The Exodus from Dauphin County as Related in The Hummeistown Sun, 1877-1890

The Exodus from Dauphin County as Related in The Hummeistown Sun, 1877-1890 Compiled by Janet Snyder Welsh HE YEARS between 1875 and 1890 brought many changes to the Pennsylvania German farmers and tradesmen living on the land just east of Harrisburg in Dauphin County. The panic of 1873 and the depression which followed it caused many of these people to leave their land and seek their fortune elsewhere. By 1883 the exodus was in full swing. THE HUMMELSTOWN SUN reported in the edition of March 6, 1885, "Among the 177 farmers from Dauphin and Cumberland counties who left Harrisburg on Tuesday for the west were the Messrs. Samuel, Joseph, Isaac, William, and Michael Page and Samuel P. Mcilhenny who purpose settling on a large tract of land purchased by Mr. Samuel Page and his sons in Dickenson County, Kansas, near the towns of Detroit and Abilene". Family and friends were important to these emigrants. Major events could be communicated by telegraph, annual letters were written, and the growing railroad system made occasional visits possible. Most of these occurrences were dutifully noted in THE HUMMELSTOWN SUN, a weekly newspaper which began in 1871 and which continues to report the local news each week. Many of the emigrants susbscribed to the SUN and sent glowing reports of their new enterprises, which accounts were published unedited for all to read. The westward movement of the population has presented the genealogist with many problems but early newspapers like THE HUMMELSTOWN SUN provide a virtual treasure trove that Editor William Hendricks and his cohorts never visualized. The following peregrinations have been culled from the files of the SUN covering the period from August 1877 to April 1890. The date shown is the publication date of the newspaper. The location of the emigrant is given and, when known, the town or area he left is listed. 2 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine When no local address is shown, it can, be presumed that Hummelstown was his former home. Whenever noted, additional genealogical information has been included. 17 August 1877: DR. SAMUEL NISSLEY of Pemberton, Ohio, is visiting after being away eight years. 21 September 1877: S. B. STILES of Springfield, Ohio, has returned for a visit. REV. ELI HUBER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ABNER FOX, Baltimore, Maryland. 19 October 1877: THOMAS EBERSOLE and JACOB HOFFER left for Kansas to engage in farming. 22 March 1878: ADAM LANDIS and family of Derry left for Kansas. 29 March 1878: PHILIP D. MOYER and family and PETER SMITH and family left from Lower Paxton Township to make homes in the west. 12 April 1878: MARTIN L. NISSLEY and family of Swatara Township and MICHAEL F. MOYER and family of Derry Township left for Kansas. 17 May 1878: The son ofJOSEPH HOFFMAN is now a salesman in a wine shop in Indianapolis, Indiana [HARRY A. HOFFMAN]. M. HOCKER MILLER, son of D. W. Miller, is employed in a syrup factory in St. Louis, Missouri. D. W. MILLER moved to Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas, to enter the tailor business. 28 June 1878: HENRY MOYER moved from the vicinity of Union Deposit to Emporia, Kansas, where he bought a farm. 12 July 1878: JOHN G. STAUFFER, Decatur, Illinois. 8 November 1878: MARTIN L. NISSLEY and family, Fairburg, Jefferson County, Nebraska. 16 May 1879: ADAM KNULL, Indianapolis, Indiana. 30 May 1879: GABRIEL MOYER left Deny Township for Emporia, Lyons County, Kansas. 13 June 1879: FELIX E. FISHBURN, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, formerly Derry Township. 