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Mathew Wray.
Moses McNair. Jane Moodey. Eleanor Johnson.
Elizabeth Boal.
Robert McIlwrath and wife (cert.)
June 5. 1808-4 added-Total in Com. 86. William Porter.
Ann Snodgrass.
Mary Wallace. Sarah Kelly.
Aug. 13.1809- 14 added -- Total in Com. 94.
John Boal and his wife Sophia.
Joseph Wilson and Effy his wife.
Elizabeth McCallen.
Prudence Kelly.
Sarah Clark.
Ann Clark.
Francis Boal.
John Moorhead.
Mary Boal.
David Wray.
William McIlwrath.
Robert Porter. May 13, 1810-3 added-Total 78.
Thomas McCord.
James Duncan.
Margaret Wray (cert.).
May 26, 1811-11 added-Total 99.
James Simonton and ann his wife.
Robert and Margaret Moodey.
Thomas and Mary Mitchel.
Elizabeth Robinson.
Nancy Gray.
Susannah Hammil.
Martha McKissick.
Francis Steer. (cert)
May 31, 1812-5 added-Total 95.
Samuel Kelly.
Mary McIlwrath.
Elizabeth McIlwrath.
Hannah Kennedy.
Sally Porter.
June 6, 1813-1 addea-Total 70. Mary Clark.
In the years 1813 and 1814 no com-
munion in consequence of my ill health.
May 2, 1816 .- Total 65.
David Mitchel and Mary his wife.
June 8, 1817-6 added-Total 60.
John Douglass and Elizabeth his wife.
William Simonton.
Mary Griffy.
Elizabeth Wallace.
Martha Simonton (cert.)
June 21, 1818-7 added-Total 60.
James Porter and Matilda his wife.
John McCord and Jane his wife.
Robert Wright and his wife. (cert.)
Robert Bingham (cert.)
Wm. McCord and Mary his wife.
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May 9,-4 added .- Total 66. Charles Clark. William Clark.
Oct. 3, 1819 --- 1 added .- Total 66.
Alexander Graydon. May 21, 1820-4 added .- Total 67. Thomas McNair and Nancy his wife. Mary Wilson Elizabeth Malone. Nov. 15, 1820-2 added .- Total 70 Jane Hamilton.
Jane Welsh. May-, 1821-3 added .- Total 73.
Mrs. McCurdy (cert. )
Mrs. Sarah Johnson (cert.)
John Johnson.
October-No communion this fall be- cause of great sickness.
May 26, 1822-3 added .- Total 60. Flora Rogers.
Mary McNair.
Jane Wallace(cert.) Sept. 21,1822-1 added .- Total 57. Matthew Humes. May 12. 1823-1 added .- Total 55. Thomas Ramsey.
Sept 20, 1823-2 added .- Total 60. Thomas Bullock.
Agnes Bullock. May 17, 1824-4 added .- Total 58. John and Julian Mclaughlin his wife. Sarah MeBay.
Mary S. Sharon. October-No additions.
May, 1823-no additions. - Total 55. October 9,-2 added .- Total 58. Christian Sheller.
Mary Moodey. (cert. ) May 13, 1826-4 added-Total 55.
Alexander McFaddin,
Elizabeth his wife.
Jane Wilson.
Mary E. Kerr. Sept. 6, 1826-6 added-Tolal 65. James Clark.
William Bard. Elizabeth Bard.
Eliza Hamilton.
Matthew Snoddy,
Martha his wife. May 13, 1827-4 added. Total 69.
Hugh Craig. Elizabethi Clark. George Bechtel(cert.) Rachel Craig(cert.)
Sept. 9,-1 added-Total 70. Jane McFaddin.
1828. May communion, No additions. Sept. 21 .- 1 added .- Total 67. Isabella McClure. May 10, 1829-1 rdded .- Total 66. Walter Clark.
October-ordinance of the L. S. Ad- ministered by Mr. Snodgrass.
1830.
Spring season-No ordinance of the Supper in consequence of my sickness-
September-Ordinance of the L. S. administered. No additions. Total in com. 65
May 1, 1831- 5 added .- Total 75.
