Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2017
Michael O’Leary, whose name appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument as a Civil War veteran from the Lykens-Wiconisco area who was not a member of the Heilner Post, was identified as to his regiment and company by a record found on Ancestry.com in the series, Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Soldiers. The index […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 21, 2017
Moses Nutt died on 5 March 1891 in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His funeral was conducted from St. John’s Lutheran Church at that place and he was buried in the Lykens Cemetery. According to information found in the church book, Moses was born in Speedwell, New Jersey, on 17 October 1814, the son of John […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 17, 2017
Lybrand F. Nolen is buried at the Municipal Cemetery in Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa. His grave marker is a government issue stone which notes that he served in the 16th United States Infantry, Company B. Other records indicate that he served as a Private, beginning his three-year term of service on 4 October 1864 during […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 10, 2017
According to information on his grave marker in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Samuel Mumma was born on 12 October 1822 and died on 12 September 1870. The marker does not indicate that he was a Civil War veteran, but his Findagrave Memorial notes that he served in the 26th Pennsylvania […]
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, […]
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