History of the Slaymaker Family


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Henry Slaymaker, son of Mathias Slaymaker, was born in 1734 in Pennsylvania. He married Faithful Jones Richardson in 1754. They had eight children. He died in 1785. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio.







A Historical Account of the Schall/Shaull Family


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Nicholas Schall (1709-1772) and his family immigrated from Bavaria, Germany (via Rotterdam) to land near Hecktown in what is now Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and elsewhere.










A Biographical History of Lancaster County


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A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character.




Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan


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All history is, perforce, a merciless abridgment, and yet too much can never be written concerning any nation, any people— since each contribution must have a definite value. In the offering of this compendium of history and biography, the publishers lay claim not to any amplification of data in the annals of Detroit and Wayne county, but rather to the condensed, narrative presentation of the history of a section whose records bear the graceful tales of romance and the sterner burdens of definite accomplishment.




History of Detroit


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A History of the McElvain-McIlvaine Family Line


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"The popular spelling of McIlvaine, is apparently not so well known in either Scotland or Ireland, McElvain, McElvane, McElveen, etc. being most common in Scotland and McIlwaine, McElwain, etc. having the preference in Ireland."--Introduction.