Lancaster County] Brown, George, of Mt. Joy, came to America in 1855, and first located in Trenton, NJ. He was born in Yorkshire, England, Oct. 1831, son of Benjamin Brown. He (George) married in his native county to Esther Beardsell, also of Yorkshire, England, who ded in 1873 leaving 10 children, Thomas, Walter G., Sarah, the wife of J.B.S. Zeller, George H., Annie E., who married Abraham K. Shelly, Lilly A., who died as a baby. Hook, Michael, great-grandfather, came from Magnea in 1750, settled in Lancaster county. He was the father of 4 sons and 2 daughters, Michael, who married Mrs. Jane Thomas. Anthony, Andrew, Mary Frances, who married Francis Zeigler and Christina who married ___ Ginther, and Ferdinand Long, Jacob Baker, son of John Long, and brother of Charles Long, was born on East Orange St., Lancaster, Oct 25, 1849. On June 30, 1881,he married Ellen (Hayes) Hagar, the d/o the late Judge Hayes. Long, John F., is the youngest son of Charles Long. John F. married June 5, 1900 to C. May Stauffer, d/o J. Newton Stauffer. Dutt, Christian, was born Feb. 14, 1818, and died April 8, 1891. He was s/o George and Elizabeth (Erb) Dutt, the former of Penn township, Lancaster county. Christian Dutt was twice married, lst to Sarah Fulmer, died in 1850, the mother of 1 child, Mary, who was marrried to Martin "Bolinger", a resident of Lititz, By his 2nd wife, Catharine "Bolinger", he became the father of 1 child, Lizzie, born Feb 19, 1865, wife of Samuel Bare of Lititz. Mellinger, David H., of Manor township, was born Sept 9, 1865. He comes from one of the old families of this region, and is of German origin, being a descendant of Ludwig Mellinger, the first of the name to locate in this section. John Mellinger, great-grandfather of David H., was born Feb. 1795, in Manor township. He studies medicine with Dr. Musser. He was twice married, his first wife bening Susan Shopf, also of Manor township, who was born March 21, 1794 and died Sept 23, 1856, five sons were born to this union; John S., Henry S. MD., who died in 1901, Jacob of Columbia, David, and Benjamin who died at age 12. He married 2nd to Elizabeth Wissler. He died Oct. 1897 David H., married May 2, 1892 to Agnes C. Mann, d/o Levi Mann. Kreider, Christian, was born May 4, 1830,son of John Kreider. Christian Kreider was married 3 times, 1st to Esther Bowman, d/o Rev.Henry Bowman, in 1860 he maried Mary Huber, d/o Daniel Huber of willow Street, she died Oct., 1863, age 39. 3rd he married in 1884 Esther Eckman, d/o Jacob Eckman of Colerain township. She died May 20, 1899, aged 68. Christian was a member of the Reformed Mennonite Church of this townshp Eby, Henry N,, of W. Hempfield, Lancaster county, was born Aug 16, 1837, s/o Jonas of Veronica (Nissley) Eby, who were born in Elizabeth and Rapho township respectively. Jonas Eby, born March 14, 1799, died Oct 11, 1884, Veronice (Nissley) was born June 21, 1798 and died Oct. 30,1839. Jonas Eby is buried at the Landsville Meeting House cemetery. Children; John of Lancaster, Fanny, the wife of Martin Peiffer, of Salunga, PA., Elias of E. Dongal, Samuel of Mt. Joy, Simon of Mt. Joy, unmarrried, died in 1860, Henry N. The mother and father were twice married. Dec. 19, 1819 Jonas Eby married Veronica Nissley and Nov 12, 1863, to Martha Strickler, of Lancaster, she was d/o Abraham Stricker of Lancaster, who married a Miss Hostetter. Mrs. Voronica (Nissley) Eby, was 1st married to Abraham Hoover in 1815, and there were born to them Nancy, who was twice married, first to John Bossler, and then to Daniel Kreider. John and Mary (Witwer) Eby, grandparnts of Henry N., . John Eby died May 25, 1845, age 77,and his wife, died Aug 25, 1856,age 83. They were buried at the homestead. Children; Catharine, Jonas, Mary, Rebecca, Elias who married Elizabeth Erb, Elizabeth who married Samuel Risser, Levi who married Anna Nissley, and Anna who married Samuel Hershey. The paternal great- grandparents of Mr. Eby were Christian and Catharine (Bricker) Eby. The maternal grandparent to Mr. Eby, were Bishop Samuel Nissley of Rapho township, and Anna Mumma, of West Hempfield township. Bishop Nissley was married 3 times, to Barbara "Greider, to Anna Mumma and to Maria Longnecker. Henry N., was twice married, first in 1860, in Lancaster County, to Mary Franck, born in Warwick township, died Jan 3, 1876 age 35, and she was buried at Landisville, she was the d/o Christian and Catherine (Snyder) Franck. Her father was the son of Deacon John Franck. of Warwick. Children; Daniel, died 1871, AmosF., who married Anna Reist, Fanny who married Kate Stauffer, Anna, the wife of Elia Lindermuth. The second marriage was Nov 6, 1878 to Elizabeth Hostetter, born to them were Henry and Elizabeth, twins and David. Elizabeth (Hostetter) was born near Manheim, Sept 1, 1841, d/o David and Maria (Peiffer) Hostetter, both natives of Penn township Best Wishes, Geri