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Daniel Drawbaugh

Cumberland County · dedicated 1965 · 155 Lake Rd. (SR 2033) at Eberly's Mill, 1 mile W of New Cumberland

Inventor of a telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. Claims contested by Bell Telephone, which won the court decision in 1888. Born in this village, July 14, 1827, where he developed his inventions; he removed in 1904 to Camp Hill, where he died November 2, 1911.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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