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These worthy people are among the most highly esteemed residents of the township. and are con- nected with the Old Mennonite Church, in which Mr. Gochnauer is a trustee, and where they are known to be kind, charitable and Christian ex- amples.
JOHN M. GOCHNAUER. The name of Gochnauer is an old and well-known one in Lan- caster county, Pa., the great-grandfather of John M. Gochnauer, one of the pioneers of the township. having met his death while at work in the fields, when the Indians attacked him on the spot where the "Black Horse Tavern" now stands. There was one
son left to perpetuate the name, Joseph, who be- came the grandfather of John M. and was born and reared in East Hempfield township and sper: a long and useful life there. He was a farmer and owned and operated a large estate, being one of ill- most extensive farmers of the county at that time. and a man who left an impression upon his genera- tion, prominent in public affairs and one who was regarded favorably by the members of a com- munity where his advice and judgment were relivį upon. It was by his suggestion that the names of East and West were given to Hempfield township at the time the division was made.
The wife of this worthy man died in 1828. in her fifty-ninth year. but he survived to be eighty- two years old, and died in March, IS.47, having had the following children: Jacob. the eldest. who went West to grow up with the country, first to Ohio and later to Indiana: John, the father of John. M .; Michael, who made his home in Lancaster county until his decease; Joseph, who died in Lewistown: Henry, a farmer: Annie, the wife of George Weiler: Elizabeth, the wife of Peter Krei- der; Magdalene, who married Martin Heisey; Fanny, who married Adam: Brenneman : and Mary. married to George Shriner, of Elkhart, Indiana.
John Gochnauer was born in East Hempfield in August, 1703. and died Tan. 21, 1858; he was reared to manhood in East Hempfield township, en- gaged in farm occupations, became prominent in the Old Mennonite Church, and in the same town- ship married, and in time passed to his fathers. The first marriage of John Gochnauer was to Anna Miller, who was born Dec. 3. 1803, and died June 22, 1834, two children surviving: Henry, who died in 1893, at the age of sixty-four years. a farmer in East Hempfickl township, where he had reared a family : and John M., our subiect. The father was married again, to Rebecca Hersh, who was born Aug. 2, 1807, and died Oct. 20, 1884. leaving the following family: Martha, a most estimable lady. who resided with John M. until her death. Mav 20, 1901, at the age of sixty-four years: Rebecca, who married Beniamin Reist, and died in 1892: Joseph, a farmer of East Hempfield township : and .Annie. who resides with her brother John.
John M. Gochnatter was born on the old home- stead, near East Petersburg, June 19, 1834, was a son of John and Anna (Miller) Gochnauer, and a grandson of Joseph and Annie (Kauffman) Goch- nauer, and spent his boyhood in that locality. In 1873 he removed to his present farm, since which time he has lived retired from active work. Among the leading members of the Old Mennonite Church, he takes a prominent part in all benevolent enter- prises, and is much esteemed by the members of the church and by the whole community.
JACOB L. LANDIS. Among the prominent and representative farmers of East Lampeter town- ship is Jacob I .. Landis, a worthy grandson of
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Abram Landis, who was born on the same farm on which Jacob L. now lives.
Abram Landis (2), the father of Jacob L. Lan- dis, was also born on this old home place, in ISII, and followed farming all his days. A man who en- joyed the esteem of every one, Abram Landis be- came a leading member of the Old Mennonite Church. He married Esther Landis, the estimable daughter of Benjamin Landis, and they had five children born to them: Elizabeth, who died un- married; Benjamin, a farmer of East Lampeter township; Jacob L .; Mary, deceased, the wife of Samuel H. Burkhart; and Abram, a farmer of East Lampeter township.
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Jacob L. Landis was born on the old homestead on Aug. 22, 18.12, and remained with his father until he was thirty years of age. His education was obtained in the public schools, but being of bright intelligence, he soon was far in advance of others of his age. Mr. Landis has given some attention to the settling of estates, and has adjusted many mat- ters with judgment and skill, showing that if he had directed his attention to a profession he would un- doubtedly have become prominent in it.
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At the death of his father. about 1871, Mr. Lan- dis inherited the old home, and since that time has devoted much attention to the improvement of his property. Mr. Landis was married to Miss Annie D. Rohrer, and to this union have been born two children : Emma, who is the wife of Benjamin Wit- mer and has two children, Hattie L. and Anna Mary; and Amos R., who farms the old homestead for his father. The latter has two grandchildren, Elvin W. and Esther Susan, the children of Amnos R. and Ida (Weaver) Landis. The religious con- nection of the family is with the Old Mennonite Church.
