History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 58

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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Mount Hope Methodist Episcopal Church .- The beginning of the present Mount Hope Methodist Society in the northeastern part of Drumore origin- ated in two classes: one met at Conewago Furnace, at Jonathan McMichael's, the other at Thomas Smith's. The leader was Mr. Smith. The first church was built on land purchased from H. Har- mon, and the price paid was ten dollars for a quarter of an acre of land. It was a rough-sided, plain building, twenty-five feet square, with open seats. It was enlarged sixteen feet at one end, and event- ually sold to the United Brethren. The trustees were Christian Lefevre, S. Crawford, and Thomas Smith. ated on an eminence in the northwestern part of Drumore, and is a substantial brick building, and was built in 1856, under the Rev. S. R. Gillingham's administration. The Methodists at this church num-

The Drumore Baptist Church is an offshoot from the Colerain Baptist Church. In May, 1876, the following persons, Lizzie Cummings, Nancy Dare, Joseph Moore, Mary Alice Moore, W. O. Owen, Re- becca Owen, Emma Qwen, George Retzer, Jennie Retzer, Annie Retzer, Laura Phillips, Lizzie Shaw, John Hastings, Clara Hastings, Margaret R. Wat- son, John Watson, Margaret Watson, Alminz Watson, Anne Watson, Sarah R. Wilkinson, Phebe Wright, and Eliza Wright agreed to organize themselves into a new church, to be called the " Drumore Baptist

Mount Zion Church was built mainly through the efforts of Alexander Shank, who emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1815. He was a weaver by trade. Converted to Christ in the Methodist faith, he became an carnest exhorter, and was licensed as a local preacher. In his anxiety for a church, he dreamed he was given a blank paper to present to a ; Church." Rev. W. O. Owen was elected their pastor, 'and supplied them with preaching every two weeks in a house furnished by Mr. Dare, of Mechanics Grove. Soon after organization measures were taken to build a church, which was subsequently erected on a lot at the " Unicorn," donated by Mrs. Margaret Watson. In October, 1877, this house way dedicated to God. Rev. S. S. Snow, of the Atglen Baptist Church, preached the dedicatory sermon, as- sisted by Revs. Critchlow and Wells. The follow- ing year a flourishing Sabbath-school was established, with George Retzer as superintendent. During the following winter an extensive revival nearly doubled

Mr. Caldwell for a subscription-heading and a con- tribution for church building. IIe stated the case to Caldwell, who headed the list with fifty dollars, and directed him to go to Gardner Furnac, a generons and eccentric Quaker, and secure a building lot. He did as directed, and was successful. Calling on Joseph Smith for a contribution, Joseph said, " Alex- ander, thee knows I do not believe in churches with paid preachers." Alex, replied, " We must have a fence around the graveyard." Joseph answered, "I will give thee ten dollars for the fenee." In Balti- more he noticed three well-dressed gentlemen in con- versation, and presented to them his subscription- the original membership. Rev. W. O. Owen remained

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pastor until 1881. Since then the Rev. Alfred Wells has been the pastor in charge. The church is a member of the Central Union Association of Baptist Churches. The property is valued at fifteen hundred dollars.

Old Mennonite Church .- Within the last ten years the Mennonites have rapidly increased in numbers in Drumore. In 1881 they erected a plain and comfort- able house of worship a little north of Mechanics' Grove. It is known as the Mennonite Church at Mechanics' Grove. It is forty-six by thirty-five feet, and its erection was completed at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars. The original members numbered about twenty, among whom are Samuel Nissley, J. M. Swarr, Jacob Martin, Amos B. Miller, S. J. Ress- ler, and Abraham Brubaker. The church was dedi- cated, free of incumbranee, in the spring of 1882. It belongs to the Old Mennonite Church order. Bishop Benjamin Herr, Bishop Jacob N. Brubaker, and Rev. Amos Herr participated in the dedication. The num- ber of members is steadily increasing. They have a flourishing Sabbath-school of eighty pupils, under the superintendence of J. M. Swarr.

