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Benjamin Harnish was married Nov. 7, 1850, to Susanna, daughter of Martin and Martha ( Weaver) Harnish, who was born in West Lampeter township, Oct. 11, 1831, and is still living. To this union were born: Benjamin, a farmer of East Lampeter town- ship, married Miss Emma Groff, by whom he has had eight children; Elam, a farmer of East Lampeter township, married Miss Emma Froelich, by whom he has had four children ; Emma, the wife of Samuel Eshleman, of Strasburg township, is the mother of four children ; John, who is a farmer of East Lam- peter township, married Miss Catherine Frye ; Mar- tin is living at home; and Michael, who lives on the home place, married Miss Lizzie Nolt.
Mr. and Mrs. Harnish belong to the Reformed Mennonite Church, and are people highly esteemed for their good works and excellent character.
HENRY F. McCANNA, of Columbia, and a well-known conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was born in Gordonville, Lancaster county, May 2. 1850. John and Elizabeth ( Starr) McCanna, his par- ents, were natives of Lancaster county, where they resided until 1859, when they removed to Chester county. John McCanna had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for many years as foreman of construction and died in Chester county, Feb. 13, 1885, when seventy-two years old. His widow, who was born July 21, 1814, now has her home with her son, Henry F., in Columbia. To this venerable couple were born eleven children, in the following order: Mary J., widow of Harry Whit- man, of Cumberland county, Pa. ; Kate, William and James, deceased ; Sue, married to David Boyer, of Harrisburg; John, deceased: Emma, residing in Harrisburg and unmarried ; Henry F .; Cecelia, wife of Joseph Quinn, of York, Pa. ; Alice, deceased ; and George, a brakeman at Harrisburg.
The paternal grandparents of Henry F. McCanna came from Ireland and settled in Lancaster county, when children, and there the grandfather plied his trade of carpet weaver until his death ; the maternal grandparents were natives of Chester county and early settled in Lancaster county.
Henry F. McCanna lived on the farm with his
parents until twenty years of age and then began braking on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; two years la- ¿ ter he was made a flagman, and two years afterward was promoted to a conductorship.
On May 20, 1874, Mr. McCanna married Miss Salome A. Knipe, and their family of children were six in number, viz. : John M., a physician in Phila- delphia ; Harry A., a telegraph operator in Philadel- phia ; William K., deceased ; Charles B., a clerk at Columbia ; Maria M., deceased ; and George R., bag- gage master at Lancaster. Mrs. Salome A. MeCan- na was born in Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co .. Pa., Feb. 2, 1855, a daughter of Henry C. and Maria (Knipe) Knipe, of Lebanon county. Henry C.
Knipe was a blacksmith and died April 25, 1865, aged thirty-six years. To his marriage were born six children, viz. : Henry and John, who died in infan- cy ; Salome ; Kate, wife of John Welsh, of Philadel- phia; and Ida and Anna, deceased. Mrs. Maria Knipe, some five and a half years after the death of her husband, married John Ross, who died in March, 1893, and to this marriage was born one child, Laura, wife of Luke Lederman, a merchant in Los Ange- les, Cal. The mother resides in Philadelphia, at the age of seventy years. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. McCanna were Henry and Elizabeth ( O'Con- nor) Nipe, and the maternal grandparents were John and Mary ( Farmer) Nipe, all of Lebanon county, Pa. The two grandfathers were brothers, and the change of the name from Nipe to Knipe came during the war, when Gen. Knipe, a brother of Mrs. Ross, began spelling his name with the "K." and the family adopted that spelling.
Henry F. McCanna is a member of the O. of R. C., and of the Church of God, and in politics is a Re- publican. Socially he and family are held in very high esteem by their neighbors, and as a conductor Mr. McCanna has the implicit confidence of his Com- pany.
MAJOR MICHAEL BRENNEMAN STRICK- LER, a retired farmer and a gallant ex-Union offi- cer of the war of the Rebellion, was born in West Hempfield township, Oct. 10, 1831, and West Hemp- field township is still his home.
