History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 160

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1390

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On Dec. 23, 1875, was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Horn to Mary Ferree, who was born and reared in York county, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Fauth) Ferree, the former of whom, now deceased, was a repre- sentative farmer of Lower Windsor township; the latter now resides at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Horn. Children as follows have been born to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Horn: Dora May is the wife of William Seachrist, of York- ana; Howard Grant remains at the parental home and is employed in' his father's factory; Lillian is the wife of Charles Heindel, of Low- er Windsor township; Arthur is a resident of Shrewsbury, York county; Mary, Elmira, Daisy, John, Kerwin, Stella and Paul still re- side with their parents.

HENRY C. MILLER was born Oct. 2, 1849, in Newberry township, where he now re- sides, son of Henry Shetter and Mary Ann (Groom) Miller.

John Miller, his great-grandfather, came from Wales and settled along the Yellow Breeches Creek, in Cumberland county, where he was in the milling business, making cloth.

Cumberland county, received a common-school education, and learned the milling business from his father. He located at Roxboro, New- berry township, and built a mill along Ben- nett's Run, where lie manufactured cloth, flour and feed. He also engaged in distilling and was the owner of about 400 acres of land. At the time of his death he was a merchant there. He died March 10, 1873, aged eighty-one years, one month and two days, and was buried at the old Miller burying ground which was then on his farm. He was married (first), Aug. 19, 1814, by the Rev. J. G. Shoemaker, to Mary Shetter, born Sept. 7, 1793, daughter of John and Esther Shetter. She died Feb. 15, 1861, having had these children : John S., born July 15, 1815; Henry S. was the father of Henry C .; Solomon, born Jan. 22, 1819, died when one year, two months old; Lydia, born March 10, 1821; Daniel, Jan. 7, 1823; Philip, Feb. 15, 1825; Louis, Feb. 5, 1827; Eliza, June 17, 1829; Mary, Nov. 21, 1834; and Abraham S., March II, 1838.

Henry S. Miller was born April 16, 1817, at the old home in Newberry township, and received a common-school education. For a number of years he engaged in teaming for his father, and then located on one of his father's farms in Newberry township where he was a farmer. There he remained twenty-one years, and bought the old Thomas Garrison farm of eighty acres, later adding twenty-one acres to it, and then bought the old Benjamin Garrison farm of 140 acres, which was adjoining the others. Mr. Miller was a man of energy and a tireless worker, being very successful and making many friends. His death occurred Dec. 27, 1891, and he is buried at the Friends Meeting House in Newberry township. On Jan. 9, 1840, he married Mary Ann Groom, daughter of William and Margaret (Reeser) Groom. She was born Oct. II, 1818, died Jan. 9, 1887, and is buried beside her husband. The children born to this worthy couple were : (I) Lieut. William R:, born Feb. 26, 1841, married Rebecca Nebinger, deceased, daughter of Dr. Robert Nebinger, of Lewisberry. He enlisted Feb. 19, 1862, in Company F, 56th P. V. I., served three years, lost his left arm at Spottsylvania, and returned home with the rank of lieutenant. (2) Eliza Jane, born Feb. 7, 1843. married . A. S. Hutton, of Lewis- berry borough. (3) Margaret, born Aug. 26,

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1844, married R. H. C. Nebinger, of Lewis- berry borough. (4) Julius, born May 20, 1846, died in infancy. (5) Warren, born May 22, 1847, married Mary Ann Gross, and they re- side at Newmarket, York county. (6) Henry C. (7) Lillburn, born July 15, 1850, married Harriet Kauffman, and they reside at New Cumberland, Cumberland county. (8) Evan Groom, born Oct. 13, 1853, is an engineer in New Mexico. (9) Malinda E., born April 9, 1856, is unmarried and lives at home with her brother. (10) Jerome, born Dec. 25, 1858, resides in York.

Henry C. Miller received his education in the public schools of Newberry township, and resided at home until he was nineteen years of age. In 1869 he migrated to the West, stop- ping first in Ohio, where he remained four months ; thence removing to Illinois, he resided there until the following Spring, and then, in 1874, he located in California where he en- gaged in railroad carpentering and bridge building. Later he located temporarily in Ore- gon, Washington Territory, Idaho and again in Washington, returning to his home in 1885. In that year he bought the old homestead of 100 acres of land, where he and his sister Ma- linda have since resided. Mr. Miller is un- married.

