legislature of Pennsylvania appropriated ten thousand dollars. A meeting of the citizens of Lancaster was held at the court house on Saturday evening, February 5th, 1820, for the purpose of securing relief for the sufferers. John Passmore, mayor of the city of Lancaster, was appointed chairman, and George B

. Byerly's widow married an Englishman, named Benjamin Lord and still later married a Mr. Mechling. Her re- mains lie among those of her children at the old Brush Creek graveyard, now Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Andrew Byerly and wife had a family of five sons and several daughters. The sons names

II. REMARKS ON ANDREW REAM, REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONER By Pierce Lesher Among the Revolutionary pensioners of Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pa., were Andrew Ream and Henry Ream of Reamstown. In Captain Smuller's muster roll for the year 1778 Andrew Ream was an ensign, a commissioned officer who

, who may be justly styled the Father of Internal Improvement of this country." The Great Fire of 1825 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Wednesday, October 19th, 1825, the city of Lancaster was visited by the most destructive fire, that, so far as known, had ever occurred in the town. It was caused by some