15 August 1879: H. G. BOMGARDNER, Covell, McLean County, Illinois. JACOB SPITLER of Lyons Station, Fayette County, Indiana, where he has been located for the past 33 years, is visiting his brother ADAM SPITLER. The Exodus from Dauphin County 3 19 September 1879: MISS MARY MATLACK, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24 October 1879: WILLIAM E. BOWMAN of Hummelstown and his nephew A. G. BOWMAN of Lebanon will leave for Denver, Colorado, next Monday to locate there. 7 November 1879: A. B. KEGERREIS of Bellevue, Ohio, visiting in Derry and vicinity. 14 November 1879: MRS. OHN H. SHELL of Gilman City, Illinois, formerly of Hummelstown. 12 December 1879: MICHAEL F. MOYER, Emporia, Lyons County, Kansas. 19 December 1879: THOMAS H. FISHBURN left Hummelstown in 1855 for Wilton, Iowa. 5 March 1880: SAMUEL PAGE, Abilene, Kansas, formerly of Beaver Station. 26 March 1880: GEORGE W. SHOEMAKER left to take a clerkship in Tiffin, Ohio. 2 April 1880: HENRY GARMAN and family and ? HUBER and family, Lower Paxton Township, to Abilene, Kansas. GEORGE ZIEGLER, Reading, Pennsylvarlia. DAVID PALMER, Columbia, Pennsylvania. 9 April 1880: DR. WILLIAM B. STONER, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. 9 July 1880: EDWARD RHEN, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 30 July 1880: MRS. FRANK LANSDOWN, formerly MISS MAGGIE KELLER, of Kenton, Ohio, is visiting her parents here. [AMOS KELLER] WILLIAM E. BOWMAN, Boulder, Colorado. 6 August 1880: JOSEPH B. F. HUMMEL, Cisco, Illinois. 27 August 1880: MISS ANNIE HENDERSON, Danville, Illinois, daughter of the late DR. JAMES HENDERSON. 24 September 1880: MRS. LEONARD MYERS, Danville, Illinois. 12 November 1880: JACOB STILES, Springfield, Ohio. ISAAC LisiNDIS, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. AMOS KELLER, JR., and family, Kenton, Ohio, are visiting his parents after an absence of 9 years. 10 December 1880: DAVID BLESSING, Emporia, Kansas. 17 December 1880: MRS. J. H. RHEN, Ithaca, New York. 24 December 1880: GEORGE HUMMEL, son of DAVID HUMMEL, Cisco, Illinois. 4 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 4 March 1881: WILLIAM R. FRAILEY, Berlin Heights, Ohio, visiting parents. 18 March 1881: EDWARD GISH, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. 25 March 1881: EPHRAIM GERBERICH, Arkansas. JACOB HOFFER, Nebraska City, Nebraska. JOHN C. HOERNER and GEORGE CASSEL of West Hanover left on Tuesday with their families to make their homes in McPherson County, Kansas. 1 April 1881: MRS. MARY W. CLARK, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. AARON B. SCHAEFFER of Lower Paxton moved to Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa. On his arrival he met a number of acquaintances, among them: MR. DAVID ROOP, MR. HARRY HORST and MR. DAVID TECHTMEYER, who were formerly in Londondeny Township and MR. D. C. KOLP, and MR. J. POTTEIGER formerly of Harrisburg. MR. SCHAEFFER went by train and the train was snowbound for a few days between Chicago and Ida Grove. 15 April 1881: F. S. Rhoads, North Springtheld, Summit County , Ohio. 29 April 1881: SOLOMON STILES and HOOKER STILES, Springfield, Ohio. 6 May 1881: PAUL H. APPLEBAUGH, Esq., Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ARTMAN HUMMEL, Sellersville, Pennsylvania. 5 August 1881: MRS. GEORGE SNYDER, Monmouth, Illinois. 26 August 1881: EDWARD LEEBRICK, Burlington, Iowa. 9 September 1881: LUTHER HECKAMAN, Cisco, Platt County, Illinois. 18 November 1881: JOHN LaROSS, Kansas. 9 December 1881: MRS. ADA GROVE, Sedalia, Missouri. 