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Charles Fell owned 123 acres along the Octoraro Creek in Little Britain Township in Lancaster County in 1880 . Further along the creek is a mill -- owned by Edwin Burnett, Josiah P. Lee, and Samuel T. Lee. It sits on the Chester County side of the creek. Fell alleges, with the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, that the three men raised the dam by two feet. By doing so, Fell alleged, the water now backs up on his farm, flooding the land and ruining the crops. Fell brought suit against the three men to recover damages and determine if they had a right to in fact raise the creek level. On This Day in 1880, the case was held over to trial.   Source Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 5 October 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress.      On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.               ...

Andrew Gregg Curtin was born 22 April 1817. He married Katharine Irvine Wilson (1821 – 1903). Katherine was born to William Irvine Wilson (1793 – 1883) and Mary Potter (1798 – 1861). They had seven children: Mary, Myron, Katherine, Bessie, Jane, Martha, and William.   Mary Wilson Curtin (March 1846 – 1927) married a physician George Fairlamb Harris (March 1843 – 1911) in 1871 Catherine Curtin Harris (1871-1936) married a bank cashier named John McCoy Shugart (1870 - 1924) in 1899 Infant son (1900 - 1900) George Harris Shugart (b. 1 February 1903 – 23 June 1963) married Helen Cruse on 2 January 1937. George Harris Shugart, Jr. (b. 4 January 1940 – 7 April 2013) married Elizabeth Russell on 12 December 1980. Allison Elizabeth Shugart (9 May 1983 – 9 May 1983) Ame Laurine Shugart (9 May 1983 – 10 May 1983) Mary McCoy Shugart (b. 31 May 1907) Adeline (b. circa 1878) Jane ...