Norman Gasbarro | November 9, 2018
The Womens’ Relief Corps of Lykens-Wiconisco made a special appeal to readers of the Lykens Standard on 27 May 1932, for assistance in obtaining flowers to decorate the graves of soldiers of the Civil War and Spanish American War: Relief Corps Will Accept Flowers For Grave Decoration Because of reverse financial conditions the Ladies’ Relief […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 24, 2018
John C. Davis, was born 18 May 1846, in Wales, and emigrated to the United States only a few years before the Civil War. In 1890, he was living in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and reported to the census that he had served in the 179th Ohio Infantry, Company G, as a Private. The above […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 17, 2018
Mary Clark of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, reported in 1890, that she was the widow of a Civil War soldier, Samuel Clark, who served in the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company H, as a Private, from 20 June 1863 through discharge on 2 August 1863. Note: Click on above cut to enlarge. The […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 22, 2018
When Riley Bressler died on 7 December 1899, two local newspapers published lengthy obituaries of him. The West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, said the following in its 14 December 1899 edition: DEATH OF RILEY BRESSLER Riley Bressler who’s serious illness we mentioned in last week’s issue, passed peacefully away at about 1 […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 10, 2018
Daniel Batdorf, sometimes spelled Baddorf, died on 24 March 1905. He is buried at the Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was previously profiled here in a post on Civil War burials at the Calvary Cemetery: Daniel Batdorf (1841-1905). Also known as Baddorf and Batdorff. Served in the 173rd Pennsylvania […]
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