20 January 1882: S. G. BOMGARDNER, Bloomington, Illinois, absent from here ten years. 24 March 1882: FRED S. BROADS moved from North Springfield, Ohio, to Brittain, Summit County, Ohio. 14 April 1882: MRS, MAGGIE YUNDT and mother-in-law left on Wednesday for Silver Lake, Kansas, where they will meet MR. YUNDT, who preceded them. MRS. YUNDT is a daughter of MR. L. ZIMMERMAN of Derry. The Exodus from Dauphin County 21 April 1882: J. HARRY ALEXANDER of Campbelltown, brother of F. M. ALEXANDER, returned to Stark, Wayne County, Michigan. 19 May 1882: FRANK M. LANSDOWN and wife, nee MISS MAGGIE KELLER, of Belle Center, Ohio, are visiting her parents here. 5 January 1883: MRS. MARY FISHER and MRS. ELIZA LIGHT, Muscatine, Iowa, sisters of MISS ADDIS BOWERS, Harrisburg. ABRAHAM HOLLINGER and family, Astoria, Fulton County, Illinois. 12 ,January 1883: W. H. HUMMEL, Auburn, Illinois. JACOB HUMMEL, Shelby, Ohio, brother of ADAM HUMMEL. 19 January 1883: HENRY HORST returned from Ida County, Iowa, and will remain in Middletown. 26 January 1883: ENOCH MATLACK and son WALTER, Ida Grove, Iowa. 23 February 1883: J. P. FISHBURN to Abilene, Kansas. 2 March 1883: JOHN WALTERS, Elpaso, Illinois, had been absent 28 years. 23 March 1883: SAMUEL SHENK, Glide, Sandusky County, Ohio, had been absent 12 years. JOHN LANDIS, Falling Waters, West Virginia, came home to attend the funeral of his brother JOSEPH LANDIS in Swatara. 6 April 1883: JOSEPH HOFFMAN, JR., joined his brother HARRY A. HOFFMAN in Indianapolis, Indiana. MICHAEL RHODES, La Selie, Michigan. 11 May 1883: ELIAS KLINE and his wife left Lower Paxton for California where two of his brothers have resided for two years. SAMUEL WRIGHT, Ida Grove, Iowa. His mother lives in Oakdale, Lower Paxton Township. 29 June 1883: MRS. MARY KOCK, daughter of JOHN WOLAVER, has left for North Platte, Nebraska, to join her husband. 31 August 1883: CHARLES KELLER, Kenton, Ohio. 14 September 1883: JOHN H. YINGST, Kansas. 14 December 1883: JOSEPH MATLACK, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 18 January 1884: W. H. SHIRK, Ida Grove, Iowa. 1 February 1884: JOHN H. ALEXANDER, Livonia, Michigan. 7 March 1884: JOHN L. FRANTZ left to join his parents and brothers in Menoken, Shawnee County, Kansas. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 14 March 1884: W. W. DERR, Circleville, Ohio. 21 March 1884: GEORGE BRUBAKER, Menoken, Shawnee County, Kansas. 18 April 1884: FRANK KILLIAN, Columbus, Ohio, oldest son of REV. J. D. KILLIAN. GEORGE W. SHOEMAKER after 4 years in Tiffin, Ohio, is moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MRS. SALLIE HUMMEL KEIM, Chicago Junction, Ohio. WILLIAM GREENAWALT, Danville, Illinois. 25 April 1884: AMOS K. MILLER, Garfield, Kansas. 1 August 1884: F. 0. LEONHARD, Severance, Kansas. 22 August 1884: DeWITT REIST, Dayton, Ohio, nephew of MRS. M. K. BURKHOLDER. STEWART J. GARMAN, Frederick, Maryland, son of JACOB GARMAN. 5 September 1884: EUGENE BAKER, Roanoke, Virginia. MRS. ELIZABETH WOOD, nee WOLF, Homestead, Pennsylvania. 12 September 1884: CHARLES HUMMEL, New York City, son of JOSEPH & ELIZABETH (LEEBRICK) HUMMEL. 19 September 1884: H. G. BOMGARDNER, Covell, McLean County, Illinois, brother of REUBEN BOMGARDNER who resides a few miles west of town. 28 November 1884: SAUL STILES, wife and son PAUL, Springfield, Ohio, is visiting his father-in-law, MR. SAMUEL HANDSHUE, SR., of Steelton. 30.january 1885: WILL ROSS, Ida Grove, Iowa. JOHN FISHBURN, Abilene, Kansas. JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, in West Virginia near Williamsport, Maryland. 