ALVIN BROWN, one of the honorable citizens and successful .farmers of Little Britain township. resides on his well-cultivated and highly improved farm of 154 acres, located near the Chester county line.
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He was born in the pleasant home which he now owns, in 1845. His father was Jacob Brown, who was born in Lancaster county in 1809, and died in 1861, having had these children: Alvin ; David C., of Cecil county, Md .; Elmira, a widow, of Kansas ; Delilah, a teacher in the public schools of Wilming- ton, Del .; Hannah, a trained nurse in Philadelphia ; Naomi, a professional seamstress of Wilmington, Del. : and Lewis J., a farmer in Kansas. The mother of this family was born in 1814, and died in 1876. Jacob Brown was an honest, upright man, prominent in the Society of Friends and during his life was one of the leading citizens of Little Britain township. His wife had been reared in the Presbyterian Church and always adhered to that faith.
Alvin Brown was reared on the farm he now owns, and received his education in the common schools of his township. His life has been an agri-
cultural one and it has been crowned with success, the result of intelligent effort in this line.
Alvin Brown was married on Dec. 28, 1867, to Anna M. Griffith, of Lancaster county, a member of one of the honorable old families of this locality. Her parents were William and Susan (Pugh) Grif- fith, of Chester county, Pa., and she was born Aug. 13, 1847, the other members of her parents' family being : Elizabeth, the wife of Atwood Montgomery, a farmer of Cecil county, Md .; Martha, the wife of James Ewing, of Cecil county ; Lucretia, the wife of Joseph Brobson, of Lancaster county ; and Evan and Winnifred. deceased.
The six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown were: William J., who lives on the home farm : Adda P., who married Joshua Wason, a farmer of Cecil county, Md., and has one son, Alvin; Hugh MI., a farmer of Cecil county, Md., who married Mina Reynolds : Kirk, a blacksmith in Chester coun- ty; Mary S., who married Thomas Cooney, a mer- chant, and lives in Chestnut Level ; and D. C., the youngest of the family, busy on the home farm.
Mr. Brown is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of this locality both in public and private life, and is also one of the most intelligent. Not content with the advantages afforded by the public schools, he passed through the Fairville High School and then took a collegiate course in the Clear Springs Academy. of Indiana. Noted in the com- munity for his charity and kindness, Alvin Brown follows in his life the peaceful precepts taught by the Society of Friends, and enjoys in the highest sense, the esteem of all with whom he comes in contact. Politically, he is a Republican and for six years has faithfully served his township as supervisor, attend- ing to the duties of the position with the reliability which attends all his actions.
CHARLES H. TYSON, who holds an honored place among the farmers of Bart township. Lan- caster county, where he is now pursuing a retired life, was born Aug. 25, 1842, in Cecil county, Md., his parents being Samuel and Ellen (Timmons) Tyson, both natives of Maryland. The father was born in Cecil county in 1804, and the mother was born in 1818.
Samuel Tyson was a son of William Tyson, who was born in Maryland, and took part in the Revolu- tion. The family settied in Cecil county, but Will- iam Tyson died at the home of one of his children in Chester county, Pa. He had five children. (1)
Amor died when a young man. (2) Maria, born in Maryland, married Tobias McKinsey, who settled and died in Newark. Del., where she also died, leav- ing a family : Elizabeth, deceased ; Zebulon, of New- ark. Del., deceased ; Susan, the wife of George W. Moore, of Wilmington, Del .; William, who lives at Rising Sun, Cecil Co., Md .; Harry, of Newark, Del. : Elma, unmarried and living in Wilmington, Del. : Tobias B. and Mary, both living in Wilming- ' ton, Del. (3) Jane married John White, and died
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leaving no family. (4) Elizabeth, born in Mary- land, married Eber Nields of Chester county, and has her home in Coatesville, where he is engaged in the contracting and building business. Their children were: Otley, who married and settled in Coatesville. where he left a widow and four sons, Morris, Eber, Wesley and Chester: Anna. a widow in Chester county : Newton, died in young manhood ; Emma, late wife of Joseph Pierce : Ida. deceased : Ella, who married Harry Woodward, of Chester county; Maggie, married to Joseph Woodward: John, de-
