Shamokin Stories collection
Documented lives connected to Shamokin and the communities around it.
Major League Baseball identifies Bud Weiser as born and later deceased in Shamokin, with a Philadelphia Phillies debut in 1915. The institutional record preserves his major-league appearances, batting record, and 1915–1916 Phillies seasons.
Playbill documents Eddie Korbich's stage career and lists Shamokin as his birthplace. IMDb instead lists Washington, D.C. as his birthplace and describes him as raised in Shamokin, so the birthplace conflict remains unresolved.
Major League Baseball records Harry Coveleski's pitching career, exact life dates, and relationship to his brother Stan. The Society for American Baseball Research documents his Shamokin birth, childhood mine work, and later reputation as the Giant Killer.
The Grainger catalogue records a substantial body of marches, waltzes, songs, and other works credited to Harry J. Lincoln. A specialist biography reports Lincoln's Shamokin connection and teaching and publishing work, while exact vital dates and disputed authorship remain withheld.
The United States Naval Academy yearbook identifies Herbert Gladstone Hopwood with Shamokin, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Pacific Fleet roster records Admiral Hopwood's command tenure from February 1, 1958 through August 30, 1960.
The Library of Congress finding aid identifies Holden C. Richardson as born in Shamokin and educated at Shamokin High School. His papers document a Navy career spanning naval construction, aviation, engineering, and the 1919 NC-3 transatlantic flight.
Major League Baseball identifies Jake Daubert as a Shamokin-born first baseman who debuted in 1910. The same record gives a .303 career average, 2,326 hits, the 1913 Chalmers Award, and a 1919 World Series title with Cincinnati.
John Grazier was born in Long Beach, New York, on June 23, 1946—not in Shamokin. The artist later made his home on South Shamokin Street, where he died on December 27, 2022; the National Gallery of Art catalogs his work in its collection.
Boston University identifies Kathryn Burak as a writer, writing educator, and director in its Writing Program. In her first-person Belt Magazine essay, Burak recalls attending grade school in Shamokin; the essay does not establish her birthplace.
The Ukrainian Weekly obituary identifies Mary LeSawyer as born in Shamokin in 1917 and educated at Juilliard. The same contemporaneous account describes her international opera career and Ukrainian-American community work.
The Encyclopedia of Ukraine records Michael Luchkovich's Shamokin birth and his later work as a Canadian teacher and writer. Its biography traces his 1926 election for Vegreville and his service as the first Canadian member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin.
Modesto Bernard Foieri—also recorded as Modest, Mode, and Modes Foieri—was a Shamokin-area coal operator and entrepreneur. He founded Doodle Bug Park, which opened on June 22, 1958, and entertained generations of area families until 1976.
The Pennsylvania House Archives identifies Ronald L. Thompson as born in Shamokin and records his legislative career. The official profile also documents his World War I field-artillery service and World War II Army Air Forces service.
Major League Baseball identifies Stan Coveleski as a Shamokin-born pitcher whose major-league career began in 1912. The institutional record preserves his 215–142 pitching record, 2.89 earned-run average, and 1969 Hall of Fame induction.
The Federal Judicial Center identifies Thomas I. Vanaskie as born in Shamokin in 1953, with no public day or month supplied here. The federal judicial biography traces his Middle District service, chief judgeship, and later Third Circuit tenure.