early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His

part of Pennsylvania approx- imately seventy miles west of Philadelphia. Its land is rich in agricultural value. Throughout the county there are many small, clean, prosperous com- munities. Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is located about a mile from Lancaster City. It is a beautiful estate with

those needing hospitali- zation were directed toward the Cloister. The picture of their dreary march may be drawn from a few pathetic words of an eye witness—a Lancaster County soldier who stated, "Some were in wagons, some were in carts, and those who were able to walk did so. As they passed in the

serve as the Lancaster Service Depot. Prior to this period, as we show in this history, many com- munities in Lancaster County had electricity for lighting purposes, or/and traction companies, or/and industrial uses. Most of these services were furnished by small local groups. Beginning in 1912, the

rolling stock was re- lettered, re-numbered and the color scheme was changed to red with yellow lettering and trim. �It was under the management of the Pennsylvania Traction fifty years ago that the worst trolley accident in the history of Lancaster County occurred. This wreck involved car No. 61 on the

recently been given to the college library). The Lancaster County Historical Society gathered books on local history. The seminary library, since 1871, has supplied local ministers. All the local Sunday Schools, which were large and well-attended, maintained large and active libraries for their members

-story brick �The ancestry of Adam Diller as recorded by Ellis and Evans in their History of Lancaster County, page 535, is as follows: Ancestry of Adam Diller, the Founder Casper Diller of Huguenot descent, 1675-1775, settled one mile south of New Holland, Lancaster County. Philip Adam Diller, 1723-1777