6 March 1885: FELIX B. FISHBURN, Dakota, here after an absence of five years. SAMUEL, JOSEPH, ISAAC, WILLIAM, and MICHAEL PAGE left for Dickenson County, Kansas, near towns of Detroit and Abilene. SAMUEL P. McILHENNY, Dickenson County, Kansas, near Abilene. The Exodus from Dauphin County 13 March 1885: GEORGE BRUBAKER, Tecumseh, Kansas, will be joined by his mother, MRS. VICTORIA BRUBAKER. A. L. STRICKLER, Kansas, son of JOSEPH S. STRICKLER, Esq. JOHN F. LEHMAN, White House, Lucas County, Ohio, son-inlaw of SAMUEL BREHM, deceased. 20 March 1885: CHRISTIAN LEHMAN, Unionville, Ohio. He was formerly proprietor of the Motter House, Harrisburg. 27 March 1885: DAVID HOERNER, Lebanon, Indiana, formerly of Union Deposit. JOHN L. DETWILER, May View, Kansas, formerly of Union Deposit. H. E. MAULFAIR, Lebanon, Ohio, formerly of Deny Township. 3 April 1885: JOSEPH HOFFMANN, JR., Kansas City, Missouri. 10 April 1885: JACOB FORNEY is working for the Government Printing Office in Washington, D. C. 17 April 1885: GEORGE KEPLINGER, Monroe, Michigan. 29 May 1885: MICHAEL and GEORGE MOYER, Emporia, Kansas, are visiting their mother and brother, JOHN F. MOYER, Union Deposit. 19 June 1885: FRANK LANSDOWN, Larue, Ohio. 26 June 1885: THOMAS H. FISHBURN, Moscow, Iowa. 3 July 1885: DAVID KEIM, Newark, Ohio, son of ISAAC KEINI. 10 July 1885: JOHN H. KEIM and wife, Louisville, Kentucky, son of ISAAC KEIM. 21 August 1885: GEORGE SHOPE, Des Moines, Iowa. [mentioned in news from Oberlin, Pennsylvania.] HENRY R. LEHMAN, Madisonburg, Wayne County, Ohio, now 74, left here in October 1856. He is visiting JOHN J. LEHMAN, Highspire. 28 August 1885: JOHN McKEON, Brooklyn, New York. He was a citizen here 24 years ago. 4 September 1885: JOHN HOFNAGLE, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. He is 80 years old and was a hotel keeper here 55 years ago. 11 September 1885: WILL R. THOMPSON, Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. He was a butcher in Renova, Pennsylvania. He is the son of B. F. THOMPSON, this place. 25 September 1885: HON. ALEX RAMSEY, ex-Governor of Minnesota, came to visit Hummelstown, the place of his boyhood. 8 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 8 January 1886: JOHN H. RAUCH and family, Topeka, Kansas, are visiting his parents at Derry. 15 January 1886: H. F. MILLER, Garfield, Kansas, visited his father, HENRY MILLER. MRS. ADAM IMBODEN and daughter ALICE, Decatur, Illinois, left home after visiting L. ZIMMERMAN and family since September 1. 22 January 1886: MRS. F. M. BITNER, Buch Creek, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, sister of MISS CHRISTIE MEN. 29 January 1886: J. H. KILLINGER is now station agent and operator, Martin, Florida. GEORGE R. STECK, after spending 18 months in Vermont, Illinois, has returned to Hockersville. MR. N. SIPLE, Clearfield City, is visiting his brothers here. 12 February 1886: WILL C. ERB, son of ISAAC ERB, commission merchant at Swatara Station, is leaving for Kansas on March 1. 19 February 1886: JOHN P. FISHBURN and wife left Swatara for Abilene, Kansas. 26 February 1886: H. U. DEININGER and wife left Palmyra on Monday for Nebraska where he intends opening a law office. 12 March 1886: GEORGE W. SHOLLY of Shellsville started for the west on Tuesday. MRS. ELI WAGNER and family left Union Deposit Monday last to join her husband in Kansas. MR. ABRAM HERR and family accompanied MRS. WAGNER and will settle in Kansas as neighbors. 19 March 1886: THEODORE SHENK of Mankato, Minnesota, visited Grantville after having left 18 years ago when he was 14 years old. 26 March 1886: BEN ULMER and BENJAMIN ESPENSHADE, young men of Londonderry Township, left for Kansas last week. JOHN D. SNYDER, of Swatara, left for Kansas this week. MRS. FRANK SEIBERT and family from San Francisco are visiting MR. SEIBERT's parents in Linglestown. 