Page 26: Entrance to Oak Hill; Large mansion, "Oak Hill, R. S. M. McIlwain (now), Judge J. Hay Brown"; View of Oak Hill mansion, "Judge J. Hay Brown, Oak Hill"; Tree lined drive, "Leaving Oak Hill, Paradise Presbyterian Church in distance"; Wild Cat Falls, May 30, 1902; Home of Col. Joel Lightner. Oak Hill, home in Paradise Twp. Wild Cat Falls is in York County.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
