Adam C. Long (1844-1908)
Adam C. Long, bookseller and stationer, was born in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1 August 1844. Auburn Long, the great grandfather of Adam C. Long, or rather Lang, as the […]
Rev. John J. Stauffer (1860-1924)
Rev. John J. Stauffer, pastor of Salem Reformed Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born 11 July 1860, in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, a son of Daniel Stauffer and Fannie […]
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger (1861-1913)
Rev. Oscar E. Pflueger, pastor of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethville [also Simeon Lutheran, Gratz; St. John’s Lutheran, Berrysburg; St. Jacob’s Lutheran, Jackson Township; and Zion Lutheran, Rife], was born […]
Solomon Rettinger (1834-1899) and Susanna Rickert (1833-1911)
Solomon Rettinger was born 28 October 1834 in Lykens Township, probably in Specktown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Rettinger (1813-1890) and Catherine [Hoover] Rettinger (1812-1883). On 24 […]
A Treasured Family Photo from 1888
There is an interesting provenance to this photograph of the Harrison and Hannah Riegle family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. And, this is another story about how family […]
Martin Rickert (1804-1871) & Elizabeth “Betsy” Yerges (1813-1877)
MARTIN RICKERT was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1804, the son of JOHANN HARTMAN RICKERT (1780-1828), an immigrant from Bavaria, and CATHERINE [LUBOLD] RICKERT […]
Norman Lester Riegle (1886-1942)
NORMAN LESTER RIEGLE was born on 4 October 1886, in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of HARRISON RIEGLE (1840-1899) and HANNAH [RICKERT] RIEGLE (1847-1919). […]
Charles A. Yeager (1868-1941)
Esteemed Citizen of Lykens Succumbs to Heart Attack, Tuesday With the death of Charles A. Yeager, Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock [2 July 1941], which occurred at his residence on […]