Friends .- The Friends' meeting-house in Dru- more was erected in 1816. It is located one-half mile south of Liberty Square. The land was do- nated by Jacob Shoemaker, and is a portion of the land purchased by him of Moses Irwin, Jr. He inherited the same from his father, Moses Irwin, who in the year 1748 took out a patent for three hundred and nine acres of land, and in 1750 another patent for one hundred and fifty acres. Previous to the erec- tion of their present meeting-house the Friends as- sembled in an old school building, one mile west of the present location, on the south side of the road. Among the oldest members are found the names of Joseph Stubbs, David Parry, Jacob Shoemaker, Rob- ert Clendenin, Isaac Smith, Isaac Bolton, Joseph Smith, Simon Pennock, George Lamborn, Amos Walton, Jesse Lamborn, James Worral and wife, and Ezekiel Atkinson.

The present elders are Jason Bolton and Alban Cutler. The meeting includes about one hundred members, and is known as the Drumore preparative meeting. It belongs to the Little Britain Monthly Meeting, Nottingham Quarterly, and Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Educational .- Education in Drumore was care- fully fostered by the Scotch-Irish element in its early history. In 1770 the Rev. James Latta, pastor of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, was principal of a Latin school. The school was on the farm now owned by John Myers, about a mile west of the Friends' meeting-house. Latin and English were thoroughly taught. Many of his pupils became famous in after-years. After Mr. Latta retired from active service, the school was continued by his son, Francis. Another son of the Lattas', for his classical acquirements, was selected by Aaron Burr as tutor For , ganization known as the Good Templars as a remedy.

his gifted daughter, Theodosia. In 1852 an academy building was erected at Chestnut Level, and in a few years an extensive boarding-house was added and the school flourished for several years. The first teacher was the Rev. J. Ross Ramsay ; the last, Thomas .R. Nicholson. Our semi-private normal schools, aided yearly by large State appropriations, have closed many excellent private institutions of learning in the unequal competition. Drumore township ac- cepted the common school system in 1834, and had at that time 832 taxables. In 1837 there were 9 schools, 12 teachers, and 220 pupils, supported at an expenditure of $3023. In 1883 there were 15 schools and 15 teachers. The school near Murphy's Loup is composed exclusively of colored pupils. The whole number of pupils in the schools in 1883 was 743, 387 are males and 356 females. These are maintained at an expense of $4150 per year. The number of tax- ables in the same year was 918.

Washington Lodge, No. 156, F. and A. M .-- The Masonic fraternity of Drumore, known as the Wash- ington Lodge, No. 156, F. and A. M., was granted its charter in 1818. The lodge first organized at the pub- lie-house of Philip Housekeeper, in Chestnut Level. The first officers were Jacob Moore. W. M. ; John Ramsay, S. W. ; Sammel B. Moore, J. W. Prominent among the old members were Gardner Furnace, John Kirke, Philip Housekeeper, John Keeler, John Mod- erwell, Wallace Null, John Robinson, Davis Snavely, John Valentine, T. C. Tomlinson, Oliver Watson, and Richard Edwards.

During. the Anti-Masonic war the members were compelled frequently to change their place of meet- ing. Sometimes they met near Black Rock, at a public-house kept by a Mr. Dripp's, at other times they met at the Running Pump, kept by a Mr. El- liott. Fear of injury to themselves or their enter- tainers compelled them to meet at different places, so fierce was the Anti-Masonie fury. At that time they were greatly reduced in numbers. Henry Rush and David Snavely were sent at times to Lancaster to Lodge No. 43, for additional members to form a quorum. The Washington Lodge moved to Drumore Centre in 1857, and in 1868 they built their Masonie hall at a cost exceeding five thousand dollars. It is a handsome brick structure, three stories high, and the largest public hall in Drumore. Washington Lodge numbers eighty-seven members. Its present oflieers are William J. MeComb, W. M. ; David M. Boffenmyer, S. W .; Dr. J. M. Deaver, J. W .; and Edward Ambler, See., since 1862.

