Pennsylvania Power and Light Company had the Columbia-Lancaster Gas Company organized (in 1930) for the purpose of making it possible for them to supply Columbia with gas for heat and fuel. MOUNT JOY GAS COMPANY The first fifty years of the gas industry in Mount Joy, be- ginning in 1880 with the organization

staff, with the commission of colonel. His name is found among the charter members of the Lancaster County Historical Society. CHARLES FONDERSMITH STAUFFER was born on a farm near Florin, Mount Joy Township, on October 8, 1869, the son of John Forney and Clara S. Fonder- smith Stauffer. He attended the

, John, Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of Wil- liam Penn, conveyed to Jacob and Veronica Funk, 301 ½ acres located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. June 5, 1735, Jacob Funk conveyed this same property to Jacob Snably. May 5, 1743, Jacob Snably conveyed it to Christian Hershey (wife Catharine) , and

lines in Lancaster County. This new organization, the Pennsylvania Traction Company, took steps to acquire not only the lines to Columbia, Marietta and the "Belt," but also the city lines in Lancaster and the rural lines running to Millersville and Lititz. Consequently, on February 5, 1894, all of the

Church, and later both became members 14 Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania, Schmauk, p. 61. 15 See "Three Caspar Schaffners," Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, vol. 42, p. 181. �54 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ;::i l 2.05: ll , .s a<] C H E S "r- N V"T' M <'1 :1.J 0 I � 'I 2. I I I lo o :z

, Stiegel named the township for his wife. See the Names of the Townships, by Joseph H. Dubbs, Vol. I, No. 3, Lancaster County Historical Society. F. A. God- charles, in his Pennsylvania History, says the township was named for Queen Elizabeth. 2 The Horseshoe Pike, which was laid out from Downingtown to

Lancaster County. It is now in the possession of the Rev. James Hess. THE ORIGINAL PENN GRANT John Penn Thomas Penn & Richard Penn Esq. true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle Kent and Sussex on Delaware To �all unto whom these

that Pennsylvania had not enacted legislation to this end pro- voked sharp criticism. The suggestion was made that petitions be circulated in every township of Lancaster County for redress of this grievance, for presenting to the Legislature when meeting in special session, November 5, 1800, that

County to his son, John Musselman. He also owned one hundred and nine- teen acres of timberland in Hellam Township. As an ironmaster, he had acquired great wealth. His children were all educated according to the custom of the day. His two sons, Abram and Samuel, attended the John Beck Academy at Lititz

. We know that the 4 Buttorff, T. Theatre in Reading until 1851. Hist. Review of Berks County, 1940, 9. Gardener Collection, Box 17. 6 Hensel, W. U. Major Andre's Residence in Lancaster. Papers of the �English officers played theatre in Lancaster; Major Andre lived in town. We can conclude therefore