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Henry Neff was to Elizabeth Groff, and his third to Barbara Wade, both of whom died without issue.
Henry Neff was a farmer and also a miller, spending his whole life in East Lampeter and Stras- burg townships, owning at one time two fine farms in Strasburg township, selling one prior to. the pur- chase of the mill property now owned and operated by his son, Emanuel. In connection with the mill, he purchased forty-three acres of land, and there passed his last years, spending a useful, busy life, and dying as he lived, a conscientious and worthy member of the Old Mennonite Church.
Emanuel Neff was reared on the farm and early learned habits of thrift and economy which have as- sisted him in becoming the substantial member of the community he now is. His education was gained in the public schools and when he had reached the age of twenty-one he began farming operations for himself, locating on a farm of ninety-five acres, in East Strasburg township, where he remained twenty years. In March, 1882, he succeeded to his present property, and since that time he has carried on the mill and farmed the estate surrounding it. Emanuel Neff is well and favorably known through the lo- cality and is ever interested in all improvements that promise good to the community, in the way of temperance, religion or education.
Emanuel Neff was married in 1861 to Catherine Eby, a daughter of Christian and Rebecca (Warner ) Eby, who was born in this county, near Gap, Oct. 3. 1841, and seven children have been born of this union : Rebecca, who. married John B. Lefever, of East Lampeter township ; Enos, deceased; Harry, a farmer of West Lampeter, who married Fannie Myers; Christian, a farmer of Paradise township, who married Lavina Shaub; Mary, married to George W. Rohrer. of East Lampeter ; John, a farm- er of Strasburg, who married Barbara Keener ; and Katie, who remains in the home.
Both Emanuel Neff and his wife are valued mem- bers of the Old Mennonite Church, where their kind- ness and generosity are well known, and they are among the most respected residents of this part of Lancaster county.
PAUL HEINE, of the Sprenger Brewing Com- pany, is well known in Lancaster, where with his father-in-law, Ferdinand Grebe, he owns the Sprenger brewerv-one of the widest known and oldest institutions of its kind in the city. He was born in Wolfshagen, Brunswick. Germany, Nov. 25, 1864, a son of Heinrich and Elizabeth (Necker) Heine.
Heinrich Heine, who died in Berlin in 1879, was a noted author; poet and playwright, and a num- ber of published works testify to his ability. His wife, Elizabeth Necker, daughter of a distinguished physician of Laage, Mecklenburg, is still living in Berlin, hale and hardy at the age of eighty-two years. Three children were born to them: Rich- ard, a leather goods manufacturer of New York;
Emma, wife of Ferdinand Krause, an Imperial Opera singer of Berlin; and Paul.
After receiving an excellent education at vari- ous German schools Mr. Heine connected himself with a leading Berlin exporting house, remaining with same four years, after which he went to the celebrated Franz Spielhagen Chemical Works, the largest of their kind in Berlin. He was then twenty- one years old, and in three years he had ascended the commercial ladder to the position of manager and cashier in the concern. Holding this place three years, in 1891 he became anxious to visit America with a view of establishing himself here. Two weeks after reaching New York he secured a position in the big linen goods importing house of Lamb & Griesbach, in order to make himself bet- ter acquainted with the business methods and the language of this country. He then bought out a stationery business in that city, and in two years and a half after landing in America he was part owner of a large brewery-the one at Lancaster. Mr. Heine is certainly a progressive and wide- awake business man, and his life affords a good lesson for young men to emulate. Continual addi- tions, and improvements prompted by a constantly growing demand for its products, have brought the concern to fully three times its capacity over that when purchased, in 1894. Progressive in every- thing, the Sprenger Brewing Company built the fine "Hotel Lincoln," on South Queen street, be- sides rebuilding and remodeling several other of their hotels in the city, thus contributing materially to the development of Lancaster. Modern appli- ances in the brewery have made its product greatly sought, not only in Lancaster and the county, but from all over the State. Mr. Heine is a member of the Lancaster Board of Trade.
