Norman Gasbarro | October 3, 2018
In the Miners Journal of 13 December 1906, the following funeral report was given: BURIAL OF SOLOMON COLEMAN The funeral of Solomon Coleman, of Kaska, who died last Sunday, was held yesterday afternoon, the cortege proceeding to Middleport by trolley where services were conducted at the Lutheran Reformed Church by Rev. C. W. Eberwine, of […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2018
Buried together at the St. Paul (Artz) Cemetery in Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, are two veterans of the Civil War, or so it would seem from the bronze G.A.R. flag-holder markers adjacent to their grave stones. Samuel Wenrich and Amelia [Faust] Wenrich were husband and wife. This is one of the few graves in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 23, 2017
Aaron Schoffstall was born about 10 April 1842 in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Schoffstall (1808-1867) and Margaret Rebecca [Wells] Schoffstall (1808-1878). In 1850, the family was living in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where Henry was a farmer. In 1860, Aaron was working as a teamster in Gratz. According to […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 20, 2017
A government-issue gravestone marks the burial place of Isaac B. Moyer at the St. Peter (Hoffman) Church Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The stone notes his service in the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I. Also at the grave site is a bronze G.A.R.-star-flag-holder. A copy of the file card with information regarding the granting […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2017
The name of Elias Minnick appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Private who was killed in the Civil War. His name is most often found in the records as Michael Minnich. His military record states that he was a member of the 16th United States Infantry, Company C. He enlisted on 29 February […]
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