Nancy Baum. James Wilson. Maria Bell. Margaretta Sharon. James C. Sharon(cert. ) Sept 2-2 added-Total 72.
Robert Moodey. Mrs. Janc Wilson (cert). Spring com. 1832-3 added -- Total 74. John Baird.
Elizabeth Clark. Sarah Douglass. Sept. 16-4 added-Total 78.
Wm. Snoddy and Mary his wife. Wallace Baird
Louisa Sharon.
June 1833-1 added-Total 77. Martha Simonton. Sept. 15 .-- 1 added-Total 78. Jane Porter May 11 1834-1 added-Total 71.
Nancy Meloncy (cert. ) Sept 14-Total 71. The Lord's Supper administered; but no additions. Total 71. May 10 1835 Lord's Supper administered. No addi- tions; in com. 47 Oct. 10-2 added-Total 49.
Janc Moodey. Nancy Moodcy, May 1, 1835-2 added-51.
Elizabeth Sharon. Eleanor Rogers (cert.)
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Sept. 10-2 added-Total 52.
Priscilla Porter. Jane Simonton.
1838. May-L. S. administered, no admis- sions. Total 40.
Dr. William Simonton and James Clark were ordained Ruling Elders in Derry Congregation.
Sept. 16 .- 2 added-Total 42.
Harriet N. Sharon. Jane McNair.
May 15 1839-1 added-Total in com. 40. Elizabeth Porter.
October-no additions.
1840.
June-no additions. Nov .- no admissions. 1841.
June-no admissions. Sept. 12 Wm. Simonton Jr. admitted. May 15. 1842-3 added.
Elizabeth Simonton.
Lydia Ann Morrison.
Mrs. Mahan.
NOTES AND QUERIES
Relating to the History of Dauphin County.
XXVI.
THE CAPITOL CLOCK was made by Isaiah Lukens of Philadelphia.
OUR EARLY CHURCHES .- From our note book, we give the following:
On the first of April 1821, the pulpit of the Methodist Church was blown up, by some miscreants. A reward was offered for their detection, but tlie villians werc never discovered.
The corner stone of the Reformed Church, Third and Chestnut streets, was laid with imposing ceremonies on the 11th of June 1821, the Rev. John Wine- brenner being pastor.
In 1821, the Rev. Mr. Burgess was pastor of the Roman Catholic Congrega- tions of Elizabethtown and Harrisburg. The services were then held, and for a number of years thereafter, in the Court House. It was not until the 2d of October 1827 that St Patrick's Church was conse- crated.
The Baptist Church on Front street near Locust, was dedicated on the 28th of
August 1831, the dedication sermon be- ing delivered by Rev. Mr. Crone of New York City.
THE HAYES' OF DERRY.
A number of the old series of "Notes and Queries" has come into my posses- sion. My wife being a member of the Family of Hayes of Derry, 1 send you the following correetions and additions:
The children of Robert and Margaret Hayes of Derry township, were: 1. Jane, b. January 15, 1763.
ii John, b. February 14, 1765.
iii. Patrick, b. March 12, 1767.
iv. Robert, b. Sept. 16, 1769.
v. David, b. Nov. 9, 1772.
vi. William, b. Dec. 10, 1775.
vii. Samuel, b. June 6, 1777.
viii. James, b, June 6. 1777.
ix. Margaret, b, Sept. 6, 1779.
x. Solomon, b. Oct. 6, 1782.
xi. Joseph, b, February 14, 1785,
The children of John Hayes who mar- ried Margaret Gray were:
i. Robert Goodloe Harper, b. 1797.
ii. William Gray, b. Jan. 9, 1799.
ili Nancy Gray, h. 1801.
iv. Samuel, b. Dec. 15, 1804.
v. Margaret M., b. 1807.
vi. David, b. May 27, 1809.
vii. Joseph, b. March 30, 1813.
viii. James, b. Sept. 30, 1815. ix. Ann Eleanor, b. Oct. 29, 1817. D. H. O.
DEATHS IN HARRISBURG-1800-1833.