Like his father Henry C. Miller is a Re- publican. Mr. Miller's father served as school director and at one time was supervisor of Newberry township. Malinda, Mr. Miller's sister, has been active in religious work, it be- ing through her influence that the old Friends meeting house was rebuilt. Mr. Miller is very highly regarded throughout Newberry town- ship, both as a man and a scientific and suc- cessful farmer.

GEORGE WASHINGTON FULTON, who owns a productive farm of sixty acres in East Hopewell township, which is known as the "Maple Lawn Farm," was born in March, 1859, near Stewartstown, in what is now known as Hopewell township. His parents were David and Jennie ( Edie) Fulton.

David Fulton, the father, a son of Hugh Fulton, was a native of Hopewell township, and there spent his boyhood and youth. When the Civil War commenced he was one of the first to offer his services to his country, but he broke down under the hardships and privations, was taken sick at the front and died in the hos-

pital. His remains were brought home and laid to rest in the cemetery at Stewartstown. He married Jennie Edie, of Hopewell town- ship, a daughter of Hays Edie; she died at Stewartstown in 1872, a consistent member of the M. E. Church. The children of David Fulton and wife were: James William, now of Stewartstown, married Savilla Glessick; Mary, is the widow of Bates Hendricks; George W .; and Ella is Mrs. George Carman, of Stewarts- town.

In his youth George W. Fulton had many hardships with which to contend, losing first his father and, in 1872, his mother. He at- tended school and worked on the farm until thirteen years of age, but his mother's death caused the family to be entirely broken up and he sought farm work in the neighborhood. This he easily obtained, as he was honest and industrious, and one of the farms on which he labored as a boy, tired and weary at times, is the very one of which he is now the owner. For fifteen years he worked by the month for neighboring farmers, and as necessity taught him frugality, he saved his money, so that when he was ready to purchase a farm for him- self he had the means with which to do it. In the meantime he had become attached to the estimable young lady whom he married on Feb. 28, 1889, Miss Alverda Blanche Edie, who was reared and educated in Hopewell township, a daughter of John and Sarah (Sutton) Edie (both deceased). Her father was a well-known carpenter at Stewartstown. Mrs. Fulton was the third in a family of five children, the others being : Thomas, deceased; William, of Hope- well township; Margaret, Mrs. Jack Bowman, of Hopewell township ; and Miss Grace.

Following his marriage, Mr. Fulton farmed for six years for his uncle, James Fulton, and then bought a tract of sixty-eight acres, known as the "Pleasant Grove Farm." On this he re- mained for two years, and then sold it and pur- chased his present farm, which he has con- verted into one of the most comfortable homes in the township. He carries on a general line of farming, raises stock and does some dairy- ing-living in fact as a well-to-do typical in- dependent American agriculturist.

Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have two children, namely: Maynard M., who was born July 4, 1890; and Helen Lora, born April 1, 1892. Mr. Fulton and family attend the Hopewell Pres- byterian Church. In politics he is a Repub-

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lican, and on various occasions has served in township offices.

GEORGE M. PARR, of York, whose place of business is conveniently located at No. 606 South Queen street, was born Sept. 17, 1853, in Penn township, Lancaster county, son of George Michael and Jane ( Reber) Parr.

John Parr, the grandfather of our subject, died in Penn township, where he had been a farmer, and kept a tavern on his farm. This tavern was well known for many years, and was located on the Baltimore pike, about one mile from Hanover, at the forks of the old Black Rock road. John Parr married a Miss Brouthers, of Irish extraction.

George Michael Parr, the father of George M., was born at Littlestown, and followed farming all of his life. He married Jane Re- ber, and located on a farm in Penn township, where he died Aug. 16, 1886, in the faith of the Lutheran Church. In politics he was a Dem- ocrat. The children born to George Michael and Jane (Reber) Parr, besides George M., the subject of our sketch, were as follows: Louisa, who married Daniel Swartzback, of Hanover ; Angeline, deceased; Valentine D., of York; and John R .. of Reading, Pennsyl- vania.

George M. Parr grew to manhood on the home farm, and attended the township schools until seventeen years of age. He remained with his father until nineteen, and then learned the cigarmaking business in Hanover, which he followed until 1875. He then located in York, where he followed his business for sixteen years, being with Albert Gallatin, a cigar man- ufacturer. Mr. Parr learned the barber busi- ness with Ebeck & Remdel, and at times worked as a helper at odd jobs. In 1887 he started in business for himself on South Queen street, locating at his present place in October, 1904. Mr. Parr is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. 182. In political faith he is a stanch Democrat,but has never sought pub- lic office. He was reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church.

