LANTZ GENEALOGY home farm. She has always taken a prominent part in civic and church affairs, holding office in various organizations for many years. G5146 Ellen Rebecca Keister H514 Ellen Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Lantz was born April 9, 1864 at Union Forge. She attended the best schools of the county and was graduated from Hagers- town Female Seminary in 1885, being valedictorian of her class. She taught in South Carolina and in Hagerstown Fe- male Seminary. Dec. 27, 1887, she married Rev. T. 0. Keister of the Lutheran Church. She died Aug. 18, 1898 at German Hospital, Philadelphia, from an operation for ap- pendicitis. She is buried with her husband in Cedarwood Cemetery, Edinburg. She had children: 1. Mary Gardner; 2. Thurston Lantz; 3. Rebecca Francies; 4. Emma Elizabeth. G5147 Effie Martha Lantz H514 Effie Martha, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Lantz was born Apr. 23, 1868. She attended Hagerstown Female Seminary. She was matron for some time at an orphanage of her Church at Womelsdorf, Pa. On Jan. 3, 1918, she mar- ried Rev. T. 0. Keister, D. D. and lived in Staunton until his death in 1927. She now lives at the family home in Edin- burg. She is a member of the Eastern Star. H51411 Susie Hammond Lambert H5141 Susie Hammond, daughter of John Robert and Ella (Hammond) Lantz was born Aug. 4, 1876. She married Robert L. Lambert, an employee at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving in Washington. She has one daughter: 1. Lelia, married Ward Nottingham, a successful lawyer, of Washington, D. C. H51412 Lizzie Florence Sheetz H5141 Lizzie Florence, daughter of John Robert and Ella (Hammond) Lantz was born Aug. 4, 1876 (twin to Susie). She married Ira Sheetz, captain in the Police Department, Washington. They live at Cabin John Park, Md. They had children: 228
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