Henry H. and Ann (Brenneman) Strickler, his parents, were born, respectively, on this home- stead in West Hempfield township and in the town- ship of East Donegal. Henry H. Strickler was an extensive cattle dealer, who made trips to Virginia each fall, bought stock, fattened it and shipped it to market. Mr. Strickler was the owner also of a fine farm of 138 acres, which was always under a high state of cultivation, and which was utilized also for fattening live stock. On this homestead he passed away June 18, 1841, at the early age of thirty-eight years, but his widow lived to be eighty-one years old, and she died Oct. 8, 1885. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and their remains were interred in the family burying ground on the present homestead. In politics Mr. Strickler was an old-
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line Whig. To Henry H. Strickler and wife were born four children, of whom Catherine E. died in in- fancy ; Sarah J., deceased, was married to John S. Given : Jacob H. died on the homestead : and Michael B. is the gentleman in whose interest this sketch is chiefly prepared. The paternal grandparents of the Major were Jacob and Sarah (Wilson) Strickler, the former of whom was born on the West Hempfield homestead, and the latter in York county, and to their union were born three sons and eight daugh- ters. Jacob Strickler was very wealthy, owning 3.000 acres of land in this community. He and wife died on the farin now owned by the Major.
Henry Strickler. paternal great-grandfather of Major Strickler, came from Switzerland to America in 1727, sailing on the ship "Friendship" from Rot- terdam, Capt. John Davis, and coming via Cowes, England, which port he left June 30, 1727, with 200 other passengers, and eventually reached Lancaster county, Pennsvivania.
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The maternal grandparents of Major Strickler were Michael and Catharine ( Snyder ) Brenneman, of Donegal township, now Conoy township and to their union were born two children only: John, de- ceased : and Ann, mother of the Major, also deceased. Michael B. Strickler remained on the home farm until 1857. and then traveled a year in Virginia. . Upon his return North he was employed by the Penn- svivania Railroad Company as brakeman at Coltim- bia from 1858 until 1861, when in the fall he enlisted, in Philadelphia. in the 8th P. V. C., was mustered in as chief, or regimental, bugler, and remained with the regiment until February, 1863, when all musi- cians were mustered out by special order. Ex-Bugler Strickler now raised a company of cavalrymen, which was assigned as Co. B to the 20th P. V. C., with himself as captain, and at the expiration of six months the company veteranized, re-enlisting for three years or during the war. The Captain had in the meantime been promoted to Major, and took part in all the marches and engagements and skir- mishes in which his regiment had a share and served until honorably discharged at Cloud's Mills, W. Va., June 20, 1865, with the rank of Major, although he had frequently acted as Colonel of his regiment.
On returning home the Major purchased two teams and hauled stone for the furnaces in his vicin- ity for two years, and was then re-employed by the railroad company as brakeman for a few years. Renting a farm adjoining that which he now owns, he farmed it for five years, and then worked for the railroad company a year and a half. Finally, in 1879. by reason of his mother's age and his brother's ill health, he settled on his present farm, on which he was born.
In August, 1866, at Philadelphia. Major Strickler married Marian Virginia Corbit, who was born in Harrisburg. P'a .. in 1846, daughter of William and Mary I .. (Sprigman) Corbit, the former of whom was the State printer at the time, but who later died in York, where he had been engaged in printing,
book binding, publishing, etc. No children have been born of this union.
Major Strickler is a member of Post No. HIS. G. A. R., at Columbia, and in politics is a Republican. He and wife are members of the Reformed Church. and socially stand with the best circles in Lancaster county.
MARTIN WEAVER. The name of Weaver in Lancaster county is well-known, and represents integrity, morality and wealth. Hanns Weber, or in English John Weaver, the founder of the family in Pennsylvania, was a native of Switzerland, who came to America in 1717, locating in Lancaster coun- ty, where he took up a large tract of land, consist- ing of 370 acres in West Lampeter township, one mile northeast of Lampeter Square. Here he en- gaged in farming and spent the balance of his life. leaving at death one son, Jacob, who inherited the property, and in turn transmitted it to his descend- ants. and the greater part of the original estate is still in the possession of the family. Many changes have been made, divisions and sub-divisions, but could the original owner return to view his old home. he would find in place of the wild land and forest trees, great fields of waving grain and lush meadows where sleek cattle browse, and also eleven residences and a school house in which his children's children are instructed. Surely he would feel satisfied that it was indeed a "goodly heritage."
Jacob Weaver, son of the founder, had twin sons born to him, on July 4, 1750, and at his death he divided the estate equally between them. His mnar- riage was to Magdalena Barr, and the family con- sisted of four children: Jacob and John, twins : Magdalena, who married Jacob Rohrer ; and Bar- bara, who married Abraham Herr. John Weaver married Ann Landis and died in 1832.
