William Henry Egle (1830–1901)

Contains Prefatory Note by William H. Egle.

Table of Contents:

Historical Review of Dauphin County; The Scotch-Irish Immigration; The Early German Settlers; John Harris, Trader and Pioneer.

Early Assessment Lists: North End of Paxtang, 1750; Narrows of Paxtang, 1751; West Side of Paxtang, 1751;South End of Paxtang, 1751; Return of Paxtang, 1756; Return of Paxtang, 1758; Paxtang Continental Tax, 1779; Return of Middletown, 1779; Return, Upper Paxtang, 1779; Return, Upper District, Wiconisco, 1770; Return, Located Tracts, Wiconisco, 1779; Retur, West End of Derry, 1756; Return, East Side of Derry, 1758;Return West Side of Derry, 1758; Return Derry Township, 1769; Return, Derry Township, 1770; Return, Frederick Town, 1770; Return, East End of Hanover, 1750; Return, East End of Hanover, 1756; Return, West End of Hanover, 1756; Hanover Assessment, 1769; Hanover Assessment, 1782.

Leading Events to War for Independence; The Paxtang Boys' Affair; The Hanover Resolutions of 1774.

Historic Resume, 1785-1896; The "Buckshot War;" The County Centenial; Origin of Dauphin County Names of Places.

Early Settlers in the "Upper End:" How the Early Settlers Liver; Settlement of Uniontown; Settlement of Wiconisco; Old Settlers of Lykens; The Early History of Gratz; Early Familes in the "Upper End;" The Lykens Valley Coal Development; Andrew Lycans.

Genealogical Notes.

Some Early Dauphin County Families: Family of the Founder of Harrisburg; Allisons of Derry; Balsbaugh; Baums of Derry; Brubaker and Meetch; Clark of Clark's Valley; Cochrans of Paxtang; Crawfords of Hanover; Enders; Fahnestock; Fetterhoff; Fox Family of Derry; Geiger; Harris Family of Derry; Hayes of Derry; Hersheyt; Hoffman of Lykens Valley; Marcus Hulings and His Family; Humel; Kelly of Londonderry; Landis; LaRue; Leebrick; Lehman; Lingle; McClures of Paxtang and Hanover; Mitchell; Nissley; Renick of Paxtang; Sawyer; Shelly of Shelly's Island; Simpsons of Paxtang; Sloans of Hanover; Stewart of Paxtang; Stewarts of Hanover; Umholtz; Weise Family of Lykens Valley; Wiggins; Youngs of Hanover.

Some Industries of Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Steel Works; Chesapeake Nail Works; central Iron Works; Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Works; W. O. Hickok Manufacturing Company; Lalance and Grosjean manufacturing Company; Harrisburg Manufacturing Company; Paxton and Steelton Flouring Mills Company; Woven Wire Mattress Company; Lykens Valley Coal Trade; Hummelstown Brownstone Company; American Tube and Iron Company; Paxton Furnaces, Shoe Industries.

Biographical Sketches: over 1000 pages of biographical sketches, with names listed in an alphabetical index. Some with portraits.… (mehr)