Paul E. Rummel (1919-1954) – Baseball Pitcher & World War II Veteran
FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY FOR PAUL E. RUMMEL Paul E. Rummel, 38, veteran of World War II, died at his home West Main Street, town [Elizabethville], Friday morning, following a brief […]
Emanuel Dietrich Family – 40th Wedding Anniversary
An 1892 portrait of the Emanuel Dietrich family taken on the occasion of the 40th Wedding Anniversary of Emanuel Dietrich (1829-1895) and his second wife, Ellen Jane [Adams] Dietrich (1835-1929). […]
Wayne Township & Western Jackson Township – Topographical Map
An undated topographical map of Wayne Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the western part of Jackson Township, Dauphin County produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities […]
Ida Rebecca [Hoover] Sheesley (1873-1957) & Ira Oscar Sheesley (1870-1918)
A portrait taken about 1910 at the Wolfe Studio, Harrisburg, of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Oscar Sheesley of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Ida Rebecca [Hoover] Sheesley (1873-1957) was the daughter […]
Charles W. “Darwin” Parmer (1871-1950) & Rosie [Hoover] Parmer (1874-1943)
A portrait of Rosie [Hoover] Parmer and her husband Charles W. “Darwin” Parmer, taken about 1915. The Parmer’s lived mos of their lives in Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rosie […]
History of the Local Draft Board at Elizabethville, World War I
The following article appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 20 March 1919. While it is not really a comprehensive history of the local draft board that was […]
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 […]
Williams Township Created, 1869
Williams Township was officially created on 7 February 1869. In 1869, the township area was separated from Wiconisco Township, which it had been part of since 1840. Prior to being […]