Henry W. Maurer (1846-1947) – Death of Last Civil War Veteran in Lykens Valley
LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED AT WICONISCO Henry W. Maurer, age 100 years, died last Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel H. Miller, Wiconisco. He was a […]
World War II – John S. Lebo – Killed in Action in Germany, 1944
RITES HELD TUESDAY FOR PVT. JOHN F. LEBO [1947] Funeral services for Pvt. John F. Lebo, Halifax, R.D. 1, whose body was returned to the United States from Europe, October […]
Francis J. Hain (1895-1947) – Veteran of World War I
FRANCIS HAIN PASSED AWAY MONDAY Francis J. Hain, age 51 years, died at his home on West Broad Street, town [Elizabethville], Monday evening. He had been in ill health for […]
Donald H. Hoffman (1926-1947) – Soldier Killed in Auto Accident
FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY FOR WILLIAMSTOWN SOLDIER Funeral services for Sergeant Donald H. Hoffman, 21, of Williamstown, who was killed in a highway accident, November 23, were held from the Lyons […]
Dr. Claude J. B. Flowers (1882-1947) – Elizabethville Physician & World War II Vet
DR. CLAUDE J. B. FLOWERS Dr. Claude J. B. Flowers, former Harrisburg physician, died at Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. Dr. Flowers had practiced medicine in Harrisburg, Penbrook, Union Deposit and […]
Williamstown Honors World War I Veterans, 1979
A photograph of surviving World War I veterans of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, who were gathered for the 23rd Annual World War I Veterans’ Banquet at the Williamstown American Legion. […]
Wooden Coal Breaker with Corrugated Metal Panels
A photograph from about 1910 of an unidentified coal breaker with corrugated metal side panels. Under the breaker is a Philadelphia and Reading coal car. The men pictured in the […]
Mathias Deibler Bohner (1828-1885) – Civil War Soldier
A Civi War-era photograph of Mathias Deibler Bohner of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.. Bohner’s father, Johan Jacob Bohner (1783-1863) and mother, Anna Catharine [Deibler] Bohner (1789-1855) were both natives of Lykens […]