Cannonball

Jonathan Mifflin was from a long and broad line of Quakers who settled in the Columbia/Wright’s Ferry/Wrightsville region of southern Pennsylvania. Members of his family were prominent in social, political,…

…Pennsylvania. Not only was this the sturdy home of Underground Railroad Quaker conductors Jonathan and Susanna Mifflin and their equally active son Samuel W. Mifflin in the first half of…

A few months ago, I was among a small group of fellow history buffs who were invited on a personal tour of the historic Mifflin House, known to its Quaker…

…Engles, William Giroy, John Hagan (first), John Hagan (second), Henry Heubner, Jerome Heidler, Jacob Hauck, Paul Herman, William Ilgenfritz, Jonathan Kersey, John H. Keesey, Daniel G. Keesey, Oliver Keesey, John…

…of those historic homes, the Hoke House and the Mifflin House, are threatened with eventual destruction from developers. Of the two, the Mifflin House (owned by Jacob Huber when the…

…Jacob Adamire, William Ailes, Reed Anderson, Jas. P. Alexander, Valentine T. Blouse, John Blymire, Robert Bell, James P. Baker, Jonathan Blymire, David Bortner, Joseph Barclay, Henry Criswell, James Carry, Gideon…

…Samuel] Mifflin, [Jonathan] Jessop, [Dr. Webster] Lewis, [Joseph] Wickersham, [Amos] Griest, and [William C.] Goodrich [actually Goodridge]. He described many thrilling incidents which grew out of attempts to recapture slaves…

…this property or were hidden here on their way to the Susquehanna River. By the time of the Civil War, Jonathan and Susanna Mifflin were dead and their son Samuel…

…firing from the old home of some of the area’s more anti-slavery activists, the Mifflin family. Samuel and Susannah (Wright) Mifflin, and later their son Samuel, had led the early…

…events. The Mifflin house in Hellam Township northwest of Wrightsville has been in the news repeatedly in recent years because of the multi-faceted efforts to save the structure and some…