John Peter Crabb – Gratz Native Was Harrisburg G.A.R. Post Commander
John Peter Crabb was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in October 1843, the son of Peter Crabb and his wife Mary Magdalena Crabb. The Peter Crabb family arrived in […]
Stephen Smith (1795-1873) – Merchant and Abolitionist
Stephen Smith, an African American merchant and abolitionist, was born in slavery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, around 1795, to Mary Smith. The name of his father was never recorded and […]
Elizabethville – Korean Conflict Veterans
A list of veterans of the Korean Conflict with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]
Hegins News, April 1941
HEGINS: SOLDIERS HOLD MANEUVERS HERE Coming from Indiantown Gap, a company of National Guardsmen in about 18 trucks, conducted maneuvers in Hegins Valley. The presence of the soldiers in the […]
Elizabethville – Persian Gulf War Veterans
A list of veterans of the Persian Gulf War with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March […]
Elizabethville – Cold War Veterans
A list of veterans of the Cold War with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]
Elizabethville – Vietnam War Veterans
A list of veterans of the Vietnam War with a connection to Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, compiled by LCDR John “Jack” Richter (Ret.) and updated as of 23 March 2017. […]
Henry W. Maurer (1846-1947) – Death of Last Civil War Veteran in Lykens Valley
LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED AT WICONISCO Henry W. Maurer, age 100 years, died last Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel H. Miller, Wiconisco. He was a […]