. This Thomas McGovern also was a builder of railroads and canals. Mrs. Reilly was first married to John McManus, and their second child, Thomas, was a railroad contractor, and resided in Lancaster. JACOB B. ROHRER was born at Middletown, Pa., August 31, 1857, son of the late Major Jeremiah and Mary

recognized to some extent her geniuses in arts and manu- factures. The skill of her craftsmen and the quality of their work have been fully recognized throughout the country in two particular lines of industrial endeavor. I refer to the makers of the famous Lancaster County rifles and the grandfather clocks

, and then move to the west, destroying the railroads and the canals, and returning back again to a place of safety." THE ROLL OF REGIMENTS Lancaster County men served in the following regiments, which partici- pated in the Gettysburg Campaign: 23rd Regiment. 30th Regiment (1st Reserves); making a

Lochmann, five years after the consecration of the church, in 1743, to attach to the pulpit an iron rod which sustained the sand-clock in full view of the preacher and the hearers, thus securing to the latter sermons of a reasonable length in their opinion — one hour and a half. This congregation was

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac

Susquehanna Islands in Lancaster County By M. Luther Heisey There is glamor, romance and even tragedy connected with the story of the many river islands along the Lancaster County shore. Time was when the Indians inhabited the larger islands, farming, hunt- ing, fishing, cooking, and even interring

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." In 1804 he claims a home in Hampshire County (part of old Frederick) , Virginia. In 1807 he was in Jefferson County, Kentucky, near the Brookharts, and their families have a tradition that Daniel came east and saw the sailing of the Clermont on the Hudson, and that he was an