BIO: William L. Lantz, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER XLV.

        EAST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF CAMP HILL.

469  EAST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

  WILLIAM L. LANTZ, merchant, P. O. West Fairview, is a son of Philip 
Lantz, whose father came from Germany and settled in the vicinity of 
West Fairview, Cumberland Co., Penn., many years ago.  Philip Lantz was 
born in East Pennsborough Township and lived there all his lifetime.  
His father had six children:  Jacob, a farmer in East Pennsborough 
Township, this county; Catharine, wife of Jacob Bretz, of Hampden 
Township, this county; Mary, unmarried, living in West Fairview, and 
Philip and two daughters, deceased.  Of these, Philip was born on the 
farm in 1820, and lived there until his death in 1854; he married 
Catharine Sheetz, by whom he had five children; Jesse, Catharine, 
William L., Joseph and one daughter, who died young.  Philip Lantz's 
widow lives in West Fairview, this county, until he was eleven years 
old, when he was appointed a page in the State Legislature, holding the 
place seven years, attending school in the intervals of the sessions.  
During the summer of 1865 he was a messenger in the Quartermaster 
Department at Washington.  In 1868 and 1869 he was in the office of Jay 
Cooke & Co., New York, and in 1870 returned to West Fairview, this 
county, and built the store he now occupies, a dwelling opposite, and, 
with his mother, the residence in which he now lives.  In 1874 he 
married Henrietta, daughter of Henry Glessner, then residing in 
Lancaster County, Penn., where she was born March 10, 1852.  They have 
five children:  Harper, William, Harry, Carrie and Charles.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Lantz are members of the Lutheran Church.  His practical 
experiences peculiarly fit him for business, in which he has been 
eminently successful.