. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . HEILMAX. Samuel Heilman, son of Philip Heilman (see Heil-man record), was born in 1809, on the old homesteadin North Annville township, Lebanon Co., Pa. He wasbrought up as a farmer, and continued upon the ances-tral farm, in the cultivating and improving of which heevinced a commendable pride, until his death, whichoccurred on the 26th of April, 1881, in the seventy-third .MATTHIAS Hollenbach, son of John Hollenbach, wasborn about 1726, in Hanover townsh
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . HEILMAX. Samuel Heilman, son of Philip Heilman (see Heil-man record), was born in 1809, on the old homesteadin North Annville township, Lebanon Co., Pa. He wasbrought up as a farmer, and continued upon the ances-tral farm, in the cultivating and improving of which heevinced a commendable pride, until his death, whichoccurred on the 26th of April, 1881, in the seventy-third .MATTHIAS Hollenbach, son of John Hollenbach, wasborn about 1726, in Hanover township, LancasterCo., now East Hanover township, Lebanon Co., wherethe father was an early settler. He was inured to allthe sufferings and privations incident to a frontiersettlement at that early day. Possessed of a firm andvigorous constitution, and endowed by nature with astrong, active, and enterprising mind, at the age ofseventeen he joined the first adventurous party whowent to make a permanent settlement, under theauthority of Connecticut, in the valley of was in the autumn of 1769. From that period. 0Cc^nJ ^/oocSy^ year of his age. Mr. Heilman was a man of unosten-tatious habits, and cared little for the excitements ofpublic life. He was a man of energy and of prominencein his neighborhood, and so peaceful and conciliatorywas his character, his judgment so uniformly correct,that his services were frequently requested in the settle-ment of important interests. He was a director ofthe Lebanon Valley National Bank, and in the Re-formed Church, of which he was long a member, afaithful and efficient officer. Mr. Heilman was twicemarried,—first, on Dec. 29, 1833, to Elizabeth Heil-man, who died in 1856; secondly, on May 30, 1860,to Mary Keller, daughter of John Keller, of CentreCounty, who survived, 7£CfL the history of his long and eventful life is identifiedwith the history of that part of the country. In the controversy between Pennsylvania and Con-necticut he
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