, it is believed, at the time of the founding of Old St. James in pre-revolutionary times. Such trees are rare in Lancaster today. And in more modern times the homes of many of our most noted men, Judges Livingston, Brubaker, Justice J. Hay Brown, Col. Brenneman awhile back. that splendid citizen

Col. Archibald Steele By D. F. MAGEE, Esq., LANCASTER. PA. In Archibald Steele, the eldest son of Capt. William Steele, Drumore Town- ship furnished to the Continental Army one of the bravest and one of the most loyal defenders of his country's liberties that went forth from Pennsylvania. A giant

Legislature, a Judge of our Courts, and later that masterful me- chanic and engineer, William Brown, engineer-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and likewise the present representative in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from this county, J. Hay Brown, formerly of the Bar of Lancaster county. Still

and Sovereign, and issue only 'in the name " Pennsylvania." See Docket of Court Quarter Sessions Lancaster County No. 3, August and November terms, 1777. During his long service as Justice of the Peace and Judge from 1735 to 1780, he lived and made his home in Earl Township, on his farm deeded to him

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

street. He started business in about 1830 and the business was still being carried on in 1860, though it is doubtful if any grandfather clocks were made at that late date by them. WILLIAM FRASER—Unique among the old clockmakers of Lancaster county is the family of William Fraser, who started business in

: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 91-94 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

location and boundaries of the Martin Chartier tract : together with the site of the original residence of Martin Chartier / by D. F. Magee, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chartier, Martin, d. 1718. French Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster

itself as the first narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania, by running its first five ton engine, the "Samuel Dickey" down over its newly laid and unballasted tracks out of Oxford, Chester County, to Hopewell Borough, three miles westward, and took on water from Hopewell run a tributary of the Octoraro on