Norman Gasbarro | June 20, 2011
A recent donation of two large size portraits to the Gratz Historical Society has re-opened the question, “Who is John Hess?” Originally, the name of John Hess was added to the list of veterans from the Lykens Valley area because the name appears on the Millersburg Civil War Monument. Since no other John Hess was […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 20, 2011
For the 200th Anniversary of Klingerstown, Pennsylvania, a Bicentennial Book Committee was formed and the result was a professionally produced commemoration of its history, Klingerstown Bicentennial Album, 1807-2007. A large section of that book pertained to the Civil War and the soldiers who served from Klingerstown area. The Klingerstown area includes parts of three counties […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 21, 2011
Jacob DeWald Muench (1805-1846) and Sarah “Sally” [Moyer] Muench (1814-1879) of the Lykens Valley area had five sons. An oft-repeated Muench family legend is that when the Civil War began, all five sons of Jacob Muench went to enlist in the Union Army. But one son, Charles Edward Muench was sent home to help his […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 17, 2011
Jonas Swab, son of Daniel Swab and Sally [Heller] Swab, was born 18 Mar 1843 in Washington Township, Dauphin County. He attended the schools in the township and worked on the farm of his father, whom he assisted in clearing the land of six or seven acres of timber. When he was eighteen years old […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 24, 2011
Pillow, the northernmost borough in Dauphin County, was incorporated in 1864 as “Uniontown.” Priot to this, the original town, Schneidershtettle [Snydertown], was named after John Snyder, a land developer, but early on, the local residents began referring to it as Uniontown. When a post office was created in 1847, to avoid confusion with another Pennsylvania […]
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