Norman Gasbarro | April 25, 2018
Lenore Felicia [Schwalm] Otto Stutzman died in 1925. Her obituary, which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, told of many achievements in her life, but also did not fail to mention her Ku Klux Klan membership or the participation of that organization in her funeral rites. This post is […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 18, 2017
An obituary of John Weiser appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 9 March 1905. Mr. Weiser was a Civil War veteran from the area of Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who served in the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry. The funeral of John Weiser was held at Pillow last Sunday morning, Rev. S. P. Brown officiating. A large number […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 9, 2017
During the Civil War, Samuel Snyder of Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, served in Captain Murray’s Cavalry Militia as a Private, from about 18 June 1863 to his discharge on an unknown date as a result of typhoid fever. This information was discovered in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Pillow, Dauphin County, where he was […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 14, 2017
In April 1927, Charles N. Noblet, an accident victim, was buried at Pillow‘s Grandview Cemetery, with full Ku Klux Klan honors conducted at graveside. This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the Civil War. It was a widely known […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 11, 2017
Women and the Civil War” is an exhibit of photographs and stories of women who had family connections with soldiers of that war. It was first displayed at the Gratz Fair in September 2013, where it received “first place” in a non-profit division. Afterward, it was displayed in 2014 at the Williamtown-Williams Township Historical Society; […]
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