Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (2)
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) – Goes to Almshouse & Dies
The grave marker of Sarah [Rowe] Saylor (1820-1900) at Union or Citizens Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of the last days of Mrs. Saylor was told in two […]
Hubley Township High School – Thomas Henry, 1940
A portrait photograph of Dorothy Straub, a 1940 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Sonny” is all er ever call this member of our class. He plays a saxophone, […]
Dr. Franklin S. Bower (1858-1919) – Former Lykens Doctor
DR. FRANKLIN S. BOWER First President of the Samaritan Hospital Dies Dr. Franklin S. Bower, a practicing physician in this city for the last thirty-three years and the first president […]
Hubley Township High School – Dorothy Straub, 1940
A portrait photograph of Dorothy Straub, a 1940 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Dot” is our Secretary and has fulfilled her position faithfully. She is one of two […]
Henry Ream (1860-1896) & Emma A. [Lebo] Ream (1859-1918)
A carte de visite studio photograph of Henry Ream (1860-1896) and Emma A. [Lebo] Ream (1857-1918) possibly taken on their wedding day, June 23, 1888, in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
William Row (1825-1901) – Miner and Mail Carrier
WILLIAM ROW William Row, another aged and highly esteemed citizen of Wiconisco died Tuesday evening at 9:15 o’clock of heart failure, after an illness of several weeks. Deceased was born […]
The Huber Family of Pine Grove – 5 Generations, 1906
A photograph published January 3, 1906, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, of five generations of the Huber family of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The caption with the photo: FIVE GENERATIONS […]