In April, 1894, Mr. Heine married Emma, only daughter and child of Ferdinand Grebe. One child has been born to them, Ferdinand, named in honor of his maternal grandfather. Mr. Heine is a meni- ber of Blue Lodge, Chapter, Knights Templar, Council. Lodge of Perfection and Mystic Shrine, in Masonry ; of the Benevolent Order of Elks, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Knights of Fidelity, Hamil- ton Club, Road Drivers Association, Lancaster Country Club, and the leading German societies of the place. He is a public-spirited citizen, always having the interest of the place he made his home at heart. He is well thought of by everybody, is liberal and kind-hearted to the less fortunate ones, and may well be congratulated on his popularity and business standing, for it is of the best.
GEORGE RUTT SENSENIG, of No. 11 North Duke street, is one of fifteen children born to par- ents who came from old and prominent families. Christian Sensenig, his great-grandfather, was a miller, and came from Switzerland to America early in the century to escape the religious persecution
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then fiercely raging against the Mennonite Church in his native land. He settled in Earl township, and his descendants have been land owners there for generations.
John Sensenig, the grandfather of George R., was a lifelong miller, and was born in Lancaster county. His son, Christian, was also a miller, was born near Terre Hill, in East Earl township, in 1773, and died in 1864. His wife was Susan, a daughter of Christian Rutt, a farmer in East Earl township, and to this union fifteen children were born, of whom four are living: Levi, a cat- tle dealer of Lancaster ; Harry R., a farmer of Co- calico township; Mattie, the widow of Martin M. Sensenig, late of Goodville, Lancaster county, and head of the Sensenig hardware company, one of the most extensive concerns of its kind outside of the big cities ; George Rutt.
George Rutt Sensenig was born in East Earl township in 1846, and was educated in the local dis- trict school, which he left when thirteen years old to go into his father's mill, where he remained until his eighteenth year, when his father died. At that time he left the mill and entered the butcher trade, which he fully learned, and then engaged in the cat- tle business, soon being recognized as a most relia- ble dealer. On Aug. 21, 1900, Mr. Sensenig pur- chased the extensive business of George J. Rutt, on North Duke street. Here he is engaged in a most successful meat business, with his abattoirs at No. 465 Holland avenue, and his patrons include many of the best families of the city.
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Mr. Sensenig married Sarah, daughter of David Fry, a noted tanner of Ephrata. Mr. Sensenig is a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and is a Master Mason. In his politics he is an ardent Republican, and has attended as a delegate the coun- ty and other conventions, and had the honor of being a delegate to the national convention that nominated General Harrison for a second term. Mr. Sensenig is an honorable and upright man of lofty impulses, and has a host of friends.
SAMUEL L. KAUFFMAN, a resident of Kin- zers, Lancaster county, was born near Allensville, Mifflin Co., Fa., in 1830, and there he lived until he was nine years of age, receiving the most of his education in that period of his life.
Jacob Kauffman, the great-grandfather of Sam- uel L., was born in 1737, the exact date and location not being known. His son, Christian Kauffman, was born June 25, 1764, at what is known as Chester Valley, Chester Co., Pa. The father of Samuel L. was born Sept. 15, 1797. The grandfather lived at this point during the Revolutionary war, and. on one occasion the opposing armies drew very close to this place. The Kauffmans were notified by Gen. Washington that a battle was likely to take place on that very farm. This kind act was repeated by the great American, and other families in the neigh- borhood were notified to remain in the cellar during
the battle, as they were between the contending armies. The next morning the valley was swept by a severe storm, and the expected battle did not take place. Christian Kauffman moved to Mifflin county, Pa., in 1802, where he made his home. The father of Samuel L. Kauffman was married in 1819 or 1820 to Sarah Lapp, and to this union were born six boys and three girls: John Kauffman, born Sept. 19, 1821 ; Gideon, March 28, 1824; Jonathan, Dec. 10, 1826; Samuel L., Jan. 24, 1830 ; Elizabeth, Sept. If, 1832, married to Jonathan F. Stoltzfus ; Michael L., Dec. 7, 1834 ; Christian L., Feb. 5, 1838; Nancy, Nov. 29, 1840, who married Jacob Stoltz- fus and was killed by a train at a railway street- crossing near Bird-in-Hand; Sarah, Dec. 24, 1843, wife of Amos Mast.
