History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 13

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1320

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On Barbara Street there were in 1812 ten houses, five of which were on the northern side. The first, counting from the east, belonged to a Widow Tod, and the next, a small log, to one Craig, while the third, a double log house, was occupied by James Laird, the fourth was the property of John Alsbangh, a cooper, and the fifth a house which John Mateer had built for his danghter, a widow. On the south side of the street, James Laird had a butcher-shop at the corner of the street which runs north and south through the square, and a little west of this street was the residence of the Donahue family, of which one of the sons, James, is still a resident of the borough. Still farther west were the houses of Mrs. Sherrer and Mary Eshelman, and the last of the five was a small log honse owned by Joseph Lytle and built before the town was laid ont. This was on the lot now owned by McFarland and Breneman.

These were all the houses in Rohrerstown during the period of the second war with Great Britain, but many others were built soon after its close, among them the Bell school-house. In the mean time, how- ever, another town had been platted, which was ulti- mately to be merged with that which we have de- scribed.

Richland .- The period of the war of 1812 was one prolific in projects for land speculation, and among them was the laying ont of a town at the cross-roads { as a rival of Rohrerstown. This flat embraced lands lying both north and south of the turnpike from Lan- caster to Harrisburg, in Mount Joy and Donegal town- ships, and included the old "Cross-Keys" tavern, which was spoken of at the ontset of this chapter. The lands lying in proximity to this tavern had been owned by Michael Nichels. The deeds set forth that his executors sold to Peter Linderwood and Peter Bishop, who sold to Christian Leib, who in turn sold to John Bartruff, of Manheim, and that he then laid out one hundred and twenty-two lots in 1812. It also appears that IIoffer and Roth were engaged in the enterprise, and it is certain that their plans in laying out the town were not consummated until 1814, and even then many of the lots were not sold. Richland did not grow so fast as Rohrerstown, but made some progress. The taverns of Richland and Rohrerstown did a more thriving business than any other insti- tution, and their patronage was derived principally

from the teamsters of the great Conestoga wagons. One old resident of Mount Joy says that he has often seen at early day over fifty of these teams, each of four horses, quartered for the night at the stables of the two taverns, while the drivers crowded the houses to their utmost capacity.

As time passed on the lands lying along the turn- pike between Rohrerstown and Richland were platted in lots by small parcels. The first was the triangular piece of ground lying between Main Street, the Ma- rietta turnpike, and Delta Street. This five and a half acres was covered with timber when it was bought by Christian Choick, in 1828, for eight hundred dol- lars. He cleared it and laid it out in lots in 1830.

In 1834 or the following year Jacob Walleck (or Wallich), who had a long, narrow strip of land run- ning across the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike to the Manheim road, laid it off in eighty lots, which he disposed of by a lottery. He removed to the West not long after this transaction, some features in which had made him unpopular.

Henry Eshelman laid out a small addition on the south side of the pike and several others surveyed off a few lots, while George Myers laid ont what was called the " Richland extension."

Lots were sold in all of these plats and buildings erected, and the two original villages gradually grew together and became practically one, which slowly and evenly increased in population and prosperity.

Incorporation as a Borough .- Mount Joy was incorporated as a borough by act of the Assembly passed Feb. 10, 1851, and its bonndaries were made to include Rohrerstown, Richland, and the several other plots or additions lying between them, and upon April 1-t of that, year the following persons, having received a majority of the votes, were, by Justice of the Peace J. Shertzer, installed as the first officers, viz. : Burgess, Joseph Hougendobler ; Clerk, Jacob Stantler ; Treasurer, A. Strickler ; Town Coun- cil, (West Ward) Samuel Minichan, Henry Bender, John Reams, ( East Ward) Henry Shaffner, Samuel Dyer, James Moore.

Following are the principal officers for each subse- quent year :

BURGESSES .- Isaac Shertzer, 1852-54; John Patterson, 1855; B. M. Greider, 1856-57; John H. Breneman, 1858; S. M. Myers, 1859; Jacob Urich, 1860-61 ; C. M. Martin, 1862: J. L. Zeigler, 1863-64 ; B M. Grevler, 1865-72; Henry Shaffner, 1873-76; Jesse Kennedy, 1877; B. M. Grewer, 1878-83.

