Reunions of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Held in Lykens
Following the Civil War, many Pennsylvania regiments tried to hold annual reunions of their members. One of the most successful of the Pennsylvania regiments in this regard was the 9th Pennsylvania...
View ArticleThe Funeral of George Armstrong of Wiconisco
On 30 October 1880, the Harrisburg Patriot ran the following story: The funeral of Mr. George Armstrong, late of Wiconisco, on Sunday morning was a very large one. Deceased served faithfully in the...
View ArticleGeorge Spangler – 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry
George Spangler, who late in life was a school janitor in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died on 25 January 1921. He was a Civil War veteran who served in the 2nd Company G of the 103rd...
View ArticleReport on the Drowning of Lt. David H. Nissley
On 8 July 1862, the Louisville Journal* reported the following news item about the drowning of Lieutenant David H. Nissley, Company G, of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, 7 July...
View ArticleJosiah Folk – Died of Heart Disease at Cleveland, Tennessee, 1864
Josiah Folk (or Foulk or Fulk as he is sometimes found in the records) was born about 1829, probably in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the 1850 census of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, he is...
View ArticleRev. V. H. Berghaus – Defender of Harrisburg, Builder of Lykens Church
The obituary of Rev. Valentine H. Berghaus appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 23 March 1910. Although he did not officially serve in a Civil War regiment, he volunteered as a youth when he...
View ArticleFire Destroys Hoffman’s Civil War Museum in Lykens, 1912
On 12 November 1912 a massive fire consumed several factories and homes in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One of the destroyed homes was owned by Michael M. Hoffman, a Civil War...
View ArticleObituary of Frank N. Douden of Millersburg
On 23 March 1917 a brief obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot noting the death of a prominent businessman of Millersburg, Frank N. Douden. Although the obituary gave his middle initial as “S,”...
View ArticleWilliam B. Meetch – Had Connections to All of Dauphin County
The following is the obituary of William B. Meetch as it appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 3 September 1919: Former Power in Local Politics is Dead at Advanced Age WILLIAM B. MEETCH, LONG...
View ArticleThe Yeager Family in the Civil War (Part 5)
In 1912, the Hon. James Martin Yeager wrote and published A Brief History of the Yeager, Buffington, Creighton, Jacobs, Lemon, Hoffman and Woodside Families and Their Collateral Kindred of...
View ArticleJohn Crane of Millersburg and Lykens
John Crane, who is also found in the records as John Crain, is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. At his grave there is a G.A.R.-Star-Flag Holder indicating...
View ArticleWho Was George W. Clark, Musician?
One of several names on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument that was not previously identified as to a specific Civil War regiment and company is George W. Clark. The monument tablet only notes that he was a...
View ArticleCharles T. Dechant – Post Charter Member Not Named on Millersburg G.A.R....
A few years back it was suggested here on this blog that the 126 Civil War veterans who are named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument represent only a small fraction of those having a connection to...
View ArticleWhat Ever Happened to Henry Dietrich of Millersburg?
Henry Dietrich (or Dietrick), who was born about 1836, was previously mentioned in a post here on 21 April 2012 as a discovered addition to the Civil War Research Project. Since that time, one error...
View ArticlePhilip Hoffman – Killed in Mines, 1878
On 21 November 1878, Philip Hoffman of Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery. The notice of his accidental death appeared in the Lykens Register and...
View ArticleIsaac Darker – Accident at Short Mountain Colliery, 1874
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 11 August 1874 reported the following death resulting from an accident at Short Mountain Colliery. On Friday evening last Mr. Isaac Derker, of this borough, met with an...
View ArticleWho Were These Lykens-Wiconisco Soldiers?
Several persons from Lykens, Dauphin County, and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, have been identified as Civil War soldiers, but very little or nothing is known about them. The known information is...
View ArticleObituary of Benjamin F. Eby, 1934
The name of Benjamin F. Eby appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument found on North Second Street in that Borough, Dauphin County. He was a Private in the Civil War and he joined the Heilner G.A.R. Post...
View ArticlePeter D. Eby – Killed in Mines at Lykens, 1882
Notice of the results of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Peter D. Eby at Lykens appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 5 January 1882: KILLED IN THE MINES A Man’s Neck Broken While Riding on...
View ArticleDeath of Major Findlay I. Thomas at Lykens, 1922
Information about Civil War veteran Findlay I. Thomas of York County was first presented to the Civil War Research Project by researcher-writer Dennis Brandt. Although Thomas spent most of his life...
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