From Mifflin county the family moved to Union county, Pa., in 1839, and nine years later made their home near Paradise, Lancaster Co., Pa., where the father died Sept. 15, 1879; he was eighty-two years old ; his wife, who was born Jan. 15, 1801, died Nov. 22, 1879.
Samuel L. Kauffman grew to manhood under the parental roof, was married Feb. 3. 1857, near Gap P. O., Lancaster county, to Barbara Stoltzfus, and at first was engaged in farming. In 1864 he went into a business of selling agricultural implements, and was later engaged in the hardware business un- der the name of Kauffman & Livingston. This partner was Benjamin B. Livingston, a brother of Judge John B. Livingston.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Kauffman had no chil- dren, and in the fall of IS57 they took into their home two orphan children, a brother and sister, William D. and Mary Jane Skiles. The boy died when ten years old, and the sister married John Kessler, a coach maker at Kinzers. The Kauffman home next became an asylum for Harry McNelley, a boy of nine years of age, without education or moral training. He was of a roving disposition, but under the kindly atmosphere of this beautiful home and the motherly spirit of Mrs. Kauffman his bet- ter nature bloomed and became marked. He was sent to day and Sunday-school, became a student of the Bible, was ordained a clergyman and is in charge of the United Brethren Church at Pottstown, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman also took charge of a nephew, who was a deaf mute. They enfolded him in an atmosphere of love and eventually sent him to the Mute School at Philadelphia, where he remained ten years. He has become a man of culture, has married a mute, a school-mate, and is engaged in the seed business near Lancaster City. Another child taken into this hospitable home was Hallie M. Camp- bell, who was taken from the county home in 1895, when she was ten years of age. She has become a bright and charming young girl, and is the great de- light of her foster parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman are both members of the Amish Mennonite Church, and took an active part in the establishment of the Sunday-school at
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the Amish Millwood Church. The organization of the Sunday-school was opposed by many, but the persistence of Mr. Kauffman and others overcame the opposition, and brought the churches into line. Mr. Kauffman was one of the building committee at the construction of the church in 1882, of which he has been one of the Trustees to the present time.
· Mr. Kauffman has been associated with the Penn Mutual Fire Association since its formation, being successively agent, director and president of the As- sociation, being elected to this last position at the annual meeting in the fall of 1901.
JACOB ROHRER, a retired farmer of Rapho township, was born in East Hempfield township Nov. 8, 1829, son of Daniel and Mary (Kreider) Rohrer, of Leacock and East Lampeter townships.
Daniel Rohrer, the father, was also a farmer until thirteen years prior to his death, which oc- curred in January, 1897. at the advanced age of ninety-four years. His wife died in January, 1894, at the age of eighty-six years. The couple are buried in the East Petersburg cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer were members of the Mennonite Church; for years he was a member of the school directory of this district. He was a man of prominence and large means.
There were born to them the following children : John, a retired farmer residing at Landisville, Pa .; Jacob; Daniel, a farmer, living in Crawford county, Mo .; Benjamin, who died in youth; Abraham, de- ceased, a farmer ; Anna, wife of Abraham B. Miller, a retired farmer of Rohrerstown, Pa .; Israel, who died in youth ; Hettie, who died at the age of thirty- one years, unmarried; Isaac, a farmer of Marion county, Mo .; Henry, who died in youth ; and Mary, wife of Isaac K. Stoner, a farmer of Petersburg, Pa. Jacob Rohrer's grandparents on his father's side were John and Hettie (Wenger) Rohrer, of Leacock township.
