Norman Gasbarro | March 1, 2012
Death of Joel B. Myers LYKENS, 26 June 1903 — Joel B. Myers died at his home in Wiconisco on Friday evening, 19 June, at about 5 o’clock, after an illness of one week. Thursday preceding his death he had an attack of cramp and so great was the strain upon his constitution that the […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 2, 2012
COL. WILLIAM W. JONES COL. WILLIAM W. JONES, train dispatcher and yardmaster, Summit Branch railroad, Lykens, Pa. He was born at Llandilo, Caermarthenshire, Wales, August 22, 1827. His father, John J. Jones, was also born in Wales, where he spent his younger days as keeper for the estate of Lord De Never. In 1829 he […]
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). […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2012
ALEXANDER F. THOMPSON, senator and attorney-at-law. He was born at Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Pa., December 7, 1845. He is a son of Alexander and Isabella (Pennman) Thompson, both paternal and maternal sides of the family being of Scottish ancestry. The father, Alexander Thompson, was born in Dalkeith, Scotland, in 1808, and spent the first twenty […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 3, 2011
Today, the blog post again continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
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