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Contact Information for Local Historical Societies in the Lykens Valley Area

| May 8, 2013

  ——————————- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MILLERSBURG AND UPPER PAXTON TOWNSHIP 324 Center Street, P.O. Box 171, Millersburg, Pennsylvania  17061 Phone:  (717) 692-4084 E-Mail Contact:  mbhist@epix.net Contact Person:  Leslie Smith Museum has Civil War display.  Open on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by chance or appointment.  Call or e-mail for further information. —————————– MAHANOY […]

Coleman’s Church in Lykens Township

| April 26, 2013

  St. Matthew’s or Coleman’s Church in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was organized as a Union Church of Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregations on Whitsunday, 1857 (Pentecost, or seven weeks after Easter).  The first church building was erected shortly thereafter and resembled the present structure (shown above), except that it didn’t have a basement.  […]

Funerals Conducted by Rev. O. E. Pflueger, 1889-1902

| April 17, 2013

Rev. O. E. Pflueger was the Lutheran pastor of the Lykens Valley Charge from 1889 to 1902.  The charge at first consisted of five congregations in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania:  Simeon’s Lutheran Church in Gratz; St. John’s Lutheran Church (also known as the Hill Church) in Mifflin Township, near Berrysburg; Salem Lutheran Church, Elizabethville; Zion Lutheran […]

Joseph Witman – Tinsmith of Gratz and Halifax

| March 20, 2013

Joseph Witman (1833-1898), a tinsmith of Gratz and Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had an interesting Civil War service record which covered the entire period of the Civil War.  He served first in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private, from 26 April 1861 until his discharge on 31 July 1861, and then joined […]

A Searchable Index to the Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg

| March 6, 2013

The Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, previously featured in many posts here on this blog, now has a searchable name index.  That index is provided by Steve Maczuga on his web site, Pennsylvanians in the Civil War. Searching is easy.  Just go to the web site, enter the last name of the soldier in the box, […]