John Rohrer, a farmer and carpenter, was born in 1779 and died at the age of eighty-six years. His wife was born in 1779 and died at the age of sixty- eight years. Both are buried in Leacock township. There were born to them the following children : Benjamin: Maria, wife of John Musser; Daniel; Isaac; Hettie, wife of Joseph Moyer; Martin: Ja- cob; Michael : Betsey, wife of Samuel Buckwalter : Israel; and Nancy, wife of Christian Stauffer. On his mother's side Mr. Rohrer's grandparents were John and Anna (Hoover) Kreider, of Lampeter and Warwick townships. Mr. Kreider was a farmer and died in Lampeter township, and his wife died in East Hempfield township.
On Nov. 17, 1857, Jacob Rohrer was married to Miss Mary S. Kreider, of Lancaster, Pa. There have been born to this union the following children : Jacob K., a farmer of East Hempfield township, married to Amanda Stauffer, by whom he has had four children; Mary K., wife of Martin Nissley, a machinist of Landisville, Pa., with eight children ;
Daniel K., who died in youth ; John S., living on the old farm in Rapho township, and married to Miss Lizzie Nissley, by whom he has had three children; and Hettie K., who married Benjamin D. Peters, a farmer and machinist of Rapho township, and has had six children.
Mrs. Mary S. (Kreider) Rohrer was born in East Hempfield township, died Dec. 20, 1898, at the age of sixty-two years, and is buried in Erissman's cemetery ; she was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Sechrist) Kreider, of Lampeter township. Both her parents died in East Hempfield township.
Jacob Rohrer lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, receiving in the meantime a good education in the schools of the district. Soon after the wedding he moved to the farm now owned by John S. Rohrer and remained there until 1894, when he removed to his present farm, a very fine place. Mr. Rohrer is a prominent man in the town- ship, for eight years was school director and was township auditor for a period of three years. He is a Republican in politics and is greatly interested in the welfare of that party. Mr. Rohrer and his family are members of the Mennonite Church. The whole neighborhood rightfully regards Mr. Rohrer as a splendid specimen of the old-time Pennsylvania gentleman, and finds it a pleasure to meet and visit with him.
ABRAHAM HERSHOUR, a resident of Fulton township, was born in Brecknock township, Lancas- ter county, April 6, 1825. He is a son of James and Hanna (Stoman) Hershour, natives of Bucks coun- ty and of German origin.
James Hershour, the father, was a farmer by occupation and came to Lancaster county while yet a young man. He was a Republican in politics, but never sought office. He was of the Lutheran re- ligious belief and a devout member of that church. He was the father of nine children, all of whom are now dead, with the exception of Abraham and Su- san, the wife of Joseph Camra. Their names were Isaac, John, Henry, Joseph, Abraham, Elizabeth, Lydia, Susan and Samuel.
Abraham Hershour was married to Miss Leah Able Oct. 21, 1852. She was the daughter of George and Catherine Able, of York county, Pa. This family also was of German origin. Mr. and Mrs. Hershour have been blessed with the following chil- dren : Jacob, born April 28, 1854, a farmer of Little Britain township; Henry, born July 8, 1856, who died in youth; Catherine, born Sept. 24, 1858, deceased; Matilda, born Dec. 8, 1859, the wife of Bar Caruth : Abraham, born May 13, 1863, residing in Lancaster ; Jolin, deceased ; Franklin, born Jan. 24, 1864, residing in Chester county, Pa. ; Christian, born Aug. 19, 1869, residing on the home farm; Lealı E., born Dec. 28, 1871, the wife of Caleb Mc- Fann ; and Mary A., born April 6, 1875, who married Charles Bradley and lives on the homestead with her parents. Mrs. Hershour was born Sept. 24, 1833.
