John Slentz was director of the poor in 1827. He was born in Adams County (then part of York) June 22, 1792, and died in Gettysburg November 22, 1870, aged eighty- seven years and five months. His wife was Anna Maria Troxell, daughter of John Troxell. She was born in Gettysburg May 11, 1794; died August 9, 1881, aged eighty years. At the time of her death she was the oldest resident of the town. Her father, John Troxell, was born May 3, 1760, and died October 2, 1855, aged ninety-five years. He was a contemporary here with James Gettys, and built one of the first houses the town. A deed, dated December 26, 1794, by James Gettys and his wife, Mary, to John Troxell, for Lot No. 77, Chambers Street (Minnich & Scott property), is witnessed by Alexander Irvine and Henry Hoke, and acknowledged before Alexander Russell, Esq., is the evidence of his purchase.
(Source: History of Cumberland & Adams Cos., 1886, pp. 145-151.)
(Source: History of Cumberland & Adams Cos., 1886, pp. 145-151.)
