Norman Gasbarro | July 27, 2018
During the Civil War, George T. Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private. He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. Post at Fisherville. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery. Leebrick also served in the 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, although […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 21, 2018
Alfred Ayers, sometimes spelled Ayres, was born in 1841, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abram Ayers (1811-1879) and Anna [Russell] Ayers (1815-1888). At the time of the Civil War, he enrolled in the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G, at Ashland, Schuylkill County, and was mustered into service as a Private on 13 August […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 11, 2018
On 26 April 1861, after enrolling at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a shoemaker from Wiconisco, Levi Gable, was mustered into service in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private. At the time, he was 23 years old. Nothing much more is known about him except that he served his three month term of […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 18, 2018
The Lykens Standard reported on the final illness and death of Jacob Alvord in its last two editions of March 1907. Alvord, a Civil War veteran and former postmaster of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died on 21 March 1907. Seriously Sick As we go to press (Thursday noon) Jacob Alvord of Market Street, is […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 13, 2018
Normally, a deceased veteran’s request for burial next to his wife would not be a subject for a blog post, as many veterans made similar requests; also as did many widows to be buried next to their husbands who predeceased them. In this case, however, Henry Alspach died at a Soldiers’ Home a good distance […]
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