Wiconisco Township Created, 1840
Wiconisco Township was officially created on 26 June 1840. Its original area (green on map above) included one other present-day township [Williams Township] which was later divided from the eastern […]
Description of Short Mountain Colliery, 1835
LYKENS VALLEY COAL MINES Transcribed from: Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 1835 In my late excursion through the country, bordering on the Susquehanna river, I visited Lykens Valley, in Dauphin County, […]
John G. Swab (1831-1912)
John G. Swab, carpenter, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1831, a son of George Swab and Catharine [Umholtz] Swab. The father, George Swab, was born […]
Isaac Sitlinger (1833-1908)
Isaac Sitlinger, farmer and stockman, was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1833. George Sitlinger, the father of Isaac Sitlinger, was born in Germany, and formerly spelled his name […]
Frank P. Ferree (1853-1917)
Frank P. Ferree, farmer and stockman, Gratz, Pennsylvania, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 25 May 1853. Isaac Ferree, the great-grandfather of Frank P. Ferree, was a native […]
Dr. Isaac Lefever (1820-1893) and Dr. John Russel Lefever (1860-1935)
Dr. John Russel Lefever, homoeopathist, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, 7 October 1860. His father, Dr. Isaac Lefever, was born in Gettysburg, Adams […]
Michael R. Keiper (1839-1910)
Michael R. Keiper, superintendent of water works, agent of Lykens Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the homestead, one mile […]
Walter S. Young (1854-1945)
Walter S. Young, burgess of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 19 January 1854. He is a son of Moses R. Young and Sarah [Breehbill] […]