Driving the last spike on the low grade freight line, possibly the Susquehanna and Atglen. First row left to right: John Strimmel, Anna Atcheson, John Hendrie, Owen Bremmer - blacksmith who made the hammer and spike, George W. Hensel Jr. - hammering last spike, Alex Hendrie, Leander T. Hensel, Samuel Bair, Ezra B. Fritz, J. R. L. Atcheson, Richard Rohrer, Jerry Regan, John Cassidy, Dean Oatman, A. S. Harkness. Second row: Benjamin Cocharan, Barney Myers, Charlie Timanus, Vernon Harkness. Remainder of the group is Italian or African American railroad laborers.
Slumbering Order of Groundhogs. Members identified: Harvey J. Lefever; Sam "Squire" Collins; Harry Bair; Joseph Hooker Wimer; William Uhler Hensel II; Daniel Hess Eckman; Benjamin D. Cochran; Clifton Singles; Simon W. Groff; Lester Herr; Robert Spencer McClure; Carl Reynolds; George W. Hensel, Jr.; George W. Hassler; Albert Hess Fritz. Customer: Harry Hensel, Quarryville.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
Photograph- "Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
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"Continental Congress at Rish Farm, Four Pines". Group of men with shotguns. Identified are: Dr. T. M. Rohrer, Henry E. "Socky" Carson, Robert B. Risk, George W. Hensel, Harry H. Hensel, and Leander Hensel. July 4, probably before 1917.
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.
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.