Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ancy from Manheim, and made quite a fortune in histime. The building used for the prosecution of hisbusiness is now used by the Annville Fire InsuranceCompany, and owned by C. Smith, Esq. Walking south on White Oak street, one passes anumber of building^s with an interesting;- local of these is the fine stone residence of ]Mr. WilliamBiever, ex-County Treasurer. This used to be theresidence of his uncle, Mr. John D. Biever, who wasone of Annvilles most liberal and public-spirited menin his day. Besides the furthering of other l
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ancy from Manheim, and made quite a fortune in histime. The building used for the prosecution of hisbusiness is now used by the Annville Fire InsuranceCompany, and owned by C. Smith, Esq. Walking south on White Oak street, one passes anumber of building^s with an interesting;- local of these is the fine stone residence of ]Mr. WilliamBiever, ex-County Treasurer. This used to be theresidence of his uncle, Mr. John D. Biever, who wasone of Annvilles most liberal and public-spirited menin his day. Besides the furthering of other laudableenterprises, he was in a sense the founder and father ofthe first Evangelical Lutheran church located on Mainstreet. Besides donating the ground, he paid aboutone-half of the cost of building, presented the church A GLIMPSE OF ANNVILLE. 329 with a fine two-story brick sextons house, made pro-vision (which his widow carried out after his death) oferecting an elegant and commodious brick parsonagenext to the church, and endowed the church to the. CHURCH , PARSONAGE, AND SEXTONS HOUSE OF THE FIRSTEVANGELICAI. I^UTHERAN CHURCH AT , PA. amount of $3,000. His widow supplemented thisamount by an additional legacy of $2,100, whilethe same estate endowed the cemetery by another$1,000. The present pastor of this church. H. Lewars, says, concerning these benefac-tions and this noble-hearted man: It is but due tosay, that the commendable generosity here recordedgrew out of a life-long Christian character. The piety 330 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. of Mr. Biever was acknowledged by all who knew assumed a directing and sustaining influence in thechurch for half a century, and for forty-nine years wasthe superintendent of the Sunday-school. The housein which Mr. Biever lived was built by his father,John D. Biever, Sr., in 1814. In the year 1804 was erected the substantial stonechurch edifice located on this street, on a little elevationof ground and
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