History of York County Pennsylvania United States of America

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Levi Maish, representative, was born in York county, Pa., Nov. 22, 1837. He attended the York County academy; served as an apprentice to a machinist, 1854-56; recruited a company of Pennsylvania infantry in 1862, and joined the 113th Pennsylvania infantry, of which he was subsequently appointed lieutenant-colonel. He was wounded at the battle of Antietam; was promoted colonel for gallantry at Fredericksburg, and while leading his regiment at Chancellorsville he was again wounded. After his term of service had expired, he attended lectures in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature, 1867-68; was a member of the committee that in 1872 examined and audited the accounts of certain public officers of York county, and was a Democratic representative in the 44th, 45th, 50th and 51st congresses, 1875-79 and 1887-91. He prepared the Democratic report in the Clayton-Breckinridge contest and was a member of the subcommittee sent to Arkansas to investigate the assassination of Clayton. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

David Holmes, governor of Mississippi, was born in York county, Pa., March 10, 1769; son of Col. Joseph Holmes, a native of the north of Ireland, who came to America at an early age, served in the Revolution as commissary, with the rank of colonel; married a daughter of Col. David Hunter, of Berkeley county, Va., and shortly after the birth of David removed to Winchester, Va. After some years in his father's store David was admitted to the bar, and practised law in Harrisburg, Pa. He later returned to Virginia, and was a representative from that state in the 5th-10th congresses, 1797-1809. He was then appointed governor of Mississippi Territory by President Madison, serving 1809-17, and on the admission of the territory as a state, he was elected its first governor, serving 1817-19. On the resignation of Walter Leake as U.S. senator in 1820, Mr. Holmes was elected to succeed him, and after serving out the term was re-elected for a full term, to expire March 3, 1827. He resigned in 1825 to accept the governorship for a second time, and held that office, 1825-27. In 1827, broken in health, he returned to Winchester, Va., where he died Aug. 20, 1832.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

George Whitefield Macmillan, educator, was born in York county, Pa., Aug. 19, 1827. He attended the West Alexander academy and the College of New Jersey, and was graduated from Princeton Theological seminary in 1854. He was ordained by the presbytery of Albany, Nov. 17, 1857, and was pastor at Princetown, N.Y., 1857-63. He was married in 1858 to Nancie Josinah MacMillan. He was stated supply at Lithopolis, Ohio, 1863-66; pastor at Brunswick, Ill., 1866-69; supply at Butler, Mo., 1870-73; and pastor at Perrineville, N.J., 1878-88. He was elected presIdent of Richmond college, Ohio, in 1888. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Richmond college in 1888 and the degree of Ph.D. by the College of New Jersey the same year. He is the author of : Coming Millennium; Creation and Development; Moral Science, and contributions to periodical literature.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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