Jacob Weaver, son of Jacob, born July 4, 1750. died July 25, 1824. He married Esther Neff, who was born Sept. 27, 1756, and died Feb. 2, ISI7, daughter of Jacob and Ann ( Brackhill) Neff. They reared the following family of children: (1) John, born Oct. 3, 1777, died Nov. 10, 1779. (2) Susan- nah, born Nov. 23. 1779, died April 30, ISO5. (3) Jacob. born Sept. 12, 1780, died Nov. 1, IS72; he married Mrs. Anna Mylin, daughter of Francis and Fannie (Barr) Herr, and had a family of six chil- dren, all of whom died young. (4) Samuel, born March 8, 1782, died Oct. 23, 1840 ; he married Mag- dalena Rush, daughter of Jacob and Martha ( Ken- dig) Rush, and they had seven children. (5) Ant, born March 28, 1784, died Oct. 24, 1865. (6) David, born Nov. 25, 17S5, died Oct. 2, 1817. (7) Martha, born May 16, 1787, died Dec. 10, 1864; she mar- ried Martin Harnish, son of David and Lizzie (Groff) Harnish, and they had three children. (8) John. born June 12, 1789, died Aug. 24, 1860; he married Elizabeth Kreider, who was born Jan. 23, 1797. daughter of Christian and Ann ( Harnish) Kreider. and who died May 26, 1886, the mother of nine chil-
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dren. (9) Rev. Joseph, born April 5, 1792, died April 5. 1872 : he married. first, Barbara Barr, daugh- ter of Jacob and Ann (Kendig) Barr, by whom he had seven children; on March 5, 1843, he married. second, Mrs. Esther Brubaker, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Bowman) Stehman. and they had two children. (10) Elizabeth, born March 10, 1794, died Sept. 20, 1820; shie married Rev. Henry Bow- man, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Herr) Bowman, and they had one chikl. ( II) Hettie, born April 5, 1798, died July 3, 1881 ; she married Jacob Lantz, son of Jacob and Elizabeth ( Rodaker) Lantz, and they had twelve children. The parents of this fam- ily belonged to the Reformed Mennonite Church.
John Weaver, the eighth child of the above fam- ily, was born on the old homestead in Lampeter town- ship, where his father and grandfather had first seen the light, and was reared to be a good farmer and worthy citizen. A portion of the old farm came to him by inheritance, and here he spent his life in the peaceful pursuit of agriculture, and here he and his good and pious wife worthily reared a family of nine children . (1) Martin, born Aug. 6, 1820, mar- ried Nov. 28, 1843, Annie C. Herr, who was born Jan. 26, 1816, daughter of Francis and Fannie (Neff) Herr; she died Sept. 7, 1882, the mother of four children. (2) Christian, born May 14, 1823, mar- ried Nov. 6. 1849, Rebecca Brubaker, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Steaman) Brubaker ; she was born Feb. 1.4, 1831, and became the mother of ten children. (3) Amos, born May 22, 1825, married, Dec. 10, 1850, Mary Harnish, who was born Feb. 16, 1831, daughter of Michael and Susan ( Hess) Harnish; she died April 11, 1894, the mother of seven children. They were residents of East Lam- peter township. (4) Elizabeth, born May 2, 1827, resides in Strasburg. (5) Ann. born March 25, 1829, died Feb. 24, 1809. (6) John K., born March 15, 1832, married Rebecca Frantz, a daughter of Christian and Elizabeill (Miller) Frantz, and they have one child. (7) Cyrus J., born March 2, 1835, married Oct. 7. 1856, Mary Witmer, daughter of Abraham and Susan ( Newcomer) Witmer, and they have four children; they reside near Lenover, in Chester county. (8) Francis J., born April 7, 183S, married Mary Buckwalter, a daughter of Ben- jamin and Betsey ( Mylin) Buckwalter, and they have four children : they reside on a part of the old estate in Lampeter township. (9) Dr. Jacob G., born April 9, 1840, married Dec. 31, 1873, Lizzie Shultz, daughter of Christian and Maria ( Dieffen- bach) Shulcz, who was born July 28, 1846, and they have six children. All of these children were reared in the Reformed Mennonite Church.
Martin Weaver, eldest child of John and Eliza- beth (Kreider) Weaver, was born on the old home- stead. His education was acquired in the common schools of his district and he prepared himself for an agricultural life. His first essay for himself was on the old homestead, which he successfully managed for two years, and then rented a farm in
West Lampeter township from his father, where he remained three years, and spent the succeeding three on a farm in Strasburg township, finally settling down upon a fine farm of 107 acres, located in East Lampeter, some six miles east of Lancaster. Until his retirement from activity, in 1875, this was his home, but at that date he purchased a comfortable little property at Midway, on the Strasburg and Lancaster Pike road, and made his home there until 1899, when he removed into Strasburg, where he and his sister Elizabeth, reside together. For the past fifty-four years, Mr. Weaver has been one of the leading members of the Reformed Mennonite Church, while for fifty years his sister has also been a mem- ber of that beautiful faith.
