BIO:  Samuel Lightner, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Manchester Township, Pg 140

SAMUEL LIGHTNER was born in Manchester Township April 18, 1828, and died April 3, 
1881.  His parents were Charles and Sarah (Myers) Lightner, of York County, and 
of German descent.  They were married in Lancaster, Penn., August 9, 1821, and 
had six children-three sons and three daughters-of whom Samuel was the fourth 
child and second son.  He was brought up on the farm and educated at the York 
Academy.  Nathaniel Lightner purchased the tract of land lying about a mile and a 
half north from Harrisburg road, from Penn; it descended to Nathaniel second, 
then came to his son George, then to his son Charles, then to the subject of this 
sketch.  Samuel Lightner was married, in Manchester, November 12, 1863, to 
Barbara M. Herman, of the same township, daughter of Emanuel Herman, of English 
descent.  They had one son, Harry G., who is a farmer and at home.  They were all 
brought up in the Lutheran Church.  Samuel entered the army November, 1862, as 
second lieutenant of Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months.  He participated in the defense of 
Suffolk, at Somerton Road, and in the expedition up the peninsula.  While in 
service he contracted disease, which resulted in his death.