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Mr. Hershour started in life a very poor boy, but by industry and frugality he is now the owner of a fine farm of 167 acres, well stocked and improved. He is a strong Republican in politics. He is a mem- ber of the Lutheran Church. Respected by all his friends and neighbors, Mr. Hershour stands in his community a citizen with whom it is both a pleas- ure and a benefit to be acquainted.
PETER E. HERSHEY, a retired farmer of Leacock township, Lancaster county, was born in Salisbury township Feb. 5, 1826, and is a son of Abraham and Anna (Eby) Hershey, both of Salis- bury township.
Abraham Hershey was a farmer, and spent his entire life in Salisbury township, where he died in January, 1843, at the age of fifty-six years, eleven months and two days. His widow, who long sur- vived him, went to her rest in February, 1896, at the age of ninety-five years, two months and fourteen days. Both were buried in Hershey's burying ground in Salisbury township. They were the par- ents of two children : Margaret, who is the widow of Daniel Denlinger, and lives in Leacock town- ship; Peter E., whose name appears above. Abra- ham Hershey was twice married, his first wife be- ing Nancy Sechrist, who was the mother of Jacob S., who died in August, 1889, at the age of seventy- six years.
Andrew Hershey, the pioneer representative of the family in this country, was born in Switzerland and came to America in 1719, with his two sons, Andrew and Benjamin, making their home near the present site of Lancaster. A third son, Christian, remained in Switzerland until 1739, when he also immigrated to Pennsylvania, where with his two brothers he became a preacher of the Mennonite Church. Andrew Hershey, who died in 1792, was the father of twelve children, Christian, John, An- drew, Benjamin, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Henry, Peter, Maria, Catherine and Adli.
The paternal grandparents of Peter E. Hershey were Jacob and Anna ( Newcomer) Hershey. They were both natives of Dauphin county, but moved into Lancaster county and spent their lives in Salisbury township. They had the following family: John; Jacob; Christian ; Elizabeth ; Abraham and Andrew, twins ; Joseph, a Mennonite bishop.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Hershey were Peter and Maragret (Hess) Newcomer, both natives of Lancaster county.
Peter E. Hershey was married Dec. 5, 1848, in Lancaster, Pa., to Anna Landis. Born to this union were : Christian L., who died in his eighteenth year ; Anna, who married Amos Leaman, of Leacock township, and died at the age of twenty-five ; Henry ; Mary, who married Esaias Denlinger, a farmer of Paradise township, and is the mother of four chil- dren; Landis, a farmer on the old homestead in Salisbury township, married, first, to Elizabeth Buckwalter, by whom he had one child, Harry, and,
second, to Lizzie Leaman, by whom he had three children, Anna, Willis and Ruth.
Mrs. Anna (Landis) Hershey was born in East Lampeter township in 1829, a daughter of Christian S. and Mary (Landis) Landis, of East Lampeter township. Her father, who was a farmer, died in Fast Lampeter township at the age of sixty-seven. years, six months and nine days. His wife died June 8, 1865; at the age of fifty-seven years, three months and twenty-five days. Both were buried in the cemetery connected with the Mellinger
Church. They were members of the Mennonite Church. Mr. and Mrs. Christian S. Landis were the parents of the following family : Levi, who was a retired farmer, now deceased; Elizabeth, the widow of Peter B. Brubaker, living in Manheim township; Anna; Catherine, late wife of Christian S. Risser ; Rev. John L., a clergyman of the Men- nonite Church, of East Lampeter township ; Hettie, the widow of Martin R. Herr, residing in Lea- cock township.
The maternal grandparents of Anna (Landis) Hershey were Henry and Mary (Rohrer) Landis, both natives of Lancaster county. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Hershey were John and Bar- bara (Snaveley) Landis, both of Lancaster county. John Landis was twice married.
Peter E. Hershey lived with his mother until his marriage, when he moved to another farm, in Salis- bury township, where he remained . until 1855, that year coming to his present farm. In the spring of 1878 he retired. For five times he was appointed as- sistant assessor. and was school director seven years, when he refused to serve longer in that position. Both husband and wife are members of the Mennon- ite Church. In politics he is a Republican, and holds an enviable position in the community, where he has many friends, won by his industry and hon- esty, and retained by his kindly character.
