. First Mention of Lancaster County Names. In the first half of the fourteenth century Germany and Austria were the theatre or field of slaughter, and here Lancaster county names first appear. In 1340 Conrad Hager was killed, and also an Eckart or Eck- hard; in 1360 a John de Landuno (whether Landis or

eight years. He afterwards moved to Harrisburg and became a prominent citizen there, having been treasurer of Dauphin county, where he died, Dec. 3, 1839, leaving six children to sur- vive •him. Just when John Hoff took over his father's business is not apparent, but he seems to have worked for his

The Early Abolitionists of Lancaster County, In giving a history of the Abolition movement in Lancaster county,or else- where, the question seems first to arise, what is specially meant by the term "Abolitionist." The indiscrimin- ate manner in which it was used sixty years ago against every person

. Military Record. Among those serving from Lancas- ter county during the Revolutionary period we note the following: Peter Elser, served in Capt. John Feathers' company, under command of. Col. John Huber, in the years 1778 and '79. (Pa. Archives, series V, Vol. vii, pages 874 and 897). Geo. Weachter, was a

County Historical So- ciety, a resident of Ephrata, Pa., is a great-grandson of Jacob Hibshman. Mr. George Hibshman, of Ephrata, now the Representative from the Northern district of Lancaster county In the Legislature, is a grandson of Jacob Hibshman. �

Benjamin West Henry, A Lan- caster Artist, The ancestors of Benjamin West Henry were Robert and Mary A. Henry, his wife, who emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania in 1722, and settled in Chester County. They were accompanied by their three sons, John, Robert and James. John, the eldest son

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hostetter, Albert K. Title: Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman / by A. K. Hostetter. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880. Heintzelman family. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Manheim (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County