father when he substituted for his brother as chief clerk in the County Commissioner's office and held this office until his appointment by Governor William A. Stoner as Secretary of State of Pennsylvania in 1899.2 It was while he served as chief clerk that he became the leader of the Lancaster County

of the Philadelphia Association, an office which he then held for many years. It was in 1861 that he opened his first store at Sixth and Market streets, so that when he came to Lancaster to lecture, he was already doing business in that store which was named Oak Hall, as well as a second store at 818