Norman Gasbarro | August 9, 2012
One of the oldest churches and cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area can be found on the Crossroads near Route 25 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is St. Peter’s Church, also known as the Hoffman Church. According to early records, the church was founded in 1771 as a German Reformed congregation, but no […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 3, 2012
During the Civil War, Luther R. Keefer served as Deputy U.S. Marshal for the 14th Sub-District of Pennsylvania, which included Harrisburg and Gratz in Dauphin County. He was also a veteran of the Civil War having served in the militia that was called into state service for the Emergency of 1863. KEEFER, 28 July 1908, […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 25, 2012
The subject of this post is the identification of the fourth cousins of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) of Gratz who served in Ohio regiments during the Civil War. Their common ancestor was Johannes Cornelius Riegel (1664-1750) who emigrated to America early in the eighteenth century. Previously, Harrison Riegle was profiled in the post entitled Children […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2012
The above article describing the “fatal affair at Gratztown” appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, 27 September 1856, described the death of George Hoffman Jr. at the annual military encampment at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A more extensive article appeared in a Schuylkill County publication, the Farmers and Miners Journal on the same date. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 30, 2012
An 1862 map of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by A. Pomeroy Publisher (1862) , Philadelphia, is available on-line through the web site of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. An original copy of the map is available at the Pennsylvania State Archives. To access the web page for this map click here . The on-line […]
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