Documents filed with the Court of Common Pleas by municipalities in Lancaster County placing liens on real estate. The overwhelming majority were filed by the City of Lancaster. The next greatest number were filed by the Borough of Columbia. Other liens were filed by the boroughs of Adamstown, Ephrata, New Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg, and Washington. The liens show docket book and page numbers, the name of property owner, and then describe the location and size of the property along with buildings and improvements, the amount of money in question, and the cause for the assessment. These documents were recorded in Municipal Lien Docket Books 2 through 5, and are arranged in the order they appear therein. This leads to an oddity in filing order, in that the last 45 liens in Book 4 fall out of chronological sequence, overlapping and extending slightly beyond the dates of the liens in Book 5. Handwritten, plus a very few typewritten.
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Franklin and Marshall College faculty, 1877. Back row, left to right: Wagner, Krebs, John S. Stahr, N. C. Schaeffer, John Appel. Front row, left to right: Dubbs, T. Appel, W. M. Nevin, Gerhart, T. G. Apple.
The family of Joseph Hayes, grandfather of Paul G. Hayes. Possibly taken on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his grandparents' wedding - November 28, 1873. Grandfather Joseph Hayes was born May 18, 1825 and would have been 48 at that time. Grandmother Leah Stamm Hayes was born December 14, 1826, would have been 47 years old. At that time they were farming in Lancaster County. They were married November 28, 1848. Paul's father, Zachariah T. Hayes, center rear, was born September 17, 1849 and would have been 24 years old in this picture. Paul is unable to identifiy his aunts and uncles but gives the following information: Harriet Hayes and Mary Ann Hayes, twins, b. February 2, 1851. Harriet married George Wenger. She died March 31, 1888. Belinda Hayes, b. March 15, 1853, married Reuben S. Aston, lived in California. Elizabeth Hayes, b. November 24, 1855, m. George Davis, lived in Oklahoma. Leah Hayes, b. March 14, 1858, m. Harry Moore, lived in Indiana. Samuel Ruby Hayes, b. May 30, 1862, physician in Ohio. Joseph Franklin Hayes, b. September 9, 1864, lived in California. John Elmer Hayes, B. August 9, 1867, lived in Kansas City, MO. Also one other child, Thomas Henry Hayes, b. January 16, 1872 and died August 29, 1872, not on this picture.
Provenance
Donated by Elsie H. Landstrom in memory of Paul G. Hayes, 1994.
This collection of photographs pertains to the family of Fanny Grove (b. 1874, d. bet. 1930-1938), daughter of Amos Grove (b. 1837, d. 1893) and Sarah O'Brien (b. 1840, d. 1924) of Marietta and Fanny Grove's husband, Henry Spangler Rich (b. 1867, d. 1938). Henry S. Rich was a prominent businessman in Marietta - a banker with First National Bank of Marietta and as an insurance agent, among other businesses. The Rich family lived at Prospect Place, a home on Fairview Avenue in Marietta. Amos Grove, father of Fanny Grove Rich, owned the Accomac, a summer vacation spot on the York County side of the Susquehanna River. He also maintained the boarding and mess tents at the Landisville Campmeeting.
This collection of photographs pertains to the family of Fanny Grove (b. 1874, d. bet. 1930-1938), daughter of Amos Grove (b. 1837, d. 1893) and Sarah O'Brien (b. 1840, d. 1924) of Marietta and Fanny Grove's husband, Henry Spangler Rich (b. 1867, d. 1938). Henry S. Rich was a prominent businessman in Marietta - a banker with First National Bank of Marietta and as an insurance agent, among other businesses. The Rich family lived at Prospect Place, a home on Fairview Avenue in Marietta. Amos Grove, father of Fanny Grove Rich, owned the Accomac, a summer vacation spot on the York County side of the Susquehanna River. He also maintained the boarding and mess tents at the Landisville Campmeeting.
