John Irwin Billman – Spanish American War Veteran – Died 1934
John Irwin Billman, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died on 19 June 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, but according to research, he spent his early years in Elizabethville, […]
Charles H. Harman (1862-1926)
Charles H. Harman Squire Harman was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Wiconisco in 1880. In 1899 he was elected Justice of the Peace of that […]
Samuel H. Miller (1876-1945)
Samuel H. Miller One of the oldest mercantile establishments of Wiconisco is that of Samuel Miller Estate, now conducted by S. H. Miller. The business first started by Mr. Miller’s […]
Elizabethville – Charles Keaffer Killed by Train, 1922
An article appearing in the Harrisburg Patriot, 4 September 1922, describing the death of Charles Keaffer, at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: ELIZABETHVILLE HOTELMAN DIES AFTER HIT BY TRAIN Special to […]
Jacob M. Miller
Jacob M. Miller Mr. Miller was born in Lykens, 18 November 1868; he attended the Wiconisco High School. Mr. Miller entered business in Lykens about 1890 conducting a general store […]
Berrysburg – Joseph F. Romberger Home, 1911
A photograph of the Joseph F. Romberger home, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March 1911, as part of a essay on “Enterprising Business Firms […]
Harvey M. Miller (1871-1939)
Harvey M. Miller Harvey M. Miller, native of Elizabethville, son of James Miller, who was for fifty-one years secretary and treasurer of the Lykens Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Company, […]
William H. Kissinger (1865-1935)
Willliam H. Kissinger This enterprising business was started by A. F. Kimmel in the year 1885 and Mr. Kissinger was then the manager. In the year 1905 the name was […]