BIO: A. J. LEHMER, York County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/ _______________________________________________ History of York County, Pennsylvania. John Gibson, Historical Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886. _______________________________________________ Part II, Biographical Sketches, Carroll Township, Pg 86 A. H. LEHMER is the son of Cornelius and Eve (Koch) Lehmer, and was born in Carroll Township March 23, 1863. His great grandfather, John Lehmer, was born in Adams County, Penn., in 1725, and by occupation was a miller. Philip Lehmer, subject’s grandfather, settled in Washington Township at an early day, and was the owner of several large tracts of land in Washington, Carroll and Franklin Townships; he was married to Margaret Bushey, and with his wife was a member of the Lutheran Church. Peter Koch, the maternal grandfather of A. J. Lehmer, was a native of Perry County, Penn.; his ancestors were early settlers in New York State, whence they came to Perry County, from which county Peter removed, when a young man, to Warrington Township, this county, and engaged in farming; he married Eve, daughter of John Smith, of Washington Township. Cornelius Lehmer followed farming in Carroll Township until 1882, when he retired from the active duties of his calling; with his wife he is a member of the Lutheran Church. A. J. Lehmer was reared a farmer, received a liberal education at the common schools, and at the age of eighteen became a school teacher in Dover Township. In the spring of 1882 he entered the Normal School at Kutztown, Berks County, and the following winter resumed teaching in Carroll Township. In the summer of 1883 he attended Coleman’s Business College, Newark, N. J. In the winter of 1883-84 he taught the grammar school in Lewisberry, York County. In 1884-85 he was connected with the York County Historical Society.