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MARTIN MEYER was a native of Germany and emigrated to America about the year 1828, when a young man.

JOHN S. BASTIAN, retired, was born in what is now Armstrong township, Lycoming county, November 12, 1823, son of Peter and Esther (Artly) Bastian.

PETER BASTIAN was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and removed to Union county, the same State, and thence to Lycoming county in 1812.

LEWIS TALLMAN, farmer, was born in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1823, Son of James and Olive (Bailey) Tallman.

HON. HENRY RAWLE was born in the Juniata valley, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1833, son of Francis W. Rawle.

FRANCIS W. RAWLE was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1795. The Rawle family settled in Philadelphia in 1686, coming from Cornwall, England.

DANIEL J. SCHOCH, farmer, was born in Wolf township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1849, son of Reuben W. and Margaret (Corson) Schoch.

REUBEN W. SCHOCH was born November 15, 1814, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, was a mason and mill-wright by trade, and came to Lycoming county in 1840.

GEORGE BENNET, farmer, was born on his present farm, July 18, 1864. He was educated in the township schools, Dickinson Seminary, and Williamsport Commercial College.

JOHN A. BENNET, farmer, was born in Fairfield township, Lycoming county, December 2, 1848, son of George and Martha (Strebeigh) Bennet.