SAMUEL WEAVER LANTZ, for many years a farmer in Lancaster county, was descended from a Swiss family of French extraction, one of whom settled in Connecticut. This latter day bearer of the name was born in Strasburg township, Lancas- ter county, Pa., Oct. 27. 1837, and died in Lancaster City April 1, 1899. His parents, Jacob and Hettie (Weaver) Lantz, were also natives of this county, and they were married, lived for sixty-three years and died in the same house, during the same year, and at the same age. Jacob Lantz died in Septem- ber of 1883, his wife having passed away in July. They were eighty-three years old. They were mem- bers of the New Mennonite Church, and were the parents of seven children : Isaac, a farmer in Ches- ter county, Pa. ; Benjamin, deceased ; John, deceased ; Samuel Weaver : Hettie, the widow of Martin Mey- ers, of Landisville, Pa. ; Anna, wife of John Trout, a farmer of Strasburg: and Leah, living in Landis- ville.
From earliest youth Samuel Weaver Lantz was
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reared to an appreciation of the dignity and use- fulness of an agricultural life, and his inclinations never wandered from this peaceful means of liveli- hood. On Dec. 19, 1865, he married Maria Klein- hans, born in Strasburg, daughter of John Frederick and Amelia (Leistner) Kleinhans, natives, respect- ively, of Hanover and Brunswick, Germany. The fa- ther was born Oct. 3, 1808, and died at Lancaster in 1893; and the mother was born Jan. 13, 1825, and still lives in this city. John Fredrick Kleinhans was a blacksmith in his native land, but upon coming to Lancaster in 1840 worked for the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works for a few years, and then started in business for himself. Besides Maria, he had one son, Elias, a farmer in the York furnaces. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lantz are: Amelia, the wife of Martin Shreiner, of Neffsville, Pa .; Harry, a molder at Mount Vernon ; Anna, married to Henry Fritze, an electrician of Jersey City ; Charles, married to Sadie Dubble and living in Phil- adelphia ; Bertha, who married Dr. Benjamin F. Good, of Conestoga, Pa .; Bessie, unmarried and liv- ing at home; Mary, also at home; and Alice, de- ceased at the age of seventeen years.
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During the Civil war Mr. Lantz served in Co. E, 79th Regiment, P. V., enlisting Sept. 21, 1861, and receiving his discharge Oct. 1, 1864. He par- ticipated in thirteen battles, and was wounded in the hand, besides contracting rheumatism, from which he suffered all his life, and for which he re- ceived a pension. He was a member of the New Mennonite Church. He belonged to the Republi- can party and served as supervisor of Strasburg for three years. Mr. Lantz bore an enviable reputation in his neighborhood, his honesty of purpose and pub- lic spirit being unquestioned.
AARON WEAVER, one of the most success- ful farmers of Lancaster county, is a son of the late Isaac Weaver, who was born in East Lampeter township, and died at the city of Lancaster.
Isaac Weaver was a son of Rev. Joseph Weaver, a Mennonite minister of Lampeter, and himself en- tered that communion early in life, remaining a de- vout and consistent member of the church until his death, which occurred in his sixty-ninth year. He was a man of intellect, good judgment and almost phenomenal energy. He was a large land owner, being the proprietor of three farms, all of which his progressive spirit and wide-awake ideas led him to keep well improved. That on which he resided, where his children were born, and which is spoken of in the family as "the homestead," comprised 128 acres located in East Lampeter. Another of 185 acres situated some six miles west of Lancaster, was known as the Sener farm. The third, known as the Beam farm, was at Willowstreet; there lie erected a complete set of buildings. Besides mak- ing such extensive improvements on his own prop- erty he assisted two sisters in improving their prop- erty. When he had reached the age of sixty he
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