On April 26, 1877, Mr. Parr was united in marriage with Miss Lydia Ann Walter, born in Nefftown, daughter of John J. and Barbara Elizabeth (Baughman) Walter, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Parr's parents were na- tives of Germany, who located in York, where they were married. Mr. Walter learned his

trade with a Mr. Ball, and worked at shoe- making for several years in Philadelphia, and then returned to York, after which he located in Nefftown. They died at their home on Queen street, in York, where they had located in 1869. John Baughman, an uncle of Mrs. Parr, was a soldier in the Civil war, and was captured by the Confederates, dying in Libby prison.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Parr are as follows: George Henry, the eldest, married Miss Margaret Frey; Mabel mar- ried William Wells, of York; Charles A., a barber, is at home; Ivan W. lives at Balti- more ; Royal M., Chester M. and Helen C., are at home; and Florence L. is deceased.

J. HARVEY ANDERSON, of East Hope- well township, York Co., Pa., is a descendant of James Anderson who emigrated from the Emerald Isle to the United States and set- tled at an early day in what is now East Hope- well township.

Andrew Anderson, the grandfather of J. Harvey, son of the emigrant, was born on the Keesey farm, and married a Miss Wallace, a descendant of the old Wallace family of this section. Andrew Anderson located on what is now the Wilson Keesey farm in East Hope- well township, and there spent his life, en- gaged in farming; there also he and his wife died, firm in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. In political faith Mr. Anderson was a Whig. His children were: James, who died in Peach Bottom township, married (first) Sa- billa Morrison, and (second) Mary Wallace ; Robert, who died in Peach Bottom township, was a miller and farmer, and married Miss Adeline McQuigley, who died aged eighty- seven years; Margaret married James Maffatt, and died at Muddy Creek Forks; William is mentioned below; Jennie is deceased ; Andrew, who died in the grandfather's homestead, mar- ried (first) Isabella McAlister, and (second) Eliza Beard.

William Anderson was born on the home farm in 1805, received a fair education, and was reared to the life of an agriculturist. He married Miss Eleanor L. Morrison, and after- ward located on the farm now owned by J. Harvey Anderson. There he died in Septem- ber, 1862, aged fifty-seven years, his wife sur- viving him until Jan. 5, 1879. Mr. Anderson was ruling elder in the Center Presbyterian

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Church for over thirty years. In politics he formerly a member of the Center Presbyterian was first a Whig and then a Republican, and Church. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He was a charter member of Private E. Mor- rison G. A. R. Post, Stewartstown; is also a member of the Society of the Ninth Cavalry. Mr. Anderson's children are as follows : Will- iam C., of Norristown, married Ida Klinger; John E., of Hopewell township, married Irena Payne; and Clayton J. H., Margaret E. and Robert M. are at home. held several township offices. His children were Ellen Ann, widow of William S. Wilson, of East Hopewell township; Mary Jane, who mar- ried Joseph Liggett, of Fawn township; An- drew Wallace, deceased; Margaret W., Mrs. William C. Collins, who removed to Logan, Ohio, thence to Iowa and finally to Kansas, their present home; J. Harvey ; and Esther E. and Sabilla A., both unmarried and residing in Des Moines, Iowa.

J. Harvey Anderson was born on the farm which he now owns, May 28, 1844, and was educated in the township schools, his first teachers being Lucretia Prall and John Fulton. The boy left school at the age of sixteen years, his last teacher being J. T. Wilson. Mr. An- derson enlisted at the outbreak of the war in Company K, 50th Pa. Militia, as an emergency man during the campaign of Gettysburg, and after serving three months was discharged. He re-enlisted in July, 1864, in Company E, 194th P. V. I., Capt. G. F. Ross, for 100 days. He served sixty days, and then enlisted in Com- pany L, 9th Cav., Capt. George F. Smith, un- der Col. Thomas Jorden, Kilpatrick's division, and saw service at South River, March 14, 1865, his regiment also losing heavily at Benton- ville and a number of smaller engagements. For a time Mr. Anderson was employed as a scout, and, on one occasion while foraging for horses, with twenty-three others, was nearly cut off. Mr. Anderson was discharged at Lex- ington, N. C., at the close of the war. On the day of Johnston's surrender, Mr. Anderson was detailed one of Sherman's escort to receive the surrender.