CLERKS .- J. Stauffer, 1852-58; C. W. Johnson, 1859-62 ; J. B. Landie, 1863; B. F. Eberle, 1864 ; J E. Cassel, 1865-66; G. R. Hendrickson, 1867-71 ; A K. Martin, 1872-83.

TREASURERS .- A. Strickler, 1852; Jacob Urich, 1853; L. Ricksecker, 1854-83.

COUNCILMEN,-(Two members elected anunally for three years, one from each ward )-P. Helmin And 11. Shaffner, 1832; H. H. Greiner and william Brady, 1854; If. Shuffver and H. Bendor, 1855 ; Samuel Kohr and Samuel Myets, 1836; J. Leader and B. Flory, 1837 ; Sat- uel Ehrman and 15. Bender, 1859 ; J. B. Lnudis and C. Grube, 1859 ; Benjamin Eby and I[. Shetbahn, 1860 ; S. Patterson and P. Helman, 1861; J. Leader and C. Grube, 1862 ; F. A. Ricker and A. M ller- shey, 1863; S. R. Baer and B. F. Nustray, 1864 ; C. Stohler and John Hildebrandt, 1865; B. F. Eberle and Jacob Hamaker, 1866; J. L.

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Longnecker and P. Ifelman, 1867 ; Eli Hamaker and S. Il. Kurtz, 1868 ; William Kuhn and B. F. Eberle, 1869; D. Boyce and P. Hel- man, 1870 ; S. H. Kurtz and C. Grube, 1871 ; Eli Hamaker and Wil- liam Kuhn, 1872; John M Brandt and H. F. Stager, 1873 ; S. IF. Kurtz and P. llelman, 1874 ; John B. Shelly nnd Henry Gut ber, 1875; S. N. Eby and II. F. Stager, 1876 ; C. H. Nissly and S. H. Knitz, 1877 ; A. Dillinger, B. Hostetter (three years), and J. H. Rober (two years), 1878; S. N. Eby nnd H. F. Stager, 1879; A. F. Root and Joseph Detwiler, 1880; S. S. P. Lytle and B. Hostetter, 1881 ; S. N. Eby and M M. Brubaker, 1882; Joseph Detwiler and M. Himmelspark, 1883.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 1 -- Jacob R. Long, April 15, 1851 ; James Moore, April 11, 1854; Isaac Shirtzer, April 10, 1855; C. M. Martin, April 16, 1856: Jacob R. Long, April 16, 1856; Samuel I. Shay, June 19, 1856; James Barlow, March 20, 1857; Jacob Urech, May 6, 1858, O. M Martin, April 9, 1861; John H. Breneman, April 9, 1861 ; Christian Scholl, April 9, 1861 ; James A. Patterson, April 14, 1863 ; Robert McFadden, April 14, 1863; C. M. Martin, April 14, 1866; C. W. Jolinson, April 14, 1866; George R. Hendrickson, April 14, 1868 ; Robert McFadden, April 14, 1868; C. M. Martin, April 14, 1871; J. H. Zeller, April 14, 1872; Robert McFadden, April 14, 1873; F. A. Ricker, April 14, 1874; C. M. Martin, April 14, 1876; F. A. Ricker, April 14, 1876; John H. Zeller, April 14, 1877; Robert McFadden, April 14, 1878 ; R. H. Long, April 14, 1879; F. A. Ricker, April 14, 1881; Robert McFadden, April 14, 1883.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity .- Originally the Lutherans of this neigh- borhood formed a part of the Maytown congregation, but in the year 1827 the Mount Joy members resolved to form a church of their own. They at first met in the school-house, but the society inereasing in size they built a church in 1829 (the corner-stone being laid August 15th, on which occasion there was preach- ing in both English and German). The building committee consisted of the following persons : Samuel Dyer, John Beard, Peter Lindenmuth, Henry Walt- man. The society was organized and the church built under the pastoral care of Rev. J. Frederick Ruthrauff, who commenced his labors with the congregation Dec. 15, 1827. He remained as pastor until March 15, 1832, when he was succeeded by Rev. Jolin 11. Berneheim. After the severance of his connection with the church, in 1833, Rev. P. Sahm became pas- tor, and remained until 1835. Since that time to the present the pulpit has been filled by the following ministers, viz. : Rev. Miller, 1835-38; L. Gerhart, 1838-15; W. Ileilig, 1845-49 ; J. W. Menges, 1849- 50; G. W. Scheide, for period of three months ; J. B. Christ, 1852-55; William G. Laitzell, 1856-62; D. P. Rosenmiller, six months, 1865; a Committee of Con- ference, 1866-67 ; J. W. Early, 1867-68 ; F. W. Weis- katlin, 1868-73; G. H. Trabert, 1873-77 ; H. J. H. Lamicke, 1877-81. Since the last date the congrega- tion has been served by a Committee of Conference.

