, Samuel, 1823-1908. Title: Some early county mills, etc., etc. : a fulling mill in 1714 / by Samuel Evans, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Sheriffs--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Irish Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster

IRISH OCCUPATION OF LANCASTER LAND. " ` Why did so many prominent Irish railroad contractors settle in Lancaster ?' is a question frequently asked. A gener- ation ago this would have been a more pertinent inquiry. Thirty years ago Lan- caster contained many of the most noted railroad contractors of

questions definitely. The fact that 175 years ago there was preach- ing at Donegal, and that there was a plsce of worship is not to be disputed. Other facts we have show that the country around Donegal was settled by the Scotch- Irish, who fled from persecution in the old country to seek an asylum where

building, which has for a long time been known as "The Old Oil Mill." It was, in its day, one of the busiest places in that section of Lancaster county. This building was built just about the end of the last century, either in 1798 or 1799, by Abram Hoover, for a woolen mill. He also built a good-sized dam

James McCul- lough. He was born in Colerain town- ship, Lancaster county, in 1818. He was descended from a renowned Irish family' noted for piety and knowledge, located near Dublin. Dr. McCullough, the present incumbent of the Irish es- tates, is an educated and accomplish- ed gentleman; he was a cousin