BIO:  Luther M. Landes, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Newberry Township, Pg 155

LUTHER M. LANDES was born in Baltimore County, Md., April 26, 1856.  His parents 
were John and Elizabeth (Fair) Landes, of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, 
and of English descent.  They had seven children – four sons and three daughters 
– of whom Luther is the fifth child and third son.  At the age of fourteen years, 
he entered John Bahn’s mill in Carroll County, Md., where he remained two years.  
He then came to York County, Penn., where he worked two years in A. Miller’s 
mill, in Lower Windsor Township.  He afterward worked for P. A. & S. Small five 
years, at Loucks’ mills; then went to Seling’s Grove, Snyder Co., Penn., where he 
worked in Schoch’s mills two years, and in the spring of 1880, came to Goldsboro, 
where he took charge of P. A. & S. Small’s mill, and where he has been since; he 
is a thorough miller, and gives entire satisfaction to his employers and patrons.  
May 26, 1880, he was married at Selin’s Grove, to Ada Ott, daughter of Daniel 
Ott, a farmer of Snyder County, Penn.; they have one child – George Erskine.  
Mrs. Landes belongs to the Lutheran Church.