Fr. Daniel Crowley – Roman Catholic Priest of the Lykens Valley
Fr. Daniel Crowley was the pastor of Sacrted Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1946 to 1962. He was known as a man who had […]
Rebecca Gratz – Gratz Family Civil War Stories
Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) of Philadelphia, and of Ivanhoe fame, and the sister of Simon Gratz (after whom Gratz, Pennsylvania is named), tried to offer her services as a nurse during […]
Benjamin Gratz Brown – Gratz Family Civil War Stories
Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826-1885) was a Civil War soldier, wartime United States Senator and later Governor of Missouri, was a cousin of Theodore Gratz of Gratz, Pennsylvania. In 1872, he […]
Major Louis Alexander Gratz – Gratz Family Civil War Stories
Lt. Louis A. Gratz (1843-1907), who we thought was a member of the Gratz family, and who served in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, was an immigrant arriving around […]
Rev. Hugh A. Loague – Roman Catholic Priest of the Lykens Valley
Fr. Hugh A. Loague was pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1888 to 1901. During his tenure he made improvements to church […]
John Mattis of Millersburg, 1936
A 1936 portrait photograph of John Mattis of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1936 yearbook of the Millersville State Teachers College, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Margaret Nancy Gething of Lykens, 1928
A 1928 portrait photograph of Margaret Nancy Gething of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1928 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]
Fr. Francis Welsh – Roman Catholic Priest of the Lykens Valley
Fr. Francis Welsh was pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1907-1908. Not much more is known about him. _____________________________________ This portrait and […]