Civil War monument. Three possible causes of the fire were put forth: combustion resulting from slaked lime stored in the building by plasterer Caleb Cope (the father of clockmaker John Cope); the work of an arsonist; or the carelessness of clockmaker John Eberman, Jr. The origin of the fire was never

gunsmith. In 1812 he married Lydia Getz and fathered at least five children. None followed in his trade. In 1814 the tax list indicates that he was an inmate (renter) of John Gundacker, a local merchant. In 1843 he resided as an inmate in the fourth block of West Orange Street, south side.8 He died on June

A Genealogy of Martin Shreiner, Clockmaker, and His Descendants (An Appendix to: "Martin Shreiner: From Clocks to Fire Engines," Vol. 96 No. 1) N.B.: What follows is by no means complete after the first two generations. It is hoped that readers who have descent from Martin Shreiner, Senior, but do