Norman Gasbarro | July 11, 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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Tags: Frailey Township, Halifax, Joliett, Porter Township, Regiments, Rush Township, Tower City, Wiconisco
Norman Gasbarro | July 10, 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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Tags: G.A.R., Lykens Borough, Orwin, Porter Township, Reilly Township, Rush Township, Tower City, Tremont, Williams Township
Norman Gasbarro | June 2, 2012
Andrew J. Williams was born about 1830 in Pennsylvania and at the time of his enlistment in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, he was a resident of Millersburg, Dauphin County, and was working as a miller. Andrew was mustered into service on 9 September 1861 but at some point in his […]
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Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2012
William Boeckler [also known as William Bueckler, William Bokeler and William Bucker), died in 1917. For many years, he was the “Barber of Lykens.” Death of Wm. Boeckler Old Lykens Barber Passed Away at His Son’s Home in Reading William Boeckler, one of the earliest barbers in Lykens, died at the home of his son […]
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Tags: Boeckler family, Hegins, Lykens Borough, Regiments, Tower City, Wiconisco
Norman Gasbarro | April 26, 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 last Friday and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding at the end of this month, a brief sketch of each […]
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, African American, Berrysburg, Branch Township, Dalmatia, Donaldson, Duncan's Island, Elizabethville, Fisherville, Frailey Township, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Hegins, Klingerstown, Lincoln Assassination, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Mahantongo, Malta, Millersburg, Tower City, Tremont, Upper Paxton Township, Wiconisco, Williams Township, Williamstown