, chairman of the Pensions Sub-Commit- tee of the Ministerial Relations Committee of Presbytery, and he has been a member of the General Council of Presbytery. Rev. Tanguy can trace his ancestors back to John Paxton, one of the early members of Middle Octorara, who was his maternal great- great-great-great

) 1980. Harkins, Elizabeth. James Holliday, Sr. 1780-1980. (Photocopy) 1980. Harris, William and Others. Readers (Second, Third and Fourth.) (Books) 1877-1878. Hawbaker. Gary T. and Groff, Clyde L. A new Index: Lancaster County, Pa. before the �Federal Census: Vol. 1: Index to the 1780 Tax Records. (Book

as it touched Lancaster County. The area at that time was served with four local dailies and it may be of interest to look at the political complexions of these newssheets. The oldest was the Intelligencer which had its beginning in 1799. During the years that James Buchanan was aspiring to the

--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912 Description: 247-250 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

large crowd, which he addressed from the balcony of the Cadwell House, Lancaster, February 22, 1861, have all answered the final call, with possibly only two exceptions, of which later mention will be made, as have nearly all of the many thousands who saw the funeral train pass through Lancaster County

Lincoln, eldest son of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lin- coln, was born May 3, 1711. With his parents he came to Cov- entry, Chester county, Pa., about 1720, either from Middlesex or Monmouth county, New Jersey. Following his marriage, evidently he located in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa. In

Commission- ers of the county of Lancaster shall have paid unto John Joseph Henry the sum of $1,600, then the claim of the Commonwealth to the $12,018.34 due from the estate of William Henry, de- ceased, shall be relinquished to the Commissioners of the county of Lan- caster, for the purpose of purchasing

, Samuel Brown and Abra- ham De Normandie ; for Chester county, Nathaniel Pennock, Nathaniel Grubb and John Hannum ; for Lancaster county, Calvin Cooper, James Webb and Samuel LeFevre. The act required them within twenty days after its passage to order and ap- point the Acadians as to them appeared most

Greene, than that he had two foxhounds, Music and Vulcan. To me, personally, this part of Hempfield township is the most picturesque and colorful, and, in many ways, the most important historical region in Lancaster county. It is that, chiefly, because it was the home of John Wright and his ferry

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and