Norman Gasbarro | July 26, 2011
The Williamstown–Williams Township Historical Society is located at 115 W. Market Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Within the building are many collections related to local churches, schools, military, sports, and family history. The historical society also includes Wiconisco and Tower City, the two neighboring communities which have a similar past. One of the centerpieces of […]
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Tags: Budd family, Cemeteries, Lykens Township, Regiments, Riegle family, Tower City, Wiconisco, Williams Township, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | July 25, 2011
In the Lower Cape Fear area of North Carolina is a mansion and plantation with a direct connection to the Civil War and to the Lykens Valley area. The painting shown above was completed in the 1970s by Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, artist Leah [Radel] Weaver. Leah Weaver began painting shortly after she married Ned […]
Category: Culture, Memorials, Overviews, Research, Resources, Stories |
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Tags: Elizabethville, Lykens Township, Millersburg, Radel family, Regiments, Weaver family
Norman Gasbarro | July 21, 2011
This is the sixth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The house on Lot #54 on the south side of Market Street was built sometime between 1820 and 1824, probably by John Coleman who was the original purchaser of this lot from Simon Gratz in 1818. Coleman sold the lot […]
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Tags: Coleman family, Crain family, Eyster family, Gratz Borough, Maurer family, O'Neill family, Regiments, Schminky family, Schreiner family, Walking Tour, Wiconisco, Witman family
Norman Gasbarro | July 16, 2011
This is the fifth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. Lot #16 and the house on it was purchased by Daniel Good (1809-1870) in 1859, the owner of the Good Tannery at the west end of Gratz, who owned it and several other properties in this block during the Civil […]
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Tags: Evitts family, Gise family, Good family, Gratz Borough, Gratz family, Regiments, Riegle family, Shindel family, Walking Tour
Norman Gasbarro | July 12, 2011
This is the final part of the three part series entitled “Who Was Samuel Shoop?” In this post, the remaining Samuel Shoop‘s will be noted. Much of the information is from the Pennsylvania Veterans’ Card File which is from the Pennsylvania Archives. It is not know if this last post includes all the possible Samuel […]
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Tags: Halifax Borough, Regiments
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