9 April 1886: ISRAEL ZIMMERMAN, Baltimore, Maryland. 16 April 1886: DR. N. SHERRICK, Kansas. Brother of HARRY G. SHERRICK, Londonderry Township and son-in-law of MRS. McCLURG, Beaver Station. The Exodus from Dauphin Countr y 23 April 1886: JAMES C. TODD and MISS MARY R. MATLACK of Ida Grove, Iowa, formerly of Hummelstown, were married in Chicago and will make their home in that city. JOHN W. LIGHT, formerly of Hummelstown, is living in Russel, Kansas. His daughter, ALICE, was recently married and is residing in Russel. 30 April 1886: ISAAC P. HERSHEY, formerly of Derry, has been in San Francisco, California, for ten years. A. B. SCHAEFFER, son of MR. & MRS. SCHAEFFER of Iron Mine Mills, and brother of MRS. J. H. FARLING of Chambers Hill, is a prominent citizen of Ida Grove, Iowa, where he was married on April 14, 1886, to MRS. J. H. BENNETT. 7 May 1886: GEORGE W. SHOEMAKER, son of CHARLES SHOEMAKER, Esq., purchased a half interest in a drugstore in Newark, New Jersey, where he will be a druggist. 14 May 1886: JOHN ROGER RIZER, Oswego, New York, became the father of a 9 lb. girl. He is formerly of Hummelstown. WILL EBERSOLE, formerly of Union Deposit, reenlisted in the regular army for another five years and expects to be sent to a fort in Montana Territory. 25 June 1886: DAVID HENRY, Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Palmyra. 2 July 1886: JOHN A. CARMANY, Decatur, Illinois, formerly of Derry Township. 9 July 1886: JOHN A. LOUDERMILCH, Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Palmyra. M. H. WELTMER, Yankton, Dakota Territory, formerly Deny Township. 16 July 1886: HARRY F. MILLER and brother AMOS, sons of HENRY MILLER of Hummelstown, formerly of this place, are moving from Garfield, Kansas, to Princeton, Illinois. They have leased their land in Kansas. 13 August 1886: ABRAM BRIGHTBILL, Fulton, Missouri. WILL E. STONER and JAMES W. KELLER will leave for Cleveland, Ohio, to work there. JOHN and MICHAEL HESS, sons of JACOB E. HESS, formerly of Londonderry Township, have been living for ten years in Mahaska County, Iowa. 27 August 1886: CHARLES KELLER left to work in LaRue, Ohio. 10 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 3 September 1886: AMOS L. RAUCH, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, is visiting his brother-in-law, DR. E. E. B. SCHAEFFER, Derry Church. MRS. LIZZIE ZORTMAN and daughter of Linglestown are moving to Omaha, Nebraska, to assume household duties ibr her brother, JEROME SEIBERT, whose wife died recently. 10 September 1886: DAVID E. BREHM, Astoria, Illinois, formerly of Lower Paxton Township. 8 October 1886: JAMES KELLER, Delaware, Ohio, formerly of Hummelstown. 29 October 1886: RAY EARLY of Palmyra, grandson of MARTIN EARLY, has a job in Dayton, Ohio. 19 November 1886: MRS. J. M. HOFFA, LaRue, Ohio, is visiting her mother, MRS. MARIA ZIMMERMAN, Palmyra. 3 December 1886: ALBERT T. NISSLEY, Brainerd, Minnesota, formerly of Middletown. 10 December 1886: GEORGE BRUBAKER, Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Hummelstown. 7 January 1887: ELMER ZEITERS, Covet, Ohio, formerly of Hummelstown. 28 January 1887: ADAM HOLSBERG, Douglassville, Kansas, formerly of East Hanover Township. WILL R. UHLAND, Bird Nest, Kansas, formerly of East Hanover Township. FRANK STONER and ALLIE RHEN, Youngstown, Ohio, formerly of Hummelstown. ISAAS HERSHEY, Greeley Center, Kansas, formerly of Derry Church. W. R. RAUCH, formerly of Derry Church, is practicing law in Wichita, Kansas. 