Hello Donna: I have been researching the Sprigle family of York County, if there is any mention of them in your book, I would be grateful for the info. J Harman -- "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> wrote: Hello Jeannette and Fellow Listers: In the History of Adams County, PA. - 1886 is: SCHNELL, H. K. - pg.325, pg. 327 SCHNELL's Store - pg.325 pg. 325 BOROUGH OF NEW OXFORD ......Mathias Martin built the third house (now occupied by Thomas Himes), in 1800. About this time a house was built where Mr. Gitt erected his residence in 1876. George Bange, the first store-keeper, lived in a house built by George Kuhn about 1800. Schnell's shoe store is built on the site. ....... A petition was presented to the judge of quarter sessions in April, 1874, asking for the incorporation of the borough. This was granted August 20, 1874, and the first election was held at the Washington House in October 1874. Dr. J. W. Hendrix was elected burgess in 1874, and served down to 1885, when T. Bowers was elected. The councilmen elected annually are named in the following list: ........... 1879 - W. D. Himes, J. S. Gitt, Levi Wagner, Dr. Smith, H. K. Schnell, J. B. Gross. pg. 327 OXFORD TOWNSHIP CEMETERY New Oxford Cemetery - Incorporation of this cemetery was granted by the court on January 12, 1865. I was about five and one-half acres of ground a half mile west of the borough, running south from the turnpike to the Conowago Creek. .....The present officers are president, A. S. Himes; managers, H. K. Schnell, A. C. Diehl, William D. Himes and Abraham Sheely; secretary, Wiliam D. Himes. There was no SNELLs listed in the index. ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [PAYork] Oldest cemeteries in York, now Adams County? > Donna, > Do you know if you have any Snell's in this book? Thanks, Jeanette from OH. > ----- Original Message ----- > > Hello Judy and fellow listers: > > > > I'm reading my copy of The History of Adams County - 1886 > >and here's a > > brief > > synopsis of the dates of oldest churches... which may help to locate the > > oldest cemeteries? ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK ********* Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. ************ Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message