Bachman, M. E. Bair, David Bankratz, B. Bausman, D. H. Berdainer, Paul F. Blough, Clara Bollinger, W. H. Bomberger, Lizzie S. Bones, John G. Bowers, J. Bowers, W. B. Boyd, George Brackbill, Henry P. Breneman, A. N. Brimmer, H. J. Brown, E. W. Brucker, John Bruner, P. M. Bucher, Max Buchmiller, D. F. Burk

Witman entered the home and he was restored to his family. His life was spared, but his property was confis- cated and sold March 15, 1780, to Michael Diffenderfer, four tracts. The circumstances and environments were such that Witman did not remain long at Ephrata, but emigrated with his family

Autobiography of William Michael (Part I.) (By GEORGE ERISMAN) I was born in Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, in April 1768. My father was an European, my mother was a native Americau. In the stru g -gleforIndependenceheboreapart,—heenteredtheAmericanArmyinthe rank of Captain, pay-master to the

was proved September 12, 1770. In that will his wife, Barbara, is named, and the following sons and daughters: Adam, Christopher, John, Michael, Henry; Rosina, wife of De- trich Kremer; Madlena, wife of Lud- wig Imler, and Regina, wife of Wil- liam Kurtz. The witnesses to the will were George

extended family (see Vol. 97, No. 1). It is also here that Thaddeus Stevens, known as the "Father of the Reconstruction Act," was buried in 1868. Martin and his wife, Elizabeth Zorn, were parents of five sons and four daughters. Their descendants are enumerated in (see Vol. 97, No. 1), "A Genealogy of

, little is known of the Clingens. The only documentation we have of their ownership are the tax and assessment lists of 1769-1771. They show that in 1769 Clingen was assessed on 300 acres, 3 horses, 4 cattle, and 10 sheep; in 1770 on 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cattle, and no sheep; and in 1771 on 300 acres, 3

the Gibbony family became prominent citizens of Bedford and adjoining counties. 3. Elizabeth Carpenter was born in 1740 and was married to Dr. George Michael Graff, a grandson of Hans Graff. They had two children, George and Eva Graff. George was captain of the 4th Company, 1st Battalion of what was