11 February 1887: ELSWORTH RHEN and CHARLES BAER, Youngstown, Ohio, formerly of Hummelstown. 19 February 1887: JOSEPH BERGNER, Monticello, Missouri. 11 March 1887: GEORGE M. McCANN, wife, 3 sons, and a daughter of Gilman City, Illinois, are visitng friends and relatives in their former home of Hummelstown. MRS. McCANN is a sister of MRS. SAMUEL RAIGER. AARON G. HERR, Caldwell, Kansas, formerly of Annville. SAMUEL ALBRIGHT, Abilene, Kansas, formerly of Union Deposit. The Exodus from Dauphin County 11 1 April 1887: JAMES C. ELLIOTT, ALBERT N. BOWMAN, WILLIAM N. DEININGER, Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Palmyra. GEORGE W. WOLFERSBERGER, pharmacist of Tiffin, Ohio, formerly of Campbellstown. ALDUS HOFFER, GEORGE HUMMEL, FRED SHOEMAKER, Youngstown, Ohio, formerly of Hummelstown. 6 May 1887: PETER ROUGH, son of BARNEY ROUGH, Michigan, formerly of Shellsville. 27 May 1887: D. M. DEININGER, Hastings, Nebraska, formerly of Palmyra. 10 June 1887: DAVID HOERNER, Los Angeles, California, formerly of Hummelstown. 1 July 1887: PETER ERB, Washington, Kansas, brother of ISAAC ERB of Swatara. 16 September 1887: JAMES W. KELLER, Lima, Ohio, is visiting his mother in Hummelstown. 23 September 1887: DAVID B. RUDY, Bedford, Pennsylvania, formerly of Annville. GEORGE URICH, Pyrmont, Ohio, formerly of Linglestown. JOHN ICE-XULL, Tiffin, Ohio, formerly of Linglestown. 25 November 1887: HERMAN KRENGER [KREUGER 1, Del Norte, Colorado. 2 December 1887: JACOB HAEHNLEN, Grant County, Indiana, is in Hummelstown for the funeral of his mother. 9 December 1887: WILL S. STONER, Dayton, Ohio, son of JNO. R. STONER, Esq. MRS. CLARA RAUCH, Wichita, Kansas, daughter of JACOB LANDIS, Palmyra. 16 December 1887: FRED ZEITERS, formerly of Hummelstown, has been in Grand Rapids, Michigan for 18 years. 23 December 1887: WILLIAM A. KELCHNER, son of JOHN KELCHNER, Wichita, Kansas, formerly Palmyra. 6 January 1888: HENRY C. REIST, in Shiloh, Ohio, 16 years. Son of MRS. MARY REIST, Shellsville. 10 February 1888: HARRY F. MILLER, Princeton, Illinois, is visiting his parents MR. and MRS. HENRY MILLER, South Hanover Township. RANDOLPH HOOKER has been in Kansas six years, formerly of Union Deposit. 12 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 24 February 1888: DAVID E. GISH, Springfield, Ohio, son of DAVID GISH, Hummelstown. EUGENE BAKER, 1326 Jefferson St., Kansas City, Missouri. 2 March 1888: E. S. PICKEL, Detroit, Michigan, is visiting his father, DAVID PICKEL. He is a pilot on the Palace steamer, "City of Cleveland". The steamer runs from Cleveland, Detroit, Strait of Mackinac and the upper lakes. 6 April 1888: A. L. KREIDER and family, Seattle, Washington Territory, formerly of Palmyra. 13 April 1888: ABNER FOX and daughter, RETTA, and MRS. RICHARD FOX, Danville, Illinois, are guests of DR. THOMAS G. FOX, Hummelstown. 27 April 1888: JACOB and ELMER ZEITERS, Covell, Illinois, formerly Hummelstown. HENRY SIPLE and family, Chicago, Illinois, formerly of Middletown and Hummelstown. 11 May 1888: WILLIAM CURREY, Laplace, Illinois, formerly Hummelstown. 18 May 1888: PETER EBERSOLE, Whitley County, Indiana. EMMA E. WAGNER, 3 Union Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 25 May 1888: H. H. PAGE, son of FREDERICK PAGE, Astoria, Illinois, formerly Pleasant Valley. 1 June 1888: MR. J. HOOKER STILES, Springfield, Ohio. 15 June 1888: MR. and MRS. FREDERICK PAGE of Paxtang visited Illinois and Kansas and stayed with HARRY H. PAGE (their son), Vermont, Illinois; DAVID BREHM, EMMANUEL CASSEL, JOHN MERKEY, JOSEPH SWEIGERT, and WILLIAM CASSEL, all from Dauphin County and now residing in the vicinity of Vermont and Astoria, Illinois; SAMUEL PAGE (brother of FREDERICK PAGE) and ISAAC PAGE, formerly of Dauphin County and now of Detroit, Dickinson County, Kansas. 