Norman Gasbarro | March 17, 2017
Daniel McManaman is named on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a veteran of the Civil War who served as a Private and who was a member of the Heilner Post, joining after its organization. One difficulty in finding him in the records is that his surname is found with many different spellings, including McManamy, McMeneman, […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 22, 2016
James Kilrain was born about 1839 in Ireland. At the time of the Civil War, he was living in Minersville, Schuylkill County and working as a coal miner. He first volunteered for the 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K, as a Private, serving in this 90-day regiment from 8 April 1861 through 10 July 1861. Later […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2016
On 25 August 1865, David Muir, a mine superintendent who lived in Foster Township, was murdered near his home in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A description of his death appeared in the Reading Times, 29 August 1865: MURDER — We learn that David Muir, a superintendent of the Forest Improvement Company, was murdered on Friday, on […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 8, 2016
Rev. Thomas W. Garland (1847-1925) was first located as Civil War veteran in the 1890 Veterans’ Census for Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he reported that he had served in the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private, from 31 March 1864 through discharge on 19 July 1865. He also indicated that he […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 13, 2012
David W. Brown, born on 25 September 1802 in Northumberland County, England, came to America in 1829 and soon after settled in the area of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He had learned coal mining at the Hetton Colliery in Durham, England, where he worked from 1826 to 1829. Knowing of the opportunities available to develop […]
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