Few religious leaders spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan when it was at its height in the mid-1920s in the Lykens Valley area. One exception was the Rev. Dr. George W. Humphreys, who delivered a scathing sermon against the hooded order when he was the pastor of the Methodist Church at Shenandoah, Schuylkill County […]
The Rev. Dr. George W. Humphreys was one of the great religious voices of his generation. During the mid 1920s, at the time when the Ku Klux Klan was at its height in Central Pennsylvania, Rev. Humphreys, who was pastor of a Methodist congregation in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, took a courageous stand against the Klan […]
The Pottsville Republican and Herald, 16 August 1926, reported on a Ku Klux Klan gathering held at Ringtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that drew people from a wide area of the county, including parts of the county that were adjacent to the Lykens Valley. Held Meeting at Ringtown. Ringtown got on the map again on Saturday […]
Someone reported to the census in 1890 that a Civil War veteran named Emanuel Budler was living in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. However, neither the dates of service nor the regiment, company or rank were given. The above cut from the census page can be enlarged by clicking on it. Given the various spellings of […]
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and his wife, Elizabeth [Hoffa] Breslin (1824-1901), of Gratz. According to information in a Gratz history, the father was a cattle drover and hotel operator in […]
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