Norman Gasbarro | March 27, 2019
Patrick Xavier Flynn, Civil War veteran, died on 2 September 1886, and is buried at Boyer’s School Cemetery, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His service in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is noted on his government-provided grave marker, pictured above. The card above, from the card collection, Headstone Provided for Civil War Veterans (Ancestry.com), indicates that […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 21, 2018
On 4 September 1874, Simon H. Clouser was assassinated while serving as Police Chief of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Previously, a brief mention was made of his Civil War service: Simon H. Clouser (1842-1874, also known as “Simon H. Clauser,” is buried in the Clauser Cemetery, Branch Township, Schuylkill County. He received several promotions until […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 31, 2018
Ezra Cockill, Civil War veteran, died on 17 December 1932, and is buried at the Middleboro Cemetery, Middleboro, Bell County, Kentucky. Two Lykens Valley area newspapers noted his passing: The Pottsville Republican, 20 December 1932 stated the following: Ezra Cockill Died in Kentucky Ezra Cockill of the old time Llewellyn Branch Township family, is dead […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 5, 2018
A brief biographical sketch on Cornelius Coleman (1829-1900), who was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, appeared in the Biographical Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Cornelius Coleman, was united in marriage with Sarah Ritzman, a daughter of Jacob Ritzman and Elizabeth Ritzman, of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 6 April 1852. Shortly after his marriage he […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 14, 2013
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012. In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented. […]
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