I. O. of G. T .- The Good Templars' Lodge in Drumore is a surviving branch of the Drumore and Martic Temperance Union. In 1869, Thomas Wentz of the Union noticed that very few of those who needed instruction in temperance principles at- tended the meetings. He stated the faet to Ilon. James Black, of Lancaster, who suggested the new or-

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At that time there were less than a dozen lodges in Pennsylvania. During the year a lodge was insti- ' tuted, and the meetings were held in the old tan house, a little north of the dividing-line between Mertie and Drumore. The first officers were : W. S., Edwin Shoemaker; W. A. S., Rev. K. Hambleton ; W. G., James Ecklin ; W. C., Rev. J. MeGhee ; W. M., Joshua Wilson ; W. 1. G., John McKinley ; W. O. G., Joseph Hackett; W. A. S., William L. Lamborn ; W. D. M., A. B. Lamborn ; R. II. S., Em- mor Bradley ; L. H. S., Tilghman Tompson ; Lodge Deputy, Edwin Shoemaker. The additional charter members were Thomas Wentz, Mary J. Wentz, Wil- liam J. Wentz, John Wentz, Sarah A. Wentz, Eui- mor P. Bradley, Maria Penny, Margaret F. Shoemaker, Jacob Cramer, William B. Hackett, Jeremiah Cooper, Louisa Cooper, Mary C. Cooper, and Eliza M. Me- Ghee. The lodge was reorganized in September, 1871. Their present place of meeting is in the new hall at Liberty Square, which they have occupied since 1880. The lodge numbers eighty-five members.

The Drumore Lodge, No. 509, I. O. O. F., was in- stituted on the 6th day of January, 1855. Its charter members were James Cain, S. D. MeConky, Hugh W. Ritchie, John McSparran, John Fowler, William Shank, John Kennedy, H. Coombs, Charles Parker, H. D. Hildebrand, Henry Harner, Fleming MeSpar- ran, Felix W. Sweigart, Newlin Thompson, Elkana Coombs, Lawrence Hipple, John Russell, Edward Hicks, William A. Towson, and Allen S. Steele. The officers first elected and installed were Allen S. Steele, N. G .; James Cain, V. G .; S. D. McConkey, Sec .; Felix W. Sweigart, A. Sec .; and Newlin Thomp- son, Treas. George Sanderson, D. D. G. M., of Lan- caster County, was present on the occasion. They held their meetings in the ball-room over Fleming MeSparran's store until Nov. 14, 1868, when they purchased a lot of ground adjoining the hotel in Fairfield of James Cain. On it they erected a hall convenient for their purpose, twenty-five by forty-five feet, and two stories, each of ten feet in height. The hall cost the association two thousand six hundred dollars. It was dedicated on the Ilth of April, 1873, by Dr. John Levergood, D. D. G. M., and William Steadman, G. M. Up to the 6th of January the lodge had expended for relief and burying the dead four thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars.

Conowingo Furnace was built by Michael Withers & Co. in 1809, and stopped in 1866. It was operated by the Withers Brothers until 1828. In the mean time it became the property of James Hopkins, an attorney of Lancaster. Samuel D. Orric became a partner, and the firm's name was Hopkins & Orric. After the retirement of Orrie, James M. Hopkins was associated in the business, under the name of James Hopkins & Son. After the death of the father, Charles Brooke, Jr., acquired an interest, and the firm was known as Hopkins & Brooke. Brooke withdrew from the firm in 1837, and from that time

until 1867 James M. Hopkins conducted the business alone. A flouring mill was erected near the site of the old furnace in 1868, and it took the place of a mill built by Jacob Baer and wife in 1768. This mill was located south of the Furnace road, on the west bank of the Conowingo, near the Hopkins resi- dence. The present substantial stone mill was built by James M. Hopkins, who leased it and engaged in farming and dairying. The quality of the ore used enabled Mr. Hopkins to manufacture iron of a supe- rior grade, and he continued in the business longer than any of the other old manufacturers in the vicin- ity. The iron manufactured was of the neutral grade. It differed from cold short and hot short iron, as it possessed great tenacity either cold or hot. Much of the product was made into car-wheels, and after a lapse of thirty years the wheels are free from bumps and depression, apparently as good as new.

