KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
225 Market Street
Suite 300
P.O. Box 1190
Harrisburg, PA  17108-1190

                                                                 Exhibit 23(c)

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT



     We consent to the use of our report  included  herein  relating to the 1997
financial  statements of Miners Bank of Lykens, and to the reference to our Firm
under the caption "Experts" in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is included
in a Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.



                                        /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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                                        KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



May 4, 1998