In researching Civil War veteran John L. Miller, who served in the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Corporal, a Pension Index Card was located at Fold3 (shown above), that indicated that he died at Wiconisco, 31 December 1918. The Military Index Card, also from Fold3, confirms the service of John L. Miller in […]
An invitation from Jake Wynn…. Join local historian Jake Wynn at Calvary United Methodist Cemetery in Wiconisco on Sunday, May 29 at 7 PM for a memorial program commemorating the incredible lives of the region’s Civil War veterans. This hour-long program will bring visitors into the oldest sections of the cemetery and highlight the stories […]
Several persons from Lykens, Dauphin County, and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, have been identified as Civil War soldiers, but very little or nothing is known about them. The known information is presented in the hopes that a reader of this blog knows more about them and is able to provide that information to the Civil War […]
On 30 October 1880, the Harrisburg Patriot ran the following story: The funeral of Mr. George Armstrong, late of Wiconisco, on Sunday morning was a very large one. Deceased served faithfully in the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the late war, and was interred with military honors. He died rather suddenly of an abscess on the […]
The names of four members of the Machamer family appear on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument which is located on North Second Street in the Borough of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The four men are: Henry Machamer, Isaac Machamer, Israel Machamer and David Machamer The Machamer family had roots in Wiconisco. HENRY MACHAMER (1836-1862) It is […]
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