His death, from Bright's disease, occurred at 4.50 P. M. on Wednesday, November 27, 1901. He is survived by his wife (born Caroline Elizabeth Barnitz), and an adopted daughter, Mrs. William Rutherford. H. M. M. R. Henry Sassaman Dotterer. Henry Sassaman Dotterer was born February 16, 1841, in Frederick Township, of Montgomery County, Pa. He was the son of Philip Dotterer, b. Aug. 4, 1809, d. July 21, 1884, who was son of Conrad Dotterer, b. Apr. 9, 1769, d. Sept. 29, 1827, who was son of Michael Dotterer, b. Oct. 31, 1735, d. Mar. 12, 1811, Captain Sixth Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia 1777 and 1778, who was son of Michael Dotterer, b. May, 1698, d. Apr. 1786, who was son of George Philip Dodderer, d. Nov. 6, 1741, who came from Germany to Pennsylvania prior to Dec. 22, 1722, on which date he purchased land in Philadelphia County. His mother was Priscilla Sassaman, b. Jan. 6, 1819, d. Feb. 17, 1880, who was daughter of Jacob Sassaman, b. Aug. 16, 1795, d. Aug. 31, 1881, a soldier and pensioner of the war of 1812, who was son of Henry Sassaman, b. July 25, 1771, who was son of Hermanus Sassamanshausen. In 1865 Mr. Dotterer entered the employ of Peter Wright and Sons, where he remained for more than eighteen years, during part of which time he was their chief accountant. In 1899 he was the auditor of the National Export Association, which gave an exposition in West Philadelphia. For the past three years he had been the assistant treasurer of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. He took great pleasure in historical and genealogical esearch, especially that of a local character, and published some noteworthy works, among which was monthly entitled "The Perkiomen Region, Past and Present." On two different occasions he visited Germany where he spent some time in gathering historical data. Mr. Dotterer was an officer and member of the First Reformed Church in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Montgomery County Historical Society, and the Presbyterian Historical Society. Of kindly character, modest bearing and unquestioned ability, Mr. Dotterer was well fitted to fill the position of private secretary for which he had been selected by Governor Elect Pennypacker, to whom his unexpected death was a severe blow. His decease occurred at 9 P. M. on Jan. 10, 1903, at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, from uræmia, after an illness of but a few days. He was elected to membership in the PennsylvaniaGerman Society on October 2, 1902. THE GERMAN INFLUENCE IN ITS SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. A Narrative and Critical bistory. PREPARED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY. PART XI. THE MUSIC OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTER, Music of The Ephrata Cloister ALSO Conrad Beissel's Treatise on Music AS SET FORTH IN A PREFACE TO THE Turtel Taube" of 1747 AMPLIFIED WITH FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF PARTS OF THE TEXT AND SOME ORIGINAL EPHRATA MUSIC OF THE Weprauchs Hügel, 1739; Rosen und Lilien, 1745; Turtel Taube, 1747; Choral Buch, 1754, etc. BY JULIUS FRIEDRICH SACHSE, LITT.D. Member American Philosophical Society-Historical Society of Pennsylvania—Pennsylvania- |