The Conowingo Rolling-Mill was erected by Neff & Kendrie, and situated about two miles below the furnace on Conowingo Creek. It was purchased on the failure of the builders by Robert Coleman, owner of the Cornwall Furnaces, in Lebanon County, Pa. Coleman sold the rolling-mill to James Sproul, and in 1840 James M. Hopkins purchased it from Sproul. The mill was operated for a time by a Mr. Riddle, and lastly, in 1843, by Col. Peter Sides. After a time the building disappeared, the dam was swept away, and now there is scarcely a vestige left to arouse a suspicion that a rolling-mill ever existed there.

Sickle-Mills .- Sickles were extensively manufac- tured in Drumore at an early date. A sickle-mill was located on Fishing Creek, above the Penrose mansion, another on MeFarland's Run, north of Stauffer's mill, and a shop south of the mill; another on the Robert Moore farm, another on the farm. where George Long now resides, and one on Skelpie Run, built by Thomas Johnston and William Wright. Stephen John Hamilton had a steam sickle-mill on his farm. One stood near the blacksmith-shop of Samuel Wy- bels, and one in the forks of the road leading to Long's mill, on the Nathaniel Myers farm. One stood in the lane on the old James McPherson property, now owned by Jacob Denlinger. John King, in ad- dition to the manufacture of scythes, also forged out siekle-irons. He owned a tilt-hammer, run by water- power, half a mile east of Fairfield, on the King farm, now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Ellen Sides. There was also a sickle-mill at Moderwell's, on a branch of the Octorara. Col. Hugh Long was among the first to manufacture sickles. He lived where James Long now resides, east of Liberty Square. John Long, son of Col. Hugh and father of William and Harvey Long, carried on the business. William Wright, one of the few surviving sickle artisans, was indentured to him at three years of age, and served until he was twenty-one years of age. Fishing Creek John Long, now eighty-two years of age, is another survivor. The sickles were sent to the hardware

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dealers in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and by them sold to the retail merchants in all parts of the United States.

The superior quality of the Drumore sickles and the moderate price drove their English competitors out of the market. They were sold at one time as low as four dollars per dozen, at others as high as ten dollars per dozen. The iron for their manufac- ture was generally obtained at the Martic and Black Rock Forges. It was iron bars two inches in width and one in thickness. The steel used was English shear steel two inches by one-half inch. The steel for eight blades weighed one pound. They were toothed with a cold chisel and hammer. After the sickles were shaped, toothed, and tempered, they were ground and polished on fine Nova Scotia stones, and put up in packages of half a dozen each, and secured by twisted rye straw bands. Thirty dozen was a one- horse load. John Long was the last sickle manufac- turer in Drumore, he having carried on the business until his death in 1855. The husbandmen of a hun- dred years ago reaped the golden grain with their tiny sickles, while to-day their descendants, with modern reaper and binders drawn by horses, gather more bountiful harvests.

Flouring-Mills .- The flouring-mills on Fishing Creek are Mills', Hesse's, Rank's (the latter better known as Hutton's), and Penrose & Pennock's. The first was built by Jesse Lamborn as a carding-, clover-, and saw-mill. James Mode changed it into a chopping-mill about 1860, and its present owner re- built it in 1873. The Penrose mill was at first built of stone, and the first history we have of a mill prop- erty there is in 1743, when it was owned by George McCullough. After being in the possession of many owners, Julius Hubert's representatives, in 1827, sold it to Israel Penrose. The Penrose brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, quime into possession in 1838, and in 1842 they built the present mill.

Pennock's mill, as early as 1789, was owned by a man named Henry Bausman. At that time there was a clover-mill on the premises. This is the last mill on Fishing Creek.

Farther south, along the Susquehanna, is located Cain's saw-mill, on property in the possession of James Barnes, who in 1785 obtained it from David Mitchell. In 1840, James Barnes' son James rebuilt the mill on the old site, from which it was removed and rebuilt by James Cain, in 1875, on its present location. The right of way granted to the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad necessitated its removal. In 1880 the railroad company established Benton Station on the old saw-mill site.

Stauffer's flouring-mill, on the Conowingo Creek, was built by the Long brothers, William and Harvey, in 1848. An extensive business is carried on by its present owner.

The Puseyville mill, in the extreme eastern limit of Drumore, was built on the west branch of the Oc-

torara and Stewart's Run. In 1743 the property was owned by Matthew Brown. It came into the Pusey name from Ilieronemus Eckman, who has owned it for four generations. Samuel Pusey removed the old mill and built the present stone part, and Mahlon Pusey erected the frame part. The farm and mill property is now in the possession of Thomas Pusey.

