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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Biographical History of
Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania,
and
Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the county -
by Alex. Harris
Lancaster, PA:
Publ. Elias Barr & Co.
1872
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JAMES MACKEY was
elected a member of the Legislature in the years 1831 and
1832.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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PHILIP MARSTELLER, a
member of the Legislature in 1776. He was also a
delegate in 1776 to the convention which adopted the first
State Constitution.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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B. F. MARTIN, elected
Clerk of Quarter Sections.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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DAVID M. MARTIN,
elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions in 1848.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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GEORGE MARTIN,
elected Sheriff of Lancaster county in 1854.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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HUGH MARTIN, was a
farmer of Drumore township, and was elected to the
Legislature on the Federal ticket in 1816 and 1817.
His brother, Samuel Martin, was a clergyman, who had
received his education at the Rev. Mr. Latta's
academy, at Chestnut Level. He ministered at the
Presbyterian church, at Chanceford, in York county. He
was a man of good ability and ripe scholarship.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 381 |
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HON. PETER MARTIN
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 382 |
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JOHN MATHIOT was
elected sheriff of Lancaster county in the year 1818.
He was an alderman of Lancaster and carried on the business
of a scrivener. He was elected in 1831, by city
councils, Mayor of the city of Lancaster, and eleven times
reelected. He died January 22d, 1843, in the 58th year
of his age.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 386 |
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HUGH MAXWELL was born
in Ireland, Dec. 7th, 1777. When quite a youth he came
to Philadelphia, and at the age of nineteen he entered in
partnership in the book publishing business with Matthew
Carey, and with him published one of the first literary
magazines in the city of brotherly love. He afterwards
edited the Port-Folio, a magazine of some repute in
its day. Whilst in the book publishing business,
he cast his own type and made his own wood-cuts.
Having met with severe losses in the financial crisis that
succeeded the war of 1812-14, he for a time abandoned the
editorial career and followed agricultural pursuits.
His active temperament, however, soon introduced him into
other editorial enterprises. In 1817 he removed to
Lancaster and established the Lancaster Gazette,
which he conducted with decided ability for several years.
He next purchased the Lancaster Journal, one of the
oldest Democratic papers of Pennsylvania, and this he
published up to 1889. As a citizen, he ever ranked
amongst the most active and enterprising in all projects
looking towards the establishment and promotion of public
improvements. He was one of the most active members of
the company organized in 1820 for the improvement of the
Conestoga navigation; and he it was who called the first
meeting at Columbia, which discussed the project of uniting
that place and Philadelphia by a railroad. He was
gratified to live to see this enterprise completed in spite
of much opposition and ridicule. The "Mechanics'
Literary Association" of Lancaster, of which he was the
first president, greatly owed its foundation to its spirit
and enterprise. Hugh Maxwell was a man of
considerable mechanical ingenuity, and among his inventions
the "printer's roller," patented in 1817, was a fruit of his
genius. He drew such attention to the cause of boiler
explosions as elicited great praise in his day. With
Wm. White, ex-sheriff of Lancaster, he discovered the
Lykens Valley and Short Mountain coal fields, and shipped
the first coal to market from those mines. As editor
of a newspaper, Mr. Maxwell had a few superiors in
his day. He was a vigorous writer, and could pen an
editorial of great power, and withal, couched in smooth and
grateful language. He was a bold and independent
thinker and fearless leader in public affairs. He died
Nov. 1st, 1880.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 386 |
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ROBERT MAXWELL, was a
citizen of Drumore township, and died Nov. 6th, 1819, in the
80th year of his age. He was elected county
commissioner in the year 1798. He was elected to the
Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1812
and 1813.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 386 |
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DAVID MAY, elected
Clerk of the Orphans' Court in 1848.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 388 |
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CHRISTIAN MAYER
was elected State Senator in 1804 and reelected to the
same position in 1808.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 388 |
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GEORGE MAYER, a
merchant of Lancaster, and brother of Dr. Mayer.
He was possessed of a fine memory, and when a member of the
Legislature of 1835, he took quite an active part in
legislative proceedings. Abraham Kauffman, who
was contemporary with him in the Legislature, speaking of
him said: "I once heard one of the canal commissioners
remark of him after he had given some testimony before the
House: what a mind and memory Colonel Mayer
possesses; his language is fit for the press just as
he speaks from recollection." He died September 9th,
1862, and in the 82nd year of his age.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 388 |
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REV. DR. LOUIS MAYER
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 388 |
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NATHANIEL MAYER was
elected a member of the Legislature in the years 1862 and
1863.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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ARCHIBALD McALISTER
was a member of the Legislature in the year 1720.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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JACOB McALISTER was
elected County Commissioner in the year 1832.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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JOHN McCAMANT was a
member of the Legislature in the years 1824 and 1827.