In 1882 Mr. Weaver lost his wife, leaving him four children: (1) Frances E., born June S, 1846, was married Dec. 1, 1872, to John H. Weaver, son of Rev. Henry and Anna (Howery) Weaver, and they have three children. Eher G., Charles M., and Cora. (2) Anna M., born Sept. 19. 1849, was married, Dec. 10, 1876, to Daniel D. Girvin, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Dieffenbach) Girvin, and they have three children, Meta, Anna, and Emily. (3) Enos H., born Aug. 3, 1851, was married, Oct. 8, 1879. to Mary N. Musser, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Naomi (Herr) Musser, who died Oct. 6, 1895, leaving six children. Myrtle, Annie, Maud, Martin M., Mary and Ruth. The second marriage of Enos Weaver was to Annie Esbenshade, and they have one daughi- ter, Catherine. (4) Ida Naomi, born Aug. 27, 1854, married Dec. 26, 1875, Rev. John Kohr, a son of John and Hettie ( Denlinger) Kohr, and they have one child, Enos W., born in 18,9, and they reside in Manheim township. This numerous and long-lived family is connected by marriage with many of the other old and prominent families of the county, and very generally belongs to the Meunonite faith.
LANDIS LEVAN, a merchant miller of Lan- caster township, is a member of an old and highly re- spected family of this section of country.
George Levan, his father, was born in Berks county Feb. 7, 1817, and came to Lancaster county. when a boy of thirteen. At this early age he engaged with a Mr. Bowman, of Ephrata, and learned the fulling trade. About 1843 he began the manufacture of woolen goods, near Bareville, where he remained for two years. and then located at Intercourse, con- tinuing the manufacture of woolen goods for a num- ber of years. In 1857 he moved to Wabank, where he took charge of a woolen mill, and two years later he assumed control of a flour mill. running the two establishments in conjunction. There he remained, successfully engaged in his work until 1863, when he removed to what is known as the Willow Grove mills, Manor township, and for five years operated that concern. At the expiration of this time he lo- cated in Lancaster City, and operated a woolen mill on Prince street, continuing there until 1870, when he erected the works known as the Levan mills, about
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a mile south of Lancaster City, on the Lancaster and New Danville pike, and conducted a woolen and . flour mill until 1877. when he abandoned the woolen mill and converting the whole building into a flour- ing mill, operated it until his death, which occurred May 19, 1892. George Levan was a very worthy man, beloved by his friends and trusted by all who knew him. For twenty-five years he was trustee of the State Normal school at Millersville, and was chairman of the building committee when the beauti- ful chapel was erected. In his religious affiliations he was a member of the German Baptist Church, and took an active part in its work. He married Nancy Landis, and to them were born: Samuel L., now in partnership with our subject; Mary A., who died unmarried in 1900; Sallie A., wife of J. J. Ross, of Seaford. Del .; and Landis.
Landis Levan was born at Ephrata, June 20, 1855, and remained with his father until he was twenty-three years of age, receiving his education at the district schools, and at the State Normal School at Millersville. A partnership was then formed, the members of the firm being George Levan and his two sons, Samuel and Landis, under the style of Levan & Sons, which name is still retained. The mill has a capacity of two hundred barrels per day, and they export considerable of their product to Scotland. Landis Levan has since that time devoted his entire attention to the merchant milling business, and has attained a success that is enviable. For thirteen years he was secretary of the State Millers' Associa- tion, and has been its treasurer for twenty-two years.
Landis Levan was married to Miss Laura E. Martin, daughter of John J. and Catherine Martin, and to them five children were born: S. High, of Lancaster City ; George K., Catherine E., Marie L. and John J., all at home. The beautiful home erected by George Levan in 1877 is now the property of Landis Levan, and is considered one of the finest res- idences in the entire township, and is conveniently located to the works. Mr. Levan is justly regarded as one of the representative and leading men of Lan- caster county, and has always given his support to all measures calculated to prove of benefit to the community, where he has passed all of his business life, and in which he and his family have so many friends. His political principles are those of the Re- publican party.
GEORGE HEIM. No better illustration of the characteristic energy and enterprise of the typical German-American citizen can be found than that afforded by the career of this gentleman, who at pres- ent is practically living a retired life in Columbia, Pa. Coming to this country with no captial except his abilities, he has made his way to success through wisely directed effort, and can now look back with satisfaction upon past struggles.
Mr. Heim was born Feb. 13, 1832, in Hessen- Darmstadt, Germany, where his parents, Adam and Catherine (Yorhann) Heim spent their entire lives.