Rebellion of 1861-65 .- As in all the preceding wars, so in the war of secession Drumore engaged actively for the preservation of the whole Union. The Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers that enlisted from her citizens were Capt. William II. Phillips, wounded at Cold Harbor; Lieut. William Chandler, captured in a close encounter at Hatcher's Run, and retained in Libby and Danville prisons until the general exchange; Q.m .- Sergt. Harvey Seiple; Com .- Sergts. Jackson W. Potts, Lewis A. Wickersham, John A. Rinier ; Corp. William Seiple ; William A. McPherson, company clerk ; David Neff, farrier ; Corp. Ilarvey Graff, died of wounds received October 27th; Privates William U. Drum, Joseph Hackett, Henry Hart, Henry Pagan (wounded Sept. 11, 1864), James Rogers, Amos Rinier, John Rinier, Mahlon Rinier, Thomas Trimble, John 11. Trimble, Jacob Northamber. The regiment enlisted first in the six months' service, and afterwards in the three years. At the close of the war the companies were detailed to Appomattox Court-House, Charles City Court-House, and other places in that part of Vir- ginia. The regiment was engaged at Mount Jackson, in the battles before Richmond, and around Peters- burg, Boydton Plank-Road, Cold Harbor, Hatcher's Run, Bellefield raid, Poplar Grove Church, and else- where.

In the Two Hundred and Third Pennsylvania In- fantry Volunteers, Rev. Ephraim Potts was lieuten- ant; Joseph Potts, Thomas MeGuigon, and Edwin Gorsuch belonged to Company K. They were at the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., Darbytown Road, and Chapin's Farm.

Lieut. Samuel Boyd raised a company for the six months' service, and in it were John S. Boyd, James 11. Booth, and Alimus Watson as sergeants. The enlisted men were John C. Lewis, Esq., David Deaver, William Black, Isaac Kuhus, Jacob Redman, Wil- liam Redman, Stephen Mc Vey, Robert Clarke, Bick- nell A. Boyce, William Risk, Robert Linton, Samuel Seiple, John J. Long, Albert Myers, and Sanders Maxwell.

At the expiration of their term of service many re- enlisted in the Seventy-ninth and One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiments. In the latter were John Myers, Henry Myers, David Earnhart, J. P. Ham- bleton, William McComsey, and John Fowler.

This regiment was engaged at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Lieuts. Eusch, Gilbert, and Harry Marsh commanded colored companies. Among the black soldiers from Drumore were Reuben A. Cook, Jonathan Stout, Robert Stout, Jacob Archey, James

RESIDENCE OF JOHN AND JAMES G. M.SPARRAN,

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Bowman, Sanders Richardson, Elwood Stokes, Joseph Harris, Charles Body, Isaac Body.

In other military organizations were Lieuts. Samuel Wright, Albert Wright, B. F. Tennis, William Tennis, George Long, Robert Bair, Joshua Bair, Joseph Showalter, Henry Showalter, Jacob Shaub, William Hess, John Eckman, William Wesley, Thomas Wesley, James Watson, Elias Watson, James ! tion that has maintained itself so long amid surround- MeComsey, David Asprill, James P. Evans, Isaac ing elements, that has wrested prosperity from adver- sity, liberty from absolute monarchy, a- did the early settlers of Drumore, is certainly a civilization worth preserving. If the history of Drumore in the future | shall be as honorable as that of the past we must preserve and practice the virtues of our ancestors. Groff; George Russell, Benjamin Groff, William Hoff- man, Harry Quigley, Elias Groff, Samuel Groff, Jacob Shanb, Benjamin Winters, Robert W. Dawson, Frank King, Joseph Retzer, Jasper Morrisson, Joseph Groff, Jackson Taylor, David Dunkle, Henry Shoop, Henry S. Weyart, Richard Retzer, and others.