In 1826 he was the Democratic competitor of James
Buchanan for Congress.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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CARPENTER McCLEERY,
was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer
in the year 1845.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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JOSEPH McCLURE, was
elected to the Legislature in the years 1840 and 1841.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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WM. McCULLOCH was a
member of the Legislature in the year 1820.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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PATRICK McEVOY Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 392 |
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McGOWAN FAMILY. Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 393 |
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JOHN McGRANN, brother
of Richard McGrann, was an enterprising business man
and contractor.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 393 |
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RICHARD McGRANN Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 393 |
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ZEPHANIAH McLENEGAN,
appointed Prothonotary in 1839.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 394 |
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JOHN McMILLAN, a
member of the Legislature in 1776
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 394 |
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JAMES McSPARREN,
elected Commissioner in 1806.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 394 |
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HUGH MEHAFFEY was
appointed Register of Wills in 1836.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 394 |
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CAPT. J. Q. MERCER Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 394 |
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JAMES MERCER, was a
member of the Legislature in the yeas 1781, 1782, 1783 and
1784.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 395 |
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WILLIAM MICHAEL was
elected clerk of the Quarter Sessions in the year 1830.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 395 |
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COLONEL DAVID MILES
is a native of Franklin county, Pa., born in 1831. In
his youth he worked upon a farm, then learned the tin and
sheet iron business, which he followed till the breaking out
of the rebellion. He went out as orderly sergeant of
the Lancaster Fencibles in the three months service, and
after this term of duty had expired, he again marched as
First Lieutenant of company B of the 69th regiment of
Pennsylvania volunteers, under Captain Duchman.
Upon the promotion of Captain Duchman to the
Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, Lieutenant Miles
took his place as Captain, and afterwards succeeded him as
Lieutenant Colonel when the former left the army. He
participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River and
Chickamauga, in which last he was taken prisoner, and was
detained as such in Libby Prison, Richmond, at Macon,
Georgia, and at Charleston, South Carolina. After
being exchanged, he served in Sherman's famous march
to the sea in command of a brigade, and fought in the battle
of Bentonville, where he was wounded, besides many other
minor engagements. He was discharged from service with
the rank of Colonel by brevet. In 1866 he was
nominated and elected register of wills of Lancaster county,
the duties of which he discharged for three years.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page |
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DAVID MILLER, was
elected Sheriff of Lancaster county in the year 1785, and
held the same for three years. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1789. He was also elected to the State
Senate in 1794, and in 1801 returned again to the
Legislature.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 395 |
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GEN. HENRY MILLER, a
native of Lancaster county, was a conspicuous officer of the
American army during the Revolutionary war. He was
engaged in many of the hard fought battles of that stirring
period. He was born in the year 1741, and died at
Carlisle in the year 1824.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 395 |
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*HENRY MILLER was
born in Reading, Berks county, Pa., Dec. 18th, 1774, came to
Manheim in 1803, where he carried on the hatting business.
During life, being of a domestic, quiet disposition, he
meddled little with public affairs. In 1826 the
Federal party, to which he belonged, nominated him for a
seat in the Legislature without his knowledge or consent.
When apprised of it, he first declined; after considerable
persuasion, his friends succeeded in having him accept the
nomination. He was elected and served the session of
1826-27. In 1827 he was again nominated for the same
position. At this time parties were closely divided
between Democrats and Federals. General
Jackson being nominated for President, strengthened the
Democratic party considerably in the county, and he was this
time defeated. He spent the remainder of his life in
private, much respected in the community in which he was so
well known. He died May 11th, 1847, aged 73 years, 7
months and 21 days.
