Upper Paxton Township, 1785 – Mother Township of the Lykens Valley
At the time of the creation of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from a portion of Lancaster County, 4 April 1785, there was only one township in the upper part of the […]
Williams Township Created, 1869
Williams Township was officially created on 7 February 1869. In 1869, the township area was separated from Wiconisco Township, which it had been part of since 1840. Prior to being […]
Henry Hartman (1821-1900)
Henry Hartman, farmer, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, 2 August 1821. Henry Hartman, his grandfather, is supposed to have been born in Chester […]
Elias Grimm (1828-1915) & Emaline [Matter] Grimm (1831-1894)
An undated portrait of Elias Grimm (1828-1915) and his wife, Emaline “Emma” [Matter] Grimm (1831-1894), who were married in 1849 in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For a time they lived […]