[We are indebted to Alexander Sloan, Esq., for the following record of deaths in Harrisburg from 1800 to 1833, taken from the account books of his father Robert Sloan, who during that period was the principal cabinet maker of the town The dates are those of charges made which was probably within forty- eight hours of the decease of the person referred to. If the account books of Mr. Schaffirt the other cabinet maker for the same period, who made most of the coffins for the Lutheran and Reformed church members, are in existence, they would be of interest and value, giving the dates of death of many of our citizens of which we have no record. - W. H. E. I
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1799.
Sept. 6. Child of John Barr. · 1800. Feb. 15. Jacob Forney.
Nov. 10. John Boyer. 1801.
July 28. Betsy Ward. [no record until 1816. ] 1816.
Sept. 19. Mrs. William Greer.
Oct. 3 Jacob Elder.
Oct 24. Mrs. Cochran, mother of Jolin Cochran.
1817.
Feb. 22. Andrew Berryhill.
March 10. George Buehler.
Mar. 12. John McCue.
Mar. 22. Jacob King.
Mar. 25 Mrs. Reed.
May 28. Moses Swan, coffin for Mrs. Smithi. July 14. John Howard. Aug. 14. John Doll, son of Joseph Doll.
Aug. 11. Dr. Joseph Kelso.
Oct. 14. John Carson.
1818.
Jan. 27. Richard Carson.
Jan. 28. Mrs. Henry Crangle.
Feb. 16. Mrs. Henry, for daughter.
April 10. Mrs. Kelso, widow of Dr. Kelso.
May 6. Mrs. James McJimsey.
July 2. Joseph Doll.
Sept. 3. Mrs. Mary Mitchell.
Sept. 11. Capt. Gawin Henry.
Oct. 12. Capt. James Sawyers.
Dec. 10. John Kean.
1819.
Jan. 22. Jacob Shultz. Sept. 7. Mrs. Hall, widow of Dr. Hall. 1820. Jan. 6. Sample McKee.
Aug. 13. Samuel Weir.
Aug. 31. Henry Rheam.
Oct. 18. Mrs. Henry, for daughter.
Nov. 10. Mrs. Henry, for daughter.
Nov. 20. Mrs. Frederick Kleckner.
Dec. 6. Joshua Elder.
Dec. 13. Mrs. Thomas Smith. 1821. Jan 29. John Smith, son of Thomas Smith. April 28, Dr. John Espy.
June 6. Mrs. Henry, for daughter. June 16. John Bickle. July 20. Mrs. Luther Cole. Aug 4. Robert McElwee, sen. 1822
May 2. Mrs. Wm. R. De Witt.
June 27. John Kleckner.
Aug. 6. Mrs. Stephen Hills.
Sept. 12. Moses Swan. Nov. 15. Mrs. Branden. 1823.
March 4. Mrs. Carson, widow of Judge Carson.
Sept. 2. Mrs. John Zinn. Oct. 9. Mrs Mary Snyder, widow of Gov- Simon Snyder.
1824.
April 19. Samuel Good. May 27. Mrs. James R. Boyd (first wife.) Nov. 29. James Campbell. 1825.
Mar 25. John Stoner. Dec. 22. Andrew Mitchel. 1826. February 13. Mrs. John Buffington. July 22. John Downey, Esq. 1827. April 20. Mr. Shunk, father of Gov. Shunk. Oct. 31. Mrs. Nancy Porter. Nov, 6. Mrs. > timmel. 1828.
Mar. 12. Mrs. James Maginness.
Mar 15. Mordecai McKiuney, sr.
May 12. Jacob Mish, sr.
Aug. 19. John Martin. Oct. 22. Mrs. Updegrove, Coxestown. 1829.
April 4. Mrs. R. T. Jacobs. June 1. James Maginness.
May 23. David Ritchey.
Aug 15. Charles Shaffirt.
Sepl. 26. Francis Porter.
Nov. 17. Joseph Briggs. 1830.
Jan. 1. Betsy Mim Jan. 4. Mrs. Stehley, John A. Stehley's mother. Feb. 1. Mrs. Isaac McGuire. Fee. 6. Mrs. Bretz. July 19. Mrs. W. B. Armstrong.
