Jonas B. Swab
Jonas Benjamin Swab, manufacturer of wagons, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 18 March 1843. He is a son of Daniel Swab and Sally [Heller] Swab. […]
Isaac Swab
Isaac Swab, foundryman, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 5 October 1845. He is a son of Daniel Swab and Sarah [Heller] Swab. Isaac Swab was educated in […]
Balthaser W. Romberger (1825-1905)
Balthaser W. Romberger, president of the Yokney Cotton Mills, Water Valley, Mississippi, and retired dry goods merchant of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 December […]
Jacob Arnts (1858-1914)
Jacob Arnts, creameryman, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 13 January 1858, the son of John Arnts and Barbara [Jacobs] Arnts. The grandfather, Garret Arnts, […]
Harry A. Kalbach (1872-1954)
Harry A. Kalbach, druggist, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, 15 October 1872. His father, William A. Kalbach, was born in Berks County in 1841, and […]
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 […]
Halifax Township Created, 1804
Halifax Township was officially created in March 1804. Its original territory included the green area shown on the map above. Halifax Township was later diminished by the creation of Jackson […]
Samuel B. Romberger (1845-1921)
Samuel B. Romberger, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 9 August 1845. He is a son of Daniel Romberger and Hannah [Bergstresser] Romberger. His grandfather, Adam Romberger, was […]