United Brethren .- As nearly as can be ascer- tained, there was preaching by the United Brethren in Mount Joy as early as 1829. Revs. Neidig, Rupp, and the Lights (Felix, John, and Casper) were for years accustomed to preach in what was known as the Oll Bell School house, which was used as a preaching- place by a number of ministers of different denomi-

1 For those in this locality prior to 1851, see chapter on Mount Joy township and the chapter containing the civil list of the county.

nations before they had their own churches. In 1860 a class was organized in Mount Joy, with George Geyer as leader. He kept up regular class- and prayer-meetings for a number of years. In 1865-66, Rev. I .. Peters, who was then preaching on Lancaster Circuit, took up a Sunday afternoon appointment in the Lutheran Church of this place, and thus prepared the way for the building of a house of worship. Ae- cordingly the Quarterly Conference of Lancaster Cir- cuit assembled at Springville (now Florin) May 25, 1867, appointed George Geyer, S. S. Royer, George Eby, John Miller, and John Shroff as trustees, with instructions to build a church in Mount Joy, in con- formity with the discipline of the United Brethren in Christ. The corner-stone was laid July 28, 1867, by Revs. E. Light and W. S. H. Keys, D.D., and the church building dedicated Jan. 19, 1868, by Bishop J. J. Glosbrenner, D.D., assisted by E. Light, Father Stehman, J. Carpenter, and others. The church edi- fice was erected under the pastorate of Revs. Hack- man and Evers, at an aggregate cost of seven thousand dollars, about five thousand dollars of which amount was paid at the time of dedication and the remainder in 1875, during the pastorate of Rev. J. W. Etter, at which time the interior was also refitted at consider- able expense. At the Annual Conference of 1868, Rev. D. O. Farrell was appointed to the circuit and served one year, after which Rev. J. C. Mumma served two years. At the Annual Conference held in Mount- ville, Pa., March 8, 1871, Mount Joy was constituted a station, embracing Strickler's Church and the town of Mount Joy, and Rev. John Fobl appointed the pastor for one year. The church was served from 1872 to 1875 by Rev. J. R. Meredith, and from 1875 to 1877 by Rev. J. W. Etter. In 1876, Strickler's Church was detached from Mount Joy and united with Spring Garden Circuit. In 1878 a parsonage was built adjoining the church at a cost of about two thousand five hundred dollars, under the pastorate of Rev. J. K. Fisher. Fu 1879, Rev. M. P. Doyle, of the Allegheny Conference, was appointed preacher in charge until 1881, when he was succeeded by Rev. G. W. M. Rigor, who served two years. The church, since 1868, has been steadily growing in numerical strength and moral influence, and now numbers one hundred and twelve members. Rev. J. W. Etter is the present pastor.

Methodist Episcopal Church.2-There was & class-meeting organized here about 1834, of twenty members, of which Samuel Meldrum was the leader. Susquehanna Mission was a circuit, of which Mount Joy was one of the appointments, and the years and preachers as they appear in the general minutes are as follows : 1836, T. B. Tibbles; 1837, T. B. Tibbles and J. A. Watson ; 1838, T. Sumption ; 1839-10, Il. Sutton ; 1841, J. Edwards ; 1842, J. Edwards and J. II. Wythe; 1843, E. Reed and J. W. Arthur ; 1844,

