Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Isaac Lesher and Lillian "Lillie" Porter




Husband Isaac Lesher 1 2

           Born: 10 Aug 1845 - Peters Twp, Franklin Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1887
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         Father: Rev. Benjamin Lesher (1815-1897) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Hege (1818-1888) 1 6


       Marriage: 1877 3



Wife Lillian "Lillie" Porter 1 3

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Children
1 F Julia B. Lesher 3

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2 M Benjamin P. Lesher 3

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3 M Frank B. Lesher 3

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General Notes: Husband - Isaac Lesher


He was educated in the public schools and at Lititz Academy. At an early age he began his business life as a clerk in a store, in which he continued for a number of years. When he was thirty years old he opened a hardware store in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which he conducted for thirteen years. Relinquishing the hardware business he engaged in milling and lime burning at Williamson, on the South Penn railroad. He had one of the best equipped flouring mills in the county and owned a number of lime-kilns. He was a successful business man, the output of his mill and kilns being up to their full capacity. He lived in Chambersburg, making daily visits to his place of business.

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 881.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 509.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 511.

4 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 880.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 508.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 509.


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