously […]
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