2 By Ruv. Thomas Montgomery.

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L. K. Berridge and S. Pancoast; in 1845 the circuit pastor in March, 1845, and resigned in the spring of 1847, being succeeded by Rev. Franklin Harris as stated supply from 1847 to September, 1850. Rev. J. L. Rodgers was elected pastor in May, 1852, in- stalled in November, and remained until 1856. The was called Mount Joy, and the preachers were R. Me- Namee and A. W. Milby ; in 1846 the circuit was called Marietta, and the preacher was R. McNamee; 1847-48, John Ruth; 1849, R. M. Greenbank ; 1850, R. M. Greenbank and S. R. Gillingham ; 1851, M. D. ' church in 1852 was transferred, at its own request, from Kurtz and W. II. Burrell ; in 1852, Mount Joy be- came a separate charge, and G. W. Brindle was preacher, and in 1853 was again appointed ; 1854, J. T. Gracey ; 1855-56, Thomas Montgomery ; 1857, J. Cook; 1858, J. M. Wheeler; 1859-60, A. Howard; 1861, T. Kirkpatrick; 1862-63, O. W. Landreth ; 1864-65, J. Stringer; 1866-67, J. T. Miller; 1868, A. Howard; 1869-70, S. A. Heilner ; 1871, J. Robinson; 1872-73, T. Harrison ; 1874, J. A. Watson ; 1875-76, J. Dungan ; 1877-78, M. Graves; 1879-80, W. H. Aspril ; 1881-82, C. Roads; 1883, Thomas Mont- gomery.

The old church was built in 1837, and sold in 1867. The basement of the brick church was dedicated Jan. 12, 1868. The whole edifice was completed and paid for in 1882,-value $10,000. The church was chartered Sept. 2, 1867. The parsonage, valued at $1500, on the same lot as the church, was built in 1877, and has a debt of 81000.

The number of members and probationers is sev- enty-five ; the Sabbath-school, sixteen officers and teachers ; seventy-five scholars.

The official members of the church are: Trustees, H. H. Mellinger (president), W. H. Metzgar (seere- tary), E. M. Trexler (treasurer), A. H. Comp, W. C. T. Reed, A. B. Cling, B. M. Root ; Exhorters, Alex- ander Dysart, H. H. Mellinger, W. C. F. Reed, J. T. Wilson ; Leader of Class No. I, A. Dysart; Leader of Classes Nos. 2 and 3, pastor ; Sunday-school Super- intendent, J. T. Wilson.

First Presbyterian Church.1-This church was organized by the Rev. E. Phelps, of the Third Pres- bytery of Philadelphia, assisted by the Rev. William Ramsey, of the First Presbytery of Philadelphia, on the Ist day of December, 1839, and consisted at that time of eighteen members. William D. Slaymaker aad John If. Brown were elected as elders, and David MeNeely and Amos II. Slaymaker as deacons. Rev. James W. Phillips, of the Presbytery of Winchester, was unanimously elected pastor Feb. 3, 1840, and in- etalled by the Presbytery of Harrisburg on the 19th of June succeeding. The charter of the church was obtained Aug. 4, 1840, and the present house of wor- ship was erected that year. The trustees under the charter, who presumably superintended the building, were Joseph Pinkerton, David MeNeely, Sr., Amos JI. Slaymaker, James W. Hendrickson, and James Laird. Rev. James W. Phillips, the first pastor, re- signed his charge in the spring of 1841, and from the fall of that year until February, 1845, Rev. II. Loomis served as stated supply. Rev. . J. Miller was called as