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July 30. Michael Mckinley. Dec. 10. Mrs. Rebecca Sturgeon.
1831.
Jan. 5. Mrs. Peter Swartz. Jan 12. Peter Swartz.
Jan. 14. Archibald McAllister.
April 4. Samuel Fager, son of John Fager.
April 4. Mrs. Wise. April. 16. Thomas Gaulagher.
June 25. James Mulherrin.
July. 9. Emeline Armstrong.
Sept. 8. Henry George.
Dec. 3. David Ritehey, sr.
Dec. 17. John Cox, sr.
Dec. 19. Mrs. John Forster.
Dec. 30 .. George Gaulagher. [brother of the former, whose tombstone is in front of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, on Front St. They were merchants. ]
1832.
Aug. 2. Mrs. Isabella Fulton. Aug. 4. Joseph Jefferson, Play Actor. Nov. 26. Richard T. Jacobs. 1833. Mar. 5. Joseph Bennage. Maa. 13. Jacob Updegrove. July 22. Samuel Douglas. Oet 17. Adam Orth. Nov. 20. Mrs. Gov. Wolf.
SOME OLD RECEIPTS.
[There lately came into our possession some old papers, among which are the following which we send to "Notes and Queries." It is not for their intrinsic value but that in their preservation in print, the dates, place or name associated therewith, may be of service in tracing up a genealogical record. ] P.
PHILADELPHIA, May 13. 1755 .- Re- ceived of John Steward five pounds 12p. 6sg. in money of Pennsylv'a in full for nine years interest due on 300 acres in Doncgal Township Lancaster county, to the 1st. day of last March, part ofa tract of 6073 acres patented by Jno Wilson. EDMUND PHYSICK.
4 years interest on the above lands amount to £4: 3:
I hereunto subscribed promised to pay or caused to be paid unto John Cas-
per Stover, Minister of Lebanon, or his order, the sum of one ponnd and ten shilling Pennsylvania Currency, for value received at or before the 25th of Oet. next ensuing the date hereof, as witnessetli my hand and seal this 26th day of Feb. A. D. 1748. JACOB REEM.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 10. 1752. Received of Thos. Sturgeon ten pounds in part for 200 acres to be surveyed to him joining Wm. Bell and Wm. Chambers in Pax- tang Township Lancaster county.
For the Hon'ble Proprietors, £10. LYNFORD LARDNER, Rec'r.
JANUARY 25 1779. - Received of Jacob Parthemore twenty two pounds ten shilling in part of thirty pounds for one acreof land in Mount Joy Township Lancaster county, where Mr. Roan's Meeting House lately stood, which I am to deed to Jacob Reem.
Rec'd by me, RT. CUNNINGHAM.
[L.S. ] The bearer hereof, Henry Meyer of Capt. Stover's company of the Second Battalion of Lancaster county Militia hav - ing made appear to me that he is above the age of fifty-three years, and by the Captain's Testimony it appears that he served all militia duty required as a faith- ful soldier, He, the said Henry Meyer is therefore Honorably discharged all Mili tia cluty.
Given under my hand and seal the 19 day of Nov. 1782.
To all whom it may concern.
JOHN GLONINGER, Sub. Lieut. for Lan. eo.
Nov. 25, 1777- Received of Conrad Wolfly for John Parthemore three pounds ten shilling, it being a non asso- ciators tax; per me. THOMAS KING.
I do liereby certify that Jobn Patti- more a soldier in Capt. Whitley's com- pany of the 66th Regt. Penn'a Militia under the command of Col. Thomas Elder, is unfit for duty, owing to a dis- location, weakness and swelling in the ankle joint of his left foot.
HENRY HALL,
Surg. 66 Regt. Militia. Harrisburg Oct. 3, 1801.
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Lancaster County, ss. :
I do hereby certify that Henry Meyer hath voluntarily taken and subscribed the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity as directed by an act of Genl. Assembly of Penn'a passed the 13 day of June last past. Witness my hand and seal the 14 day of October Anno Domino 1777. JOHN THOME (L.S. )
GARBER's, 13 Sept. 1776 .- Appraised a smooth bore gun the property of Martin Shell & paid by George Page to be delivered to Michael Grenier's jr. at three pounds five shilling, and pow der horn at 3s-the said Grenier's of Capt. Burd's company.
