John B. Landis, Esq. and Barbara H. Merkel

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Husband John B. Landis, Esq. ¹

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           Born: 21 Aug 1841 - Upper Allen Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jacob Landis (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Mohler (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 9 Jun 1870 2

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Wife Barbara H. Merkel ¹

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         Father: Levi Merkel (1803-1876) 3
         Mother: Susanna Martin (1810-      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Victor Landis ²

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2 M Norman Landis ²

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3 M Merkel Landis ²

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4 F Naomi Landis ²

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5 F Olive Landis ²

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6 M Kenneth Landis ²

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General Notes: Husband - John B. Landis, Esq.

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He was born on his father's farm in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, one mile south of Mechanicsburg. He worked on the farm and attended school until he was seventeen, when he began teaching, and taught in York and Cumberland Counties five sessions; then entered the select school of Prof. S. B. Heiges, where he completed his studies. In April, 1860, he began the study of medicine with Dr. R. H. Long, of Mechanicsburg, with whom he remained until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was later made a corporal. He participated in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg, and in the latter received a shell wound in the neck and shoulder. He was sent to Point Lookout Hospital, Maryland, and on February 12, 1863, was discharged for disability, when he returned home. Subsequently he assisted in raising Company A, Two Hundred and Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which company he was made captain in September, 1864, serving as such until the close of the war. From September 29 until November 24, 1864, he was in command of Redoubt Carpenter on the Bermuda Hundred front, on the south bank of the James River. His regiment was next stationed in front of Petersburg, at Meade Station. He participated in the battles of Fort Steadman March 25, 1865, and Petersburg April 2, 1865, besides various skirmishes, and was mustered out with his regiment May 31, 1865, and returned to his home in Mechanicsburg. In 1866 Capt. Landis was appointed military instructor for the White Hall Soldiers' Orphan School, and in April, 1867, received the appointment of deputy collector of internal revenue for the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, which he resigned September 30, 1876, to enter the Carlisle Deposit Bank, accepting the position of cashier. This position he held until February, 1877, when he resigned on account of impaired health, and after a year's rest began the study of law in the office of John Hays, Esq., of Carlisle. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar, and then engaged in the practice of his profession. The Captain was elected treasurer of the Carlisle Gas & Water Company July 1, 1882, and was a member of the town council beginning in the spring of 1881.
He and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder and trustee.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 382, 425.

2 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 382.

3 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424, 428.

4 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 425.