At the close of the war Mr. Anderson re- turned to the homestead and there engaged in farming. He was married Feb. 24, 1866, to Miss Jane Anne Hyson, daughter of John (deceased) and Margaret (Miller) Hyson, After the death of his mother, Mr. Anderson purchased the home place, consisting of ninety- four acres in two tracts, and here he has since remained engaged in general farming, his crops being among the finest in the township. He and his family are members of the Round Hill Presbyterian Church, which he joined over thirty years ago. He has been elder for the past twelve years, was superintendent of the Sabbath-school for two years, assistant for two years, and a teacher for eight years. He was

HENRY HURST operates a successful draying and general transfer line in the city of York, and has developed a most flourishing . enterprise through his energy, courtesy and able management, being prompt and reliable in his business transactions. He now utilizes twelve teams, with the requisite complement of drays and trucks, and he gives employment to about fifteen men the greater portion of the time. Mr. Hurst is a native of York county, having been born on the homestead farm, in Spring Garden township, Dec. 22, 1862, son of Henry and Louisa (Knollman) Hurst, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in York county, where their marriage was solemnized, the father having left the Fatherland when a young man and located in York county soon after his emigration to America. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Spring Garden township, becoming one of the prosperous and highly esteemed agriculturists of that part of the county. Both parents are living retired in the city of York. The father is a Democrat in political belief, and he and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church. Besides the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, the following children were born to Henry and Louisa (Knollman) Hurst : Sarah (single); Samuel; Levi; Clara, mar- ried to George Jones, who lives in York; Charles and Elizabeth, who are residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Henry Hurst, Jr., the immediate subject of this review, passed his boyhood days in the homestead farm, in whose work he early be- gan to lend his aid, while his educational ad- vantages were such as were offered by the pub- lic schools of the locality. After leaving school he continued to assist his father in the work and management of the home farm until he had attained the age of eighteen years, and there- after he was engaged in the Billmyer & Small car shops, then with the York

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Transfer Company, and still later with the P. A. & S. Small Hardware Com-

pany. He was thus employed until 1885, when he came to York and estab- lished his present business, which had a modest inception, as his financial resources were very limited and his winning of independent success rested solely upon his individual exertions. He devoted himself assiduously to the work in hand, giving the best possible service and thus retaining such patronage as he secured, while his reputation for reliability grew apace and resulted in his being able to build up his pres- ent flourishing enterprise. He has been lo- cated in his present quarters, on North George street, since 1889. In politics Mr. Hurst is a. stanch Democrat, and while he has never sought office, has served for three years as a. member of the school board of his district while residing in Spring Garden township. He is. affiliated with the Junior Order of United. American Mechanics and the Improved Order of Heptasophs.

On Oct. 30, 1884, Mr. Hurst was united. in marriage to Miss Louise Honsermeyer, of York, and they have had the following chil -- dren : Sarah E., Isabelle, Mary (deceased), William E. and Katie May. Mrs. Hurst is a. member of the Lutheran Church.

PETER F. RAAB, a farmer of York township, of stanch old pioneer stock, was born. on the old homestead farm in that township, Dec. 6, 1854, son of Aaron, and grandson of Peter Raab. His paternal great-grandfather was numbered among the early settlers of York county, of German lineage. Unfortunately there is available nothing definite in regard to. his career or his genealogy, though it is known. that he became one of the influential men in the pioneer community. His descendants in York county have well upheld the standard of the honored name, aiding in the material and civic progress and upbuilding of this section.

Peter Raab, grandfather of our subject, was' born in York county, Aug. 24, 1805, and he became one of the representative farmers of York township, where he purchased a consid- erable tract of land, upon which he continued to reside until his death. While working in the woods he cut his foot severely and death resulted Sept. 14, 1863, when he was aged fifty-eight years and twenty-one days. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Frey, cemetery in Dallastown.

was born in York township, July 25, 1804, and died Sept. 15, 1882, at the age of seventy- eight years, one month and twenty days. Both were earnest and faithful members of the Re- formed Church at Dallastown, and he assisted. materially in the erection of the church build- ing. Two fine memorial stones mark the last resting place of these worthy pioneers, in the cemetery at Dallastown. Of their children. Aaron is mentioned in full below; Henry died in York township, in 1904, and is buried in the cemetery at Freysville ; Benjamin died in Dal- lastown, and his remains rest in the United Brethren church cemetery, in that place; Leah became the wife of Joseph Fix, and both died in Iowa; Sarah is the wife of Ephraim Hart- man, of Springfield township; Lydia, the wife of Joseph Sechrist, died in York township; Catherine is the wife of Elias Gable, of Red Lion ; and Amanda is the wife of William Tay- lor, of Dallastown.

