Norman Gasbarro | December 26, 2019
A brick in the path leading to the Tower City Veterans’ Memorial at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, recognizes the Civil War service of Frank Reiner (1842-1920). There is also an engraved metal plate on the memorial itself recognizing his Civil War service: During the war, Frank Reiner, who is also found in the records […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 30, 2018
On 30 May 1901, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published a list entitled “Our Deceased Heroes,” in which soldier burials in area cemeteries were listed. All of the veterans named in the list were Civil War Veterans. Our Deceased Heroes Below will be found a list of the deceased soldiers […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 23, 2018
William Adams, who served in Luther’s Unassigned Drafted Militia, Company B, during the Civil War, died on 31 March 1914. The obituary of William Adams appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, 3 April 1914: ANOTHER VETERAN ANSWERS LAST ROLL CALLED William Adams, aged 72 years, a well known farmer and Civil War veteran, died […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2018
It is not known whether the Ku Klux Klan would have survived in the Lykens Valley area without the support of major institutions, including religion, government and the schools. This example of a Klan event was reported by a Tower City newspaper, which indicated that the schools of the area were officially closed following the […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 20, 2018
Previously on this blog, the death and funeral of Simon Nelson was described: Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Nelson, an immigrant from Germany, and his wife, Rebecca [Heberling] Nelson, who was born in Pennsylvania. He was a coal miner. He […]
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