Elizabethville – World War I Veterans
A list of veterans of World War I with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]
Elizabethville – World War II Veterans
A list of veterans of World War II with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]
Marks Hornet – African American Soldier from Elizabethville
In the 1860 Census of Washington Township, (Post Office Elizabethville), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, there appears a family identified in the “Color” column as “m” for Mulatto. The head of the […]
Gratz Citizen Cornet Band Celebrates Naval Victory, 1898
A brief notice in the Lykens Register of 5 May 1898 noted the procession in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the naval victory by the U. S. Fleet over […]
Millersburg Yearbook Dedicated to Naval Enlistees, 1945
The dedication page of the 1945 yearbook of the Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The five men pictured were all members of the Class of 1945 who enlisted […]
John Peter Crabb – Gratz Native Was Harrisburg G.A.R. Post Commander
John Peter Crabb was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in October 1843, the son of Peter Crabb and his wife Mary Magdalena Crabb. The Peter Crabb family arrived in […]
Stephen Smith (1795-1873) – Merchant and Abolitionist
Stephen Smith, an African American merchant and abolitionist, was born in slavery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, around 1795, to Mary Smith. The name of his father was never recorded and […]
Elizabethville – Korean Conflict Veterans
A list of veterans of the Korean Conflict with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]