John R. Hamilton – White Supremacist, 1866
John R. Hamilton (1842-1889) is buried at the Halifax United Methodist Church Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran. A Pension Index Card from Fold3, confirms […]
Luther S. Pike – White Supremacist, 1866
The obituary of Luther Samuel Pike appeared in the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 4 December 1913, which was the day he died: VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Luther Pike Dies of Second Attack […]
Samuel H. Hamilton – White Supremacist, 1866
Samuel H. Hamilton enrolled in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E, on 7 September 1861 at Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service at Harrisburg on 17 October […]
Conrad Zimmerman – White Supremacist, 1866
When Conrad Zimmerman died on 22 October 1930, it was noted that he was the last surviving member of the disbanded Halifax G.A.R. Post. It was also reported that although […]
Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]
Noblet Brothers Signed by St. Louis Cardinals, 1928
ST. LOUIS CARDINAL SCOUT SIGNS HALIFAX BROTHERS; HAVE FINE RECORD in BOX Another brother battery in the big leagues looms probable as a result of the signing of Newton Noblet […]
John H. Shammo – White Supremacist, 1866
At the time of the Civil War, John H. Shammo served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E. He was born at Halifax, 22 January 1839, […]
Fisherville – Fire Destroys Shirt Factory & General Store, 1919
The story of the great fire of 1910 at Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is told in news articles from Harrisburg, Elizabethville and Lykens newspapers. The fire destroyed a shirt factory […]