History of the Dissinger family, 1660-1930 : being the early history of the family ; souvenir of the Tenth Anniversary held at Ephrate Park, Sunday, September 20, 1931
2 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) 24 cm.
Notes
LCHS has vol. 1 only.
Summary
Benjamin Perley Poore ( 1820-1887 ) was a popular newspaper correspondent and editor and an author. This book is his account of history , politics , and life as he observed it in Washington D.C. and the nation during his lifetime.
Contents: Irish history to the time of James I ; Persecution of Dissenters and the Siege of Londonderry; Oakboys, Steelboys, Defenders and Orangemen; Emigration to America; the Union and Home Rule; The Scotch-Irish in America and the Revolutionary War
Photocopy of original manuscript housed in the archives. Originally in two books.
Book 1 contains records for family cemeteries in West Lampeter Township: Royer/Mylin (Rineer page 454 #13); [Herr] Kendig/Spahn (Rineer page 455 #20); Hershey/Cooper (Rineer page 455 #17) and Lefevere (Rineer page 455 #18).
Book 2 contains records for family cemeteries : Myers (Rineer page 84 #26 Conestoga Township); Barr, [Kendig/Myley] (Rineer page 85 #28 Conestoga Township); Hertzler; Greider [Kreider] (Rineer page 243 #16 Lancaster Township); Harnish/Ripley/Williams; Kreider (Rineer page 454 #12 West Lampeter Township).
A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution