Norman Gasbarro | July 13, 2012
The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was the subject of a prior post on this blog on 30 December 2010. Within the glass cases on the monument are name […]
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Comments Off on Tower City, Porter and Rush Township Civil War Veterans – Part 4
Tags: Lykens Township, Orwin, Pine Grove, Porter Township, Rush Township, Tower City
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2012
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project as updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding tomorrow, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]
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Comments Off on 2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – T to V
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Berrysburg, G.A.R., Lincoln Assaassination, Lykens Borough, Millersburg, Pine Grove, Wiconisco
Norman Gasbarro | April 21, 2012
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning yesterday and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]
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Tags: African American, Berrysburg, Dalmatia, Fountain, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Joliett, Lincoln Assassination, Lykens Borough, Mifflin Township, Millersburg, Pine Grove, Porter Township, Regiments, Tower City, Tremont, Washington Township, Wiconisco
Norman Gasbarro | April 20, 2012
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning today and continuing intermittently for eight posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each of […]
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Comments Off on 2012 Additions to Civil War Veterans List – A to C
Tags: African American, Berrysburg, Branch Township, Carsonville, Dalmatia, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Hegins, Hickory Corners, Jefferson Township, Klingerstown, Mahantongo, Millersburg, Pine Grove, Tower City, Tremont, Valley View, Wayne Township, Wiconisco, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | January 26, 2012
William Thompson of Tower City was born about 1839 or 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Alexander Thompson (1805-1873), an immigrant from Scotland who emigrated to America in 1828 to engage in various pursuits including flour milling, lumbering and mining. William Thompson‘s mother was the first wife of Alexander, Isabella Stoddart Pennman (1816-1851). […]
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Tags: Kimmel family, Lykens Borough, Pine Grove, Regiments, Sacramento, Thompson family, Tower City, Women