Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2019
Thomas McGee, also found in the records as McGhee and Magee, was born in Scotland on 17 March 1828 and after emigrating to America, resided in Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In the early 1890s he moved to Mount Carmel, Northumberland County. He was a coal miner, who during the Civil War was involved in digging […]
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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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Tags: Branch Township, Branchdale, Dalmatia, Dlonaldson, Dornsife, Elizabethville, Enders, Foster Township, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Hegins, Herndon, Hickory Corners, Jackson Township, Jordan Township, Killinger, Lower Mahanoy Township, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Mandata, Millersburg, rRush Township, Tower City, Urban, Washington Township, Wiconisco, Wiconisco Township, Williams Township, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2012
David W. Brown, born on 25 September 1802 in Northumberland County, England, came to America in 1829 and soon after settled in the area of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He had learned coal mining at the Hetton Colliery in Durham, England, where he worked from 1826 to 1829. Knowing of the opportunities available to develop […]
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Tags: Branchdale, G.A.R., Hegins, Lykens Borough, Reilly Township, Williams Township, Williamstown