Samuel Tyson was reared in Cecil county, Md., married Ellen Timmons in 1839. and engaged as a miller. working in different parts of Cecil county. until the later years of his life. He located in Wil- mington. Del. In 1873 he visited his son, Charles H. in Georgetown, and there he died. His widow survived until 1882, when she died at the home of a daughter in Wilmington, Del. Mr. Tyson was a strong anti-slavery man, and was a stanch Repub- lican after the formation of that party. To him and his excellent wife were born the following children : (1) Amelia .A. Tyson, born in Cecil county, Md., in 1840, married Edward Thomas, of Delaware, where they both died. Her death occurred in February. 1878. (2) Charles H. (3) Martha J. Tyson, born in Cecil county, in 1844, married Daniel Hanna, of Cecil county, Md., where they lived many years, and where he died, leaving her with six children : Ches- ter: Nettie : Martha, who is the wife of Edward Hitchens, of Cecil county. Md. ; Lila ; Sherman, and Reba. (4) Oliver E. Tyson, born in 1847, married Anna Scott, of Delaware, and has his home in Frank- ford, near Philadelphia. where they have had the following children: Bertha. who married George Walker, and lives in Philadelphia : Lerov. of Ches- ter ; William, of Frankford : Oliver and Edwin, de- ceased. (5) Samuel Tyson, born in Cecil county. Md., married Miss Sarah Money, of Delaware, and located in Wilmington, where both died, leaving two children: Harry and Mary, both of Philadel- phia ; the latter is the wife of Albert Kite. (6) Annie Tyson. born in Maryland, married Henry Wright of Cecil county, and after living for some years on a farm near Elkton. MId., moved to Wil- mington. Del., where she died in 1803. leaving a large family: Susan, the wife of Joseph Bedwell. of Wilmington : Clarence, single : Cecelia, deceased ; Ellis, unmarried : Mabel, the wife of John Kirkpat- rick, of Cecil county, Md. : Clinton and Otis, unmar- ried. (7) George Tyson. born in Cecil county, Md., married Miss Sarah Moore, of Wilmington, where they live. They have had five children: Estella, Reba, Ethel and Covington are dead; Grace is at the family home in Delaware. (8) Amanda Tyson, born in Cecil county, Md., married James Tibbitt, of Delaware, and is now dead. leaving two children: Viola and Charles. Viola is married to Robert Morrison.
Charles H. Tyson, the oldest son of Samuel Ty-
son, was reared to manhood in Cecil county, MU .. and when a young man learned the trade of a home painter and decorator, in which he was engaged un after his marriage in 1867. His wife was Miss Lydia B. Thompson, daughter of Jacob B. and Mary ( Chy- ton ) Thompson, born in Christiana, April 28. 18 1.1.
Jacob B. Thompson was born at Steelville. Lan- caster county, in 1,90, and his wife, Mary Clayton. was born near Baltimore, in 1818. They settled in Strasburg, where for some years he carried on busi- ness as a merchant. He had a general store at differ- ceased. (5) Samuel was the father of Charles H. ; ent times, in Philadelphia, and in other parts of the
| State. His last location as a merchant was in Chris- tiana, where he was in business at the time of his death in 1855. His widow moved to Bart in 1857. where she lived until her death in 1808. To this worthy and estimable couple were born the following children : John C., living unmarried in Bart towr- ship; Lydia B., Mrs. Tyson; James A., deceased : Harriet E., the wife of Milton Heidelbaugh. a promi- inent character of the city of Lancaster ; Robert F .. a commission merchant in Philadelphia; William D., a farmer : Jacob, who married Miss Clara Miller, and resides on a farm in Bart township.
Charles H. Tyson and wife settled in Wilming- ton, Del., where he engaged in the grocery trade. In 1868 he moved to Newark, where he engaged at the painting trade, and in 18co removed to Bart township to spend the ensuing two years with his wife's mother. He was a clerk in the Nickel Mines Store, Lancaster county, for Milton Heidelbaugh some eight years. For a time he was clerk in a Georgetown store, and then moved to the farm of Milton Heidelbaugh, where he spent some eight years. In 1899 he bought the farm on which he is now living, and where he has a very pleas- ant home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson have three children: Elia May. born in 1868. married to Harry Pickell and living in Cochranville. Chester county ; W. Clayton. born in Lancaster county, in December, 1869, un- married and at home: Mary E. A., born in July. 1878, is the wife of Charles D. Hocking, of Lan- caster City, and the mother of three children. Charles Lee. Beatrice Tyson and John Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyson are members of the Octoraros Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republi- can, and from time to time has filled various local offices, such as those of assessor, tax collector and supervisor. In 1880 he was appointed enumerator of the census for Bart township.
