A late 20th or early 21st century view of the 17-acre farm owned by Franklin S. Witmer in 1875. The date of construction of the buildings in this photograph is not known.
The location of this farm is in the northwest corner of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, just south of the Mahantongo Mountain as shown on the map cut below.
Franklin S. Witmer was born 18 May 1854 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died 16 February 1919 in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac Witmer and Anna [Shaffer] Witmer.
Frank married Emaline Radel and with her had nine children.
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The map cut is from the Atlas of Dauphin County, Pennsyvlania, 1875, compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and Surveys, by Everts and Stewart, Philadelphia, available on-line from the Pennsylvania Archives.