In his younger years the father followed the shoe- maker's trade, and later worked as a lumberman. He died in 1857, aged seventy-five years ; his wife die : aged ninety-five years. Their children were : Peter. who died in Germany ; John, a shoemaker of York county, Pa .; Leonard, a millwright of Germany: George ; and Catherine, who married George Beitse !. a miller, and died in Germany.
During his boyhood George Heim attended school until fourteen years of age, and then commence i learning the shoemaker's trade, which he has made his life work. On Dec. 23, 1852, he came to Amer- ica, and first located in East Prospect. York Co., Pa., where he followed his chosen occupation four year -. but since then his home has been in Columbia. There he has met with success, and is now quite well-to-do, being able to lay aside active labor. For the past five years he has practically lived retired, though he does a little work now and then. For twelve years he has been a director of St. Joseph's Building Association. and he is also a director of the Home Building & Loan Association, which was founded in 1899. The Democratic party finds in him a stanch supporter of its principles, and he is an active member of Salem German Lutheran Church.
On May 20, 1856, in Columbia, Mr. Heim mar- ried Miss Christina Gussler, a native of Wurtemberg. Germany, and a daughter of George Gussler, a mason by trade, who spent his entire life in that country. Mrs. Heim came to America in (854, and die.l Feb. 9, 1895. at the age of sixty-four years. She left four children, namely : George, a conductor on the Penn- sylvania Railroad and a resident of Columbia, mar- ried Ella Carter, and has four children, Rosa. Charles, Clara and Lillie; John, an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, and a resident of Columbia. married Lizzie Ambrose, and they have three chil- dren, Edgar. Harry and Walter : Charles, a baker of Prospect, Pa., married Emma Leber, but they have no children ; and Lillie is the wife of Edwin Marley. a bricklayer of Columbia, and they have two chil- dren, George and May.
MARTIN HUBER. Although each man builds his own character, it is a satisfaction to belong to a family whose name in one locality has stood for honor and respectability for generations, and such is the case in the present instance. Martin Huber, one of the most highly respected citizens of West Lampeter township, is a worthy representative of one of the best and most favorably known agricultural families in this locality.
Henry Huber, his grandfather, with his wife Anna, were, during life standard bearers in the Old Mennonite Church, and hospitable and esteemed resi- dents of one of the excellent farms of this region.
Jacob Huber, son of Henry, was also a farmer. He died at the age of forty-one, while his wife, Mary Herr, lived to be sixty-one, rearing a family of five children: Jacob, a farmer of the county, died near Beaver; Henry moved to Illinois, where he
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died ; Susanna; Eliza, who married Cyrus Zittle, is deceased ; the only members of the family surviving being Martin and Susanna, the latter now about seventy years of age.
Martin Huber was born on the old family farm near Big Springs, July 23, 1823, a son of Jacob and Mary ( Herr) Huber, and was reared and educated in the common schools of the district. At the early age of ten years he left home, and went to live with an uncle, with whom he remained until he was eight- een years old. At that time he began to learn the the wheelwright trade under the instruction of Jacob Hoover, and completed his apprenticeship when he was twenty-one. This business Martin followed for fourteen years and then began farming in West Lampeier township, between Lampeter and Stras- burg, operating an eighty acre farm for ten years, at the close of that period selling it, and returning to his trade in Willowstreet, which he followed for the succeeding twenty-five years, being industrious and worthy of all confidence. Since that time he has lived in retirement, enjoying a competency which he has earned. Aside from the home property, Martin Huber owns a fine farm of eighty-six acres and both places are well improved, the home dwelling being erected in 1869.
On Nov. 15, 1847, Martin Huber was married to Maria Hoover, daughter of Christian Hoover and Anna (Shaub) Hoover, who was born in Strasburg township Sept. 18, 1825, and four children were born to this union : Aaron, who died in childhood ; Anna M., who died young ; Emma, who married David A. Huber, of West Lampeter ; and Frances E., who mar- ried Henry Shenk, a farmer of this township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Huber are respected and esteemed in the community, are worthy members of the Old Mennonite Church and well known to a wide circle of friends. Among her neighbors Mrs. Huber is known for her kindness, and also for her skill in care for the sick, being most successful in alleviating whooping cough, by means of some of her own medi- cines.
JOHN MARTIN BACHMAN, the widely- known contracting house carpenter and builder whose beautiful residence is at No. 830 Columbia avenue, is descended from one of the oldest families of Lan- caster county, the Bachman family to which he be- longs having come to America from Germany with Hans Herr, the progenitor of all the Herrs in this country.
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