Norman Gasbarro | January 4, 2012
The following obituary appeared in a local newspaper at the time of the death of Henry Feindt (1842-1914). There is no date on the article nor was the name of the newspaper noted. The clipping was saved in a scrapbook that is now in the collection of Sally Reiner of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. LYKENS […]
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Tags: Elizabethville, Feindt family, G.A.R., Lykens Borough, Mann family, Pillow, Regiments, Uniontown
Norman Gasbarro | December 14, 2011
Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville. Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George. […]
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Tags: Cemeteries, Elizabethville, Millersburg, Paul family, Pike family, Regiments, Rife, Snyder family, Upper Paxton Township, Washnigton Township, Wise family
Norman Gasbarro | December 13, 2011
Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville. Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George. […]
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Tags: Cemeteries, Elizabethville, Hilde family, Hoover family, Lenker family, Lower Mahanoy Township, Miffliun Township, Millersburg, Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Yeager family
Norman Gasbarro | December 11, 2011
In the files of the Gratz Historical Society are a number of unidentified or partially identified photos, some of which pertain to the Civil War. The photo shown above was contributed to the society with the only identification as, “Devil’s Den, c. 1910., The Miller Family” The Society has an original print of the photograph. […]
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Norman Gasbarro | December 9, 2011
The Emanuel United Brethren Cemetery, also known as Forney’s Cemetery, is located in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (original post office address Rife). Heading west out of Elizabethville on Route 209 traveling toward Millersburg, cross over the bridge at Wiconisco Creek and take the first left on Dam Hill Road and then the first right […]
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Tags: Berrysburg, Bonawitz family, Cemeteries, Elizabethville, Forney family, G.A.R., Jury family, Millersburg, Regiments, Schupp family, Upper Paxton Township, Washington Township