Norman Gasbarro | August 16, 2012
The St. Peter (Hoffman) Cemetery is located along the Crossroads between Loyalton (on Route 209) and Route 25. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area. Today’s post concludes a look at some of the Civil War veterans who are buried there, ——————————- JONAS W. HOFFMAN (1838-1887) also known as JONAS […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 19, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 20, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2011
In a previous post on this blog, the story of Pvt. Alfred Hoover of Berrysburg was featured. The obituary of Alfred Hoover has been found and has now been added to his file. The obituary is from the Lykens Standard, 7 February 1902. ALFRED HOOVER Alfred Hoover of Berrysburg, while on his way to church […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 12, 2011
Yesterday, the first post on Civil War veterans from the Lykens Valley area with the Hoover name was presented. Today another veteran, Alfred Hoover (1815-1902) will be discussed. Copies of some of Alfred’s pension application papers are available at the Gratz Historical Society, so more information is available on him than many of the others […]
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