* Contributed by Abraham Kauffman.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 395 |
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JOHN MILLER, a farmer
of Manheim township, was elected County Commissioner in the
year 1839. He was one of the early anti-slavery men of
his district; a great friend of the free school system, when
his township was opposed to it; and an advocate of the cause
of temperance. He was one of the most devoted friends
of Thaddeus Stevens in the county. Besides
agricultural pursuits, he latterly carried on the business
of milling.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 396 |
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MARTIN MILLER was
elected County Commissioner in the year 1843.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 396 |
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TOBIAS H. MILLER was
elected Recorder of Deeds in the year 1854.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 396 |
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JAMES MITCHELL was
elected a member of the Legislature in the years 1729, 1744,
1745 and 1746.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 396 |
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JOHN MOHLER was a member of
the Legislature in the years 1801 and 1802.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 396 |
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SAMUEL MOHLER was a
member of the Legislature in the year 1827.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 397 |
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JOHN R. MONTGOMERY1
was one of the ablest lawyers and finest pleaders that ever
practiced at the Lancaster bar. A cotemporary, writing
of him, says: "His mind was well schooled and disciplined in
a knowledge of all of our political institutions, in the
varied systems which prevail under the constitutions and
legislation of the different States; with a thorough
knowledge of the adjudications of the national and State
tribunals, and with all these qualifications he
possessed in an eminent degree that untiring assiduity,
energy and integrity which are necessary to discharge the
high responsibilities that devolve upon the profession.
In the inferior and in the superior courts, in every
position in which he was placed in the profession, he
displayed that legal learning that marked him as one of the
ablest men of the State and nation." James Buchanan,
in speaking of the case of Reichenbach vs.
Reichenbach, which was the last in which he ever
appeared as an attorney, and which had been prepared for
trial by John R. Montgomery, said it was the best
prepared case he had ever known. On another occasion
he remarked to a legal friend, that "of all the lawyers he
had ever encountered in teh trial of a cause, John R.
Montgomery seemed to him the weightiest." He died
November 3d, 1854. The subject of our notice yet lives
fresh in the memory of the members of the profession and
people of Lancaster city and county, and throughout
Pennsylvania; and whenever ability with oratory combined are
being estimated, as to members of the Lancaster bar, amongst
groups of legal gentlemen, a trio of brilliant names always
associated are sure to be mentioned, those of John R.
Montgomery, George Washington Barton and Hopkins.
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When, in September, 1824, Gen. Lafayette visited
Lancaster, John R. Montgomery engrossed much of his
attention; and when he left Lancaster the latter escorted
him in his carriage, drawn by match greys, as far as Port
Deposit, Maryland. On their way they stopped at the
Black Bear tavern, and at that place met with several of his
old soldiers of the Revolution, and when he shook hands with
them for the last time.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 397 |
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JOSEPH MONTGOMERY,
the father of John R. Montgomery, esq., was a member
of the Legislature in the year 1782. He carried on the
business of blacksmithing, and also farming. The
following anecdote is told as regards him: Being a strict
Presbyterian, his family had been in the habit of never
preparing supper on Sunday. Having an Irishman as a
journeyman blacksmith in his employ, the latter was told
that it was the custom of the family to have no supper, as
there was no work going on. The journeyman had been
used to Sunday suppers, and, going out to the blacksmith
shop, he began work hammering upon the anvil as usual.
Mr. Montgomery going to the shop, asked the Irishman
what all that meant, as he did not allow working on Sunday.
The Irishman replied, that he had been told that he could
get no supper unless he worked, and that he desired.
The journeyman had no occasion further to begin working in
order to get his Sunday supper.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 397 |
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ANDREW MOORE Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 398 |
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JAMES MOORE Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 399 |
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JOHN MOORE Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 400 |
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THOMAS MOORE Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 401 |
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MORRISON FAMILY Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 401 |
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JEREMIAH MOSHER Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 402 |
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FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, M.D.
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 402 |
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HENRY ERNST MUHLENBERG
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 403 |
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MUSGROVE FAMILY
JOHN MUSGROVE, SR.
MOSES MUSGROVE
THOMAS and ABRAHAM MUSGROVE
Source: Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA -
Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 404 |
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HENRY MUSSELMAN,
elected County Commissioner in 1848. Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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MICHAEL MUSSELMAN,
elected County Commissioner in 1830. Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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GEORGE MUSSER Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 406 |
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HENRY MUSSER elected
Clerk of Quarter Sessions in 1860. Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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JOHN MUSSER, a member
of the Legislature in 1820. Source: Biographical
History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias Barr & Co. -
1872 - Page 407 |
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MICHAEL MUSSER,
elected County Commissioner in 1802 Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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FREDERICK MYERS Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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JAMES MYERS Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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SAMUEL M. MYERS Source:
Biographical History of Lancaster Co., PA - Publ. by Elias
Barr & Co. - 1872 - Page 407 |
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