John Piersol McCaskey (October 9, 1837 John Piersol McCaskey (October 9, – September 19, ), known as J. P. McCaskey, was an American educator, politician, textbook and songbook editor and publisher, and a journalist, among other things. He served as the 23rd Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from to
When John Piersol McCaskey was born John Piersol McCaskey is a local hero: Not just a high school but a newly minted Barnstormers bobblehead memorialize him in his hometown. The late Lancaster mayor, teacher and principal.
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McCaskey's eldest brother was John John Piersol McCaskey was one of Lancaster's leading educators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The city's high school is named for him. He also served as mayor of the.
Biographical History: William was His father William McCaskey, was a man of iron will, resolute and fearless, of good practical judgment and unusual executive force and ability. His father's family belonged to the Presbyterian and his mother's to the Episcopal Church.
William* had 7 siblings: James* John Piersol 3 MCCASKEY (William 2, John 1) was born 9 October on a farm near Gordonville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died 19 September in Lancaster, Lancaster County at age He was buried 22 September in Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster.
John Piersol3 MCCASKEY (William2, John1) William commanded troops throughout his career on the frontiers of Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Texas, and Missouri and also during the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines. He retired at the rank of Major General in October John Piersol “Jack” McCaskey is better known to Lancastrians as J. P. McCaskey, a teacher and publisher.
John Piersol McCaskey was born
William Spencer McCaskey (October 2, – August 10, ) was a United States Major general, who served as commanding officer of the Department of Texas and Fort Sam Houston, He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near the small town of Paradise. Gen. William Spencer McCaskey, When Dr. John Piersol McCaskey was born on 9 October , in Gordonville, Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William McCaskey, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Eckert Piersol, was He married Ellen Margaret Chase on 8 August , in Bath, Steuben, New York, United States.