Norman Gasbarro | May 22, 2017
The 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, was composed almost completely of men who lived in and around the Lykens Valley area. However, there were some exceptions. John T. Pepper was born on 5 November 1838 in New York. About 1859, he married Emeline Bonham, who according to all records seen, was also born in New […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2017
Joseph Edwin Peters Jr. served in the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private during the Civil War. A brief sketch of him, edited from information found in Captain Enders Legion, pages 173-174, is as follows: Joseph E. Peters Jr. was born 12 July 1843 in Mahantongo, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joseph […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 17, 2017
John Powell, who was born in England about 1844, enrolled in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on 26 January 1864 at Philadelphia. Although the above Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from the Pennsylvania Archives states that he did not muster into service until a year later, other records indicate that the card is in error and […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 15, 2017
John H. Primm, a Civil War veteran, lost his grandson to drowning in the Susquehanna River as a result of a capsized canoe in April 1926. The son, Malcolm Primm, was born in 1908 in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and was a tech student in Harrisburg. Two companions escaped by swimming to the shore, where […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2017
Frank Lyter, the son of Civil War veteran Isaac Lyter, met a tragic death at Halifax in July 1899, as reported in the Elizabethville Echo of 20 July 1899: Accident at Halifax Frank Lyter, son of Ex-Commissioner Isaac Lyter shot and killed himself, at his home in Halifax on Monday evening. He and his mother […]
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