BIO: George F. Hailman, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER LVI.

                        SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP.

539  SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP.

  GEORGE F. HAILMAN, farmer, P. O. Mechanicsburg.  This family 
originated near Heidelberg, Germany, and immigrated to America more 
than one hundred years ago, settling in Lebanon County, Penn.  John F. 
Hallman, the grandfather of the subject of our sketch, was born in 
Lebanon County, Penn., and went to Dauphin County when but a boy, with 
his father.  He, John F., married Miss Elizabeth Miller, of Franklin 
County, Penn., who bore him ten children:  Sarah, Rebecca, Lydia, 
Susan, Elizabeth, Mary A., Mary J., David, Jonathan and Benjamin M., 
all born and reared on the old homestead, which was owned by the family 
for more than one hundred years, and consisted of a fine farm and 
residence, located within a mile and a half of Harrisburg.  Benjamin M. 
Hailman was born on the same old homestead August 19, 1800, and lived 
on the old farm thirty-eight years.  In 1834 he married Miss Jane, 
daughter of George and Christiana Rupp, of Cumberland County, Penn., 
and a descendant of John Jonas Rupp, the founder of the Rupp family.  
(I. Daniel Rupp, the historian, was Mrs. Hailman's brother.)  This 
union was blessed with four children:  Elizabeth, Christianna, George 
F. and John C.  In 1838 Benjamin M. Hailman moved to Silver Spring 
Township, this county, and settled on the farm belonging to Mrs. 
Hailman's father, where they lived until 1849, when they moved to the 
present homestead.  Mr. Hailman was a Lutheran, but always attended the 
Church of God, of which his widow is a member.  In politics he was a 
Democrat until the war, when he became a Republican.  He died at the 
age of seventy-nine.  His widow is now living on the homestead, 
pleasantly situated, and in her old age is surrounded by her children 
and grandchildren.  George F. Hailman, the son of this estimable 
couple, was born in Silver Spring Township, this county, in 1840.  In 
1879 he married Miss Julia, daughter of Henry and Caroline Kornbrust, a 
native of Germany.  They are the parents of two children:  John G. and 
Carrie E.  In political opinions our subject is a Republican.  He is a 
prominent farmer in his township, and desires no better reputation than 
that of being a skillful farmer and an upright man.