Norman Gasbarro | April 18, 2012
The house presently on Lot #58 was originally on Lot #26 and was moved to its new location in 1910. It was built prior to 1818 for Henry Ramberger who was the first owner of the lot. Early owners of this house were Emanuel Hoffman and Solomon Laudenslager. In 1860, the house was sold to […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 12, 2011
The obituary of John Adam Klinger appeared in the Lykens Standard on 9 Jan 1903: LYKENS.– John A. Klinger, a former resident of this place, died of asthma at his home in Minersville last week and was buried on Sunday. He was married to Amanda, daughter of the late Jonas Hoffman and wife of this […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 4, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 27, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2011
During the Civil War, this property known as Lot #39, had three different owners. In 1858, it was purchased by Solomon Laudenslager (1802-1885) who owned it until 1862 when it was purchased by Simon Hartman (1823-1886). Hartman sold it in 1863 to Philip Keiter who retained it through the remainder of the war to 1869 […]
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