Norman Gasbarro | July 31, 2018
Charles W. Bast died on 18 October 1886 and is buried at Seybert’s Cemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Lykens Register report of the death of Charles W. Bast, was reprinted in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 22 October 1886: Mr. Charles W. Bast died on Monday at Williamstown. His death resulted from a wound in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 30, 2018
Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October 1861 and served until his re-enlistment on 1 January 1864 at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, where he was promoted to the rank of Saddler on 23 […]
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 | June 6, 2018
Nicholas Adams, who served in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private during the Civil War, died on 16 September 1927. His obituary appeared in the Lykens Standard, 23 September 1927: NICHOLAS ADAMS WILLIAMSTOWN, 22 September 1927 — Nicholas Adams, aged 84 years, 4 months and 26 days, died at the home […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 28, 2018
Today’s post attempts to sort out the differences between the two men from the Lykens Valley named Emanuel Matter, both of whom were Civil War soldiers. Since research is on-going on these men, it is possible that there is still some co-mingling of information. Readers are urged to provide facts and sources which may add […]
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