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Residences & events: Lancaster Co, PA, where the Annals recorded the following: "He was a man of considerable energy and made three trips to Canada onhorseback. He belonged to the Old Mennonite Church, but he did notignore altogether the law of self-defense, and one of his descendantsstill cherishes a cane which which he defended himself against theattack of an Indian, upon one of the trips mentioned." "He was one of the successful farmers of his day, followingagricultural pursuits until his death...He had prospered by thrift andindustry, and at the time of his death owned four farms." Lititz, Lancaster Co, PA, where he retired. |
| History recorded: "He had prospered by thrift and industry, and atthe time of his death had added considerably to the old Groffhomestead, dividing the whole into four farms, giving a portion eachto his sons, Jacob, Christian, Ezra, and Levi. He provided otherwisefor his other children." |