Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2018
The obituary of William Whitman, Civil War veteran, appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 8 April 1915: DEATHS & FUNERALS William Whitman William Whitman, whose death occurred at his son’s home here on 30 March 1915, was born in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, 30 July 1832, bringing his age to 82 years, 8 months, and 27 […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2018
Today’s post presents some events involving the Ku Klux Klan that were reported in the Lykens Standard. Each event needs further research. The above photograph was published in the Lykens Standard on 31 July 1925 along with three other photographs of the funeral of James Spangler, all showing hooded Klansmen marching in Lykens Borough in […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 24, 2018
Rev. Nathaniel Amos Whitman died on 2 July 1926 and is buried in Foster Cemetery, Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois. During the Civil War, he served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and after the war, he is found in the 1870 census working as a coal miner in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On 24 February […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 22, 2018
A meeting of the Ku Klux Klan at Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1925, was reportedly poorly attended, mainly because of bad weather. Regardless, it was noted that despite the weather, “many” came from a distance, including contingents from Williamstown and Halifax. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 24, 2017
Jacob Theodore Thomson, sometimes referred to in the records as Jacob T. Thompson, was born about 1835 in New Jersey. He is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, and his stone reads J. Theodore Thomson, 1835-1907. According to information found in the pension application records on Ancestry.com, Jacob served […]
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