Tag: Gettysburg businesses
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James, Henry, and Edward: The Fahnestock Brothers
The girls were first, and judging by Louisa’s naming of her children, they mothered the later-arriving Fahnestock brothers and adored them. The sons came every two years like clockwork from 1825 through 1829. In 1833, when James was 8, Henry 6, and Edward 4, their father Samuel bought the old tavern down the street from…
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Caroline and Louisa, The Fahnestock Sisters
The Fahnestock sisters, Louisa and Caroline, made up two of the five children born to Samuel and Susan Fahnestock that lived to adulthood. The daughters came first, sandwiched around a brother who passed away in infancy. What we know of their lives is limited to what can be traced in public records, and those are…