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The Oak Hill Cemetery List of Millersburg Civil War Veterans

| February 11, 2014

A newly-discovered list of supposed Civil War veterans who are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg is featured in this post.  This one-page list has 114 names, many of which are not included on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. There is no indication on the list itself as to the compiler. However, the single page […]

Jacob L. Weaver – Private in 9th Pennsyvlania Cavalry

| November 5, 2013

Additional information has been located on Jacob L. Weaver of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, who served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. The obituary of Weaver appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 22 January 1903:   Jacob L. Weaver, who died of pneumonia on Friday, was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery on […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – W, Y and Z

| June 14, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]

Dauphin County Church Records Available at Schwalm Library in Gratz

| May 11, 2013

The Gratz Historical Society has a collection of compiled and original copies of records from most of the churches in the Lykens Valley area.  One of the most useful sets of book is the nine-volume edition of Dauphin County Church Records. These volumes contain a variety of records for the indicated churches, including birth and […]

Daniel S. Feidt of Millersburg – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

| December 9, 2012

The story of Daniel S. Feidt (1839-1907) appears in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County Pennsylvania, page 1094: Daniel S. Feidt, farmer, Millersburg, Pennsylvania, was born in Upper Paxton Township [Dauphin County], 19 January 1839.  He is a son of Peter Feidt and Elizabeth [West] Feidt, who was a daughter of Daniel West and […]