An undated picture of the farm house on the 8-acre property in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that was owned by John Kocher in 1875.
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 above.
A late 20th or early 21st century view of the 8-acre farm owned by John Kocher in 1875. The date of construction of the building in this photograph is not known
A undated view of other buildings on the same farm.
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Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
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.
You show Shaffner Farm
I believe if you look close you will see on the map a ( Schaffner )
He was a stone mason and my 2nd Great Grandfather. Do you have any history on him. Jacob Schaffner b. 1803.?
Thank You
GENERATION 5: (My 2nd Great-Grandparents)
Jacob Henry Schaffner, Sr, b. 10 Nov 1803, d. 30 Mar 1876, Age 73
M: 1 May 1834 to Suzanna (Heckert) Schaffner, b. 24 Feb 1815, d. 17 Jul 1878, Age 63.
Jacob was baptized 22 Feb 1803. Jacob was a teacher for one year at Hoffman’s School in 1840.
Jacob’s Farm was located on N Crossroads Rd. 1.25 miles north of Hoffman’s Church on N. Crossroads Rd,
Lykens Twp, Dauphin Co, PA. (Gratz Post Office). Suzanna was born in Killinger, Upper Paxton Twp. Dauphin Co. PA
She is the daughter of Michael Heckert b. 1783, d. 1815, Age 32 and Anna Christina Miller, b. 1782, d. 1860, 78
Suzanna had 9 Siblings: Jonas Heckert (Half Sister), and 8 others.
Jacob is the son to Heinrich B. Schaffner and Mariah (Schank) Schaffner.
Both are buried in St Peter’s Church (Hoffman’s) Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co. PA
Children of Jacob Henry Schaffner Sr. and Suzanna (Heckert) Schaffner, (6 sons, 5 daughters)
1. Isaac Schaffner, b. 1835, d. 23 Jun 1862, Age 27
2. Martin P. Schaffner (CW), b. 29 Oct 1837, d. 18 May 1918, Age 81
3. Nancy Schaffner, b. 22 Mar 1840, d. 3 May 1922, Age 82
4. Elizabeth Ann Schaffner, b. 24 Nov 1844, d. 16 Dec 1864, Age 20
5. John Adam Schaffner, b. 8 Feb 1847, d. 3 Feb 1860, Age 13 (Listed in Hoffman Church Records Page 9)
6. Heinrich Schaffner, b. 18 Dec 1849, d. 18 Sep 1851, Age 2
7. Susanna Schaffner, b. 28 Mar 1853, d. 28 Jan 1854, Age 10m
8. Jacob Henry Schaffner Jr, b. 7 May 1855, d. 1 Mar 1912, Age 57
9. Daniel Franklin Schaffner, b. 17 Sep 1856, d. 23 Feb 1942, Age 86
10. Sarah E. Schaffner, b. 1858, d.
11. Mary S. Schaffner, b. 1859, d. 13 Apr 1916, Age 57