. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . , settling in Oley township,Berks Co., where he died in 1778. His son, JohnJacob, born 1738, in the Palatinate, died in 1815, atHarrisburg, married Rosanna Lutz, born 1739; died1802. Their son, John, learned the trade of a hatterin Reading, and came to Harrisburg about 1790,where for a number of years he carried on the busi-ness. He was one of the founders of the Evangelical JOHN II. FAGER, Henry Fager, son of John Fager and SarahCleckner, was born in the year 1806,
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . , settling in Oley township,Berks Co., where he died in 1778. His son, JohnJacob, born 1738, in the Palatinate, died in 1815, atHarrisburg, married Rosanna Lutz, born 1739; died1802. Their son, John, learned the trade of a hatterin Reading, and came to Harrisburg about 1790,where for a number of years he carried on the busi-ness. He was one of the founders of the Evangelical JOHN II. FAGER, Henry Fager, son of John Fager and SarahCleckner, was born in the year 1806, at Harrisburg, received careful training and a good read medicine with Dr. Martin Luther, one of themore prominent of the early physicians at Harris-burg, and attended medical lectures at the Universityof Pennsylvania. In 1829 he began the practice ofhis profession at Harrisburg, which he continueduntil his death, a period of forty-three years. In1840, his attention being called to the homoeopathicsystem, the doctor commenced the study of the newtheory, and afterwards adopted it in his #ljza^^ Lutheran Church at Harrisburg in 1795; served ascommissioner of the county of Dauphin, and for anumber of years was a member of the Town retiring from active business, late in life, he wasthe collector of tolls at the east end of the Harris-burg bridge. He died at Harrisburg on the 10th ofMay, 1848, lacking one month of being eighty yearsof age. Mr. Fager married Sarah Cleckner, born1772, died 1844, at Harrisburg, daughter of FrederickCleckner, Sr., one of the first settlers at had ten children, of whom reached mature yearswere Sarah, married George Adams, of Harrisburg;Catharine, married Frederick Kelker, of Harrisburg;Samuel, George C, and John H. He was quite a successful physician, and enjoyed theconfidence of the community. Apart from his pro-fessional life, Dr. Fager was a valued citizen. Forthirty-three years he was a mem
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