22 June 1888: GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: Decatur, Illinois, formerly Hockersville. 29 June 1888: HERMAN ISHLER and family, Decatur, Illinois, formerly Hockersville. 6 July 1888: MR. C. GINGRICH of Lancaster, Wisconsin, brother of CYRUS GINGRICH visited the SUN office. He left Hummelstown about 30 years ago. He now owns a continuous belt of beautiful land seven miles in length. His farms are situated in Grant County, Wisconsin. The Exodus from Dauphin County 13 20 July 1888: THOMAS MILLER, Kansas City, formerly Annville. 3 August 1888: FRANK O. LEONARD, Severance, Kansas, formerly Hummelstown. 17 August 1888: W. C. STROHM, Beatrice, Nebraska, formerly Linglestown. 24 August 1888: J. C. HOOVER, son of SAMUEL HOOVER, Fulton, Missouri, formerly Beaver Station. 31 August 1888: D. M. MILLER, Des Moines, Iowa. 7 September 1888: SAMUEL PAGE and children JOSEPH, ANNIE, LIZZIE NOLL and SUSAN BARD, all of Abilene, Kansas but formerly of Pleasant Valley. LIZZIE PAGE, wife of ISAAC PAGE, Abilene, Kansas, daughter of SAMUEL MACHEN, Pleasant Valley. 5 October 1888: MISS EMMA LONGENECKER of East Main Street, Hummelstown, left Monday for Canton, Ohio, where she expects to make her home. 2 November 1888: J. B. BASEHORE, son of GEORGE E. BASEHORE, Kansas, formerly Union Deposit. L. W. CRUM, Mable, Daviess County, Missouri, brother-in-law of D. PAGE LEVAN, Lower Paxton Township. 11 January 1889: PROF. L. FRANK ZERFOSS, principal of an academy at Bedford, Kentucky. FRANK BREHM, late clerk in L. G. HUMMEL'S store, left for the far west Tuesday night. WILL R. THOMPSON, Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. 25 January 1889: GEORGE BRUBAKER, Topeka, Kansas. WILLIAM SMELTZER, Cameron, Missouri, son of GEORGE SMELTZER, Lower Paxton Township. 1 February 1889: ISAAC BAKER, formerly of Union Deposit, has lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the past 15 years where he works in the car shops. 8 February 1889: M. F. MOYER, Emporia, Kansas. 15 February 1889: WILLIAM ELSER, Ida Grove, Iowa, is on his first visit home in ten years. H. H. PAGE, Astoria, Illinois, son of FREDERICK PAGE, had been absent five years. 22 February 1889: MRS. DAVID KEIM, Ohio, daughter of ABNER HUMMEL. JACOB ZEITERS and mother, Morris, Ohio. 14 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine R. J. SMITH, Kalamazoo, Michigan, son of DANIEL SMITH, is visiting his old home in Linglestown. FRANK GERBERICH of Kentucky, formerly of Union Deposit, was called home to attend the funeral of his father at Mt. Nebo, Lebanon County. 8 March 1889: JOHN P. ZEITERS, JR., Springfield, Ohio, is visiting his father in Union Deposit after 20 years. JOHN FURMAN, Red River, Dark County, Ohio. MR. and MRS. GEORGE NETZLEY, Painter Creek, Dark County, Ohio. 15 March 1889: JAMES W. KELLER and wife, Lima, Ohio, are visiting their home and friends here. WILL M. NISSLEY left for Adrian, Michigan, where he will be engaged in the millwright business for several months. 22 March 1889: LEE GISH left Sunday night for Springfield, Ohio, where his brother D. E. GISH resides and where he has been offered a lucrative position. LEANDER SANDERS moved to Reading this week. HENDERSON BRIGHTBILL, son of HENRY BRIGHTBILL, after an absence of eight years arrived home to stay last week. He has spent most of his time in California. 29 March 1889: WILLIAM HINKLE, Chicago, Illinois, is visiting relatives in Roseville. 