--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1911 Description: 69-85 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.15 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article

in this county. Tradition would place it, in one or two instances, early in the 1750's, and, while we know to a certainty that at least three men, who later made many clocks, were in business in Lancaster as "clockmakers" prior to 1760 by a few years, yet we have been unable to get reliable evidence

-Presi- dent of the Columbia Bank. He was of German descent, born in Bethlehem, Pa., May 10, 1775, and began business in Lititz early in the 1800s and con- tinued in business for about twenty-five or thirty years, during which period he made a good many clocks, some of which are still about. He retired

home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical

A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN LANCASTER COUNTY By HUGH W. NEVIN Aviation, we hear on every side, is in its infancy. Although our modern transport ships fly through the air with the greatest of ease, crossing the continent between dawn and dusk, joining the north and the south by hours, crossing the

: b. Feb. 1, 1769; d. June 26, 1816, in 48th year. Wife, Dorothy Hand. Served as major in Pa. Militia, 1797. Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 4, pp. 468, 588. Pvt. in Capt. Shippen's Co., the "Lancaster County Dragoons." Klein's Hist. of Lancaster Co., Pa., Vol. 2, p. 596. Buried in St. James's Episcopal

%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Title: Early Lancaster artists. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Huck, Ferdinand. Lightner, Adam Mortimer, 1814-1840. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster

Early Lancaster Artists JOHN JAY LIBHART Merchant, Druggist, Judge and Artist. The ancestors of John Jay Libhart emigrated to America about the year 1728, and settled in York county, then on the frontier of Pennsylvania civili- zation, in or near the village of Hel- lam. His father, Henry Liebhart

they built. Among the very pioneers of railroad building was the capable local civil engineer and surveyor, JOSHUA SCOTT, who planned the State Road through and west of Lancaster in 1833. Many early Lancaster County maps and surveys were drawn by him, one being presented with the compliments of the

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [327]-328 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.9 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article

, especially with regard to the history of Pennsylvania. With the melodious words of Mifflin stilll• lin- gering in the air he was impelled in the first place to also pay a eulogy to the poet. He wondered whether the people of �Lancaster County realized the heights he has attained. By some he has been compared