Excerpt from Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County A Biographical History of Lancaster county is Such a one as has not heretofore been attempted to be executed in our midst. That a very general desire existed amongst the intelligent citizens of our county, that a work of this char acter should be produced, the undersigned has had, since the undertaking of his enterprise, the most abundant evidence. It was owing to this fact that he received the assistance, from the announcement of his enterprise, of a number of intelligent and leading men, who, busied themselves in the collection of all the information in their power, in order to aid him in the preparation of a history of personages Whose lives, acts and doings were worthy of being recorded, fer the interest of the present and future generations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This hefty volume contains hundreds of biographical sketches of men who had lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at some time from its early settlement down to about 1870. The sketches vary in length from a few lines to a few pages, but most provide s