1887, Martin Fieles sold his "General Wayne Hotel" in Baltimore and purchased the Christiana hostelry for his sons, Mordecai and William. Mar- tin was no stranger to this area because as a young lad he had delivered whiskey from his father's distillery near Lititz to all parts of Lancaster county

for this undertaking remains a matter of historical conject- ure. Some 15 years earlier, James Hamilton had provided the Borough with lots numbering 534 through 537 at Duke and Walnut Streets for the erection of barracks and stables, to be used by local militia during the French and Indian Wars.' With

many of the women and children who were on board." Early American Church records, however, sometimes helped to unravel this muddle. Some of the records included notations about the immigration of its parishioners; for example, some children were baptized with a footnote stating that they had been born

. Creswell. Standing: H. B. Herr, Melvern R. Evans, Henry B. Howell, William R. Styer, John 0. Wohlsen, Harry Levy, James B. Stauffer (?), and Harry Bard. �The "Sons" made it through "Prohibition" in great style, thanks to one of their number who managed a brewery. However, as the members grew older the

, John also designed and built some prominent residences in the city and county, but records of these have not been found. John was a contributing member of St. John's Episcopal Church and brought up his family in that faith. He was a member of the Odd Fellow's Lodge #67 and of the Washington Encampment