Red Lion Area High School - Lion Yearbook (Red Lion, PA)

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llllll LIUN Centennial ' 1830-1980 1 if W Shown on the map of Red Lion on page 10, at the Lion Ar a School Boardl, who had a son, J. Steven south and southwest end of Red Lion, are Ulrich, Jacob Neff, wlfo recently became the father of a son, Clinton and John Neff. Ulrich Neff was born in 1746 and died in Neff. 1832. The birth and death dates of the Jacob Neff and . . 9 . . . John Neff shown on the map are not known. However, a a Wg-IiiIIfIggqrsjgeIT3ZnNg?l?Slsbl:E2eclyiipfsgllgigggililfg record exists of Jacob having lived in 1762. A Jacob Neff Church cemetery Oldest Cemetery close to the Neff appears in York Township tax records owning 50 acres of lands She was bogn in 1728 and would have been Old land as eally as 1769' Tllele was another Jacob Neff who enough to have been Ulrich'slor the first Jacob's mother most assuredly was the son Ol ellllel Ulllcll Ol llle lllsl She is the oldest Neff of which there is any record in this Jacob. This second Jacob was born in 1780 and died in area 1860. Handed down through the generations is a collec- ' tion of old surveys and land grants of Ulrich Neff that are Thele are Cuffenfly 25 People with the Neff Surname now in the possession of a descendent of the second in the alfa Lion area llsled in the York County Pf10ne Jacob Neff, Mrs. Miriam Godfrey, of Hillside Drive, Red book- T e family has been prominent in farming and in Lion, indicating that the second Jacob was the son of the Cigar and Construction businesses. Ulrich. The Jacob Neff tsecondl farm consisted mostly of the land now occupied by the Red Lion Country Club, although part of the original land went as far into Red Lion as the east side of South Main Street. Due to space and time requirements, only one branch of the Neff family will be shown here. The second Jacob Neff had a son, Henry H. Neff, who had a son, James Clinton Neff, who had a son, Roman Neff, who had a son, James D. Neff tcurrently serving on the Red '3- James D., J. Steven and Clinton Neff. Four Old Timers who posed for photo in Golden Jubilee book. Top two: l illiam A. Spangler 11859-19341, James Clinton Neff 11857-194 J. Bottom two: George W. Dietz C1850-19301, Samuel Poet 1185 19 ?l. All four were active in early Red Lion history. MILLERXKALTREIDER FAMILIES In 1787, a Michael Miller purchased a farm con- sisting of 129 acres of land from an Andrew Lantz. The land adj the original owner of the Red Lion Tavernl, Baltzer ined land owned by James Crosby lhusband of Shenber er, William Young and Richard Collingwood. lt covered reas on both sides of what is now East Broad- way an the Peachbottom Road, extending into the eastern tip of Red Lion. The land stayed in the Miller family for about 100 years, and was enlarged by at least one additional purchase. A major part of the original farm is now owned by Joseph Workinger. One of the direct descendents of Michael Miller was Jacob Miller, well known pioneer citizen of Red Lion, who died in 1936. Jacob was married to Bertha Meyer, The First One Hundred Years

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llllll Llllll Centennial LL a daughter of John and Catherine Meyer. A present-day descendant of Michael Miller is Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Weimer of York. One of the grandsons of Michael Miller was David Miller who owned a large farm located on both sides of the Freysville Road just outside of the borough, and who later owned the house that had been the Red Lion Tavern. In 1876, David's daughter, Emma, married Levi Kaltreider, grandfather of C. Mervin Kaltreider, a member of the Red Lion Centennial Book Committee, and James Kaltreider, owner of Kaltreider Motors, East Broadway extended. The Kaltreiders can trace their fami- ly back to a Peter Kaltreider who came to America from Germany in 1741. ' 3 ea? .N 'I W 'I i 4, Q X, . M fx. j . 4'-rr yr? ' Q ,' 'rv e -bn A r ' .L-X . ..- Emma lMillerj and Levi Kaltreider. Photos were taken shortly before the marriage that united the two colonial families, in 1876. David Miller farm, now owned by Albert Posey. In foreground are springs that once fed Red Lion's water supply. The Kaltreider family was prominent in both the cigar and cigar box industries in Red Lion, whereas the Millers were mostly farmers, first, then retail merchants in lumber, general merchandise, insurance and real estate. Attempts have been made to trace the Young and Shenberger families who at one time owned much of the land that is now Red Lion. However, not one of the Young or Shenberger names on the overlay map could be positively linked to people of those names now living in town. However, it is highly probable that Jacob Young, who owned the land on which Red Lion's first school stood, was a descendant of Frederick Young. This early Young appears on the Original Owners Map on page 10. He later owned the Felix Albright property shown on that map, as well as the property purchased by Sarah Crosby, first owner of the Red Lion Tavern. Jacob Young was the Grandfather of Preston, Chauncey, Harvey, Bessie Jacobs, and Guy Young, present day citizens of Red Lion, and ancestor of other Youngs in the area. REMAINING EVIDENCE OF EARLY RED LION HISTORY Here and there are a few log buildings that have stood for well over 100 years in and around Red Lion. The building believed to be the original Red Lion Tavern is at least 177 years old. And there are other log houses still standing, although most of them are covered by one kind of siding or another. Some of those log houses known at this time are: 1. The home of Miriam L. Kinard at 133 West High Street. 2. The home of Mackie Enfield, located just outside the borough limits on South Franklin Street. This house was built, according to Harry Ness, a longtime resident of the area, from logs of an older log house razed in Red Lion. 3. Two of the old Neff homes, now owned by Allen Graser and Luther Shaw, the former located on Arbor Drive, south of Red Lion, and the latter off of South Franklin Street. 4. The house directly across the entrance to Coun- try Club Road, along the Winterstown Road, now owned by Paul L. and Jean E. Hildebrand. 5. Four homes along Steinfelt and Holtzapple Roads, just north of Red Lion - those of Philip Steinfelt imulti-level Saltbox stylej, John Winter, Samuel Erhart and James Stump - are of log construction. Mr. Winter's home has been restored so that the logs can be seen. It was built prior to 1783. The First One Hundred Years