LEWIS S. HARTMAN. who passed away at his home on the morning of March 9, 1895, was one of the most dearly beloved and highly respected citi- zens in Lancaster.
Mr. Hartman was born in that city June 7. 1843. a son of Lewis S. Hartman, in his time an enterpris- ing and public-spirited business man. In his boy- hood Mr. Hartman attended the public schools and later Ycates Institute. Always a high-spirited and
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....: bitious lad, he entered the business world with an enthusiasm that never forsook him. He clerked i .. a grocery store owned by his brother, John I. Hart- :nan, and also in Shultz's hat store. The outbreak of the Civil war found him but a boy in years, but tired with a holy patriotism, he enlisted July 10. (Not, in Co. B, 13th P. V. I., and became a part of the Pennsylvania Reserves, whose record makes a most brilliant page in the history of the Civil war. Mir. Hartman enlisted for three years or during the war; and after the battle of Antietam, in September. IN02, he was promoted to the rank of corporal, al- though at that time he was the youngest man in the conpany. With his company and regiment he par- ticipated in many of the most notable and hotly con- tested conflicts of the war, among which may be :: entioned Gaines' Mills, Malvern Hill. Second Bull Kun. South Mountain. Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor. In all of these engagements Mr. Hartman displayed such conspicuous bravery as to win high commenda- tion from his superior officers. Through them all. too, he seemed to bear a charmed existence, and while the bullets whistled all around him he miracu- jousiy escaped unscathed until the battle of Cold Harbor. His term of enlistment had expired, but the regiment decided to take part. In the thickest of the fight stood the young corporal, and as he turned to speak to a comrade a bullet pierced his body, and he sank to the ground. Comrades convered him two miles on a stretcher to the ambulance train, ready to -tart for Washington. The ball had struck him under the left arm, pierced the lung, and passed out at the right shoulder, making a hole entirely through his body, and of so dangerous a nature that the army surgeon gave him up. His recovery is still regarded as a remarkable one, and he lay for many weeks in the hospital before being able to be moved home, and then a year passed before he was considered well.
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When once again able to enter the world of com- merce. Mr. Hartman engaged in the grocery busi- ness on North Queen street. and later bought out the cigar store of Andrew McGinnis, known as the "Yel- !w Front." He engaged in the manufacture of cigars, and also quite extensively in the leaf to- Tacco business, continuing same up to within a few wars of his death. when he sold out to John B. : Markley. However, he retained the rear office. which he used as his political office and headquarters. He was one of the founders and heaviest stockholders of the Fulton National Bank, of which he was a director at the time of his death; and he was also one of the founders of the Lancaster Trust Company.
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Always a Republican in politics, Mr. Hartman varly became one of the leaders in the party organiza- tion. As early as 1870 he entered the lists as a can- dlidate for recorder of deeds, but was defeated in so far as the office was concerned. The campaign he made. however, brought him prominently to the front, and was the foundation upon which was built his later successes. In 1875, and again in 1890, he
was elected prothonotary. It was as a leader or as an organizer rather than as an office holder that Mr. Hartman was best known. The excitement of a political struggle was his ruling passion-the more desperate the chances the more keenly he became in- terested, and the harder he worked. Unlike many politicians, he was intensely loyal to his chosen can- didates, and once his word was given, he remained in the fray until the polls were closed. Of generous impulses. of much personal magnetism, and pos- sessed of unbounded ardor, he drew men to him. and even his political foes loved him for his warm- hearted kindnesses. Thoroughly familiar with the political features of every section of the county, he was looked upon as a man who could lead an appar- ently ."lost cause" to victory. He was an ardent admirer of James G. Blaine. and in 1880 visited the Chicago convention to use his influence for his favor- ite : in 1884 he was a delegate to the convention that nominated the "Plumed Knight," and great was his sorrow when his defeat came in November.
Socially Mr. Hartman was a great favorite, and his hospitable nature enjoyed the comforts of home. He was one of the organizers of the Bay Club, which made several cruises on Chesapeake Bay. and has been sorely missed by the members. From the time of its organization he had been its treasurer, and at the time of lus death was engaged in making arrangements for its annual celebration. Out of respect to his memory the club postponed indefinitely the intended celebration. The com- munity mourned his death as the loss of a good man,. a kind friend, and an upright citizen, whose piace could not soon be filled.
In 1867, in Lancaster, Mr. Hartman was united in marriage, by Rev. Mr. Greenewald, of Trinity Church, with Miss Mary A. Deichler. This union was blessed with the following children : Walter S., who died at the age of two years; Milton H., a civil engineer, who married Anna Miley; Howard S., who is engaged in the tobacco business : Alice R., who married Rev. Elmore L. Wessinger. a Luth- eran minister at Shiremanstown, Pa .; Clara E. and Elizabeth O .. both at home : and Lewis S., who died at the age of eight years. Mrs. Hartman and family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hart- man did much to help build up the city and the home he erected on North Duke street, where his family reside, is one of the finest houses in the city.
Maximilian Deichler, father of Mrs. Hartman. came with his parents to America when five years of age. They settled in Baltimore, Md., and there the boy grew to manhood, learned the trade of shoe- maker, and married his good wife. Catherine Mes- sener. The young couple removed to Lancaster. where Mr. Deichler found employment in a shoe store, and later engaged in the shoe business for himself at the present site of Woolworth's building. where he remained until his death in 1803. when he was aged seventy-seven. His wife died in 1887, at the age of sixty-seven. Their remains rest in Wood-
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ward Hill cemetery. Both were members of Trin- ity Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Deichler were the parents of ten children.
JESSE SCOTT. A prominent and successful farmer, as well as a most estimable citizen of Lan- caster county, is Jesse Scott, who was born in Bart township, in this same county, June 7, 1843. a son of John and Alice ( Davis ) Scott. The parents were also natives of this county, and were born in Cole- rain township. the father in April and his wife in Sept., 1806. The mother was a daughter of Abner and Barbara Davis, a pioneer family.
John and Alice ( Davis) Scott were married Jan. 21, 1830, and nine children were born to them. Abner and Margaret died in childhood. Francis, now the eldest of the family, was born in 1835, remained at home after the death of his father and assisted in the care of the family: he married Miss Rachel Rockafield, of this county, and they now with their children reside on his farm in Colerain. Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1837. married Martha Gilland, of Bart township; they lived for a time in Georgetown, where he worked at his trade of wheelwright, and later settled in Bart township on a farm, where he died in 1896, leaving a wife and three children. Howard, Leah, and Meta, who still reside on the homestead. Sarah E., born in September, 1830, is the wife of Elam Pickle and they reside in Chester county, Pa., their ten children bearing these names : William, Harry, Alice, Frank. Davis, Annie, Amos, Aaron, Dora and Blanch. Harvey, born in June, 1841, married Miss Sidney Thomas. of this county, and settled on a farm in Sadsbury township. where he remained until his death, in 1889, leaving a wife and two sons, Cauley and Walter. Jesse was the seventh child. George, born in 1846, grew up in the old home and married Miss Hannah Thompson, of Bart township, and they now reside in Georgetown, where he is engaged in business. They have two children : John and May, the wife of David Myers, of Chester county, Pa. Barbara A., born Oct. 13, 1850, is the wife of Albert Heidelbaugh, of Bart township and their seven children are thus named : Jessie, Alice, Emma, Clyde, Forest, Earle and Le- nore.
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For a few years John Scott and his wife resided in Bart township, but in 1850 Mr. Scott purchased the present home farm, with the expectation of pass- ing upon it a long and useful life. However, but two years had elapsed when he passed out of life. leaving his bereaved widow with a family of small children to rear. Mr. Scott had been indus-
· trious and had cleared a part of his land, but the most of it was heavily wooded, and a very serious future faced the widow and her family. After due consideration, she determined to retain the farm for her children, considering that soon her sons would be able to manage affairs. In this she was not dis- appointed, as they proved to be affectionate, dutiful and industrious children.
Jesse Scott grew to manhood on the old plas. and assisted his brothers in its management and cut- tivation, and when they married and moved to home- of their own. he remained in charge of the farm, tak- ing care of his mother in her declining years. She passed away in 1887, at the age of eighty -... Through life she has been a thorough Christian woman, and with her husband had been a worth. and consistent member of the Presbyterian Chures at Middle Octoraro, in this county, which they had helped to found.
In politics Mr. Scott is a stanch Republican. al- though his father always voted with the Democratic party. For a number of years he has served as school director and has been interested in all mat- ters of general interest in the county, during hi- long residence there. The old homestead is his own property, and at the present time he is remodci- ing and renovating it, making it one of the most comfortable and attractive homes of the count :. Mr. Scott has never married.
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