Certified by James Burd. HUGH STEPHEN. JAMES THORN. JACOB AWL.
RECORDS OF DERRY CONGREGATION.
IV. DISMISSIONS.
[All communicants save those marked non. ]
1807.
Feb .- Jane Simonton (non com.)
1808.
John McDonald and wife. (non.)
Patrick Hayes, son of David, and his wife.
Mathew Wray.
Jared Boal and wife.
May 16. Mrs. Isabel Johnson.
David Johnson and wifc.
Oct. 3. James C. Vandike. (non. )
1809. April 3. Joseph Porter and Jane his wife. (she non.)
Robert McIlwrath and Elizabeth his wife
June 7. James Boreland and Elizabeth his wife.
Richard Rogers, 1810.
March 26. Edward Porter and Sarah his wife. William Porter and Robert their sons.
Apr. Ann Clark (alias) Seawright. Susan Armstrong.
Oct. 16. Isabella Anderson.
James Duncan. Alexander Boal.
1811.
Jan 7. Elizabeth McElhenny alias Rogers. (non.) Apr. 1. John Boal and Suffia his wife Elizabethı their daughter, (non.) May 25. Sarah Clark.
1812. June 1. Thomas Sawyer and his wife. (she not in com.)
1813.
Apr. 3. Saralı Porter.
Apr. 5. Patrick IIaves. (Elder. ) Agnes his wife and Mary their daughter.
Apr. 9. Jane Hayes wife of R. Hayes. June 15. Robert Williams and Agnes his wife.
Sarah Hayes daughter of Col. Hayes. 1814. March 21. William Boal and his daugh- ters Elizabeth, Frances and Mary. March 28. Jane Craig.
1815.
April 3. Matilda Bell (vel.) Young July 31. William McIlwrath and Eliza - (non.) beth his wife.
1816. Apr. 26 Agnes Lyttle (vel) Boal Apr. 27. Thomas Mitchel. 1817. Apr. 28. Samuel Barnet and Mary his wife.
1818.
Sept. 13. Elizabeth Hayes daughter of Col. Hayes. 1819. Feb. 27. Robert Bigham. 1819.
May 7. Isabella Kelly and her children Jane, Prudence, Samuel and Sarah. (com.) Mary and John. (non.) May 7. William Hammil and Susanna, his wife.
Oct. 20. Elizabeth Wallace (vel) Clark. Oct. 23. Andrew Frazer and Ann his wife. (non.)
Dec. 11. Sarah Bell(vel) Harrison, (non.) Dec. 15. Elizabeth Bell (vel) Dale(non,) Jane Rogers (vel) Boal (non.)
1820.
May 1. Charles Clark. Dec .- Mrs. McCallen (vel) Horner(non.)
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1821.
Dec .- Mrs. McCurdy. 1823. Feb. - William McNair. 1826.
(non.)
Dec. 20. Sarah and Elizabeth Robin- son
Julia Robinson. (non.)
1827.
Sept. 2. James Mitchel.
Oct 1. James Nelson and Jane, his wife. (non.)
1828.
March 22. William Hamilton. Jane and Eliza.
Benjamin Hamilton. (non.)
Elizabeth Wilson.
Sept. 13 Mary S. Sharon now McCoy. 1829.
Sept 21. Robert Wright and Elizabeth, his wife.
1831.
Oct. 10. Nancy Robinson. 1832. Jan. 7. Mary E. Alricks. 1833.
March 21. Christian Sheller (Elder)and Margaret his wife.
1834. March 10. Hugh Craig and Rachel his wife.
April- Susanna Mitchell, David Mit- chel, Elder, and his wife Mary. April 7. Jane C. Sharon.
1835.
May 4. Robert Moody, son of Joseph, and Martha his wife.
1837. March 27. George Bechtol. Martha Geddis.
April 29. Thomas McNair and Nancy his wife. Miss Ann McNair May 5. Wm. Baird, and Mary his wife.
