Following up on last week's post , here are some examples of Jacob's artwork. The following three works are from my personal collection....

Jacob Boyer Schoener was born in Reading, PA in 1805, the eldest child of William and Catherine ( née Boyer) Schoener. By the age of...

For Part 2, click here . Elmer Shaner reported to the Group Commander at Karlsruhe Airfield on 2 April 1952 and assumed command of the...

For Part 1, click here. After arriving in Hampton Roads, Elmer remained there until 1 September 1945 when he received 30 days...

Elmer Ellsworth Shaner was born on 3 March 1921 in Turtle Creek, PA. He was the only child of George L. and Ruby (née Ayers) Shaner. By...

John Monroe Blue was born March 25, 1834, four miles north of Romney, Virginia, now West Virginia, along the banks of the South Branch of...

John Stephen Oberrender was born on 4 September 1829 in Ebersdorf in Saxe-Coburg, Germany. He was the oldest child of Johann Nicholaus...

Daniel Shaner, Jr. was born in Eastbrook, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania on 18 May 1845. He was the eldest son of Daniel Shaner, Sr. and...

On 9 December 1775 the Continental Congress resolved that a battalion should be raised from the lower 3 counties of Pennsylvania to serve...

John T. Shoener (the spelling has frequently appeared as Schoener in multiple newspaper articles) was born 5 April 1850, in South Manheim...

Abner S. Blue was born in Troy, Miami County, Ohio on 3 April 1819. His father, James, was a Justice of the Peace in Troy, an associate...

Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr. was born on 16 August 1882 in Philadelphia, PA into a wealthy and distinguished Quaker family. His father,...

Joseph Benfield was born on 20 August 1807 in Lincoln County, NC. He was the son of Johannes "John" Benfield, Jr. and Elizabeth (née...

The Cortelyou family arrived in the New World in the person of young Jacques Cortelyou. He did not come because of religious...

And now the continuation of story of Thomas Fenwick (for the prior post, click Here.) Thomas Fenwick, born between 1632 and 1635, was the...

"Schuylkill County appears to be infested with professional robbers, at least highway robbery is getting to be quite fashionable" -...

Johann George Schoener was born on 3 February 1746 and baptized in the New Hanover Lutheran Church. He was baptized on 6 days later on 9...

(Click here for Part 4) The new court convened on 15 February 1864. Before his arraignment, William again asked for the court's...

(Click Here for Part 3) William ran away but not for long. After Abraham Bertolet's body had been carted off, he returned home. That...

(Click here for Part 2) William left Washington, D.C. during the last days of December in the company of about twenty men. They...