. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ritz Heilner as aclerk, with whom he subsequently removed to Mi-nersville, Schuylkill Co. He remained there until1841, when he returned to Fredericksburg, andbegan clerking. In the spring of 1846 he estab-lished himself in the mercantile business, which hesuccessfully managed until 1854, when he sold outhis establishment and went to California, at the re-quest of his father. He returned home in 1857, butin 1859 went back to the Pacific coast, where he oper- HON. ANDREW LIGHT
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ritz Heilner as aclerk, with whom he subsequently removed to Mi-nersville, Schuylkill Co. He remained there until1841, when he returned to Fredericksburg, andbegan clerking. In the spring of 1846 he estab-lished himself in the mercantile business, which hesuccessfully managed until 1854, when he sold outhis establishment and went to California, at the re-quest of his father. He returned home in 1857, butin 1859 went back to the Pacific coast, where he oper- HON. ANDREW Light, son of John Light (1787-1S54) andCatharine Funck (1793-1862), was bom Feb. 5, 1825,in North Lebanon township, Lebanon Co., Pa. (SeeLight record.) Until he attained the age of twenty-one he remained upon the paternal farm, which hesubsequently cultivated in partnership with hisbrother Moses. He afterwards removed to NorthLebanon, and on the 4th of November, 1846, in con-nection with Jacob L. Light, established a generalstore for merchandising, and from that period until 31fi HISTORY OF LEBANON the present has been engaged in mercantile pursuitsat different points in Lebanon. He has also been inthe transportation business, and for two years filledthe position of superintendent of the Union 1848 he was elected town clerk of North Lebanontownship, and in 1850 assessor, filling the latter posi-tion by subsequent re-election. He was school direc-tor for nine years, during which period the Mifflinschool building on Guilford Street was erected, andalso the Webster school-house in the Independent Dis-trict; was twice elected justice of the peace, and in1860 clerk of the Orphans Court of Lebanon the war he was a member of the citizens com-mittee to supply the first quota of soldiers called fromNorth Lebanon township. On Oct. 4, 1882, he wasappointed by Governor Hoyt associate judge of theCourt of Common Pleas, to fill the unexpired term ofth
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