OBIT: George GROSSMAN, 1917, Lancaster County, PA

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GEORGE GROSSMAN

George Grossman, who died on Saturday night, will be buried on Wednesday 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Bergstrasse Lutheran church with interment in 
the adjoining cemetery.  Services will be held at 12:30 o’clock at his late 
home, No. 522 West Chestnut street.  His death was due to an affection of the 
heart.  Mr. Grossman was in his eighty-fourth year, and was born April 6, 1833, 
in Manheim township, near Lititz.

His parents were the late Jacob and Mary (Landis) Grossman.  For a number of 
years in his early life he was engaged at farming and also extensively in 
droving business.  He later came to Lancaster where he continued in the cattle 
business.  For the past twenty-one years he had been engaged in the grocery 
business.

Mr. Grossman was the inventor of the Palace car, for the transportation of 
horses and cattle, the patent of which he sold for several thousands of dollars.

He also invented a water spigot which prevents exposed pipes from freezing, and 
in recent months had discovered a means by which electricity may be taken from 
the air and stored into reserve batteries.  His experiments at applying the 
power to immediate use had proved very successful, and the discovery is believed 
to have been destined to revolutionize the age of electricity.

Mr. Grossman’s first wife, who was Miss Eliza Roland, of near Farmersville, died 
many years ago.  He was later married to Miss Mary M. Morgart, of Bedford 
county, who died in 1902.

In early life he became a member of Bergstrasse Lutheran church near Ephrata, 
which membership he continued until the time of his death.  For many years he 
had been a member of the church board, holding the office of elder.  Since 
residing in Lancaster he had been a regular attendant at St. John’s Lutheran 
church.

He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Ida D. Coulsen, of Lancaster, before 
marriage, and an only son, Howard M., who has been residing in Philadelphia for 
more than twenty years.

Mrs. Margaret Zahner(?), residing at Crookstown, Minn., is a sister and
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Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 12, 1917