Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . he Indians during the period of warfareand their greatest depredations from 1750-65. It is agood specimen of the solid architecture of those days,with its piked roof and original port-holes for windows,and serves as an interesting landmark, because here thefirst American Gloninger immigrants settled, fromwhom has descended locally quite an illustrious seems that the names of the American Gloninger an-cestors were Peter [Philip(? )] and his wife, Anna Bar-bara, and that Valentine, John, George and Peter wereamong their sons. Of th
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . he Indians during the period of warfareand their greatest depredations from 1750-65. It is agood specimen of the solid architecture of those days,with its piked roof and original port-holes for windows,and serves as an interesting landmark, because here thefirst American Gloninger immigrants settled, fromwhom has descended locally quite an illustrious seems that the names of the American Gloninger an-cestors were Peter [Philip(? )] and his wife, Anna Bar-bara, and that Valentine, John, George and Peter wereamong their sons. Of these George may have been theoldest and remained on the old homestead as farmer. CUMBERLAND STREET TO GLONIXGERS FORT. 285 The others distinguished themselves in other avenuesof life. John, born in 1758, took an active part in theRevolutionary war, rose to official rank, held officialpositions in his native (then Dauphin) county by ap-pointment and election, and served a number of yearsas Associate Judge upon the erection of the county of / ,«|;-l.
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