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The 1935 Reunion of the First Defenders

The following article appeared in a local newspaper in 1935.  It described what was to be the last reunion of the First Defenders from Pennsylvania who answered the call in the first days after the attack on Fort Sumter.  Lt. William Irving, of Lykens, Dauphin County, who was one of only three survivors of that […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – T to V

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project as updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding tomorrow, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – K to O

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]

2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – D to F

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of post beginning yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]

Thomas M. Williams, Coal Mine Inspector and Manager

THOMAS M. WILLIAMS, manager of the Lykens Valley and Summit Valley Branch Coal Company.  He was born in Wales, G. B., June 5, 1835.  He is the only child of John and Margaret (Morgan) Williams.  His father was a tiler and plasterer; he died in Wales in 1837.  His mother was married again, to Thomas […]