BIO:  Rev. P. FORHAN, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 388

REV. P. FORHAN, father superior of Conowago Chapel, P.O. McSherrystown, is a 
native of County Kerry, Ireland.  He came to America at an early age and was 
educated at Woodstock College, in Baltimore, Md.  He then taught in the 
Baltimore, Worcester (Mass.) and Georgetown Colleges, and was in Washington 
before he came to Conowago Township, this county, in June, 1883.  He has been 
Father Superior here ever since and is assisted by five fathers:  Haugh, Emig, 
Manus, Richard, Finnegan, and three brothers, Hamilton, McGunigle and Donovan.  
The different churches located at Hanover, Oxford and Paradise are supplied by 
Conowago Chapel, and much of its present admirable condition is due to the 
earnest efforts and endeavors of Father Forhan, who is beloved and honored by 
all with whom he comes in contact.