Norman Gasbarro | January 27, 2017
Attempting to find all the eligible men who should be included in the Civil War Research Project has been an interesting task, and often, individuals are located who had a definite connection to the Lykens Valley area, but for whatever reason they have been overlooked by local historians. Such is the case of Rev. Dr. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2014
Previously, in a post entitled David Brown – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, two photos of David Brown of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were presented. Now, another photograph has come to light which shows David Brown (1837-1902) later in life with his four grown children: David Brown is seated in center, between his son John Adam Brown […]
Jake Wynn | June 13, 2013
From June 15 through July 15, I will be publishing a special series of posts that concern the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and its effects on the Pennsylvania home front. As an invading army pressed north across the Potomac from Maryland, the diverse people of the Keystone State faced the Union’s most […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 3, 2012
Part 3 of 7. In a prior post, one branch of the Riegel family’s origins in America was presented – that of Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 25, 2012
DIED LYKENS, 18 December 1903. — John Henry Spangler, an old and highly respected resident of this place, died at his home on North Second Street, Friday last at 5 o’clock a.m., of gastritis, aged 63 years, 8 months and 24 days. Deceased was born at Palmyra, Lebanon County, and came to this place in […]
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