the care of the Presbytery of Harrisburg to the Pres- bytery of Donegal. In the summer of the same year the church building was removed. Resuming the snecession of ministers, we find that the Rev. James Smith was called as pastor in 1857, and resigned after eleven years' service, in 1868. The Rev. John Edgar was elected to fill his place Jan. 13, 1869, installed in April, and resigned in April, 1870. The Rev. James Campbell was given a call in December, 1870, but after supplying the church for three months declined to accept the call. From September, 1871, to April, 1880, the church was served by the Rev. W. B. Browne as stated supply. The Rev. C. B. Whitcomb was called as pastor in November, 1880, installed iu April, 1882, and the pastoral relation was dissolved by the Presbytery Sept. 28, 1882. The Presbytery the same month appointed Rev. Robert Gamble as stated supply until the next meeting of the Presbytery, in April, 1883, when, on the unanimous request of the church and congregation, he was again appointed as a supply for six months. The elders elected since the organization of the church have been David McNeely, Sr., Dr. A. Sheller, E. F. Witmer, Jacob Stauffer, Rev. N. Dodge, Thomas G. Wright, S. C. Pinkerton, and John McFarland. Three of the elders died while members of the session, viz., David McNeely, Sr., Rev. N. Dodge, and Dr. A. Sheller. John H. Browne, William D. Slaymaker, Jacob Stautfer, and E. F. Witmer, having removed from the bounds of the church and received their certificates of membership, ceased to act as elders. The present officers of the church are Rev. Robert Gamble, stated supply and moderator of sessions; Thomas G. Wright, S. C. Pink- erton, and John McFarland, elders. The trustees are John Pinkerton, John McFarland, S. C. Pinker- ton, Simon J. Eby, and S. S. P. Lytle.

The Evangelical Church .- The first book of records of this church has been lost, but the deed of the lot on which its house of worship stands shows that it was bought Oct. 13, 1843, of D. Maurer. The trustees of the church at that time must have been David Grissinger and Lewis Hahnler, of Rich- land (by which name the western portion of what is now this borough was called), and C. Ilannebeger, of Mount Joy township,-at least they were the persous to whom the property was deeded. The same year that this lot was purchased, Rev. John Hensel then being pastor, a church edifice was erected. This was used for thirty-seven years, or until 1880, when the present structure was built. It was dedicated by Rev. W. 11. Hershey July 25th, and since July 25, 1881, the society which worships in it has been served by the present pastor, Rev. J. W. Hoover.

1 By Mr. S. O. Pinkerton.

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St. Mary's Catholic Church .- There being no Catholic Church in Mount Joy, the Rev. Anthony F. Kaul, rector of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, took measures in the spring of 1879 to organize a congregation with the few families located there and in the immediate vicinity.

He selected the lots corner of David and New Haven Streets, and purchased the same from Henry Garber for four hundred and fifty dollars. He erected a two story brick building thirty-six by forty feet, of which the first floor is used as a chapel, and the sec- ond is a hall divided into rooms suitable for school and parochial residence.

For two years it was attended by Rev. A. Kaul, then the Rev. Charles McMonigle attended for one year, and now Rev. Jules Foin, of Elizabethtown, has charge.

Schools.1-The excellence of the public schools the borough of Mount Joy now enjoys bad its inception in the old log school-house, which is known as the East Ward Bell school-house. It was built in 1817, on the southern terminus of what is now called Barbara Street. In the little village of Richland, now a part of Mount Joy, nine years later, in 1826, was founded by subscription Richland Academy. This school flourished several years, and at the same time the building was used as a church by different denom- inations of the community. Later Richland Acad- emy building was used for a public school, known as the West Ward Bell. At that time Mount Joy had the East and the West Ward Bell school- houses and three primary schools,-one in the little brick building near the Mount Joy Academy, a second in the brick school-house on Cemetery road, and another in the frame house on West Donegal Street. In 1855 the West Ward Bell School was or- ganized into a high school, the East Ward Bell and the brick school-house on Cemetery road being used for secondary schools. Another primary school about ten years later was established in the Council chamber on Market Street. In these buildings the schools were conducted until March, 1873. For a de- cade prior to this time the old log and frame build- ings were in a dilapidated condition. There was a crying demand for more suitable accommoda- tions. After a long-continued agitation a fine school- building was erected on a central site, which com- mands a fine view in any direction. It is a two and a half story building of brick, erected at a cost, including heating apparatus, furniture, and ground, at upwards of twenty thousand dollars. The build- ing, which can accommodate four hundred children, is admirably adapted for them in every particular. The design and its execution reflects credit on Archi- tect Albert N. Dabb and IT. II. Nissley, builder, and equally creditable is it to the board of directors, Messrs, John Pinkerton, Benjamin Hostetter, P. A.

Pyle, Peter Brunner, A. D. Hostetter, and Benjamin Root, during whose administration the school-house was erected.