Aaron Raab, son of Peter, was born in York township, March 17, 1827, and was there reared to manhood, receiving a good com- mon-school education, and being conversant with both the English and German languages, the latter of which had been commonly spoken by his parents. He assisted in the work of the home farm until his marriage to Miss Rebecca Blouse, daughter of Michael Blouse, of Wind- sor township, where she was born and reared. After his marriage Mr. Raab located near Dal- lastown, York township, where he became the owner of forty acres of land, and there he followed farming and trucking. To his first marriage were born two children : William H., a cigar manufacturer of Dallastown, who mar- ried Mary Olp; and Peter F. Aaron Raab. married (second) Miss Leah Hartman, daugh- ter of George Hartman, of York township, and a representative of one of the oldest families in the county. She was born April 1I, 1827, and died Oct. 20, 1903, at the age of seventy- six years, six months and nine days. Of the children of the second union, George W., who married Miss Emma Jane Geesey, is a carpen- ter and builder by vocation and resides in Dal- lastown; and Ulysses is a cigarmaker in York, and is unmarried. Aaron Raab, the honored father, was summoned into eternal rest Feb. 21, 1902, at the age of seventy-four years, eleven months and four days, and both he and his second wife are interred in the Union

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Peter F. Raab was reared to the discipline a member of the class of 1900. He then took of the home farm, and continued to attend the a course in the State Normal School at Millers- ville, and thereafter was a successful teacher in the public schools of his native county for three terms. On April 7, 1904, he accepted his present clerical position in the First Na- tional Bank of Dallastown. (2) Mazzie May, born in October, 1886, remains with her father. (3) Emma Jane died at the age of three months, and was buried in York town- ship.

common schools of York township until he had attained the age of sixteen years, while he remained with his father, associated in the work and management of the farm, until his marriage, in 1882, after which he engaged in the same line of enterprise on his own account. Upon the death of his honored father he fell heir to a portion of the old homestead, and by purchasing the interests of the other heirs he came into sole possession of the property upon which he has since continued to reside, the place being one of the most valuable and at- tractive in this section of the county. It is located about one mile from Dallastown, and is improved with a good residence and other substantial buildings. Mr. Raab is a public- spirited citizen and enterprising business man. In politics he gives support to the Republican party, and his religious connection is with the Dallastown Reformed Church, and he has hield in the same the office of deacon. His wife also belongs to this Church.

Mr. Raab was united in marriage to Miss Emma Jane McDowell, who was born in Springfield township, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Markey) McDowell. James Mc- Dowell was born in Springfield township, Oct. 23, 1834, son of Samuel, the latter born in Chanceford township. Samuel McDowell be- came a farmer of Springfield township, and låter removed to York township, where he pur- chased a fine tract of 145 acres, and where he continued to reside until his death. He mar- ried Anna Mary, daughter of John Zinn, and both died in York township, and are interred in the Union cemetery at Dallastown. Their children were: John, William, James, Mar- garet, Susan, Isaac and Mary. James Mc- Dowell is one of the representative farmers of York township, owning and operating a fine farm, on the Chanceford pike, and being one of the influential men of the locality. The names of his children are as follows: Emma Jane ( deceased wife of our subject), Anna, Mary, David (deceased), Sarah, James, Jr., and Lorinda. When Mrs. Raab died, her remains were interred in the Union cemetery at Dallas- town. Of the children. (I) James W., born July 23, 1884, secured his rudimentary educa- tion in the public schools of York township, and at the age of fourteen entered the Dallas- town high school, where he was graduated as

WILLIAM HILT, a farmer and dairyman in Hellam township, was born on the Silas Det- wiler farm Feb. 10, 1865. During his boyhood his father lived in Wrightsville, and he at- tended school there until he was about fifteen years of age, but after that time he was put out to work among neighboring farmers and has been constantly at work since.

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History of York County Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 160

Author: Prowell, George R. Publication date: 1907 Publisher: J. H. Beers Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Prowell, George R.
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: J. H. Beers
Number of Pages: 1390