. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . £///./J/ZWit-. />^vS%Sg^_£^£^2^g^ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 473 he had no issue. He died March 5, 1861, and of hischildren none now survive him except the youngest,Rev. James Calder, , of Harrisburg. Immediately upon leaving Harford County, became interested in lines of stage-coachesand the United States mail service, and for fifty yearsthis was his chief business. TTp to the time of thesale of the public works of Pennsylvania he was as-sociated with Alexander W
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . £///./J/ZWit-. />^vS%Sg^_£^£^2^g^ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 473 he had no issue. He died March 5, 1861, and of hischildren none now survive him except the youngest,Rev. James Calder, , of Harrisburg. Immediately upon leaving Harford County, became interested in lines of stage-coachesand the United States mail service, and for fifty yearsthis was his chief business. TTp to the time of thesale of the public works of Pennsylvania he was as-sociated with Alexander Wilson, of Lewistown, JacobPeters, of Philadelphia, Silas Moore, of Hollidays-burg, and other gentlemen in the Pioneer, GoodIntent, and Express companies for the transpor-tation of passengers and mails by cars and canalpacket-boats. He never lost his fondness for farmingand live-stock, and maintained several of the mostfertile farms in Dauphin County. Enterprises for thedevelopment of the resources of the country and par-ticularly the business of Harrisburg received hissupport. He built many houses, favored the intro-duction of
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