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IV Generation:

John was raised on a farm, remaining with his father until his father's death in 1839. He then rented the farm for 1 year. His step-mother bought property in Marion, PA., where he lived one year.
John bought a farm in Hamilton Twp., where he resided having made all the improvements & by his industry has bought several other tracts of land.

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III Generation

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Mary survived David for a number of years.

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He was a native of Letter-Kenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA. He moved to Guilford Twp., in 1833 & kept a hotel 7 miles on the Baltimore Pike. At that time, stages were run from Chambersburg to Baltimore, also teams bearing produce & merchandise . He would often stable from 25-30 teams in one night; in 1840, he moved 2 miles west of Chambersburg Turnpike, where he kept a hotel for 22 years. He owned a farm of 120 acres & carried on farming in connection with the hotel. In 1853, he bought property in Chambersburg where he lived until his death. He was married 4 times.

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III Generation:

Married husband of deceased sister, Martha.

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See Eby records

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Dave was reared on his father's farm & remained there until his 27th year. After his marriage to Mary, they lived on her father's farm for 4 years. In 1863, he moved to his father's farm where he remained until 1865. In the spring of 1864, his barn burned by Rebels the same time Chambersburg was burned. He had many other losses during the period of the war. He is a man of some prominence. He was Chief Marshall of Hamilton Twp., during the Franklin Co., PA Centennial held in Chambersburg, September 9, 1884. In the spring of 1887, him & his brother-in-law rented the Indian Queen Hotel in Chambersburg, PA., of which he was one of the proprietors until 1890 when he retired from the business.

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1891-Living in California

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On Friday, March 1892, Martha met with a terrible accident. She was engaged in burning brush in the back yard & in emptying the little chaff bed on which the little boy died; her clothing caught fire. She screamed for help & Squire Seiders, who was passing, ran to her rescue. He immediately pulled off his overcoat & wrapped the burning woman in it. Mrs. Dyer then held the overcoat around Mrs. Pollard until Squire Seiders procured a crum clothier & other things from the house, which he smothered the flames. She was badly burned about the head, breast, & body. All the medical skill & tender loving nursing of her friends could do for her was done, but to no avail. Her injuries were too severe for human help & after nearly 4 weeks of brave struggle for existence, against such terrible odds, her stay on this earth ended calmly & peacefully, as the day faded away, April 20, 1892. She was a member of Zion's Reformed Church & died in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.

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He died while serving his country in the late rebellion at Danville, KY of typhoid fever. He was Captain of Co. C, 92nd Regmt., IL Vol. His remains were brought to Chambersburg, PA., for interment & now rest in Cedar Grove Cemetery. A widow & 4 fatherless children have offered their dearest earthly friend on the altar of their country.

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Jacob went to TX when quite young, spent 6 years there, then returned to Chambersburg to spend one month with his friends, then he went to San Bernardine, CA., where he died.