CONGRESSMAN FROM LAN- CASTER COUNTY IN 1807-1811? The great-grandfather of Robert Jenkins was David Jenkins. He came from Wales, and settled about the year 1700 near the Great Valley Church. This is the oldest Presby- terian Church in Chester county, where a congregation was organized in 1714. The members of

Who Was Jacob Hibshman, the Con- gressman from Lancaster County? John Gerhard Hibshman was a native of Switzerland, and came to this country in 1732, at the age of 19 years. Five years later, returning to his native land for his wife, he sailed on the ship St. Andrew, September 24, 1737, from

father had established there. Before proceeding to this, I will say concerning the other two sons, James and Abraham, that they remained upon the farms in Colerain township and raised families who lived there for a generation or more. Most of their descendants bearing the name of Whiteside, however, have

home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical

by Reingruber. In addition to all the church, civic and other work, Reingruber found time to execute a great number of por- traits (a partial list of which is a p -pendedtothissketch).Hisstyleor manner was acquired before the broad, impressionistic style swept Europe. His handling was conserva- tive

of America, or in the frozen regions of Russia and Si- beria, or in the Latin nations of South America, under whatever guise and form, and whatever name it may bear, and who, if he had the power and right, would abolish it to-morrow in any and all of these nations. in any form whatsoever that it may