Lancaster County Family Ties

The papers discussing the divorce of Jacob C. and Mary Ida (Wolf) Hahn are located in the Lancaster County Archives.  Many thanks to the staff there for locating and copying these for me. Ida Hahn v. Jacob C. Hahn, case term December 1888-9, and the decree date is August 17, 1889 The papers do mention a child (Irvin) and do state that Jacob left Lancaster County due to his inability to pay debts.  According to the written statements, he did not pay support to either Ida or Irvin, and Ida requested a divorce on grounds of dissertation. Each page can be made larger by clicking on it. Note: Ida's lawyer was A.O. Newpher, a relative through her mother's family - possibly an uncle.

I found this article in a DAR magazine while at the local genealogy library (click on image to make larger for reading): I am descended through "Swamp" John Groff.

In among all the papers and documents that I got from Grandma, there are not any fliers for this event and I have no doubt that unless there was some emergency, Grandma and Pappy would have been there.  They both loved family reunions.  As the years went on, they took kids and grand kids along to Ressler and Garner reunions.  I personally don't remember any Groff reunions, but who knows.....we went to so many over the years. Source for fliers: The Groff Book Vol. I by Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best - published in 1985.

Last night I thought it would be interesting to find out a little about the 135th Penn Volunteer Infantry that Ben Musselman was in during 1862-63. I already had this picture of him and this roster sheet from a special census in 1890: Source: AG McMillin, Reba Garner, Ron Schneider Personal Collection According to the website Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War (http://www.pacivilwar.com/regiment/135th.html )  the 135th Regiment enlisted for 9 months and were recruited from Lancaster, Indiana, Westmoreland, and Jefferson counties in PA. I know from both the roster cited below and the 1890 special census that Ben Musselman served 9 months and did not re-enlist. 135th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles (http://www.pacivilwar.com/regiment/135th.html ) Organization Organized at Harrisburg August, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., August 19. Attached to Military District of Washington, D.C., till February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd D