. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d fromactive life. He removed to Lebanon in 1827, wherehe continued to reside until his death, in 1S80, in theeighty-first year of his age. George Derr was chiefburgess of Lebanon in 1854, a trustee of LebanonSeminary, and subsequently of Lebanon M. Derr was educated at the Lebanon Acad-emy, and in his eighteenth year commenced thestudy of law in the office of John W. Ulrich, of Leb-anon, where he remained two years, when, feeling anatural bent for the study
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d fromactive life. He removed to Lebanon in 1827, wherehe continued to reside until his death, in 1S80, in theeighty-first year of his age. George Derr was chiefburgess of Lebanon in 1854, a trustee of LebanonSeminary, and subsequently of Lebanon M. Derr was educated at the Lebanon Acad-emy, and in his eighteenth year commenced thestudy of law in the office of John W. Ulrich, of Leb-anon, where he remained two years, when, feeling anatural bent for the study of medicine, he entered theoffice of Dr. Peter W. Malone, of Cornwall, attendedlectures at Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadel-phia, during the session of 1847-48. From that perioduntil 1856 he assisted his father in his contract workon the Union Canal, and then removed to HancockCounty, 111., where he engaged in contracting andbuilding on his own account. While residing in thatState he renewed his legal studies, and was admittedto the Illinois bar. In 1S58 he returned to Lebanon, 304 HISTORY OF LEBANON and in April of the following year admitted to thebar of that county and at once entered into the activepractice of the law. During the Rebellion he servedwith distinction in the army, and was captain of Com-pany A, Ninety-third Regiment Pennsylvania Vol-unteers, on the expiration of his term of service. has been connected with several local institu-tions of prominence, was a director and the solicitorof the North Lebanon Savings-Bank during its exist-ence, served as a solicitor of the Union Canal Com-pany for a number of years, and held the same rela-tion to several insurance companies. At the presenttime he is editor of the Lebanon County Independent,a paper established by him May 11, 1882, in which,being untrammeled by any entangling alliances witheither individuals or parties, it is designed to treat ina just and fearless manner all questions of public i
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