1838.
March 26. William Clark and Ann his wife. April- Jno. Baird, Elizabeth and Wal lace.
May 2. Mrs. Jane Sloan. May 22. Joseph Moodev and his daugh- ters Jane and Nancy. 1839. May 20. Jane F. McNair. Eleanor Rogers alias Innes.
1840.
May 7. Elizabeth Sharon (now Mc- Mecn. May 12. James Porter, sen., Priscilla and Elizabeth his daughters.
NOTES AND QUERIES. Relating to the History of Dauphin County.
XXVII.
JOHN PAUL, jr. - Of this gentlemen who was a noted surveyor in the "Upper End," we have heretofore vainly en- deavored to gain information. Is there any one in the section where he lived and died and is buried, who can give us some biographical data.
BACHMAN'S MILLS, in 1799, in Derry township, two miles from Hummelstown, what is known of them, and in whose present ownership if yet standing?
EARLY FIRES .- On Nov. 25, 1796, the house of Capt. James Sawyer, on Locust street.
On the 19th of February. 1798, the building occupied by William Porter as "a cold nail factory."
On Saturday, March 25, 1799, a large stone house and barn in Paxtang for- merly the property of Major Gilchrist, were entirely consumed, and all their con- tents. The loss is supposed very great.
On the 22d of March, 1796, about one o'clock, the new brick double house be- longing to Messrs Kurtz and Seidel was almost entirely consumed. £150 were subscribed by a few gentlemen in the course of two hours.
THE FAIRS OF EIGHTY YEARS AGO .- From the Oracle of the tenth of June 1798, we have this reference to the annual fairs held in the town: "On Friday and Saturday last was celebrated in this town the anniversary fair with all its accustomed singularities. The lasses, as
usual. assembled, like bees on a
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summer's day. The swains, too, were very numerous; so that none of the former, it is to be presumed, went home with a heavy heart . in consequence of neglect from the latter."
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.
REV. JOSEPH LA ROSS.
JOSEPH LA Ross, or LA ROSE, as fre quently written, was born about the year 1800 in, Macungie township, Lehigh co. Penna. He was a descendant of John Louis La Rose and Kunigunda Schadin of Freach birth, who settled in then North- ampton county, Penna, prior to 1740. The subject of our sketch studied the- ology under the Rev. Jacob Christian Becker, who was the Reformed minister in that section of the country, during the year 1821, 1822 and 1823. He was or- dained to the ministry by the Reformed Synod in 1823, and the following year became pastor of the Hummels- town, and neighboring congregations. Here he labored several years when he removed to Bloomsburg. Penna., to take charge of the Reformed interest in that section. He resided there only a few years, when he was cut down in the prime of life about the latter part of the year 1827. As a preacher, Mr. La Ross was energetic, possessed somewhat of the French vivacity; and although his early education was limited, yet being indus- trions and an earnest student, he was considered a good preacher, one well qualified for the ministry. Mr. La Ross m. April 21, 1825, Elizabeth Earnest of Dauphin county, Penna; she died in 1838. The late Prof. La Ross, school superin- tendent of Dauphin county, was his son.
RICHARD T. LEECHI.
RICHARD TREAT LEECH was born October 3, 1775, at Cheltenham Mont- gomery county, Penn., His ancestors came from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Eng- land in 1682, and located in Philadel- delphia now Montgomery county, name- ing their new home for the place of their nativity. Richard T. Leech's means of early education were limited, but by close application, he was subse- quently known as a man of extensive general knowledge. In 1809 and 1810
he represented the county of Mont- gomery in the State Legislature. He afterwards removed to Harrisburg, hav- ing been appointed by Gov. Synder Surveyor Gencral of the State in place of General Andrew Porter, who died De- cember 1813, which position he held until his displacement by Gov. Findlay Feb. 13. 1818. During the war of 1812-14, he marched as a private in Capt. Richard M. Crain's company of volunteers to the defence of Baltimore. Upon being re- lieved from office in 1818, lie removed to Pittsburgh where he engaged in mer- cantile pursuits, returning however to Harrisburg in 1821. He was elected treasurer of the county of Dauphin in 1832, serving three years. In 1837 he again went to Pittsburg, where he died on the 26th of August, 1850, in his seventy fifth year.
