Isaiah T. Buffington (1850-1929)
Isaiah T. Buffington, senior member of the firm of Buffington and Enders, proprietors of the Elizabethville Planing Mill and Furniture Factory, and also funeral directors, was born in Upper Paxton […]
Elias “Eli” Swab (1824-1898)
Elias “Eli” Swab was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 October 1824. The first ancestor in the line of his family to come to America was his great-grandfather, […]
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 […]
Aaron Webner (1853-1922)
Aaron Webner, farmer, Washington Township, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 2 October 1853, the son of George Webner and Hannah [Longabach] Webner. He attended the common schools […]
James Miller (1835-1920)
James Miller, Justice of the Peace, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, Secretary-Treasurer of the Lykens Valley Mutual Insurance Company, was born 16 February 1835. He is a son of Daniel Miller and Catherine […]
Aaron Swab
Aaron Swab, coach manufacturer, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born on the old home farm in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 26 October 1859. He is a son of Daniel Swab and […]
John A. Romberger (1850-1916)
John A. Romberger, dealer in coal, lumber, grain, seeds, and potatoes, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born on the old homestead, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1850, the son […]
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. […]