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The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1910

| July 9, 2018

During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. One results of that correspondence from the year 1910 is […]

The Disappearance and Return of John Adams Miller of Halifax

| April 30, 2018

In September 1910, news reports of the discovery of a long-lost Halifax area Civil War veteran began to appear in the local newspapers.  That veteran was John Adams Miller who was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 23 May 1834, the son of Joseph H. Miller III (1812-1897) and Elizabeth B. [Bowerman] Miller […]

Obituary of George N. Wilver

| April 11, 2018

George N. Wilver is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private from 14 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 14 July 1865.  He was born 22 January 1842, the son of George G. Wilver and his wife […]

Conrad Zimmerman – Last G.A.R. Member of Halifax

| April 2, 2018

The death of Conrad Zimmerman in Halifax, Dauphin County, on 22 October 1930, was widely reported in area newspapers because he was the last surviving member of a G.A.R. post that had disbanded.  The portrait above was published in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 24 October 1930. What was not stated in any of the articles […]

Men Named William Williams from the Lykens Valley

| March 5, 2018

The name William Williams appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Private in the Civil War who joined the Heilner G.A.R. Post there after its organization. From the 1890 Veterans’ Census of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, there is a William Williams who claimed service in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, with […]