given of this country by Martin Kendig, one of the seven heads of families who had settled in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had landed in Philadelphia, from thence went to Germantown, then to Lancaster, and finally settled in Pequea, Conestoga Township,3 Soon afterward he married a Miss

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts provided the following information. "There are thirteen paintings, all portraits, in the Academy collection by Jacob Eichholtz, as listed below: Mrs. Elizabeth Wurtz and Three Children Edward Eichholtz Jacob Eichholtz (now believed not to be a self portrait) Mrs. Walter

... of the one part, and Martin Lantz, George Gross, Caspar Loughman and Michael Beyerly, members and trustees for the Society or Congregation of the Lutheran Church in the township of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster." The deed further witnessed that "the said James Hamilton as well for the

Lancaster County. His handwritten records of thousands of births and marriages are pre- served in the library of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Doctor Green- wald preached at the funeral service which was followed by burial in Woodward Hill. The father of Pastor Strine, also John Jacob, was

, daughter of the Reverend Tobias Wagner who was among the early itinerant Lutheran pastors in Pennsyl- vania. 5 Soon after their marriage, the couple settled in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. From this union there were five surviv- ing chilldren: John C., Peter, Jerome, Frederick and

annual Festival of the Red Rose. Their names follow. George F. Baer President, Reading Railroad Company Dr. Marion Learned University of Pennsylvania George M. Steinman Lancaster County Historical Society Dr. J. H. Dubbs Franklin and Marshall College Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh .. Supt. of Schools, Philadelphia

Lititz. There he had as a student Mary Louise Riddle who became his wife. Leaving Lan- caster County in 1861 he taught in several Ohio schools, lastly in Wooster Seminary. Mary Louise Riddle was a sister of Lancaster author William Riddle, both of them being children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Riddle who

Library of the Lancaster County Historical Society does not have a complete file of any one single city newspaper for the year eighteen hundred and seventy six. The following newspapers were used: January through June, Lancaster Evening Express; July through August, Lancaster Intelligencer; September