5 April 1889: JACOB BAUM, Astoria, Illinois. JOSEPH FOX, brother of MRS. JOHN H. HUMMEL, Toledo, Ohio. J. H. KILLINGER, Martin, Florida. RAVERE SMITH, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 19 April 1889: JOSEPH NICHOLS, Minnesota. 26 April 1889: LUTHER HOLLOWAY of Middletown, son of REV. H. C. HOLLOWAY, will go to Oklahoma where he will be an assistant postmaster. HARRY L. KILLINGER, brother of JOHN, Martin, Florida. 3 May 1889: J. B. BASEHORE, Belleville, Kansas. 10 May 1889: JACOB GRUBER and family, JOSEPH GRUBER and wife, JOSEPH HOLLINGERR and wife, all of Astoria, Illinois, are visiting in Bachmanville. 24 May 1889: H. LINDSAY, Alabama. W. C. WHEELER, Wilmington, Delaware. The Exodus .from Dauphin County 15 31 May 1889: AMOS KELLER, S. Detective, Lima, Ohio. 7 June 1889: HARRY H. HARK left to work in the stone quarries at Cleveland, Ohio. 14 June 1889: JOHN P. FISHBURN, Abilene, Kansas. 28 June 1889: DR. S. H. SPROGLE and wife, Kingman, Kansas. ALLEN YUILL, New York City. DANIEL SHULTZ, Lithopolis, Ohio, brother of MRS. P. H. SHOPE. 12 July 1889: MRS. JESSE THOMPKINS (nee SUSAN M.AULEY), cousin of MRS. JOHN DECKARD, left Hummelstown 30 years ago and moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 26 July 1889: MRS. ELIZABETH ZORTMAN, Omaha, Nebraska, is visiting her parents, MR. and MRS. CHRISTIAN SEIBERT. FRANK STONER, Youngstown, Ohio. 2 August 1889: GEORGE ETFELE, Youngstown, Ohio. 9 August 1889: P. W. SMITH, Elkhart, Indiana, is visiting his parents in Linglestown. 16 August 1889: - A. H. SHOPE, Bloomington, Illinois. 23 August 1889: PETER E. SMITH, Canton, Ohio, cousin of AMOS HICKS of Union Deposit. 30 August 1889: DR. JOHN B. KUHN, Baltimore, Maryland. FREDRICK (sic) SHOOP, Kiawa, Barber County, Kansas, formerly Union Deposit. 6 September 1889: HARRY W. THOMAS, son ofJACOB THOMAS, West Second Street, is home from Lansing, Michigan, where he is employed by the Michigan Condensed Milk Company. 27 September 1889: GEORGE WOLF, Chicago, Illinois. GEORGE BEARD, Pottsville, Pennsylvania. 11 October 1889: MICHAEL MOYER and son, HARRY left Hummelstown in 1878 for Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas. JACOB FORNEY, son of CHRISTIAN FORNEY, proofreader at the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 25 October 1889: C. DIETZ, Onarga, Illinois, is on his first trip east in 33 years. 1 November 1889: JAMES MacQUEEN is superintendent of a brownstone works near Alderson, West Virginia. 22 November 1889: MR. T. A. MILLER and wife, nee LAURA E. HAVERSTICK, are now residing near Tiffin, Ohio. [Linglestown item] 16 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 3 January 1890: THOMAS BOYER, Sterling, Illinois, is visiting his brother, A. WESLEY BOYER, Shellsville. MRS. ELIZABETH (FORNEY) GINGRICH, Fulton, Missouri, formerly Linglestown. 10 January 1890: JOHN H. BAUM, Fulton County, Illinois, is visiting his parents near Linglestown. 24 January 1890: MICHAEL RHOADS, La Salle, Michigan, attended the funeral of his wife's father, JOSEPH WALTERS, in Linglestown. 31 January 1890: D. K. BRIGHTBILL, Cando, North Dakota. 7 February 1890: WILLIAM WINTERS, Idaho, visiting relatives in Linglestown. 14 March 1890: MRS. W. W. QUIGG, two sons and a daughter from near Humansville, Polk County, Missouri, visited her parents, MR. and MRS. SEIGFRIED of Linglestown. 21 March 1890: JAMES HAYES GREENAWALT, foreman of the SUN office, has accepted a position on the DAILY COMMERCIAL of Danville, Illinois. THOMAS V. HOUSBY will move to Alderson, West Virginia, to take charge of a large quarry.