this site in 1787 / The Lancaster County / Historical Society / 1937." The three phases of this active preacher's life were dealt with by men prominent in each field. Dr. John Ahlum Schaeffer, president of Franklin and Marshall College, reviewed the achievements of Rev. Melsheimer as an educator

persecuted Hussites at his Barony of Lititz. The suggestion to honor Zinzendorf and mark this old house came to The Lancaster County Historical Society from one of its members, Samuel H. Ranck, noted librarian of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doubtless the historical facts and importance of the place were brought

Never before has the Lancaster County Historical Society been called upon to enter into a dual ceremony such as commemorated today—at Lititz, Pennsylvania, and simultaneously at Sacramento, California; communities separated by the breadth of our country. At Lititz, in the town center, before the General

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

duty on the field and in the town, and pursuing and harrassing the retreating army of Lee. 99th Penna. Volunteers. 107th Regiment. Col. E. D. Roath, of Marietta, related his experiences in a diary, which was presented several years ago to the Lancaster County Historical Society. 113th Regiment (12th

in Lancaster County, where on the 13th day of May I preached the first sermon. On June 3rd, 1779 I was married to Maria Agnes Man. The birthplace of my wife was Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Her father's name was Samuel Man and her mother's name Anna Catharina. "November 12th, 1784, I removed to Manheim

occupied by the home of Miss Gertrude Hensel Haldy, the record- ing secretary of our Lancaster County Historical Society. Drs. Abram Breneman, senior and junior, grandfather and father of Major Henry R. Breneman, lived in the house later occupied by A. Herr Smith and his sister, Eliza. Both doctors died in

street, where the arrival of the 'stranger element' was: anxiously expected. The delay was brief. About half-past ten the water made its first appearance, slowly entering from the pipes into the basin, amid the thundering of artillery, and �8 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY the general ringing of the

sheriff's turn, with jurisdiction over affairs of a public nature, and to present offenses and punish offenses below the grade of felony. At one time, the Pennsylvania Historical Commission planned to mark every prominent manor which the Penns established. The first marker in this project was placed on the