Harry E. Pike (1871-1933)
HALIFAX MAN ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET MONDAY The body of Harry Pike, 61, of Halifax, was found in a chicken house on the property of Guy L. Heckert, tombstone manufacturer […]
Rev. John Nicholas Hemping (1778-1855)
Rev. John Nicholas Hemping – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley Rev. John Nicholas Hemping was pastor of the Lykens Valley Parish from 1812-1850. This parish included Stone Valley, Mahanoy […]
Samuel H. Knisely (1867-1941)
Death Claims S. H. Knisely, Prominent Resident Samuel H. Knisely, age 73 years, 11 month and 12 days, well known resident of town [Elizabethville], died in the University of Pennsylvania […]
Three Children Killed in Axe Murder in Lykens, 1932
THREE CHILD AXE VICTIMS BURIED SATURDAY Three child victims, hacked to death last Wednesday [12 July 1932] in their home at Lykens, by an apparently drink-crazed father were buried in […]
Mary [Dolan] Budd (1866-1941)
MRS. MARY BUDD Mrs. Mary Budd, 78, a resident of Williamstown for many years, died in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Monday morning following an illness of two weeks. Mrs. […]
Thomas A. Umholtz (1888-1919) – World War I Letter From Camp
Thomas Adam Umholtz was born 16 December 1888 in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jesse Umholtz (1845-1894) and Mary Ann [Ritzman] Umholtz (1852-1939). On 25 February 1918 […]
John P. Lentz (1872-1941)
John P. Lentz Died at Millersburg Tuesday John P. Lentz, age 68 years, died at his home, State Street, Millersburg, Tuesday [30 September 1941]. Mr. Lentz was a son of […]
Gratz – Harry Smith, 1922
Mr. Harry Smith was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and first came to the Borough of Gratz in the year 1898 as a public exhibitor. In 1899 he returned to Gratz […]