George Washington Ely died on 18 January 1914 in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As a member of the United Brethren Church in Lykens, his name was inscribed into the memorial book there and his obituary was attached to his memorial page. The page, which is shown below, incorrectly gives his name as “George Edward […]
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of Pennsylvania. Yeager was formerly the President of Drew Seminary for Young Women of Carmel, New York as well as a former Member of the House of […]
Jacob Matter was born 13 June 1845 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Joel Matter (1811-1857) and Anna Mary [Yerges] Matter (1815-1893). His mother’s parents were Michael Yerges (1793-1866) and Hannah [Coleman] Yerges and his mother’s sister was Elizabeth Yerges (1813-1877) who married Martin Rickert (1804-1871) of Specktown, Lykens Township. Jacob […]
Today’s post on the Shamokin Cemetery’s Soldiers’ Circle features nine graves in the outer circle, first quadrant, beginning at the path. The photographs are numbered 6 through 14. Unfortunately, most of the grave sites have stones that are unreadable due to severe weathering. It is believed that this is the first group of burials in […]
Normally, I try to research all inquiries received from readers of the blog, regardless of how far afield they at first may appear to be. Usually, I am successful in making at least one connection with the goals of the Civil War Research Project. In the case of the inquiry I am about to describe, […]
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