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                  <text>HERSHEY PROPERTY:::

GARRISON ROAD:
lot

1802:

earl y 1930

home

6; and., &amp; 3rd., cons. 130

:

circa

18

rs

acres.

sold to Henry Hershey.

sold to

Henry

1900: Jo hn
1920:

story

Benjamin ï¿½ershey acquired property on the ï¿½arrison.

1818: Benjamin
1857:

Brick 2

son

John.

Hershey.

willed to David Hershey.

Property sold out of the family by David Hershey to Mr.

Food I-!aveil

restaurant:::

owned ï¿½:JY }1elen

Lmtcher 011 the Niagara Hiver

Helen

Frd :'lolfe

ï¿½

roo,c_

ived in Eric

1937: at this tiIL1e the old hor01estead

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contained five aï¿½-Jts.,

back anc1 the old

'I'he additions to the

i:1 1995 a11d ï¿½1is

-

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Â·

old Pool H:1ll.

huï¿½;_ 011e d&lt;mc3hter

It vJClS purcn::iï¿½;ed ,by :-rer &amp; ,Jea.nne ,Jol1i1son.

added

Winger.

and

one _1::&gt;ahiroor.i.

ï¿½-Ier'o began restorin0 the .;ilace,

brick

was

a..;;ain painted,t&lt;1is

i:'--[,_.: covc.ï¿½red vJ"ib1

uife Â·co;1tir1uï¿½,; to

upper floor was converte'l into

'.iiCJ.ry Jal18.

live. in t:1e

u one persoï¿½Â·1

;ray si:-}inJ.
olï¿½1 H2rsney
&lt;:Cc;artmcmt.

�8.'ll

JOHN HERSHEY:

b.

1829.

d.

1900.

son of Henry &amp; Mary (
burr.
Marr.

Children of

John &amp;

Charity

Ann (

Van Alstine )

marr:

Livingston

Florence Anne

...

Henry Johnston.

Catherine Leif fer.

1874= 1947.
marr.

â€¢

Annie Johnston.

1870- 1947
marr.

S

Julia Amelia Leiffer.

1867-.

Martha Eva

David

Hershey.

1864- 1922

John Andrew

marr.

&amp;.!

Fort Erie.

1862- 1948
marr.

J

Hershey.

Hershey Cemetery: Centralia:
Charity Ann Van Alstine.

Henry Melford

'l.

House )

William Hedley Benner

â€¢

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