The Seventy-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teers was engaged in twenty-two battles. Among the most important were Chaplin Hills, or Perryville, Chickamauga, Buzzard's Roost, Mission Ridge, and Atlanta. William T. Clarke was commissary sergeant ; Thomas B. Hambleton, Henry MeCrabbe, Jacob By- ers, Joseph Rinier, Emmor Bradley's sons, Thomas

nent in the early history of the township and familiar at the present time are those of Morrison, Ritchey, Long, Boyd, Moor, Penny, MeClellan, Evan, Steele, Paterson, Reed, Scott, Johnson, Collins, Clarke, Black, Newswanger, Ramsey, Smith, MeCullough, MePher- son, MeSparran, Neal, Martin, Hamilton, Awkrim, MeLaughlin, King, Nelson, and others. A civiliza-

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

FLEMING MCSPARRAN.

The MeSparran family is one of the oldest in south- ern Lancaster County, and most prominently and ac-

Wesley, William Hoffinan, and others, from the six | tively associated with its local history and progress since its founder, Jantes MeSparran, settled there. James MeSparran emigrated from the north of Ire- land and settled with his wife, whose family name

months' service. Dr. B. F. Sides was a surgeon in Forty-ninth Regiment. Dr. Iddings was also an army surgeon. The list of killed from Drumore in- elude Robert Maxwell, John Smith, John Ritchie, i was Fleming, near Peach Bottom, on the Susque- Jasper Morrisson, and Joseph Kyle.

Slaves .- The last slaveholders in the township were Dr. Long, who had a female slave, Judy Rodney. Col. Long owned James Rodney. The Morrisons had a female slave, Sall Whipper. Col. Sam Morrison's slave, Ebenezer Jackson, was freed by law at twenty- | here. three years of age. William Ankrim, father of Mar- tin Ankrim, had a slave purchased at his father's sale. Dr. James Ankrim owned a female slave, Mint. Elijah Mackintyre held many slaves. The last living slave in Dymmore was owned by William Ritchie. Her name was Phillis Bush. She was a light-colored mustee, with straight hair, and was long known as "Aunt Phillis." Her husband was Caesar Augustus.

hanna River, but nothing certain can be traced as to the time or circumstances of his emigration or settle- ment, nor do his descendants possess any history of their ancestors, nor account of any branch of the family except their own, which has been so prolific

The son James, the father of our subject, was born at the old homestead in the year 1764, and married Elenor Neel, daughter of Thomas and Gresall Neel, née Penny, a member of an old and widely-extended family, the direct representative of which at this writing (1883) is Thomas R. Neel, of Fulton town- ship, Lancaster Co.

James MeSparran died March 18, 1827, and Elenor At her death involuntary servitude ceased. Many of ' Ang. 12, 1841, and were buried in what is known as the slaves were buried in a colored graveyard on the ridge east of Chestnut Level Church, on the Rogers farm. "the old graveyard," near the present Presbyterian Church at Chestunt Level, of which church the family have always been energetic and steadfast mem- hers.

Past and Present Compared .- In the year 1772 Jolin Long craves allowance for township payments The issue of James and Elenor were: 1st, James, and I-abella Fleming (twins), born May 25, 1801. James married Amelia F. MeCullough, March 8, 1832, and died May 31, 1863. ITis widow still owns the fine old homestead farm, where she lives with her daughter Lizzie and son Sanders, Isabella mar- ried John King, April 26, 1827, and died Dec. 14, 1871. Her daughter, Ellen, married B. F. Sides, M.D., and Jeannette married Sanders MeCullongh. The third child was Thomas Neel, born March 6, 1803, and died March 28, 1820; the fourth was Gresall, born Oct. 31, 1804, married June 2, 1831, Samuel and disbursements, £43 178., about $220. For the year 1882, a hundred and ten years later, the super- visors of Drumore claim $5064.77 for the township disbursements. Granting that the wealth of the town- ship has increased with its requirements, the compar- ison is startling. The first covers an estimate for what is now Martie, Drumore, Little Britain, and Fulton townships, and is attested by William Steele, Wil- liam MeAlier, Samuel Morrison, and Thomas Clarke, auditors. The latter includes only Drumore present, and is attested by Elias AAument, John Moore, and Solomon Gregg, auditors. Among the names promi- | Morrison, and died Dec. 31, 1856; the fifth was Eliza

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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 58

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