Norman Gasbarro | August 18, 2018
Henry Breslin was born on 6 April 1846 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of James Breslin Sr. (1821-1909), an immigrant from Donegal, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic, and his wife, Elizabeth [Hoffa] Breslin (1824-1901), of Gratz. According to information in a Gratz history, the father was a cattle drover and hotel operator in […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 14, 2018
Cyrus Bitterman was born 21 April 1837 in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Bitterman (1813-1841) and Susanna [Bressler] Bitterman. On 18 November 1860, in Millersburg, Dauphin County, he married Louisa McCoy (1841-1892), daughter of William McCoy (1800-1894) and Eva [Bohner] McCoy (1810-1881). At the time of the Emergency of 1863, when the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 11, 2018
On 26 April 1861, after enrolling at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a shoemaker from Wiconisco, Levi Gable, was mustered into service in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, as a Private. At the time, he was 23 years old. Nothing much more is known about him except that he served his three month term of […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 18, 2018
The Lykens Standard reported on the final illness and death of Jacob Alvord in its last two editions of March 1907. Alvord, a Civil War veteran and former postmaster of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died on 21 March 1907. Seriously Sick As we go to press (Thursday noon) Jacob Alvord of Market Street, is […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 16, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Two results of that correspondence from the year 1900 are […]
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