COL. WASHINGTON .LEE.
WASHINGTON LEE, son of Andrew Lee and , Prscilla (-) Stewart, was born at Harrisburg, June 18, 1786. He received his early education at the Latin school of John Downey and on the 20th of March, 1803, entered the law office of George Fisher, then in the zenith of his legal fame. He was admitted to the Dauphin county bar March 3, 1806. He had determined however that a military career would be more to his taste, and he early sought the influence of his friends to aid him in gaining a position in the army. Judge Henry, then presiding on the bench of Dauphin county had been an early and warm friend of his father, and his influence and that of Senator Andrew Gregg another warm personal friend of Capt. Andrew Lee, secured him the ap- pointment of second lieutenant in the U. S. Army, March 3, 1818. From this time until that of his retirement from the ser- vice eight years later his career was one unbroken series of success. He was com- missioncd first lieutenant of the fifth regi- ment of infantry April 1, 1811. He had already served as judge advocate of the Southern army under Gen. Wade Hamp- ton from February 19, 1810, and contin- ued so to act until appointed assistant ad- jutant general June 24. 1812. The follow- ing July (23d) he was commissioned captain of the eleventh infantry, and March 3.1813
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received his majority. In June of this year he was appointed deputy paymaster gen- eral of the United States forces, and he received his commission as lieutenant colonel of the eleventh infantry January 1. 1815. On the 3d of May, 1816, he re- signed the service; purchased a farm of one thousand acres at Nanticoke, Lu- zerne county, Penna, removed thither, where for fitty years he lived in elegant and quiet retirement. In May, 1869, he re- moved to Wilkes Barre, where two years later, on the 10th of September, 1871, ready and willing, he peacefully breathed his last. Coi. Lec,
married at Carlisle, June 16, 1817, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Campbell, an Episcopal minister at Car- lisle. She died at Nanticoke in Decem- ber 1867. They had no children. The remains of Col. Lee and his wife rest beneath a simple shaft of granite in the churchyard of Hanover Green. In per- son Col. Lee was tall and of dignified presence. His gentle manners and courtly bearing greatly endeared him to all who possessed lis acquaintance. His habits were of the strictest simplicity. His mind had always been of a studious char- acter, and in the later years of his life he found refuge from his isolation in his ac. quaintance with the philosophy and clas- sics of the ancients. He was the imperso. nation of integrity and rectitude. He preserved his faculties to the very end, andwith the utmost composure saw the ap- proach of that messenger from whose coming old and young alike shrink with dread.
REV. NATHANIEL TODD.
NATHANIEL TODD, was born January 3, 1770, at Rowley, Mass. He received his prepatory education at Dummer's Acad- emy in his native town, and graduated at Brown University, Sept. 1, 1800. He afterwards repaired to Philadelphia, where he studied theoloy under the direc tion of Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D., and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of that city, October 19, 1803. Receiving a call to the Presbyterian Church at Schenectady, N. Y., he went there, and labored with success for several years. Owing to ill health he resigned his charge, taught school at Woodbury,
N. Y., then at West Chester, Penna, and in 1823 took charge of the Academy at Harrisburg, where he remained three years; and many of our prominent men enjoyed the benefits of his tuition, He subsequently taught at Lebanon, Mifflin- burg and Beaver. Penna. and for a long time was in charge of a classical school at Allegheny. Although during his ac- tive life he was known to the public as a teacher, yet he ever considered the preacli- ing of the Gospel to be his great business. He died at Pittsburg, Penna, July 8. 1867, in the eighty eighth year of his age. He married in 1806. Elizabeth Green Brad- ford a neice of Dr. Ashbel Green. The Rev. Mr. Todd was an earnest, open. hearted man. In early life, it is said, his manner in the pulpit was impressive, and at times powerful. Among his brethren in the ministry he was held in high es- tecm, who greatly enjoyed his society.
RECORDS OF DERRY CONGREGATION.
V.
DEATHS.
[All communicants save those marked non.] 1808.
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