William Lebo – Medical Doctor at Hegins
The photograph shows Dr. William C. Lebo working on a cadaver while a student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, some time after the Civil War. In the 1870 census of Gratz Borough, Dauphin...
View ArticleAaron Ossman of Hegins – Spoke Out for Pension Rights
Aaron Ossman was born on 8 December 1838 in Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Philip Ossman (1796-1866) and Barbara [Friedlein] Ossman (1794-1860). In 1860,...
View ArticleFrederick Ruben or Reuben Frederick? Valley View Veteran.
In the 1890 Veterans’ Census of Weishample, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a Ruben Frederick was enumerated as a solider who served in the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I, as a Private. In...
View ArticleThe Ku Klux Klan Funeral of Lenore Schwalm of Hegins, 1925
Lenore Felicia [Schwalm] Otto Stutzman died in 1925. Her obituary, which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, told of many achievements in her life,...
View ArticleKu Klux Klan Briefs from the West Schuylkill Herald
The post today includes a number of brief articles or news reports on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, most too short for a post of their own. All of the following are from the West Schuylkill...
View ArticleJohn B. Armstrong – Widow Lived in Hegins in 1890
John Armstrong, about 41 years old, enrolled on 22 July 1863, at Philadelphia, in the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery F, as a Private. He was mustered into service on the same day at the...
View ArticleSome News Briefs About Cornelius Bixler of Fisherville
Today’s blog post features some interesting news briefs about Cornelius Bixler of Fisherville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, through which some new information was discovered about him including that...
View ArticleThe Gruesome Death of Israel B. Morgan of Valley View, 1885
In doing further research on Israel B. Morgan (1841-1885), Civil War veteran from Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, a small notification was discovered in the Pottsville...
View ArticleObituary & Funeral of Aaron Ossman of Hegins and Tremont
Aaron Ossman, a Civil War veteran of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, died at Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on 8 May 1917. Previously on the blog he was featured in a blog post entitled...
View ArticleJonathan B. Stutzman – 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
Jonathan B. Stutzman was born on 6 May 1846 and died 19 April 1921. In 1860, he was living in Hegins, Schuylkill County, with his father, Christian Stutzman. On 29 February 1964, J. B. Stutzman...
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