.In March, 1873, the schools were transferred to this building, and for the remainder of the term the schools were conducted by the same teachers who taught in the old buildings. In the fall of 1873 the organization of the schools was completed by in- creasing the number of primary schools from three to four. The corps of teachers embraced seven, in- cluding the principal, Mr. Douglass Patterson, of Princeton College, class of 1852. Under his efficient supervision the schools reached a high standard of excellence. At one time there were attending the high school ten pupils, who, the following winter, commenced to teach in the public schools in various parts of the county. Of the schools one who is com- petent to judge, County Superintendent B. F. Shaub, in his annual report, said, " All the schools of Mount Joy borough were in very good condition. An exam- ination of the work of these schools, now on exhibition in Pennsylvania Educational Hall, will convince any one of the neatness, thoroughness, general excellence, and extended scope of the same."

Among the names of the educators who are prom- inently identified with the school history of Mount Joy are Rev. N. Dodge, A.M., E. L. Moore, David Denlinger, Matthew Marble, D. M. Martin, and Doug- lass Patterson.

Rev. Dodge established Cedar Hill Female Semi- nary in 1837. Young ladies from eleven different States attended this institution. The name of the school was changed to Cedar ITill Seminary in 1874, when Professor D. Denlinger took charge of the school, instructing pupils of both sexes. It is now a defunct institution.

In 1838, J. F. Brown founded the Mount Joy In- stitute for boys. This school is not in operation.

Mount Joy Academy was chartered in 1851. E. L. Moore and J. W. Simonton were associate principals. This building is now used for a soldiers' orphans' school.

Mount Joy Soldiers' Orphans' School .- The friendless condition of two soldiers' orphans, clad in rags and timidly asking for bread at the Executive mansion, Harrisburg, on Thanksgiving-day, 1863, in- spired the patriotic soul of the old " War Governor" with the idea of founding homes and asylums to adopt and educate at the State's expense the children of her fallen dead. The grand thought of Curtin, directed by his untiring energy and stalwart policy, prepared the press and the public to receive and or- ganize his beneficent scheme of placing the destitute and fatherless under the State's providence. It was hailed as a promise to the soldier redeemed. His wife and little ones would be protected, and the loyal heart of the old " Keystone" would dedicate to her fallen sons a beautiful temple of justice, not charity, for her widows and orphans.

1 By J. B. Hipple.

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MOUNT JOY BOROUGH.

Professor J. P. Wickersham, then principal of the State Normal School at Millersville, was requested to prepare a bill embodying the leading ideas and fea- tures of the system, which way to be laid before the Legislature. The carefully-prepared bill of Wicker- sham, after many lengthy discussions, was curtailed to a special enactment instructing the Governor to appropriate the fifty thousand dollar donation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the State for the use and protection of the soklier's widow and child. On the 16th of June, 1864, Hon. Thomas II. Burrowes, LL.D., was commissioned superintendent of soldiers' orphans and requested to continue the good work. The several features of the defeated bill were incor- porated in the scheme of Burrowes and presented to the Executive. It received his approval, and became the basis of future operations. Homes were secured in the various sections of the State. The Old Guard opened its doors, through Professor J. R. Carothers, at Strasburg, in November of the same year. His school was formally opened on the 20th of December, 1864. But the accommodations being inadequate, the academy buildings at Mount Joy were purchased of Professor E. L. Moore, A.M., and the sixty-four orphans in attendance transferred thither during the annual vacation of 1865. This vacation began July 28th and ended September 4th.

The change from Strasburg to Mount Joy not only secured better facilities to the school, but was an ad- vantage to it in other respects. Its location was now a most desirable one. In a small rural town, beauti- fully situated, healthful in climate and environments, possessing excellent railroad conveniences, in prox- imity to Lancaster and Harrisburg, and reputed for the large number of its excellent citizens were cer- tainly all that taste and comfort could desire. The building, a three-story substantial stone structure, with two-story structures of same material on east and west sides, presented an inviting appearance. This edifice is still occupied, and has a beautiful yard in front, laid out in walks and shaded with trees.

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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 13

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1320

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Evans, Samuel, 1823-1908, joint author
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1320